A lot of customers have asked us to make it easier to integrate Simplicant with their current hiring process, and for candidates to apply for job openings. For the past few weeks, we have been working hard on a new feature that does exactly that.
Many candidates are used to “e-mailing their resumes”, and many startups and small companies are used to receiving job applications through e-mail, and then tracking these candidates on spreadsheets and similar tools. Moving to an applicant tracking system usually means changing most of these habits for both the employer and the candidates. However, Simplicant allows you to continue receiving applications by e-mail, and be able to track them through Simplicant at the same time!
How it works:
Upon sign-up, you get a free e-mail address at which you can receive applications. By default, this address is jobs@yourdomain.simplicant.com. This address is directly linked to your Simplicant account, and candidates can send in their resumes and applications to this address. Simplicant then parses these applications, and they appear under the “Applications” tab in your Simplicant account, and can be tracked just like normal applications!
For example, company XYZ used to ask their candidates to apply to jobs@xyz.com. XYZ decides to sign up for Simplicant. Upon sign-up, Simplicant automatically generates the address jobs@xyz.simplicant.com. XYZ just asks their website administrator to change the address on their Jobs or Careers page from jobs@xyz.com to the new address jobs@xyz.simplicant.com. Candidates can now send in their applications to this new address and XYZ management can track these applications in Simplicant. Really, it’s that simple!
Managing multiple job openings with e-mail:
If you have many job openings and want to organize candidates based on those job openings, Simplicant provides an easy solution to that as well. When you create job openings in Simplicant, an e-mail address is automatically generated for each opening. You can view or change this address by opening the Settings menu on the right, as shown in the screenshot.
Going with the example of XYZ Company, if they have two job openings Sales Rep and Operator, they would publish the addresses sales-rep@xyz.simplicant.com and operator@xyz.simplicant.com next to their Sales Rep and the Operator job openings on their website respectively. Simplicant will organize these applications based on which address they are received at. To view the e-mail addresses of your current openings, just click on the small [i] icon next to the job opening under the “Jobs” tab, as shown in the screenshot.
If you have any questions about how to use this feature, feel free to get in touch with us support [at] simplicant [dot] com. We hope that you will find this feature useful!