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!
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We are proud to announce another much-requested feature: attaching files to applications! simplicant now allows you to attach as many files as you want to each application within the system! This could be anything from completed forms to test results to interview notes to copies of the applicant’s documents.

You can access the Files section from the Application Summary page. Each application has its own set of files that you can view in the Files area, which can also be used to attach new files to the application.

Please feel free to let us know if you are experiencing any problems with this feature, as well as ways in which we could improve it. Also, we’d love to hear how you are using this feature to make your hiring experience better!