On My Radar: Your Newest Secret Weapon

I’m always on the hunt for HR tech that actually gets it. 

You know, tools that empower teams, spark momentum, and make work feel a little less like… well, work. 

To me, the right tech can be a game-changer. It can set a team up for success and help an organization grow in meaningful ways. 

Hell hath no fury than an HR person stuck using a tool that is awful and doesn’t do anything they want it to!

Been there, let’s avoid that!!!

I’m always on the mission to bring you tools you must have on your radar. 

Just call me the Lady Whistledown of HR tech! Here to spill the tea on what tools you need to be aware of and talk about if you need them or not. 

Spoiler alert: some tools are nice to have not need to have! 

So, what caught my eye recently?

✨ Teamtailor ✨

I would put them firmly in the need to have bucket. 

Why? 

Because their ATS makes recruiting AND employer branding actually fun! 

Some ATS systems feel like they were designed in 2000 by someone who’s never actually hired anyone or ever thought about the impression they’re making. 

Not Teamtailor. 

Here’s what stands out to me:

🔍 The product is designed to help recruiters do their job better. I’m sick of ATS features that don’t actually help recruiters OR candidates!! Then WHO is this system for??? 

💃🏽 Their brand is FUN. It’s clear they get it and are future focused. The brand stands out as one I can’t get out of my head. And if I can’t then you better believe candidates won’t be able to either! 

Let’s look at features that make an ATS a need to have and how Teamtailor compares. 

Features that MAKE an ATS:

Over the years, I’ve explored manyyy ATS platforms. 

What I’ve learned is that there are certain features that are critical in any modern system. In fact, when I’m assessing tools I keep this list nearby and end up scoring the tool on a scale of 1 to 5. 

A scorecard for my tech tools? You better believe it!!

Here are the features do I believe make an ATS: 

🔍 Simple and easy job posting: no, I do not want to click a million buttons to post a job. 

📊 Pipeline management: if I can’t see what candidates are at what stages easily, I’m out. 

🧠 Interview coordination: it should not take 5 emails back and forth to get an interview scheduled. That’s precious time people need back. 

✉️ Automated comms: Nudges, reminders, anything to keep the convo going so you don’t get the dreaded – what’s next email. 

📈 Reporting & analytics: you know data is my love language!!! So if an ATS can’t give me good reports and helpful data, I don’t want it. 

✨ Career page management: editing a career page shouldn’t take a request to the Engineering team… but at many companies it does. 

<A brief interlude for a dream>

Imagine this with me… your organization is growing. 

Headcount has been approved, roles are ready to get kicked off. You’re in your ATS. You want to post a role, oh a pre-built template is already there. Dope! In the options you can include a response time so candidates know what to expect. You can also customize the job posting with a background image and custom colors. Wait… that’s really unique. 

Okay now you’re ready to start accepting candidates and moving them through the process. Cool, there’s a feature that picks times that work for the internal team and sends them to the candidate. Oh, there’s also triggers you can set up to automatically send the candidate comms. Wait, this is so nice everything is flowing so naturally!!!

You log into the system and on the home page you can see it all. Upcoming interviews, your personal to-dos clearly laid out and you don’t have to worry about everything ACTUALLY happening. 

END SCENE 

Now, during that dream did you think: wait I want that to be my reality? 

Well, it’s all possible with Teamtailor. 

Teamtailor gets what others miss: your ATS isn’t just a database, it’s your first impression with future employees. 

Here’s how they turn transactional hiring into a relationship-building experience:  

📊 Empowering recruiters to well, recruit:
There’s nothing worse than an ATS that works against the recruiters. One where things are difficult or take a million clicks. Or the dreaded, let me get back to you in five minutes! Then you rush to find the dashboard or email chain to recount next steps. 

With Teamtailor the homepage is built for recruiters to get their stuff done: 

• Real-time updates on candidates and roles 
• Automated candidate screening
• Upcoming tasks and to-dos so you never forget that urgent thing 
• Easy, customizable templates to fire off an update to candidates in a second 
• Triggers to go off at certain stages without you having to draft another note 
• Analytics to improve processes so you never have to wonder how long it will take to hire someone again! 

🤖 AI that actually helps where you need it: 

I’m tired of tools being built that don’t actually make recruiting more efficient! You know the ones that are like, okay we’ll do the interview for you. Um no, that’s not what I want!! What I want is AI that helps with automating things and improving our overall experience like: 

• Auto-suggest candidates, write job descriptions, and summarize interviews
• Automating scheduling so no more of 5 emails to get an interview scheduled 
• Personalized nudges, because ghosting is becoming too common! 

✨ Career sites that spark something: 

Teamtailor gives you the ability to show off your organization’s personality, culture, and why top talent should pick you. 

All without having to ask your Engineering team to update copy, pictures or change colors. 

In an age of authenticity – stand out from the crowd with a page that truly shows candidates who your organization is. 

📣 Check out career sites for brands like Oatly, HappySocks, Oneflow. 

The thing they have in common? Their page is made using Teamtailor. 

The bottom line: Great hiring is about chemistry, and Teamtailor helps you build it from first click to first day!  

The Coolest Thing Since Sliced Bread?  

Let’s be honest: If your ATS was a person, would you have ghosted it ages ago?

Maybe it’s clunky, it’s rude to candidates, and it’s making your employer brand look ancient.  

The good news? You don’t have to live like this! 

Teamtailor is already helping 10,000+ companies hire faster, smarter, and way more humanely.  

Don’t believe me?? Look at that unprompted customer feedback. 

Yes, my Lady Whistledown skills have secured me the receipts!!! 

The coolest thing since sliced bread?? Teamtailor.  

Stop letting your ATS sabotage your hiring.

Modernize your hiring process with a platform that’s designed to get results—before your dream candidates click X on your applicant page and move on.

If your ATS doesn’t spark joy, it’s time to Marie Kondo that mess once and for all.

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