AI Screening for Recruiters: Speed Up Your ATS Workflow

Hiring Moves Fast. Your ATS Should Too

In the current recruiting environment, jobs require TA pros to adapt quickly, with little time to spare for trial and error. Despite having an effective ATS with AI scheduling, many companies still haven’t explored the surface of benefits integrated third-party tools provide to scale efficiently. Such tools recover the inefficiencies of traditional hiring and replace them with a recruitment ecosystem that is faster, smarter, and completely data-driven.

AI-based screening tools, like those available via platforms or apps, automate the process of early-stage candidate assessment, quickly separating top talent from the rest and helping speed up time-to-hire. Furthermore, scheduling assistant tools have entered the market, reducing interview coordination like back-and-forth emails, potentially cutting the recruitment cycle in half. 

Integrating these AI powers into an existing ATS workflow automation could help hiring pros and staffing firms increase operational efficiency and improve the candidate experience, which is vital in a competitive talent market. 

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ATS Marketplaces: Where the Magic Happens

ATS marketplaces contain prebuilt app integrations that can easily extend the core functionality of your ATS. With little effort, these marketplaces/listings enable recruiters to improve their workflow with additional software – no custom coding, no long-winded IT projects. 

Top ATSs such as Ashby, Lever, Bullhorn and Avionté maintain rich marketplaces full of tools like auto-screener bots, candidate engagement platforms, AI interviews, schedulers and analytics dashboards. The plug-and-play aspect is the biggest benefit of these integrations: 

Recruiters can add or swap tools when appropriate rather than modify existing workflows. This flexibility speeds up implementation, enabling teams to meet changing hiring needs rapidly.

The Rise of AI Candidate Screening

AI resume screening tools have been a game-changer for recruiters, particularly in sectors where the number of applicants is high. They read resumes, cover letters and other information submitted in the application process to determine the qualifications of the candidates according to predetermined criteria, such as experience, skills, education, and fit. Modern solutions have since advanced, managing and boosting more parts of recruiters’ hiring flows.

Platforms such as HeyMilo automate candidate screening to unpack complex resume data, engage candidates (via SMS/WhatsApp/Email) after they apply, invite candidates to interview via mobile or browser and automatically score them regarding how closely a candidate’s overall profile at the end fits the job description. Other tools like HireEZ, SeekOut, and Sense offer advanced AI parsing and decision-making. 

The result is a significant decrease in manual, administrative work, allowing recruiters to spend their time engaging with top candidates and focus on other higher value activities that move the business forward. 

Beyond Screening: Al Engagement and Scheduling

Solutions such as Sense and Paradox also focus on automating candidate outreach, using chatbots and personalized messaging to keep candidates updated and engaged during the hiring process. Scheduling platforms such as GoodTime eliminate the email back-and-forth by syncing candidates' calendars and hiring teams' calendars to streamline interview logistics. 

Plus, external sourcing tools like Fetcher automatically source and engage with candidates, helping to fill the pipeline. When natively integrated with your ATS, these tools can respond to real-time changes in status (or candidate tags), automatically engaging with candidates and time-blocking interviews without any manual input. This seamless, end-to-end automation minimizes the risk of candidate drop-off. It enhances the candidate experience overall, so your ATS with AI scheduling can facilitate a highly cohesive hiring journey.

AI Helps Recruiting and Recruiter Decision Making

AI integrations are commonly overlooked, but are a highly impactful advantage in ATS workflows. By taking over time-consuming, repetitive tasks such as resume screening, first-tier outreach to candidates, and interview scheduling, AI empowers recruiters, saving them countless hours per day. This allows them to focus on high-value tasks like closing more roles and strategically working with clients.

Give AI Automation A Try!

Today, AI integration is becoming a necessity, and it’s no less than a fundamental building block to a better and connected hiring workflow. If you’re working with an ATS platform such as Ashby, Avionté, Lever, or Bullhorn, take a look at their marketplaces and find HeyMilo to explore AI candidate screening solutions that leading staffing agencies trust. 

HeyMilo makes it easier for staffing firms to screen candidates quickly, and lives in leading ATS marketplaces. Want to see how AI can drive faster recruitment? Book a demo to see it in action today!