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Hiring or recruiting the best candidates available in the market is not a simple process. It requires systematic planning and sequence of actions to be carried out to complete the process. There are number of software available in the market to help the hands of HR department. Many of them are available as freeware also.
The HR software includes applicant tracking systems, recruitment systems etc. One of them is resume tracking system. It is software that is developed to handle all the processes of recruitment like collecting resumes from the sources like emails or sites, storing them in database, matching the openings and the candidates' available, short listing of candidates etc.
Resume tracking system reduces the time taken for the recruitment process considerably. The lengthy procedure is automated and carried out effectively. The manual intervention is decreased. The HR executives can use their time to concentrate on other important jobs.
The resume tracking system first collects resumes from various sources like email attachments, potential sites, where candidates have uploaded their resumes. Files can be of any type like word documents, text files, PDF files etc. All these resumes are presented in XML- HR document format. The XML-HR document format is the standard web document format required by the HR department in order to process the resumes. These resumes are stored in the database.
After storing the resumes, they are matched with the openings and the lists of candidates matching with particular opening requirements are generated. The candidates are ranked as per the matching of maximum keyword. These short lists can be further made to attend interviews.
The resume tracking system generally comes with following features
They store resume in folders, subfolders and databases.
They provide interfaces and links to navigate through the information.
They also support to collect the resumes directly from the web.
Some of them offer floating search results window.
Tin short, this software helps in maintaining and manipulating the resumes. The tedious processes like searching and short listing can be carried out in just few minutes. It makes recruitment process fast and efficient.
