- Solutions
- Products
- Community
- Resources
- Company
Create incredible candidate experiences that communicate your brand, mission, and values with recruitment marketing solutions.
Learn moreCommunicate effectively and efficiently with the candidates that can drive your business forward.
Learn moreSelect the right candidates to drive your business forward and simplify how you build winning, diverse teams.
Learn moreHelp your best internal talent connect to better opportunities and see new potential across your entire organization.
Learn moreCommunicate collectively with large groups of candidates and effectively tackle surges in hiring capacity.
Learn moreAccess tools that help your team create a more inclusive culture and propel your DEI program forward.
Learn moreRebound and respond to the new normal of retail with hiring systems that are agile enough to help you forge ahead.
Learn moreAccelerate the hiring of key talent to deliver point of care and support services that meet and exceed your promise of patient satisfaction.
Learn moreAttract and engage candidates with technical competencies, accelerate hiring for much-needed skills, and advance expertise within your valued workforce.
Learn moreSimplify how you recruit finance, insurance, and banking candidates with a unified platform built to match top talent with hard-to-fill roles.
Learn moreYour business strategy depends on your people strategy. Keep both in lockstep with the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreBuild an engaging, high-converting talent pipeline that moves your business forward.
Learn moreDeliver the innovation your talent team needs, along with the global scale and security you demand.
Learn moreDeliver tailored technology experiences that delight users and power your talent transformation with the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreThe #1 ATS in market share, our cloud-based recruiting software is built for both commercial and large, global employers.
Learn more Talk to salesAttract the best talent for your business with powerful, on-brand career websites that excite candidates and drive engagement.
Learn more Talk to salesCombine behavior-based marketing automation with AI insights to build talent pipelines, engage candidates with multi-channel marketing campaigns, and automatically surface the right talent for the job.
Learn more Talk to salesEmpower candidates with automated self-service, qualification screening, and interview scheduling through an AI-enabled digital assistant.
Learn more Talk to salesSimplify employee onboarding with automated processes that maximize engagement and accelerate productivity.
Learn more Talk to salesVerify skills with game-changing levels of automation and simplicity to improve the quality of hire at scale.
Learn more Talk to salesModernize, streamline, and accelerate your communication with candidates and employees.
Learn more Talk to salesTransform the talent experience by showcasing your authentic employer brand through employee-generated video testimonials.
Learn more Talk to salesSimplify recruiting, dynamically engage talent, and reduce hiring bias with job matching and recruiting chatbot technology.
Learn moreStreamline and centralize your HR tech stack with configurable, flexible, secure and reliable integrations.
Learn moreHow a beloved restaurant hires 40,000+ annually with a great candidate experience.
Learn moreThousands strong, our global community of talent professionals includes creatives, innovators, visionaries, and experts.
Learn moreTogether we’re creating the world’s largest ecosystem of integrated recruiting technologies.
Learn morePartner with our global professional services team to develop a winning strategy, build your team and manage change.
Learn moreExplore our network of more than 300 certified, trusted third-party service and advisory partners.
Learn moreUncover unique market insights, explore best practices and gain access to talent experts across out library of content.
Get resourcesExpert guidance about recruitment solutions, changes in the industry, and the future of talent.
Learn moreStay up to date with the latest terminology and verbiage in the HR software ecosystem.
Learn moreEmployers everywhere improve hiring efficiently and save money using iCIMS. Estimate the potential business value you can achieve.
Learn moreDive into the Class of 2023 Report highlighting this cohort’s expectations and where employers are willing — and able — to meet them.
Watch nowPartner with iCIMS to build the right strategies, processes, and experience to build a winning workforce.
Learn moreExpert guidance about recruitment solutions, changes in the industry, and the future of talent.
Learn moreDeliver the innovation your talent team needs, along with the global scale and security you demand.
Learn moreView press releases, media coverage, and the latest hiring data. See what analysts are saying about iCIMS.
Learn moreiCIMS is the Talent Cloud company that empowers organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the talent that builds a winning workforce.
Learn moreGet to know the award-winning leadership team shaping the future of the recruiting software industry.
Learn moreWe believe the future of work isn't something that "happens" to you. It's something you create. We actively create the future of work with our customers every day.
Learn moreiCIMS is committed to being a responsible and ethical corporate citizen, which is why Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives are strategic imperatives.
Learn moreStreamline your tech stack and take advantage of a better user experience and stronger data governance with ADP and the iCIMS Talent Cloud.
Learn moreThe combined power of iCIMS and Infor helps organizations strategically align their business and talent objectives.
Learn moreOur award-winning partnership with Microsoft is grounded in a shared desire to transform the workplace and the hiring team experience.
Learn moreOur partnership with Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) supports the entire talent lifecycle by bringing frictionless recruiting solutions to UKG Pro Onboarding.
Learn moreLet’s get in touch. Reach out to learn more about iCIMS products and services.
Learn more
April 26, 2021 
4 min read
To build an engaged and productive workforce, you need to rethink how you’re hiring. That includes using an applicant tracking system (ATS) capable of helping you attract and hire top talent.
There’s just one catch: you likely need buy-in and support from your technology leader. Chief Technology Officers (CTO) are typically responsible for purchasing the software. This includes vetting software for security, scalability, data reporting, and ease of integrations.
(Note: some organizations combine the role of Chief Information Officer with that of CTO so check your org chart. For this article, we’re going to refer to this technology lead as CTO.)
So what happens if your CTO doesn’t see the full value of applicant tracking software?
We’ve isolated three main reasons why some CTOs don’t trust applicant tracking systems. We’re going to examine those issues and provide you with some solutions.
Your CTO may have previous bad experiences with an “all-in-one” HCM solution that included an ATS. But they also likely found out that those systems only include the most basic applicant tracking software functions required to recruit talent and hire new employees. Those are the systems that become difficult to implement and integrate with your other tech and processes. In other words, it’s not that CTOs dislike all recruiting software. They just dislike software that’s limited.
When it comes to applicant tracking systems, our data shows the majority of IT executives (60%) now prefer to rely on best-of-breed. They want to build their tech stack using best-in-class solutions that work together seamlessly within one platform.
Solution: Make sure your ATS provider’s key focus is talent acquisition and they’ve developed a system built with integration in mind.
“Easy to use” means many things to different people – especially when you’re talking about applicant tracking systems. It comes down to having a seamless, frictionless, consumer-grade experience.
With most companies moving to remote operations, CTOs and their teams are juggling more than they ever have before. They don’t want to add endless user issues to their team members’ plates. They also want to avoid an increase in calls to the help desk from ATS admins or end users.
To avoid user issues and stay in favor with your CTO, you need an applicant tracking software that’s easy to use. Your system should be configured in accordance with your business’s unique hiring needs and require assistance from as few IT resources as possible.
Solution: Look for applicant tracking software with good UX and a provider who supports training for admin teams, as well as a provider who will answer your calls when you need tech support. Assure your CTO that you want their team to devote more time to strategic initiatives and less on ATS user adoption.
As the head of technology, IT leaders have years of experience with endless systems that support all parts of the business. They also likely have experience when these systems become obsolete within a year or two of implementation.
This has an impact on IT budgets which are already on the rise as businesses replace outdated technology. In 2020, 44% of businesses planned to increase their tech spend, up from 38% in 2019.
Solution: Give your CTO context about why you want to invest in applicant tracking software. Share your talent acquisition strategy and plans, and how an ATS will solve for problems now and set the organization up for long-term success.
—-
IT and HR may represent two different sides of the business – the people and the technology. But they are both responsible for the experience that people have when interacting with the business. And they face the same challenges when it comes to navigating the new future of work.
As you build a partnership with your CTO, remind them that IT needs top talent, too. As technology continues to advance and change, IT will feel the impact as hiring managers. Your new ATS might just help them prevent the pain of their pending skills gap.
If you’re looking to build a better partnership with IT, be sure to check out our step-by-step guide.
