CareerPlug Software

Pros

User friendly, customer service very helpful, development team open to suggestions and actually implementing them.

Cons

Unfortunately platform doesn't integrate with Paychex. This would make payroll & HR functions a lot easier.

I am going to be trying them for after school program instructor hires as well

Pros

Easy to use, wide reach, great customer service, provides good quality candidates, good metrics and dashboard

Cons

First time use and creating templates is a little confusing, but with great customer service, it is not really an issue

Pros

Seamless transition from ATS to Onboarding
Forms auto-populate
Unlimited number of forms and administrators
Super easy to build, customize and edit forms in the system
Easy to allow certain people with certain admissions
Very attractive interface
Quick Set Up

Cons

No real cons. Of course we want the software to do anything that our imaginations can come up with. It would be nice to be able to send out multiple notifications about an overdue form, as well as notifications to specific people when a specific form has been completed.

Pros

Product is very user friendly & welcoming to the eyes. There have been a few enhancements that have improved the functionality of the platform quite a bit. Although an applicant may apply several times throughout the year it groups everything together. Customer service is super!

Cons

When an applicant completes an application one time, if they aren't selected & come back a year later & try to apply their original application is still in the system & can't be updated.

Pros

some of the questions I would have never thought of asking - presented in a good flow to be asked in an interview.

Cons

a lot of questions on the list to ask - wish there was a way to tailor the list to the questions I want to use.

So glad I paid the small fee to use this service. Others I know have been paying thousands to hire and CareerPlug was so easy and comprehensive. It allowed me to filter through applicants using the test results, response times to emails or no response at all, and generally how their resumes and applications were laid out. With that, I could send rejection emails without spending too much time on each one. Will be using CareerPlug for my next hires for sure! Thanks for having this service available! James

Pros

Easy to use. Testing was very informative. Benchmarking team to compare to applicants was a must. Prefilled emails for each stage. Recommendations from time to time were helpful. Provided tailored interview questions for phone and in person, including a scoring system. Low cost.

Cons

Small system glitch in which I was not able to send emails directly from CareerPlug and was forced to send from my Outlook. This was fixed within a short period of time.

Pros

Being able to easily track applicant communication, easy to learn and use. Saves us money since we pay one annual fee instead of paying per job posting each month. Customer support is very responsive and helpful.

Cons

Not as visually appealing as some of the other applicant tracking systems I've used, but they are constantly making updates so I am confident this will improve over time. Not really a huge issue since we are saving money and it still gets the job done as far as applicant tracking goes.

Pros

The Software offers features for sorting and assessing applicants which are fantastic. Surprisingly, it allows us to craft ads and post them from within Carrerplug.The support team who we have dealt with has been absolutely Fantastic! Patient, Helpful and sincere. Great Asset!
The cost is a terrific value for what is included. We got the HR and onboarding package. This makes our work so much easier and having all these documents in one place rather than emailing back and forth to applicants/hires is helpful.

Cons

Although it has a TON of features the UI, I feel, could be more intuitive. Make buttons for functions not just small text links placed in less than intuitive places. Software should allow for objectives (reviewing applicants, changing text etc) in a simplified way. Too much clicking around to learn. By redesigning this should lessen the contact with your (great) customer service team.

Like many of us that are Owners and/or Directors of My Gym Children's Fitness Center, one of the priorities in this business is to provide a top-notch quality program and the utmost care for the children and families. In order to achieve this and more, we all need staff with the potential to become outstanding My Gym Teachers. For me, there was no place better to find this than through CareerPlug!

I was very pleased to participate in testing the applicant software for CareerPlug. It's very intuitive, easy to use, and reaches more credible job seekers than other sites and sifting through emails of career inquiries. There is a great balance between ease of use and features finding the most qualified candidates via the Personality Assessments that makes the hiring process effective and completed immediately. Their unparalleled support addressed issues (if any) quickly and assisted with customizing new job ads perfect for the gym.

Cutting down on the time spent filtering through each applicant has been one of the most important features for me. We are all very busy teaching classes and running a business. Not only has CareerPlug met that expectation, but also has excellent service with an easy to learn, quality system.

I highly recommend using CareerPlug to recruit the best candidates that will exemplify who we are as a company and in turn, be an amazing My Gym teacher!

Pros

CareerPlug keeps things in a centralized location with the Personality Assessment Scores, Applicant Profiles, Resumes, and Pre-screen Scores all on the same page!

Cons

A feature I would like to see modified is to make the email responses from the hiring manager to the applicant via the applicant profile page. We see the responses from the applicant, but it would be nice to reply immediately through their profile.

I like the assessments and the tracking feature. The last hire, I used the evaluation tools. Big help keeping them straight.

Pros

Just a good tool.

Cons

Nothing really.

Advice to Others

Use it! It will pay for itself 10 times over.

Always got a decent volume through this channel. Lately, not enough prospects.

Pros

Great way to track and organize applicants.

Cons

Not getting enough volume of candidates.

Advice to Others

No

CareerPlug offers Firehouse Restaurant Group an easy to use recruiting and applicant tracking system. The built-in templates (e.g., messages, ratings, assessments, rating) ensure consistency of use by our hiring managers. The hiring workflow makes it easy for first time hiring managers and experienced managers to know at what stage is each applicant and what actions need to be taken.

We have received positive feedback from candidates and new employees who have gone through our hiring process with CareerPlug. They are very impressed with the computer and mobile interface and the ease of use.

Not too many software/apps out there are as straightforward and easy to use (at least for my simple needs) as CareerPlug.
I was able to organize all of my candidate interactions with ease and thus accomplished my goal of hiring someone.
Thus, the whole process of setup and ongoing functionality was refreshingly efficient and did not interfere with my daily business operations.

Pros

Easy to understand and use.

Cons

none

Advice to Others

Give it a try as it makes sense to use, for different reasons, to find a candidate for your business needs.

I started using Career Plug as my ATS having used spreadsheets for many years. The product is great at automatically posting to the free sites and creating HTML to post on other niche sites that we are members of. There have been some issues (to expect with any company) with postings and paperwork through Onboarding with Career Plug, but their support team has always been responsive and gotten everything worked out.

Pros

Ease of posting and scheduling interviews and processing backgrounds. Awesome support team.

Cons

I would like the user interface to be a little more customizable to our needs.

Advice to Others

Definitely give Career Plug a try. No crazy contracts, upfront fees or any of the unnecessary bloat that comes with other ATS out on the market.

I am using Career Plug for the first time as a hiring tool. It has significantly improved the overall process for hiring! The process is streamlined and has everything I have needed to hire!

Pros

I appreciate the assessments included at the beginning to help us narrow down our candidate pool. The postings they have done has created more interest in our position than previous methods I have used. I also really like the questions prepared for each step in the process and the email prepared at the push of a button to take the applicant to the next step. Great system!

Career Plug hiring software has been very useful to our agency in several ways. Besides being very cost effective, it has provided us a greater pool of quality applicants. The software has increased the ease of communication with applicants, our organization of the recruiting system and the accuracy of job postings on our own website.

I would first like to say how much CareerPlug has made a difference in the number of applicants we have received since we have begun utilizing them in July 2016. For the price point they offer, it is one of the best values for the money that is out there right now.

Pros

- I love the way the applicants are listed by location and job description.
- Daily Applicant summary notifications are clear and concise.
- Ability to screen applicants on initial application. This saves time interviewing candidates who are not qualified.
- Ability to add multiple users to the account with no additional charge.
- Customer service is very prompt in responding to your issues.

Cons

- Reporting features are not very customize able.
- They only post to 8 free job boards.
- Sometimes screens don't automatically refresh after status updates. Whether this is an internet issue or server issue remains to be seen.

Advice to Others

- Be prepared to put about 10-15 hours total work into getting it built initially.

WOW! Awesome product - love it. So easy to use. We have had no glitches or problems with the program. It does everything they said it did and more! My end users love it too - has improved efficiency in hiring, improved communication with hiring managers and the candidates and let us go paperless! Made our lives in so much easier!

Pros

Ease of use.
Fantastic A+ Service Team who respond so quickly and are so friendly.
System is seamless, intuitive for both the company and the candidate.
Allows the hiring process to be paperless.
Electronic scheduling of candidates is probably my favorite component.
Can use the system from anywhere.
Mobile friendly.
Assessment options are great.
Good email template options to respond to all candidates.

Cons

The only thing that I don't like is that I did not buy the product sooner!

Advice to Others

We have 300 employees and get about 5,000 or more applications over a year period. So easy to track, search, etc.
I referred to a friend with 1800 employees with multiple locations and they love it too.
There are no surprises in the buying process and no hidden fees.

Career Plug is a relatively good recruiting tool. The problem I have with it is that it does not do a great job of finding a name in a search but this is better. For instance, if you look for John Green, it will find every person with John in the name in the system and every person with Green in the first or last name. There are no really good reports.

Pros

Can do many jobs at the same time. Easy to add new jobs, deactivate them and change them.

Cons

Lack of reports and trouble finding a candidate.

Advice to Others

Reasonably priced, easy to add new jobs and change those jobs, good when you have many jobs to source.

Likes Best

Ease of use, setup and cost. Amazingly positive impact to hiring.

Likes Least

District and Department tools were a bit awkward to implement.

Recommendations

Single unit or multi-unit retail, if you aren't using an ATS, I feel sorry for you.