HiringThing is a web-based applicant tracking solution that gives users the adequate tools to hire the right set of candidates. With HiringThing, companies can post attractive, customized online job listings as well as rate, categorize and analyze applicants.
Apart from posting online jobs, HR professionals can also receive resumes, sort through potential applicants, plan onboarding process and more. Users can pass on resumes to other department managers, as well as automatically send rejection letters and other notifications.
HiringThing allows companies to fully customize their job listings with the company logo, colors and job descriptions. The solution also automatically tracks notes and application status of each applicant. Users can monitor applications for any combination of job-specific keywords and use HiringThing's analytics to see which referral sources are bringing in the best candidates.
HiringThing helps companies integrate Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn into their hiring strategy. The solution even allows applicants to attach their LinkedIn profile to their application to offer a complete view of their work history and network.
Josh from BambooHR
Specialty: Software / Technology
Employees number: 201-500 employees
February 2018
February 2018
Easy to post jobs online as well as rate, categorize and analyze applicants. All plans include unlimited users and unlimited job applicants.
Aliaunda from MindBodyRecTherapy
Specialty: Healthcare / Medical
Employees number: 1 employee
December 2017
December 2017
Great customer service! This is one thing that always moves me to rate a service or product high. The people here are knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly, thanks!
If you have never used recruiting software before, Hiring Thing offers a product that is simple and easy to follow.
Time and other start up kinks prevented me from using all of the features available to me. I also wasn't able to purchase a higher tier of the software, so I didn't have access to other features.
Jessica from Certified DEF
Specialty: Transportation
Employees number: 11-50 employees
August 2017
August 2017
Love the fact that they offer unlimited users. It really helps out when others can easily login and view the information. Plenty of useful features
I really liked the system, didn't find much cons. The only reason we decided not to continue with Hiring Thing is that we found another software that allowed unlimited job postings for a cheaper price but charged by each user.
Anisha from Alert1
Specialty: Healthcare / Medical
Employees number: 11-50 employees
June 2017
June 2017
HiringThing is easy to use and offers features at the best price. It is affordable for any company, especially for small ones.
There are not too many different types of reports to pull. If there were more specialized reports to look at, that would be great.
Kevin from National PEO
Specialty: Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
Employees number: 11-50 employees
April 2017
April 2017
Super easy to use and makes recruiting a snap! The additional features such as offer letters continue to enhance the product and make it more valuable.
Chrissy from Resource Energy Systems, LLC
Specialty: Energy
Employees number: 11-50 employees
April 2017
April 2017
I think the product is good. I think the enhancements I've listed would make it better.
Enhancements I would like to see - when I am reviewing candidates I'm usually blocking off time to review as many candidates as I can in that period. Therefore, it would be nice if the Applicant Viewer window had a button to View Next Applicant. So after I rate the one I'm on, I can do directly to the next candidate without having to close the window and click View for the next applicant. Also, when I resize the Applicant Viewer window to maximize the screen to better see the resume - it goes back to the default size each time. I'd like the option to have the window be larger by default - or keep the size I have when I click View Next Applicant.
There should also be an easier way to get applicants into the system. A manual add button that gives me the option to email the applicant but by default is disabled.
On the Rated Applicants tab I'd like to be able to sort by Applicant Name. I get an email from an applicant and I go into hiring thing to update their status - but it takes forever to find the person's name in the list.
greg from Coharie Intra- Tribal Council Inc.
Specialty: Non-Profit
Employees number: 2-10 employees
February 2017
February 2017
easy access to obtain applicants and list duties of job available
time saver/ easy to navigate
nothing
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Beverley from Peoples Bank of Commerce
Specialty: Banking
Employees number: 51-200 employees
January 2017
January 2017
Great product for a great price. You don't need the full package if you are under 100 employees. A Smaller package does everything you need.
Easy to keep notes on applicants and the email reminders and notifications feature is great.
Is not able to run with payroll system.
If you need a tracking system and an applicant information system for future open positions, this is a great product for a reasonable price. The customer service I've received the last 6 months has been immediate with no delay in responding or providing guidance.
Rachel from The Embassy VFX Inc.
Specialty: Media
Employees number: 11-50 employees
December 2016
December 2016
I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of use of Hiring Thing. Introducing a more hands on recruiting approach to previously un-involved Hiring Managers could not have been smoother due to Hiring Things intuitive, easy to use system. It's pipeline that streamlines the application, pre-vetting, interviews and all the way through to making an offer significantly cuts down time on an already long and often tedious recruitment process. In addition to fabulous functionality across the board, it also offers insight into where your applicants are applying to open roles to help key in on talent pools. Highly recommend!
-Easy to search candidates
-Easy to group candidates together using tags
-Great action items
-Fantastic offer process
-Fabulous insight on where candidates are applying from
-Great application question options (love the auto-archive if answered XX option)
NONE that I can think of!
Janhavi from Engage IQ
Specialty: Media
Employees number: 2-10 employees
October 2016
October 2016
Customer support is SUPURB! As soon as I send them an email, they reply back within the next 10 minutes. And they are available on the phone without the "your call is important to us". Most of the money spent feels well spent because of their customer support.
The software is fairly easy to use. There are certain functionalities that can be accessed through two routes such as messaging candidates and setting appointments. It took me a while to figure those out and discover that one route was better than other. I would have liked it if the status of the applicants had changed right after certain action was taken automatically. But I have to do it manually, not a big issue though, I can see why that might be counter productive as well.
If you are hiring on an ongoing basis with a dedicated person managing the hiring, it is great value for money. For us it is a bit of an overkill. However, we got a lot of applicants for the few positions that we advertised through hiring thing. Mostly it served our purpose of having the screening questions into application form. Would have liked it if all the applicant info could be emailed automatically to the hiring manager as an optional feature, but had to do it manually. On the other hand, because there was a platform, an admin person could easily do the job of emailing.
Overall I am pleased with the product and would recommend it to a first time user of applicant tracking system.
Another great feature: It has never crashed on me!
Skyler from Roc1Stock1
Specialty: Retail
Employees number: 2-10 employees
October 2016
October 2016
It makes hiring people so much easier because of how organized the program is.
Jacki from LatAm Connex
Specialty: Recruiting Agency
May 2016
May 2016
Hiring Thing is very unique in that their customer service team is phenomenally good and very quick to get back to you. They are very flexible with taking into consideration your suggestions and turning them into real features of their product. Up until recently, they did not have an option to do video interviews from within the platform, but now they have implemented it and it's quite a good functionality. They are a small company competing in a saturated market, but they are doing a great job!
The main thing that we don't like with HiringThing compared to the best product we've seen on the market for Applicant Tracking, is the lack of an interactive pipeline view for the hiring stages.
Give them a chance! There is so much publicity from the "big players" in the market like Bullhorn, iCIMS and CATS, but you'd be really pleasantly surprised by this startup company and their big heart and creativity for the recruiting market.
Randy from Farmers Insurance Group (District 88-06)
Specialty: Insurance
January 2016
January 2016
This product has excellent interface, easy to use and very intuitive. To have all the candidate's information at my fingertips saves me time. I also have not lost a candidate file since I began using Hiring Thing.
I would like to see more of a CRS features so I can continue using the program after the hire.
Call the help desk often at first. They really do want to help you and you can sense their friendliness.
Michelle from Pet Alliance of Greater Orando
Specialty: Non-Profit
December 2014
December 2014
It's very easy to use. The customer service is excellent and sent immediate responses to any questions I have had.
I have not found anything yet that I like least about this product.
Make sure to really evaluate how many positions you may need to post at once before purchasing the cheapest package. Limitations on the amount of positions you can post at one time is sometimes difficult.
Erin from Portland Rescue Mission
Specialty: Non-Profit
October 2014
October 2014
HiringThing turned a stack of applications and overwhelming amounts of paper into a collaborative, useful online system that our HR staff and hiring managers love. Being able to share candidate information with relevant parties, communicating securely and efficiently, and ranking candidates has sped up our hiring process by 75%.
I can't think of a criticism that would be significant.
This is a great hiring tool. We use a separate online tool for our HRIS, and I prefer to keep the two systems separate since the needs are distinct. HiringThing does exactly what it should do with amazing efficiency.
Johnny from Simplex
Specialty: Recruiting Agency
May 2014
May 2014
It's fast, easy to use, and simple. That is the most important thing to me in an ATS at this point.
Search functionality is limited/non-existent. As I grow and my database of candidates grows, that will certainly become more important to me.
It's a great tool to get if you are just starting out as an independent recruiter like me. I'm not sure if it meets the needs of a large corporate setting or any type of large, complex environments requiring customization, etc.
Jennifer from Innovaacom, L.L.C.
Specialty: Engineering
March 2014
March 2014
The ease of use is excellent. You can teach yourself this software quickly, and if you have questions, the FAQs and videos usually explain it or you can call or write tech support. It has saved our HR staff a lot of time and headaches to have this product!
The only thing I would like is for the product to be able to recognize and automatically upload a hard-copy resume that has been scanned and then uploaded into the system instead of having to input it manually.
The product is a great value and extremely user-friendly!
Deidre from My Personal Taxi
October 2013
October 2013
HiringThing has been very help to us when looking to hire drivers. I am glad that I found this system. We are a taxi company, and the ease of updating our listings - along with the quality of service - means we will continue to use this service.
Cassandra from Angels Over Me Housing
July 2013
July 2013
This is an excellent site to recruit workers for your company. They even follow up with you on the status of your employee search. They are very professional and eager to assist you. I truly recommend this site for your growing business. HiringThing's customer support is excellent. I received so many responses within a week time.
Melissa from Kaizen Approach
July 2013
July 2013
We couldn't be more pleased with Hiringthing as our new ATS. We researched many SAAS ATS solutions through a market survey before selecting HiringThing.
The software is intuitive, requiring no training at all for us to use. We have altered our workflow to fit with HiringThing, and its made our process leaner and easier. Actions which would have taken 30 minutes or more are now completed in minutes. No more juggling spreadsheets, figuring out who has spoken to whom, or cutting and pasting from emails. Everything is centralized in the the applicant's notes and messages, and we can set up interviews and calls, and rack them as well.
Help screens are well written, the support center has a good knowledge base, and its easy to enter a ticket for support. Customer support is phenomenal. We get fast responses and fixes. Suggestions for future releases are taken.
I would recommend HiringThing without reservations. We are a small company without a full time recruiting staff - we have our own jobs to do, and now with HiringThing, we can effectively manageg recruiting without taking up too much of our regular work schedule.
December 2016
December 2016
We have used this program, which is an improvement over nothing but have found some serious issues with using it.
It will send emails out to subscribers about new jobs that haven't been published. Every one of your subscribers will know about a job if Tuesday rolls around and you are still working on the draft with managers. It really makes things messy when it happens to be a job that somebody is going to be terminated from but hasn't actually been informed yet.
It also does not keep a record of the offer letter you send out. You will get it listed in the files ONLY if the applicant accepts and signs the letter. The letter is off in limbo if they don't sign it.
It's better than using nothing at all.
It has an all or nothing mentality when it comes to features.
No way to block duplicate applicants based on email addresses.
No way to track offer letter sent until it is signed and accepted.
Will publish job postings automatically, even though the ad was not actually published by the user.
Applicants skip qualifying questions when they apply through indeed.
It's better than using nothing at all.
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: January 2017
January 2017
We greatly appreciate your feedback and apologize for any issues that you have experienced. In order to remove jobs from the subscriber notification emails, there is a "Hide Listing" option under the Advanced Options on the job listing, that will do this for you. Someone from our Customer Success team will be reaching out very soon to address this and any other questions or concerns you may have. We value you as a customer and strive to do whatever it takes to make hiring better and easier for you.
Krystal from Halo Country LLC
November 2016
November 2016
The couple I work for owns 3 different businesses and we use HiringThing at each of them. It's so user friendly and if we do have questions Bunnie response quickly.
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review and we appreciate you being part of the HiringThing family.
Barbara from Seaborne Airlines
Employees number: 201-500 employees
November 2016
November 2016
Excellent service. When I have questions they help really quick. I am glad we are using you guys for our hiring process
Its easy and friendly
Nothing bad to comment
Make it as a regular application like other sites for airli es
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review and we appreciate you being part of the HiringThing family.
Cindy from HR Annie Consulting
Employees number: 2-10 employees
October 2016
October 2016
Our consulting company HR Annie Consulting began using HiringThing for one of our clients a few years ago. Ever since, even though we get exposed to other programs, Hiring Thing is our #1 recommendation. Even clients who we no longer consult, remain loyal users of this platform for recruiting, applicant tracking and retention of their candidate files.
Another thing I love about Hiring Thing is that their team is always conscientious and open to their user's ideas for improving what is already great! When they make an upgrade or add on a service, I have never had significant downtime learning or acclimating to any changes.
The customer service from their team is quick, responsive and proactive in helping our team find solutions to increase our applicant pool, which for hard to fill positions has been invaluable!
There are a lot of tools and they are easy to use. Whenever I've had a question about anything, their team has been really helpful.
The price and options keep changing so it's hard when we are a pass through agreement with our clients and suddenly have to charge them more...even worse, when we don't catch it and aren't passing the cost through. Maybe a different rate package for companies that are referring use for tithed clients or a referral bonus??
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review Cindy. I'll have someone from our team reach out because we do have a referral program that might be of interest. Also we apologize for any frustration that our pricing optimizations have caused you. We're constantly working to make sure that our plans and features meet the evolving needs of our customers. We think that joining the referral program will help eliminate any pricing issues you experience with your clients.
Melissa from RLC
Employees number: 51-200 employees
October 2016
October 2016
I'm not sure what we would do without HiringThing! To be able to view, organize, and respond to applicants could not be easier!
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review Melissa!
Debbi from VetSource
October 2016
October 2016
This product is very user friendly and easy for managers to use with minimal training. I would recommend this system to other companies who are looking for a better way to manage the recruitment process.
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review Debbi!
Becky from HR Annie Consulting
Employees number: 2-10 employees
October 2016
October 2016
I work in HR consulting and we do a lot of recruiting and/or train recruiting strategies. We recommend HiringThing to all of our clients. It is a great, user friendly platform and Bunnie our rep is quick and super helpful with questions and job board research. Great product.
Service and user friendly. Application management
Wish the cover letters and resumes looked like the originals without having to download them.
Could have a list of industry specific job boards and pricing as a resource.
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review Becky! We appreciate you being part of the HiringThing family. We appreciate your feedback on the display of resumes and cover letters and we're happy to let you know that we currently working on enhancements to the Applicant Viewer and the entire applicant review experience.
Amanda from Watters International Realty
Employees number: 11-50 employees
October 2016
October 2016
They have everything you can think of so that your recruiting funnel is systematic and orderly. Customer service is very helpful and are often quick to respond to any questions that you have.
It literally does have everything I want for keeping my recruiting funnel organized.
I don't like the craigslist posting turn over time, I also don't like how the seven days later reposting is more like 9 days later.
fix the CL time lapse
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review Amanda. I also wanted to let you know that all Craigslist posts are posted within 24 hours. The delay that you are experiences is related to our posting confirmation emails which at this time are manual. We are working on automating these confirmations. Please be assured that all posting are live within 24 hours.
Greg from Renewal By Andersen
Employees number: 201-500 employees
October 2016
October 2016
I searched long and hard for an ATS that would give me all of the functionality I needed, for all fo the departments within our company. Not only was the HiringThing the best solution, the pricing made it a no-brainer for me. What has been equally surprising is the awesome support and customer service.
It works, is easy to use and is very cost effective. Allows candidate sharing across the enterprise
not really a complaint but its not a scalable as I'd like and some functionality is lacking. Overall it does 95% of what I'd like it to do
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your feedback. Our product road map for 2017 is focused on evolving our feature set and making enhancements that will continue to support both growing and large companies. We'd love your feedback as launch these new features.
Carmela from Long Range Systems, LLC
Employees number: 51-200 employees
October 2016
October 2016
As a company with under 100 employees and entirely paper driven HR process, HiringThing has been a life (and sanity) saver! It's helped us streamline our recruiting process and keep managers engaged and involved as well as keeping all the candidates organized. The price point also hits that perfect sweet spot for CFO's who don't want to spend too much. Absent any other HR technology, this stand-alone ATS has made my life immeasurably better and helped us reach a wider audience of the talent pool.
The only feature I wish was available was the ability to boost or refresh a job posting without having to completely take it down and re-post it as new.
Ease of use
Inability to boost or refresh job postings
Johnny from Simplex
Employees number: 1 employee
October 2016
October 2016
I am an independent recruiter and value fast, easy to use, nice user experience over customization, features, and workflows. HiringThing has worked great for me. It probably does not meet the needs for a larger company due to its lack of a search interface (or a usable one I should say). But if you are simply looking for a resume repository and to provide candidates a great, simple experience when they apply to jobs, this is a great solution! Their customer service is on point as well. I have spoken with their support team and seen code changes implemented within 24 hours. Not that I expected that, but that is quite a customer focused team they have.
ease of use, responsiveness, fast, good candidate experience, easy to implement with career portal
lack of really any in depth features, search, workflow customization. But I'm not looking for that at this time anyways.
N/A
Response: HiringThing, HiringThing
Date: November 2016
November 2016
Thank you for your review. We value your feedback! We offer enhanced search and workflow customization options select plan levels. If you ever have a need for these features in the future, please don't hesitate to contact our customer support team.
Jacki from JMA Information Technology
Employees number: 201-500 employees
March 2015
March 2015
Let me start by saying... I have tried MANY platforms. And the ones I didn't try, I watched the videos for and checked the demos. HiringThing may not be as well known as others, but it is SO good! I am so glad I stumbled upon it. In the past I have used CATS, TargetRecruit, and several others, and I have never found better customer service and a more friendly product than HiringThing. I highly recommend it! Sometimes I have even laughed at how fast they answer support emails... to the tune of less than 30 seconds after me sending it! So impressed!
-Awesome free trial with no credit card
-Rating feature with stars
-Simple to use, but robust enough to have all features
-Beautifully designed interface
-The best customer service I've ever seen
-Super, highly customizable
-Open API
-Right now there's no activity feed besides the sent messages, but they are developing it for me within 2-3 weeks and then will roll it out to all users!
NetterBug, LLC.
September 2013
September 2013
Best hiring software, I ever used! Try it for sure it has a free trial!
John - President of Autopaychecks, Inc
August 2013
August 2013
We are a professional company that needed to hire both a new sales person and a operations person. We tried to the newspaper to the tune of $400! Our results were exactly "0" applicants! We didn't even get a bad applicant. In a couple of weeks we now have 32 applicants for the sales position and 20+ for the ops position - we have now hired for both. Bottom line - it works.
Easy to use
High number of applicants
Useful number of Quality Applicants
Very reasonable cost
None
Mrs. Washington
August 2013
August 2013
I used it for the first time to post a job for the Company I work for and we received a lot of prospective candidates in a short period of time we were able to select potential candidates to hire. Great recruiting source. I will recommend it to anyone working on recruiting and also for anyone looking for work.
It's free!!!!! It does not get better than that...
The website needs more advertisement and Marketing.
Grace from C2 Education
May 2013
May 2013
Highly recommended.
Great customer support! I received immediate e-mail and phone support from the Hiring Thing Team. Much appreciated, thank you!
A bonus would be the ability to access candidate's resumes immediately and individually, without having to login/return to the your main/landing site. (Ex. Indeed)
But, overall, very happy with both the product and the awesome service!
Heidi from ASM
May 2013
May 2013
I would absolutely recommend Hiring Thing. They made my job a lot easier.
I got most of my candidates from them!
I had no cons
Terry from PPL
April 2013
April 2013
Absolutely. Especially if you have limited time and resources for recruiting and hirning. Very easy to set-up and impletement. NIce product!
The system was easy to use and implement from our previous recruiting tool. Not overly complicated as our previous system was and easy to navigate within the system. It took approximately 1-hour to enter all 11 job postings we were managing and our hiring managers loved the ease of use and access. I received a daily status update and love to see the metrics.
No job requisition form or process within the system.
JB from Year Round RG
April 2013
April 2013
Sign up. Will change your business.
great for small to mid level sized business...changes how you hire, organizational tool that is very valuable. Has changed our business in just one week, and our hiring success rate of 5-star candidates is close to 100%...communication is so stream lined that we are not missing out on any talent.
needs a few updated features, but they are very responsive to ideas.
Nick from McClain Recruiting Services
February 2013
February 2013
Initially the product was great but now that the company is no longer NEW, results have dropped off tremendously. Considering ending my account.
Very easy to use.
Posts to multiple sites fairly quickly
Results have dropped of tremendously in the past month in a half.
Cannot duplicate an existing job into a new one.
Results are showing up at the very bottom in Indeed and Simply Hired, and initially they were at the top of results.
Quality of applicants have been pretty poor in the past month