Workable Software

Pros

So convenient and easy to use. The employees never have issues with this product and always give compliments.

Cons

None that I can think of. It seems to work just as it specifies and everyone seems to like it overall.

Pros

Used this system while consulting a company on hiring. The software was fairly intuitive, but was not really my preference. Lineup seemed correct for the pricing and the team was friendly enough.

Cons

I didn't really like the layout of the recruitment pipeline and the software seemed to have some jumpy areas between each stage of the cycle.

Pros

It's a great tool for the hiring process of companies who have to fill-in multiple positions and want to attract a large pool to be able to get the best candidates for the positions open. You can post jobs on multiple job boards easily which includes some of the big job boards as well. It's an effortless way to manage candidate database for each job. With the resume parsing and background screening, it helps choose prospects without the tedious activity of going through the resumes one by one as it filters out resumes according to your parameters. Easily track prospects and schedule interviews.

Cons

There are some setbacks when compared with pricier and bigger ATS. However, for the price, it covers the basics well.

Big fan. These folks got their product right. Highly recommend, especially for small teams with limited time to devote to the recruiting process. Totally streamlines everything!

Pros

I've been involved in hiring for over a decade and have never found as great a tool as Workable! You can do just about everything through its interface: search, view resumes and screening questions, outreach, set appointments that sync with my calendar, compare candidates, share candidates, rate and comment on candidates (great for teams), easily follow candidates through their path to hiring, buy advertising with all the major job portals. This is everything I need to make hiring a snap!

Cons

I really only have 2 comments regarding ways to improve:
1) When printing resumes, allow them to maintain their original formatting submitted by the candidate
2) Integrate a feature like Assistant.to for scheduling so that I can give candidates several different time slots to choose from that automatically sync to my calendar

Pros

Workable is very helpful in hiring new employee. Information of the applicants are one click away. It has a real-time way also to communicate with the applicant.

Cons

Nothing negative to say so far. Price wise as well for the many help it can give to the HR personal.

It's a good company and a good platform that is easy to use. If you are looking for a more cost effective option and are okay with losing some of the features you would get with a bigger ATS, Workable is a good choice. They do focus on rolling out new features and I am excited to see what happens next with them.

Pros

Very easy to use system, and the interfaces are intuitive for admins, users, and applicants. Each job goes out to 12 free job boards and candidates find it very easy to apply. Also allows candidates to apply with LinkedIn. Tracking of candidates through each job process is very easy with the "Bins" that peoples can flow through. Email templates, interview templates help keep the process simple and effective. Workable allows for each integration with HRIS, screening tools, and other interfaces.

Cons

Not much customization available depending on the price point you are willing to pay. More of an out-of-box software and does not allow the flexibility you would see with some other bigger ATS's. Some features you

Pros

Workable is one of the best tool where the migration of your database is the easiest from you old system or database,supports clean and smooth mass mailing ,it is one of the tools where it has a extension for google chrome as well for one click and easy recruiting and many such other important features that you may need

Cons

Workable seriously need to work on their customer service platform which is often slow sometimes really non responsive and not helping ,Job posting also needs to be improvised as its not that interacting like their other competitors in the market

Pros

I had my HR team use this software and everyone told me that starting from maintaining the resume data till the candidate is onboarded the product employs all streamlined methods to ensure the data is stored correctly without any inaccuracy.

Cons

I understand it is little time talking for anyone to understand the tool first because it looks like it is complex at a first glance., but training can reduce this shortcoming.

I started a trial to find out how Workable could benefit our business and needless to say, I was unable to complete the Trial because I was asked to provide a Utility Bill or "Other business documentation" that includes my business address.

Upon providing Paychex Invoices and Employment Tax Forms (sent directly from the state) that they ("Workable") will not be able to approve my job postings based on their guidelines and that this was their final decision.

It seemed like Workable would have been a great choice if you can get past the verification process. Below is the email I was sent.

"
Hello Joey,

We have passed this business documentation to our technical team for review. They have come back to us and based on the information provided, they will not be able to approve your postings again based on their guidelines. This is their final decision in regards to the jobs on the account, unfortunately.

In our experience, it is unlikely there are any changes that will bring it within our guidelines for publication. In this case, it would be best to try posting on the job boards directly.

I am sorry I can't be more helpful in this case.

Juan
Workable Customer Support"

Pros

The overall look and feel of the interface is clean and easy to navigate. The pricing seems to be on the fair side.

Cons

Regardless of being a paying customer, you receive terrible customer service. The company cannot be relied on if you run into any troubles with their system, actually reaching someone capable of assisting you is near impossible.

Last email from this company has been included in my comments.

Pros

Candidates get real-time communication! We schedule our interviews through the candidate portal. Customized communication templates help us tailor our responses at every stage of the process.

Cons

The navigation from the home screen is not really intuitive. But once you get used to it, it's not a big deal.

Pros

The software is great at being an applicant tracking system. Unfortunately, beyond price, the applicant tracking service is the only plus.

Cons

The way the software is laid out is not intuitive. The poor customer support makes it even worse. The poor resume handling and search functions are a deal breaker for us.

Pros

Easy to use, easy to post jobs and search for applicants. I like it as it work s like Linkedin Recruiter. Easy access to database.

Cons

did not receive many local applicants. More international applicants. Did not take many applicants while posting jobs on jobsites as a free ad.

Pros

The Workable ATS has the possibility to customize the hiring process for each vacant position and this will make it more flexible than any other ATS without this feature. Also, we can assign each hiring project to different members of the recruiter team. Various reports based on mostly important hiring KPIs would be another advantage. Workable also have a chrome extension named "People Search" which is so useful in sourcing candidates from the web.

Cons

"People Search" capability has some problems in gathering updated data from different sources. Moreover, the application form designer has some issues in put some fields mandatory.

It would be cool to have a PPC and fixed price option for each job posting site.

Pros

Allows a user to manage applicants from initial resume submission to hire
The ability to manage and purchase services from multiple recruiting sites

Cons

I dont like the restrictions in job posting design. We also wish we images would translate to career sites, but that's a minor point.

Pros

While it is an applicant tracking system there are many features not present. We have used this software for several years

Cons

this software is archaic functions, difficult to navigate, poor features for searches it does not compete with other systems currently available

Workable is an amazing product and it is ideal for recruiting in a professional work environment. I would highly recommend.

Pros

The program is easy to understand and use. The program offers flexibility in designing communication templates and the application. I appreciate the ability to directly link to my calendar.

Cons

Though I believe Customer Service has done a very nice job of helping me learn the system, it can be frustrating when I am looking for an answer quickly. Communication starts with an email or chat session which is not often returned until the next day.

It simply doesn't work and tech support is a joke. I would advise anyone to seek alternative advertising. I have been doing my own business and advertising for 19 years and this is the worst experience I have ever had.

Cons

Most everything that is associated with this company is a scam and fraud. I would advise anyone to seek alternative advertising. I have been doing my own business and advertising for 19 years and this is the worst experience I have ever had.

Pros

It's so user friendly, easy to use, can be customized as per your need and gives you one shop solution to all your recruitment needs.

Cons

They can do a better job of updating customers of their latest changes/updates. One may find that he/she has to find out themselves what changed!

This is a great product and I'm very frustrated that in a very short time they have cut out the smaller companies with their pricing. I really had not planned on looking at other ATS systems but worry what else is ahead for the "legacy" users.

Pros

Up till now I have been very happy with this product. New enhancements have slowly been coming out and when a bug is found it is reported and fixed in acceptable time. Support is very reactive and easy to work with. When I chose this software, I liked that they charged by the job and not by the user, since I'm the main one that uses it with 6 others using the interview part of the pipeline and we only need about 10 jobs at one time.

Cons

For my small boutique consulting firm, what turned out to be a pro has now turned into a con. the cost is the main issue.

I love the people search feature. If you guys can fix its limitation would be great.

Pros

It integrates talent search with the hiring pipeline.
When you identify a talent with "people search" you can access to his/her information from all the main social networks like Linkedin, Facebook, etc. Contact information is the most recently used.
Customer service is eager to answer all the questions.

Cons

"People search" doesn't show a lot of the people that should be able to find. For example, I searched for QA Engineers in my City and did not identify at least 15 people I know are working as so for more than 5 years and are registered as so in many networks like Facebook and Linkedin. This makes me think that the people search feature doesn't work properly.

Price