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title: Hiring Tip - Identify Best Candidate Sources
description: Identifying the best candidate for you position is obviously important. Learn how an ATS can be incredibly helpful in identifying the correct candidate!
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 Aug 14, 2024 3:40:45 PM

# Hiring Tip - Identify Best Candidate Sources

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Have you seen a decrease in job applications? Or a drop in the quality of candidates? Increasingly, we are working with employers who come to us with these types of problems.

They are finding that what has worked in the past is not working for them now. In short, they are looking for a new hiring strategy that produces more applicants and more qualified candidates.

One of the first things we recommend is for them to take a look at what* is *working, and then try and do more of that. Simple right? 

Unfortunately, it’s not. Not every employer has access to the data, or they don’t have time to analyze it. To get the data, we recommend a few options:

 

## **DIY Candidate Source Report**

Roll up your sleeves and gain insight into the best candidate sources by using a spreadsheet to track the source of applications, qualified candidates, and hired employees. Capturing the source may prove difficult, but after that it’s simply a matter of staying organized and updating the spreadsheet as applicants move through your hiring process.

 

## **ATS Candidate Source Report**

An ATS can greatly simplify the tracking of candidate sources. Whether you’re posting to three or three dozen job boards, a completed application will include source data automatically. Integrated reporting within the ATS can then display the sources that prove to be most successful in producing qualified candidates.

 

## **Outsource the Analysis**

Not everyone has the time to manually track candidate sources or implement an ATS. For many employers, it makes sense to outsource not only that analysis, but the other time consuming tasks that come with recruiting. This allows you to focus on making the right hiring decision without the hassle of managing a hiring process.

 

## **ExactHire Solutions**

ExactHire offers ATS software and an outsourced solution to clients based upon their needs and resources. Both are backed by our team of SHRM certified strategists. To learn more, click on the links below.

Full Service Hiring

Outsource the time-consuming aspects of hiring (writing and posting job ads, screening and replying to applicants, scheduling and conducting candidate interviews), and we’ll deliver you a short list of candidates to consider. Learn More: https://www.exacthire.com/full-service-hiring/

 

## **ExactHire ATS**

Use our powerful software to manage the hiring process more effectively. From online applications and automated job posting, to candidate communication and interview scheduling, our software helps you decrease time-to-hire while providing you insight into the health of your hiring process.

 

Learn More: https://www.exacthire.com/applicant-tracking-software/

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