Press Release: Applicant Tracking System Company Catch the Best Includes Applicant Questionnaire Functionality
Seattle, WA, June 10, 2008 –(PR.com)– On demand applicant tracking software company Catch the Best announced the addition of automatic applicant questionnaire functionality.
“We are always striving to enhance the hiring process for our current and future customers by incorporating requested functionality that aligns with our vision of a simple, effective applicant tracking and resume management solution,” said Vice President of Marketing & Business Development, Mike Wagner.
The questionnaire functionality allows users to add related questions with free-form, single choice, or multiple choice response options to specific positions. Once the position has questions associated with it, those questions will be displayed on the web submission form for applicants. The candidate’s answers will then be stored and visible in the applicant detail page.
About Catch the Best
Founded in 2007, and located in Seattle, Washington, Catch the Best provides a superior, easy to use, applicant tracking and resume management system for both recruiting and non-recruiting professionals involved in the hiring process. From the startup to the Fortune 500 enterprise, Catch the Best delivers easy, and efficient web based solutions to streamline the management and collaboration efforts of the placement process.
June 10th, 2008 - Posted in Job ads, Jobs, Recruiting, Resume Management, Resumes, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Finding the best candidates: Write a shorter job ad
The CollegeRecruiter Blog has a good entry about getting a better response from a shorter job ad. I’ve come to the same conclusion after reviewing a number of job ads, and after having written a number of them myself. Not only will you drive up the quality response percentage by reducing the number of unqualified applicants, but you’ll also filter in the people who are more genuinely interested in your position.
If you aren’t convinced, though, just try it. With the accurate source tracking provided by Catch the Best, you can create two different job ads with different content to post at the same place and at the same time and see which one is more effective in attracting the best candidates.
If you run that test and find out we’re wrong, you should definitely let me know. 
February 16th, 2008 - Posted in Hiring, Job ads | 0 Comments
Catch the Best in the Montreal Gazette
MARK STACHIEW, of The Gazette talks about Catch the Best and other hiring tools.
“You’re hired
If you’re on the other side of the job-seeking equation and are hiring new staff, then a useful tool to help manage your applicants is a website with the encouraging name Catch the Best.
When you list your positions online, Catch the Best gives you unique submission email and Web addresses for each one.
If you are posting the ad on multiple job boards, your own company website or Craigslist, then these unique addresses let you easily track where your applicants are coming from. This will help you eliminate sites that don’t send you qualified leads so that you can streamline future hiring.
People in your company who have access to the site can rate applicants with a thumbs-up or -down as they review the resumés. This lets you easily see which applicants are most suited for the job. You can click on each applicant’s name to see the information they submitted when they filled in your online application.
To help you post job ads on your own site or any forum, social network or job board where you can drop in some HTML, Catch the Best gives you a javascript widget that you can paste into these pages. This gives you the ability to cast your net far and wide.”
Read the rest of the story here: Catch the Best in the Montreal Gazette
January 1st, 2008 - Posted in Job ads, Job boards, Jobs, Recruiting, Resume Management, Resumes | 0 Comments