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PROS

SmartRecruiters offers an all-encompassing ability to manage the recruitment process cohesively.
The platform supports diversity in recruiting by allowing sourcing from multiple locations and tracking applicant origins.
SmartRecruiters is known for its strong collaboration features, improving the candidate experience.
The system accommodates recruitment needs in areas with limited internet bandwidth.
SmartRecruiters provides valuable features like job posting, application tracking, and candidate analytics.

CONS

SmartRecruiters had issues with system limitations imposed by a company in Germany, affecting functionality preferences.
OFCCP compliance for federal contractors was unclear, pushing some users to switch systems for compliance assurance.
Integration with other systems requires custom setups which can lead to significant delays and unexpected disruptions.
There were challenges with customization options, especially for employer branding and legal document templates, which remain challenging.
Obtaining technical support from SmartRecruiters proved difficult, necessitating in-house resolution over immediate external assistance.
 

SmartRecruiters Pros review quotes

Anudeep Kamuni - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Lead - TA ops & Analytics | Strategy Growth & Leadership at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 16, 2023
With just a click of a button, we can manage the process. Even generating offer letters and obtaining electronic signatures through DocSign are integrated into this application.
SUMANTA  GHOSH - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Recruitment Lead at IQ-EQ
Dec 29, 2023
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that amongst all the other ATS platforms that I have used, SmartRecruiters is the most user-friendly tool.
CD
Recruiter at Emerge
Jul 19, 2022
It has a neat functionality built in where it rates candidates. So, before you even look at the resume, you see a rating, and it is based on keywords. For example, it will tell you that an applicant is a frontend engineer and has used React, Angular, etc. It gives you a heads up so that you don't have to go through a hundred resumes on Monday morning eliminating applicants. It will tell you that this applicant's skills match 87%, which is pretty neat. You can skip the ones that are rated 25% or something.
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Maria Koutzouradi - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent Acquisition Manager at OpenBet
Oct 12, 2023
SmartRecruiters is a candidate management system or ATS system that we use for recruitment purposes.
GI
Solution Manager at IKEA
Jan 19, 2021
Job publishing and application tracking are the most valuable features. You can keep the flow of a candidate's application into one system. The whole collaboration can also be done within the system, which means that you can schedule interviews and add your feedback and ratings there. You can also communicate with the candidates. The analytics part of it is also very valuable. It is a useful feature that we use quite a lot. We don't really use other features such as recruitment marketing or CRM candidate relationship management in SmartRecruiters.
KC
HRIS Specialist and HR Data Analyst at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 21, 2020
The features that were most important for us to have were that it is user friendly and functional, which is definitely the case with SmartRecruiters. Our organization is located in developing countries where the bandwidth and internet stability are not the strongest and SmartRecruiters accommodates this challenge. It was a very big plus that we are able to use the system even in these locations.
LB
Recruiter at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Dec 20, 2020
What I really like about it is that it feels minimal, but is also dynamic. There aren't a lot of ways to get lost, which is good.
reviewer1471383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resources Director, Lake Port Square at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Dec 16, 2020
With this solution, I was able to add diversity to my recruiting. I was able to source from multiple locations, and I could show where applicants came from. The reporting tools that are on offer, allowed us to expand our reach. We were able to add meaningful diversity into recruiting.
reviewer1471479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Recruitment Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Dec 16, 2020
The most valuable feature is the way that they've set it up for collaboration.
reviewer1471380 - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent Acquisition Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Dec 13, 2020
The all-encompassing ability to manage the process cohesively out of the SmartRecruiter system was valuable.
 

SmartRecruiters Cons review quotes

Anudeep Kamuni - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Lead - TA ops & Analytics | Strategy Growth & Leadership at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 16, 2023
The filters are not accurate. The results are inaccurate when filtering multiple criteria, such as country and hiring manager.
SUMANTA  GHOSH - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Recruitment Lead at IQ-EQ
Dec 29, 2023
I don't see the integration of SmartRecruiters with SAP happening quite seamlessly, making it an area where improvements are required.
CD
Recruiter at Emerge
Jul 19, 2022
One thing that has been a bit of a struggle is getting tech support. It is a little more difficult to get support from SmartRecruiters. They want you to have your own in-house person to help you with any issues, whereas with both Lever and Greenhouse, you can just click a button at the bottom of the screen and chat with someone almost instantly.
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Maria Koutzouradi - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent Acquisition Manager at OpenBet
Oct 12, 2023
The solution's reporting feature could be improved because it is not very strong.
GI
Solution Manager at IKEA
Jan 19, 2021
We require greater flexibility for customization with our employer branding. Currently, it is very much driven by the SmartRecruiters design. We are using a SaaS solution, so we are powered by what is in the core product itself. A disadvantage of being a SaaS solution is that there aren't many customization options because you are literally buying it out of the box. You use whatever is offered to you in a box as much as you can, and that might be a problem sometimes because customizations are not achievable. They should definitely improve and provide more flexibility for customizations. For a large organization like ours, they can provide more flexibility on the authorization side of things. They could create a much more flexible way of access and separate the IT or help desk access when they need to go into the system and do some fixes. Currently, it is set up in a way that that you have access for everything or nothing, which is not useful in terms of the separation of duty that we have. There are also other things like matrix, where we can have a better and deeper kind of analysis.
KC
HRIS Specialist and HR Data Analyst at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 21, 2020
Some features are not as straightforward or user friendly to implement.
LB
Recruiter at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Dec 20, 2020
The solution needs to work on a single sign-on.
reviewer1471383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Resources Director, Lake Port Square at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Dec 16, 2020
Around 2015 and into '17, I worked at a federal contractor. I had to switch to a different applicant system as I didn't know if SmartRecruiters was OFCCP compliant, which is something that, as a US-based federal contractor, you have to ensure. They should work to appeal to the contractor industry and get the product OFCCP compliant.
reviewer1471479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Recruitment Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Dec 16, 2020
There were problems with integrations around other systems and each one had to be custom-built, which took a little while to get set up and running.
reviewer1471380 - PeerSpot reviewer
Talent Acquisition Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Dec 13, 2020
There were limitations with the system that we would have liked, not in the time, but the company in Germany really dictated that. So we couldn't do everything in the system we would have liked to it.