As a recruiter, you will know that time is of the essence when trying to hire the right employees. You want to find good candidates for your business quickly, without having to drag out the hiring process through weeks, potentially opening the door to too many applications.
Apps are solving talent sourcing issues for industries in a big way by allowing areas of recruitment to be conducted seamlessly on mobile. After all, with a smartphone and an internet connection, it's very easy to work anytime and anywhere.
Our comprehensive list of ten mobile recruiting apps will help to improve your recruitment in 2022 with these talent sourcing apps.
10 Best Mobile Recruitment Apps for Talent Sourcing in 2022:
1. LinkedIn Recruiter
If you already have a LinkedIn Recruiter account, you know exactly how powerful the network is. It is home to more than 740 million professionals, allowing you to find the best talent for any company in a wide range of industries.
The LinkedIn Recruiter app, which is free and available on iOS and Android, is very easy to use and a perfect extension of the online service. You can send messages and see real-time updates such as candidate profile edits and new applications.
LinkedIn Recruiter features:
Key features include the ability to search for candidates by keyword, location, and industry, as well as the ability to view a candidate's profile and see their contact information. LinkedIn Recruiter also allows users to message candidates directly, and to save and organize candidates into different lists.
2. Instagram #hiring #recruitment
You probably already have a company instagram account – why not use it for recruitment? With over 1 billion monthly users Instagram Instagram is a great place to find talent. Simply adding the hashtag #hiring to your next post will expose you to some unique opportunities that your competitors may not be finding. Psst - use Canva to create some awesome job ads for social media.
Instagram hiring features:
Instagram allows you to post pictures and videos, to promote your roles, offering a variety of filters and editing tools that can help make a recruiter's photos and videos stand out.
3. Interview Assistant
The Interview Assistant app is not only free but also designed specifically for creating interviews. You can create pre-screen and interview questions, and share them with your contacts. If you are feeling uninspired, it also comes with 250 template questions that will cover most interviews in a wide range of industries. Interview Assistant also lets you track multiple interviews, rate the candidates and create your own question templates. Pretty useful!
Interview Assistant features:
Create interviews quickly and easily with 250+ interview questions and templates. Track and rate candidates efficiently.
4. SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters flew under the radar for a while, but it was created by a very serious software company specialising in creating talent acquisition platforms. As such, it offers everything you might need for the recruitment process.
It is also a great tool for communicating with other recruiters in your team as you can share ratings and candidate feedback, making it ideal for big organisations. The app is free but you will need a paid account from SmartRecruiters to make full use of it.
SmartRecruiters features:
Post jobs, manage candidate responses, approve job offers, and get analytics insights.
5. Workable
Workable is a recruitment hiring platform that encompasses multiple functions and features to make your recruitment tasks as productive as possible.
Workable features:
From job descriptions to offer letters, discover candidates and decide who's best for your business, fast.
6. Recruiterflow
Recruiterflow is an ATS (applicant tracking software) that provides a great all-in-one solution to managing your recruitment pipeline and candidate experience. It also offers some useful productivity tools such as automation and reporting. If you're looking for a great all-rounder product you should give Recruiterflow a try.
Recruiterflow features:
ATS tracking system and productivity tools for recruiters.
7. Monster
Monster is a jobs board that allows hiring managers to shortlist candidates, review resumes and contact potential applicants interested in interviewing via messaging, all via your mobile.
Monster features:
You can post jobs for candidates to find by keyword, location, or category. You can also set up notifications when an applicant has applied.
8. Shapr
Shapr) helps recruiters find inspiration, opportunities, and build awesome networks. Shapr's motto is "take networking from awkward to awesome". You can meet some inspiring professionals easily with a swipe of your mobile. If you're looking to build contacts we highly recommend it.
Shapr features:
Shapr uses an algorithm to make recommendations for who users should connect with, and also allows users to search for specific individuals. Shapr is free to download and use, and is available on iOS and Android devices.
9. Calendly
Calendly allows candidates to schedule appointments with recruiters and hiring personnel based on their calendar availability. This is a big time-saver and seriously improves productivity.
With its calendar application and scheduler software, Calendly offers a variety of services including videoconferencing and the ability to schedule interviews. Calendly offers various pricing plans for its services, including a useful free basic plan.
Calendly features:
Calendly has a clean and simple interface that makes it easy to use. You can also share your availability with candidates and get reminders when they are coming up.
10. Vincere
Also referred to as "the recruitment weapon" Vincere is a recruitment and staffing agency software solution. At its core, it's a CRM with additional add-ons like engagement, comms and time sheets. You'll find it super-useful when it comes to integration with other products on the market and it's easy to scale up as your needs grow.
Vincere features:
Vincereis a customer relationship management system but tailored for recruiters and staffing agencies. Improve the candidate experience and get organised using applicant tracking.
11. Picked
Picked is an all-in-one HR solution for both recruiters and HR teams. Whether your looking for tools to improve your hiring processes such as pre-screening assessments that shortlist applicants quickly, or useful HR functions like absence management trackers, Picked is an awesome all-rounder. Plus you can use it to shortlist and recruit top talent.
Picked features:
Send skill tests to all your candidates to help with the shortlisting process, source talent and improve your candidate experience all from your mobile.
12. Glassdoor
Glassdoor is primarily a job-seeker facing website where employees can anonymously review their companies and bosses, and rate their satisfaction with their jobs. However, it's also a great resource for recruiters as it acts as a job board and company spotlight.
Glassdoor features:
Recruiters can support managing a company's Glassdoor page as well as post jobs to the jobs board.
