Practical ideas, real-world stories, and smart strategies for HR tech success.
Choosing the right Applicant Tracking System is critical for growing businesses. This comprehensive guide compares eight top ATS platforms for companies under 1,000 employees – evaluating their integrations, features, automation, analytics, and scalability. Discover which ATS fits your needs, from intuitive SMB-friendly tools to powerful, data-driven recruiting solutions.
This comprehensive comparison of I-9 verification vendors helps iCIMS customers evaluate top solutions for remote employees. Featuring Tracker, Equifax, EMP Trust HR, HireRight, Sterling, and more, the guide covers integration, automation, candidate experience, and pricing—so you can confidently choose the right fit for your compliance needs.
Explore top tools for Candidate Workflow Communications like Sync2Hire, Slack, Teams, and texting platforms. This comparison helps iCIMS customers evaluate integration, automation, and analytics to improve recruiter-candidate engagement. Ideal for TA leaders seeking scalable, compliant, and efficient solutions for messaging, scheduling, and enhancing the overall candidate experience.
Discover why we’ve chosen not to accept referral fees from ATS vendors—and how we use ChatGPT Deep Research to deliver fast, unbiased, and data-backed software evaluations. Learn how to apply the same method yourself and make clearer, more confident decisions about the tools your team depends on.
This 2025 guide compares iCIMS and Ashby for mid-market and enterprise recruiting teams. Learn how each ATS performs on integrations, automation, analytics, UX, pricing, scalability, and industry fit—so you can evaluate which platform best meets your organization’s talent acquisition needs and technical requirements.
This 2025 comparison of iCIMS and Lever helps HR and TA leaders evaluate each platform’s fit across enterprise use cases. We examine integration depth, user experience, automation, analytics, and cost—highlighting strengths and limitations to guide informed ATS selection for mid-market and global organizations.
This in-depth comparison of iCIMS vs. Jobvite evaluates both platforms across critical categories, including integrations, recruiter and candidate experience, automation, analytics, scalability, and pricing. Tailored for HR tech buyers, this article helps mid-market and enterprise TA leaders determine which ATS best aligns with their hiring goals and operational complexity.
This article offers a comprehensive, impartial comparison of iCIMS and Greenhouse—two leading ATS platforms used by mid-market and enterprise employers. It evaluates both systems across integrations, user experience, automation, analytics, and pricing, helping talent acquisition leaders determine which solution best fits their organization’s hiring needs and long-term technology strategy.
This in-depth comparison of iCIMS and SmartRecruiters helps mid-market and enterprise talent acquisition leaders evaluate two leading ATS platforms. It explores key differences in integrations, configurability, user experience, reporting, automation, and pricing—highlighting strengths, trade-offs, and ideal use cases to support more informed, strategic HR technology decisions in 2025.
HR tech marketing often exploits gaps between what buyers believe and what’s actually true. We call this “truth arbitrage.” At IRD, we close that gap through Deep Research and paid, off-the-record conversations with seasoned system admins — so buyers can make informed, honest decisions without vendor influence.
This in-depth comparison highlights the top text recruiting platforms for iCIMS customers in 2025. From integration quality to automation, candidate experience, and global scalability, this guide helps TA leaders and system admins evaluate the right tool for their needs—with citations and vendor-specific takeaways to support due diligence.
This in-depth comparison evaluates top iPaaS platforms—including Workato, The Cloud Connectors, Celigo, Boomi, and more—for iCIMS customers. Learn which integration solutions best support ATS workflows, recruiter automation, and enterprise-scale performance. Ideal for TA leaders, HR ops, and system admins navigating integration strategy decisions.
Are you an iCIMS user looking to boost your recruitment marketing? This comprehensive guide compares iCIMS Candidate Experience Manager (CXM) with leading alternatives like HireClix, Recruitics, and Beamery. We examine integration with iCIMS, candidate and recruiter experience, key features, scalability, and pricing – helping you identify the best solution for your talent acquisition needs.
iCIMS users often seek specialized offer management tools to enhance hiring. This guide compares six leading solutions—iCIMS, Workday, Avature, Beamery, Ashby, and Fountain—on integration, UX, automation, analytics, and scalability. Includes rankings, key questions, and use cases to help TA leaders choose the right offer management platform with confidence.
Not sure which video interviewing platform works best with iCIMS? This comprehensive 2025 comparison breaks down 8 leading vendors – including HireVue, Modern Hire, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, InterviewStream, Willo, Harqen, and myInterview – on integration capabilities, features, user experience, ideal use cases, and pricing. Get an unbiased, detailed analysis to guide your decision-making.
This guide compares top job board aggregators for iCIMS customers, including Appcast, PandoLogic, Talroo, Joveo, and others. Learn how each platform supports ATS integration, improves candidate flow, and scales hiring through automation and analytics. Ideal for TA leaders optimizing recruitment marketing across high-volume and global hiring.
This report compares leading onboarding software options for iCIMS customers, including Enboarder, Click Boarding, and native iCIMS Onboarding. Evaluate integration strength, candidate experience, automation, analytics, and scalability. Tailored to mid-market and enterprise TA leaders seeking seamless, compliant, and engaging onboarding solutions.
This detailed comparison helps iCIMS customers evaluate top career site software platforms. From native options like iCIMS Attract to advanced solutions like Phenom and Radancy, the article covers integration depth, candidate experience, automation, analytics, scalability, and pricing—empowering TA leaders and HR operations to make informed vendor selections.
This detailed comparison helps iCIMS customers evaluate top new hire experience platforms like Enboarder, Click Boarding, and Sapling. From integration and engagement to compliance and cost, find the right solution to streamline onboarding, boost retention, and ensure a smooth transition from candidate to productive employee.
This in-depth guide compares eight leading skills and technical assessment platforms for iCIMS customers, including HackerRank, Codility, CodeSignal, and more. Learn which tools offer the best candidate experience, automation, and global readiness—plus see integration depth, pricing models, and key use cases for smarter hiring decisions.
This expert comparison of chatbots and conversational AI tools helps iCIMS customers evaluate top vendors like Paradox, Sense, XOR, and iCIMS Digital Assistant. Learn how each platform performs across integration, candidate experience, automation, analytics, and scalability to choose the right solution for high-volume or enterprise recruiting needs.
Curious how leading programmatic job advertising tools stack up for iCIMS customers? This in-depth comparison covers 8 top vendors – from Appcast and Joveo to Radancy and Talroo. Learn about their iCIMS integrations, features, analytics, global readiness, ideal use cases, and pricing models. A must-read for TA leaders eyeing smarter job ad spend.
This in-depth comparison evaluates leading Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) tools for iCIMS customers. From native iCIMS CRM to Beamery, Avature, Phenom, and others, learn how each platform handles integrations, automation, and candidate engagement to help TA leaders choose the right CRM for proactive, pipeline-driven recruiting.
This in-depth guide compares the top pre-employment assessment platforms for iCIMS users, including SHL, Plum, Harver, HireVue, and others. Explore their integration capabilities, candidate experience, automation, and global readiness to find the right fit for your hiring needs in 2025.
AI is transforming how recruiters source talent. In this comprehensive comparison, we examine the top AI-powered sourcing tools – from SeekOut and hireEZ to Eightfold, Beamery, Loxo, Gem, and more – with a special focus on iCIMS integration. Discover each vendor’s strengths, ideal use cases, integration depth, and pricing to make an informed decision for your talent team.
Mid-market and enterprise TA leaders using iCIMS can benefit from specialized reference check software. This comparison evaluates vendors like SkillSurvey (iCIMS), Xref, Harver (Checkster), Crosschq, Verified First, First Advantage, and Zinc, focusing on iCIMS integration, features, user experience, ideal use cases, and pricing.
This report was compiled by Integral Recruiting Design (IRD) using generative AI to synthesize publicly available documentation, product guides, customer reviews, and analyst commentary on background check software as of 2025. It compares vendors including Checkr, First Advantage (Sterling), Accurate Background, HireRight, Data Facts, Verified First, Asurint, and Cisive.
This report was compiled by Integral Recruiting Design (IRD) using generative AI to synthesize publicly available documentation, product guides, customer reviews, and analyst commentary on employee referral software as of 2025. It compares vendors including ERIN, Eqo, RolePoint, Teamable, Boon, Zao, EmployeeReferrals.com, WorkTaps, Radancy, and Intrro.
Choosing the right interview scheduling tool can transform your hiring process. This in-depth guide compares the best platforms for iCIMS customers—including GoodTime, candidate.fyi, Yello, and others—across integration depth, scheduling automation, candidate experience, and pricing. Perfect for mid-market and enterprise TA leaders.
This report compares iCIMS and ADP Recruiting, outlining the functionality that iCIMS customers may lose when transitioning to ADP. It covers key areas like sourcing and CRM, job distribution, interview scheduling, offer management, and compliance, with a focus on the healthcare industry. This comprehensive guide provides HR and IT decision-makers with questions to ask ADP to ensure no critical features are lost during the switch.
Thinking about switching from iCIMS to Dayforce? This guide outlines the key feature gaps to watch for—especially in sourcing, CRM, and job distribution—and offers pointed questions to ask Ceridian before making a move. Use it as a conversation starter during demos, not a final verdict. Vendor evaluation starts with the right questions.
This comprehensive report details the trade-offs of replacing iCIMS with Oracle’s Recruiting module. It highlights potential loss of CRM/talent pooling, job board reach, workflow flexibility, and reporting capabilities. It provides industry-specific (healthcare) insights and an exhaustive question list to guide due diligence so organizations can anticipate functionality gaps.
This report compares iCIMS and SAP SuccessFactors ATS, outlining key functionality differences in sourcing, interview scheduling, offer management, compliance, and more. It offers high-level questions for decision-makers considering a switch, with specific focus on recruiting processes, talent pools, integrations, and compliance needs across industries like healthcare.
iCIMS’s Talent Cloud delivers specialized recruiting tools – CRM talent pools, text engagement, video interviewing, and flexible workflows – that many UKG Pro Recruiting users find lacking. This comprehensive report details the functional gaps an iCIMS customer may face switching to UKG in 2025, covering sourcing, automation, reporting, and user experience.
Switching from iCIMS to Workday Recruiting? This detailed report outlines which features you might lose and the questions to ask before making the move. From sourcing tools to compliance workflows, we break down key differences and hidden costs to help HR and IT leaders make informed, strategic decisions.
Many companies are considering switching from iCIMS to a bundled HCM platform, but most underestimate what they’ll lose. If you once needed a point solution, you probably still do. This article explores when to switch, when to stay, and how to make the decision with clarity—not just marketing.
At a recent event, an HR leader told me they needed an engineering degree just to understand their new ATS demo—for a 300-person company. It’s a common trap: buying enterprise tech before you’re ready to support it. The right system isn’t the most powerful—it’s the one your team can actually use.
We used ChatGPT Deep Research to compare iCIMS, Workday, ADP, SAP, Oracle, UKG, and Dayforce across key ATS and recruiting features. Explore this free, vendor-neutral tool to help you ask smarter questions and navigate the trade-offs between best-of-breed and one-stop-shop HCM recruiting solutions.
At my first HR tech conference, I started questioning the ethics of referral payments in vendor selection. This post explains why I walked away from kickbacks, how we’re using AI and real user insights to guide buyers, and what we’re building to make software selection more trustworthy for everyone.
The myth of the fully integrated HCM suite is just that—a myth. These platforms promise seamless functionality, but often deliver mediocrity. Best-of-breed solutions, tailored to each function, outperform them. If you’re serious about HR tech ROI, consider specialized tools that excel in their domain instead of the “everything” solution.
Real-world lessons from the people who make iCIMS work on the client side. Each week, we share insights from system administrators, consultants, and tech leads navigating the realities of iCIMS optimization.
