Talent Acquisition Software

Some talent acquisition platforms are glorified job boards with a pipeline view. Others run your entire hiring operation from sourcing through onboarding. We tested 8 of them with identical recruiting workflows to find out which ones actually help teams hire faster and keep candidates engaged without switching tabs.

Best Talent Acquisition Software

Talent acquisition software is a category that sounds like it should mean one thing and then turns out to mean about seven different things depending on who built the product. Some of these platforms are applicant tracking systems with a rebrand. Others are full sourcing engines, interview intelligence layers, or candidate CRMs that happen to process applications on the side.

By Alexandra Rashed