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Did you know? Our latest Talent Insights Report found that 29% of applications took over 60 minutes to complete in 2026. That's too long. It encourages drop-outs and makes a bad first impression. Test your application process, go through it yourself and time how long it takes. #TalentIntelligence #TalentInsights

Ireland! This one's for you 👇 This Thursday at 11am, we're running a live demonstration of our ATS, showcasing features we built specifically for our Irish clients, in partnership with those clients. Join us at the link in the top comment! Jamie Burns

Ireland! Jobtrain is an ATS built for you.   We work with Irish organisations of all shapes and sizes. From ETBs, Councils, Hospitals and more.               They choose us for our slick candidate experience, onboarding powerhouse, and our work with an Irish Translation Officer to improve the language experience for candidates.   On Thursday we’re running a live demo – click the link below to join us!

The benefits of a well-chosen and implemented ATS can be immense. A survey from Capterra reported that 94% of recruiters and hiring professionals say their ATS or recruiting software has positively impacted their hiring process. However, too often mistakes are made through a lack of understanding and some projects sadly fail. According to Information Age, 19% of IT projects fail completely. This guide will provide you with all the tools and knowledge you will need to be confident in ensuring a highly successful ATS project. As HR, Recruiters and Talent Acquisition professionals, planning, buying and implementing technology is not something many of us will have had any training or guidance in and we’ve yet to find anyone that offers it! In fact, it is this missing knowledge and understanding that has been a driver for producing our guide on How to Buy an ATS! Link in the top comment! 🔗

Applications are up. Hires are not. That one line explains most of the frustration in UK hiring right now and this month's Talent Signal digs into why. Inside the August edition: ➡️ Fewer vacancies than at any point since 2021, yet time-to-hire is the fastest in five years ➡️ The AI finding that breaks the Gen Z assumption almost everyone is designing around ➡️ Why your best candidates go quiet in August and how to keep them ➡️ The single fastest way to put people off applying (worth checking your job adverts against) #Recruitment #TalentAcquisition #HRTech #Hiring

CUT TIME-TO-HIRE BY 40% 💡 On Thursday 27th August, join us for a live, public demonstration of our ATS built specifically for Irish organisations. https://hubs.ly/Q04sVG2x0 This session is more than just a plain old demo - it's a mini masterclass on choosing the right recruitment technology for your organisation. ❓Learn the 'Why' and the 'How': We'll start by sharing key considerations - why do you need an ATS (what problem are you looking to solve), how to do your research and how to get stakeholders on board to give you the best chance of sign-off and approval. 🛠️Exclusive guides & tools: Attendees will gain access to our "How to Buy an ATS" guide, Business Case Blueprint for Success and a walk-through of our online ROI calculator. 🍵Post-demo insights: After the demo, learn how to weigh up your options - think flexibility, support, product development and licensing and how to buy and negotiate successfully with your chosen partner. We’ll reveal tips and secrets about licence agreements and what to watch and look out for. You'll leave with practical knowledge and tools to confidently choose and justify the right solution for your organisation.

We're delighted for our client, Cornerstone - what a fantastic achievement! 👏

Ask someone to apply for a competition or job in a language they only half understand. Then watch what happens to your completion rate. Language is not a nice-to-have in recruitment. It is the difference between a candidate who feels the role was meant for them and one who quietly clicks away. In Ireland that matters more than most employers admit. The Irish language carries real weight, in the public sector especially, and a careers site that treats it as an afterthought sends a message long before anyone reads the competition description. Here is the problem. Most employers who do offer an Irish-language option lean on a standard machine translation tool to provide it. On the surface it looks like the box is ticked. In practice it rarely is. We talk about this in our latest blog. It's time to speak the language of your candidates! 👇

What convinces candidates to apply? Our Talent Intelligence team found that 52.7% say how a job advert is written is the key factor. Don't sleep on this and don't over rely on AI tools. You want your advert to sound like it was written by a person who cares, not someone who scribbled it down at 4pm on a Friday... Janet! 👀 More stats and facts incoming, courtesy of Jobtrain's Talent Intelligence team! Download our latest Talent Insights report - link in the top comment ⬇️

Aligning stakeholders - we hear about it all the time. In our latest webinar on candidate experience, Kate Sarama FCIPD (Head of People, Bowel Cancer UK) and Adam O'Shea (Head of Talent Acquisition, Aspris) talked about how they've overcome the challenge. Join us for our next session in September - we'll be talking about how to help hiring managers get the candidate experience right and lead on AI transparency. Link to sign up in the top comment 👇