We are on the cusp of a new era in the workplace, one where remote work is not only possible but preferable for many employees—97.6% of workers reported that they would like to work from home, at least some of the time in their career.
In the past few years, a handful of businesses have also taken the plunge into virtual workforces with companies such as Dropbox, Atlassian, Facebook, and Skillshare transitioning to a permanent remote work setup. Now, as more and more industries recognize the benefits of working remotely, we’re seeing a massive change happening in how we conduct business.
But what does this mean for hiring and recruitment heroes?
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Remote recruiting is THE next big shit
Remote recruiting is the future for HR professionals. It’s where companies are headed, and there’s no turning back. For one, it’s the best way to protect people from the health risks posed by COVID-19.
But remote recruiting isn’t just about keeping people safe. Employers across the board agree that remote work is beneficial for both employees and employers. In a recent survey, 6 out of 10 cited cost savings as one such advantage of remote recruitment.
While some companies might find it challenging to develop new hiring practices, the good news is that there’s no shortage of available recruitment tools that will help you manage the entire hiring process—from searching candidates to onboarding new hires—more effectively and efficiently.
With the abundance of recruitment tools and other free recruitment software, hiring smart is now more affordable and sustainable than ever. In fact, remote recruitment has enabled businesses to keep up with the modern talent war, increase worker productivity and reduce employee churn rate.
30+ Recruitment tools, software & Chrome Extensions for easy hiring
Now, to help you get ahead of remote recruiting, here are 40 recruitment tools that will make remote hiring easier than ever before! We’re going to be covering everything from:
- ATS tools and software
- Remote recruitment tools.
- Interview and recruitment meeting tools
- Productivity tools for hiring and recruitment managers
- Email tools and email tracking tools
The big guns 💪
#1 Lever: Around $3000 – $125,000/year
Lever is a highly integrated HR software that provides both an applicant tracking system and a candidate relationship management platform.
#2 Greenhouse: Around $5,000 – $25,000/year
Greenhouse handles all recruiting-related tasks, including job listing, screening, scheduling interviews, and offer management.
#3 LinkedIn Recruiter: $8,999/year or $825/month
A household name in the employment-recruiter sphere, LinkedIn is a popular website for job seekers and employers to market themselves and build a following. LinkedIn
#4 Peoplefluent: Prince is based on quotation with their sales personnel
An HR aid software that is based in the cloud, Peoplefluent boasts functions that could help you from recruitment to hiring and even planning career growth.
#5 Breezy HR: Free and offers 3 plans at $143, $249, $399
An innovative and easy-to-use recruitment software that lets you manage candidates and nurture them for future roles. It also has a direct function wherein you can suggest or request certain functions directly to developers
ATS Tracking
Applicant tracking systems or, ATS, is software geared towards helping applicant management and overall speeding up the process of filling in positions. The GIF to the left if what I imagine an ATS software or tool sees when shifting through the HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS of applicants.
#6 Manatal: Starts at $15 to $35, also offers customized plans
Manatal is an all in one applicant tracking system that can assist your HR from candidate sourcing to task management and even reports and analytics
#7 Radancy: Request a demo to be able to get a quotation on their services
Radancy is geared towards solving the most critical challenges that HR employees face with data-driven intelligence to create solutions.
#8 Freshteam: Offers free services while paid version starts at $1.20 employee/month to $4.80employee/month
An all-in-one applicant tracking system from establishing a career page or site, to scheduling interviews, to post-hiring functions such as employee database and time off management
#9 Rooster: Offers free version and paid version starts at $19 to $49
Gives HR employees a fast, reliable and simple ATS by giving structure to your recruitment process by automating tasks for efficiency.
#10 Oracle Taleo: $5000/year
Offers all the tools needed for recruiting, sourcing, and on boarding. Making HR work simple and fast without diminishing quality.
#11 Odoo: Offers free and paid version starting at $20/month and $3-$32 for additional apps
Odoo is an all-in-one HR software for recruitment, hiring, monitoring, appraisals, leaves, and even attendance. It goes beyond just recruitment but also managing employees.
#12 Bullhorn: Starts at $99/month
A cloud-based recruitment software, perfect for remote recruitment as recruits may enter information anytime and anywhere.
#13 Jobvite: $80-$140/year
A cloud ATS for medium to large-sized companies who need help with recruitment. Lets you create and manage mobile-optimized portals for your recruitment.
#14 SmartRecruiters: $10,000/year
Targeted for enterprise companies who need better communication and automated functions to make workflow fast and efficient.
#15 SAP SuccessFactors: Recruiting Software is $3/month while HCM Suite is $84.53/year
The cloud-based HR software covers the whole recruitment process from sourcing up to monitoring and payroll management.
#16 BambooHr: Starts at $4.95/month
BambooHR is geared towards small and medium-sized companies that need an ATS that gives HR employees all the needed tools from recruitment specific to day-by-day tasks
#17 Workable: Starts at $99/job/month
An easy-to-use HR tool for recruiting gives you access to all the needed information consolidated into one place, while also providing avenues for team communication.
Email tracking tools
Ahhhh, emails…Don’t we love them? I especially love it when my inbox reaches over a few hundred!
Email is the very medium of communication for job seekers and recruiters, with the number of applicants sending in their resumes you will need some tools to keep your inbox organized.
#18 SalesHandy: Free for Gmail users, $9/month for outlook users
The app gives you unlimited email tracking with instant desktop notifications and scheduling for Gmail without any watermarks or branding.
#19 Streak: Offers a free plan, and a paid version that starts at $49/month
A CRM integrated right into Gmail where you can track leads and collaborate with your whole team in managing your office inbox.
#20 Mailtrack: Offers a free plan with limited functionality, and paid version at $9.99/month
A tracking tool for that is an extension on Google Chrome, which gives you a dashboard of emails being tracked, and relevant information that you can also use via mobile. You can see in the above image (source: G2), how Mailtrack can show you not only opens but the time and frequency of these!
#21 Right Inbox: Offers a free version, a paid version for personal use at $5.95/month, and a paid version for teams at $4.95/month
An all-around email tracking tool for Gmail where you can see who reads your email and how many times it is read, as well as notification and scheduling features
#22 AtomPark Software: Free for a limited time, extended use costs $12.85/month and $79.85/year
Trackdown the location of your email blast readers, and utilize these statistics to analyze the success of your email campaign.
Tools you didn't know you needed!
I love the feeling of discovering something new yet needed! The chicken/bunny/chicken-nugget to the left appears to be experiencing this exact emotion.
Beyond the aforementioned tools specific for recruitment and hiring there are other awesome productivity tools that will make hiring feel like a breeze!
#23 Google Workspace (G Suite): Free plans available and paid plans Start at $6 up to $18
Get your most needed cloud functions from making documents, excel sheets, and powerpoints while storing them in your cloud and sharing it over google meets.
#24 Microsoft Teams: Is free for Microsoft users, Microsoft 360 starts at $5 to $20
Office documents come in most if not all Microsoft formats. The collaboration app of Microsoft, teams is free as long as users have Microsoft 360
#25 tl;dv: Free
tl;dv is popular amongst recruiters for speeding up the typical hiring cycle. tl;dv records and transcribes your meetings and interviews. You can add timestamped highlights, so anyone can jump directly to the most relevant and juicy part of your meeting. Check out the above GIF which shows you how meetings are instantly converted into sharable goldmines of information!
#26 Slack: Offers free version, and a paid version starting at $6.67 up to $12.50
A create browser or mobile application that unifies workflow by creating text channels for communication and integration of daily productivity apps like google drive.
#26 Trello: Offers a free version, paid version starts at $5 to $17.50
A unique task management platform that gives managers ease in assigning tasks and monitoring deliverables.
#28 Zoho Meetings: Free plan available with unlimited meetings. Their paid version starts from $3 per month per user.
If you are looking for a secured and free web conferencing platform, then Zoho Meetings is your ticket! They are widely known for their security and privacy excellence. They’ve earned extra points through unlimited meetings that don’t have a time limit, even in its free version. This has been a gamechanger for recruiters and teams.
#28 Asana: Offers a free version, paid version starts at $10.99 – $24.99/month
An all-in-one task management platform that has both a linear and card stacking interface to manage and oversee tasks distributions and status
#29 Skype: Calling skype to skype is free, special features like calling and messaging landline or mobile numbers start at $2.99/month
Making calls in the remote-set up is easy with Skype’s video call services, they also offer texting and landline services.
#30 Zoom: Offers a free version (40mins per call), paid versions to start at $14.99 to $19.99/month
A staple in the remote-office setup, this conference call application is best for meetings with security and privacy features, as well as hosting webinars and conferences.
#31 Paymo: Offers a free version, paid version starts at $9.95 – $15.79
A great work and project management software geared towards team collaboration, making finding important documents, and monitoring deadlines easy in one interface.
#32 Time Doctor: Offers a free 14 day trial, succeeding days will start at a $7/month plan to $20/month
A great tool to monitor your team’s productivity, giving you access to what your team members are doing specifically and how much time they are taking in doing so.
#23 Notion: Free plans and paid plans starting at $10/month and $96/year
A well-known productivity tool that is anchored on customization, giving you a blank slate with different templates for your productivity needs.
Competing in the modern talent war
The modern talent war has created an environment where businesses are always looking for the next great hire. With remote recruitment, it’s become easier than ever to find and recruit top-notch candidates without spending a fortune on temporary employees. And with so many software and applications available, hiring smart doesn’t have to break the bank. The majority of these apps even offer some form of a trial period for you to test out their services before committing your business’s time or money on them—so what are you waiting for? Make sure not to miss out on this opportunity!
