Simply hired goes social with Linked In, Facebook and twitter integration.

Simply Hired, the largest job search engine network, recently announced some new social job search features through integration with Linked IN, Twitter and Facebook.

Lets have a look at them.

They have introduced two main features:
1)Linked in Mash-up
2) Share with Facebook, twitter and Linked-in contacts.

1)Linked In mash-up:  Suppose you come across a requirement for which you are interested. You just have to  click 'Who do I know' button and it will show people who are in your network in linked-in and they work in the same company who have the job requirement.In my opinion this is a great tool, because you can ask your contacts in the company to refer you for the post, which increases your chances.

2)Share:  Here you can share good requirements with your contacts in twitter or facebook or linkedin. I have only one problem with this feature. When you share the req in Facebook or twitter it will be seen by all your friends or followers, out of them it may not be useful for 95% of people.

Social media is buzz word now. So this new features will definitely give boost to popularity of Simply Hired.I think all job boards will also start these features very soon.

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Applicant Tracking system - Zoho Recruit

Till now many of the recruitment consulting companies in India use spreadsheets to track applicants. But looking at the amount of information(email id, contact details, schedules, status) to be maintained and updated, using a applicant tracker system is a much better choice.Now a days there are many such applications are available in the market which helps in managing the recruitment process.But many of them are either costly or not convenient.

Recently Zoho lunched an online applicant tracking system called Zoho Recruit. Earlier it was a part of Zoho People, but now they have introduced it separately.For people who don't know, Zoho is and Indian start up with a range of products in  online office application systems.

Main Features:

• You can source candidates from multiple sources and do initaial filtering quite easily.It has its own resume database.
• You can keep track of the cadidate through out the interview process.you can schedule interviews, send mass mails, update ststus and keep notes in the application. 
  
• You can publish jobs on your site through Zoho recruit and attract resumes directly from candidates.

Useful for: It is definitely helpful for corporates as well as recruitment agencies.

Cost: It comes with both free version and standard edition($12/month/user).

Verdict: It looks to be good. Independant consultants and recruitment agencies who are looking for a good applicant tracking system can definitely check out this one.

Fundoo Recruiter