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StartDate Applicant Tracking System

Find and hire the right talent, faster

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Streamline Your Hiring Process with Our Cloud-Based Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Easy and Efficient

Mobile-friendly, easy to configure, intuitive applicant tracking system that enhances your recruiting process.

Find and Track the Best Talent

Simple job creation and easy application process - Finding top candidates is just a click away.

Recruiter Collaboration

Organize your hiring team, and manage candidates using workflows that you design. 

Hire Faster, Reduce Costs

Easily manage applicant data, organize, categorize and shortlist matching talent faster than your competitors at a low cost-per-hire.


“The City of Red Deer has been utilizing StartDate recruitment software since mid 2007. StartDate has improved The City’s recruitment process measurably by providing tools required to effectively manage our job postings.”

 - The City of Red Deer 

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Rapid, Hassle Free Implementation

Implementation time is among the shortest in the industry. Our experienced team works with you to customize your site to your needs and provide the knowledge you need to move forward.

Unlimited Support & Online Training

We take pride in our personal approach. Our fast acting experts ensure you receive prompt response for support, and training on demand.

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Maximize your Reach

Reach More People

StartDate ATS software is mobile-friendly, multilingual, and follows W3C accessibility guidelines.

Cross-post to External Job Sites

Further your digital reach with automatic job distribution through our job feed partnerships with the likes of Indeed, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and more.

Internal Postings

Choose to advertise specific jobs to internal candidates only, with automatic ‘flipping’ to public pages on set dates.

Control Your Information Flow

Get the Candidate Information You Want

Resume, Cover Letter, Application Questions; determine what you want from the candidate at the job posting level.

Customize Your Workflows

Different types of jobs have different hiring processes. Create your own library of workflows that govern your screening process at the job posting level.

Control User Privileges

Multiple user level settings provide the flexibility to control viewing access to jobs and candidate information. Additional governance of candidate movement ensures your recruiters and hiring managers enjoy appropriate functionality.

Find Your Perfect Candidate

Candidate Ranking and Flexible Notes

Collaborative ranking allows your team to quickly shape your candidate pool. Control layers of searchable recruitment notes, with full audit trail.

Custom Application Forms with Scoring, Automatic Tagging, and Knockouts

Easily create your own library of application questions that can be assigned at the job level. Candidate responses can score, apply searchable custom tags, or automatically reject the candidate.

Communication with Candidates

Keep your communications inside the system. Our dedicated email system allows communication anonymity and response permissions, even while integrating with your work email. Our dedicated Regret and Offer Letter systems efficiently work to manage these comprehensive recruitment tasks.

Streamline & Customize

Flexible Website Integration Options

Integrate your website in minutes by linking your automatically generated careers page to your website, or utilize our available XML feeds to publish your jobs inside your own website(s).

Create Your Own Templates, Forms, and More

From custom job display and report categories to job and email templates, to custom workflows and application forms, your recruitment team can easily maintain their own library of materials that work for their own hiring needs. From the application success message to the regret or offer letter, you won’t need to rely on “one size fits all” options.

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Transform your Hiring Process with StartDate ATS

Click on the Request a Demo button to get started. Your next great hire is just a click away!

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