By jose 
10 Essential Recruitment Tools
Human Resources Executives know how important it is to have a set of personnel recruitment tools that facilitate, automate, and improve the various HR activities. In this article, we have compiled 10 essential tools for Human Resources in Latin America and explain what each one is used for.
1. Greenhouse
Greenhouse is one of the leading recruitment, hiring, and onboarding programs. It can be integrated with other human resources tools such as Emptor, Calendly, Spark Hire, Criteria, Grayscale, among others.
Some of the features Greenhouse offers are:
- Finding and tracking candidates
- Configuring an equitable recruitment process
- Creating an exceptional recruitment experience for everyone
- Using reports and data to continuously improve
- Communication and transparency among HR team members
- Automating the execution of administrative tasks
- Establishing a consistent onboarding process
2. Runa HR
Runa is one of the leading payroll tools in Mexico. It helps reduce the time spent on payroll calculations so that Human Resources can focus on strategy and organizational culture. In addition to digitizing payroll management, Runa HR also incorporates IMSS, vacation management, and attendance.
3. Bamboo HR
Bamboo HR is an integrated Human Resources software. It collects, stores, and analyzes all the information requested by HR throughout the employee lifecycle. It also offers an applicant tracking system, compensation plan, employee satisfaction, and onboarding.
4. Emptor
Emptor is the preferred tool of multiple Latin American companies to automate criminal background checks and identity verification of candidates. Companies like Cornershop, Kavak, and Salsamobi already use it as one of their essential tools within their toolkit. It is the only platform that combines artificial intelligence with legal experts to ensure the best hiring decisions are made.
5. Lattice
Lattice is one of the leading platforms for personnel management. It is used to measure employee performance and development. It allows evaluating the achievement of objectives, communicating career growth opportunities, and obtaining employee feedback.
6. Deel
Various companies throughout Latin America have adapted their way of operating, moving from an in-person to a remote model that is here to stay. Deel facilitates the task of hiring remote employees in different countries around the world, allowing the automation of their hiring, payments, and compliance (adapting to the legal norms of each country).
7. Calendly
Calendly is a tool that streamlines and simplifies the process of scheduling and booking online meetings. In this new era of remote work, it has become an indispensable tool for candidates to interview with HR and schedule their interviews at the best time for them. It integrates seamlessly with various email providers like Outlook and Gmail.
8. Criteria Corp
Criteria is the tool that helps recruiters make better hiring decisions through scientifically validated assessments such as cognitive ability, personality, emotional intelligence, skills, and risk tests.
9. Gem
Gem is a recruitment platform that integrates with LinkedIn, Gmail, and Greenhouse, and helps HR staff find, interact with, and nurture talent in less time. It’s basically a candidate CRM where all interactions are stored in the same place.
10. Spark Hire
Spark Hire is a simple and accessible video interview platform used by more than 6,000 companies. Interviews can be recorded and saved for later analysis to make the best decisions about which candidates to advance in the process. All interviews are stored in a centralized dashboard for future reference.
What do you think of these essential HR tools? As you can see, we selected options that cover different recruitment activities.
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