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Excel has been the go-to solution for spreadsheets and logging data since 1985. Thirty years and countless errors logged in spreadsheets later, it's time to reinvent your hiring process with a better, faster, and more versatile recruiting solution.

Though it might not be easy to convince your manager and co-workers that there are better, more reliable solutions out there, in the long run it will be worth it.

Transitioning to iCIMS from an Excel-based solution is a smooth and uncomplicated process.

If you know that Microsoft Excel isn’t working for your hiring process, then why are you still using it?

1. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/88-of-spreadsheets-have-errors-2013-04-172. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140920101300-225336995-5-reasons-to-stop-using-excel-for-planning-budgeting

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ComfortReports in the iCIMS Talent Platform were built to resemble your familiar spreadsheet. Every field within iCIMS is fully searchable and reportable. Therefore, moving from Excel to iCIMS would be an easy transition.

In 2013, Forbes referred to Microsoft Excel as the “Most Dangerous Software on the Planet”1

JP Morgan was logging tens of billions of dollars, using Excel to keep track. With one inaccurately logged number in a spreadsheet, the bank lost several billion dollars.

AwarenessPeople think Excel is the only way to report, but there are better solutions available to fit your recruiting needs! iCIMS provides value to companies beyond spreadsheets and calculations.

SizeThey believe that they can house all of their information in Excel with no issues.

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Excel spreadsheets aren’t secure!Your data cannot be backed up or encrypted properly, making you an easy target for hacking.

Entering data in multiple spreadsheetswastes time.It will take you hours in Excel to complete simple tasks, which will have a direct impact on your time-to-fill and your candidate experience. Manual data entry is virtually eliminated with iCIMS.

Microsoft Excel increases your cost-per-hireand risks.Your cost-per-hire will continue to rise due to the length of time it will take your employees to maintain and operate your spreadsheets.

You cannot audit data in Excel.Auditing EEO data is crucial to any business, and itis not something you will be able to do using Excel.

1. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/88-of-spreadsheets-have-errors-2013-04-17

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Spreadsheets, even after carefuldevelopment, contain errors in1% or more of all formula cells.In large spreadsheets with thousandsof formulas, there will be dozens ofundetected errors.”

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iCIMS is a best-in-class solution, where Excel, though useful, does not provide the features your company needs.In fact, in order to reap the full benefits of Excel, you must also be using Microsoft Access.

Virtually everything housed in the iCIMS Talent Platform is reportable. Not only are reports easy to create,but extremely easy to read, as well as visually pleasing.

iCIMS supports formal workflow processes. Though you may think you are getting the most out of your workflowwith Excel, you are missing out on a lot of configurations.

FACT! Not only does iCIMS provide you with a user experience second to none, we also have a HelpDeskavailable to you 24/5 for whatever questions you may have.

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FACT! It's time to step away from the human error that you risk by storing your valuable recruiting information in Excel.With iCIMS, human error is less of a factor.

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With all of these facts at your disposal, you’ll have the perfect argument to convince your manager that it is indeed time to move on from Excel.

Transitioning from Excel to iCIMS Talent Platform couldn’t be easier. With trained iCIMS personnel there for you whenever you may need them, you will have no trouble making the switch to a better, faster, and more secure solution.


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