Week of June 16th, 2025
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Metro and ATS Reporting Systems by Jeremy Lyons
This week we’re going to liken different ATS’ data schemas to metro systems.
Ermmm why?
Inspiration is weird. It likes to tag along to things and poke you at funny times. This is a case for that and some levity for the week.
Fair enough. You may proceed.
Ashby / SmartRecruiters (pre-Winston) = The New York Metro. Why? Level of depth and flexibility is akin to the sprawling, interconnected, and multi-line NYC Subway. Also like the NYC Subway, it is entirely possible to be on the correct platform and step onto the wrong train only to find out you were misinterpreting the directions the entire time.
Gem = Hong Kong MTR. Why? The Hong Kong MTR is renowned for its efficiency, clarity, and seamless interconnectivity, making complex journeys simple for riders. Similarly, Gem’s reporting is both powerful and user-friendly, turning vast, complex recruiting data into clear, actionable insights for recruiters and executives alike. There also can be a learning curve to make sure you are heading in the right direction.
iCIMS = Tokyo Metro. Why? iCIMS provides advanced analytics with customizable dashboards, filters, and KPIs across multiple products. Its reporting is robust and highly configurable, supporting large organizations with diverse needs. Mirroring the intricate and efficient Tokyo Metro system, easy to get lost but also easy to find your way back.
Greenhouse = Los Angeles (without BIC) / London Metro (with BIC). Why? Greenhouse’s out of the box offering is convenient and gets you close to where you want to go. Like true LA, you might need a car (Google Sheets connector) to finish out the journey. With the Business Intelligence Connector (BIC), you get to go a lot more places with more added complexity and good payoff like the London Metro.
Pinpoint = Washington DC Metro. Why? It is modern, it is efficient. It gets you to where you need to go without too much of a learning curve and you get ease of use when building a dashboard.
TeamTailor = Portland Link Light Rail. Why? Also modern, efficient, while giving you what you need to get the basics out of the way.
Feel free to include any we missed in the comments!
Weekly Survey
RecOps - The GPT
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Call for Volunteers
RecOps pro Viet Nguyen has built a tool to help non-technical folks be able to recruit from GitHub and understand what they are seeing. He has a private beta going. Volunteer through this link.
Articles / Industry News
📖 🎧 Articles/Graphics/Podcasts/Posts On Our Radar (sorted by type - Bolded denotes individuals)
Shannon Pritchett’s Speed is Killing Your “Quality” of Hire (article)
Steve Levy’s No, Recruiting Isn’t Broken (article)
Johnny Campbell’s What Happens to Hiring After Everything Goes AI? (article)
Luke Eaton’s 5 Books to Help Be Better at Recruiting/Ops (article)
Gem’s Building TA operations that scale to 10,000+ employees (article)
JobSync’s The Seven Most Impactful Data Points in TA for 2025—And What to Do About Them (article)
Cronofy’s Should you Build or Buy Scheduling Infrastructure? (blog)
Kristy Bellingham’s TA’s Tools and Technology: Who Decides, Who Configures, Who Benefits? (blog)
SelectSoftware Reviews’ Optimizing Candidate Experience in 2025: Four Areas Where Employers Can Improve (blog)
Seekout’s The Practical Guide to AI Agents for Recruiting (guide)
Adriano Herdman’s 18 Talent Acquisition metrics leadership actually care about (post)
Adam Gordon (Poetry) and Molly Sly (Sage) discussing enablement (video)
Pinpoint’s How to Build an Effective Employee Ambassador Network (whitepaper)
📰 Product News
Ashby (AiO) - Product Update: More customizability in Offer Templates
Brainner (Resume Screening) - Partnership Announcement: Workable
Crew (AiO) - Feature Release: AI Generated Notes
Endorsed (Resume Review) - Feature Release: Applicant Fraud Detection and more. AI Assurance Dashboard
Guide (Scheduling) - Produce update: Aria improvements
HiPeople (Assessments/Reference Checks) - Product Updates: New Shortcuts, Export Candidate Data, ATS Sync States. improvements, and fixes
Manatal (AiO) - Integration announcement: Xobin
Poetry (Hiring Enablement) - Product Updates: Employer-branded image generation.
Permanent Articles
Recruiting Operations: Dictionary & Resources
Events
Week of June 23rd
JobSync’s Roundtable: Your Questions Answered: How Will AI Change Recruiting Operations with Ben Abear and Jeremy Lyons
The Launch Collective’s June Lunch and Learn: RecOps & GTM Talent Partnerships
Gem’s The art of AI prompting: Write Better Criteria, Get Better Candidates
ModernLoop’s AI & Automation in Talent Acquisition: Boosting Efficiency and Elevating Candidate Experience
Cronofy and Starred’s Automating the Journey, Not the Connection: Keeping Hiring Human in an AI-First World
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Job Search
Dropbox - Senior Program Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations
Rutgers University - Sr. Program Administrator (Recruiting Programs & Employer Engagement)
Here is the list of previously listed jobs, which may or may not be available.
Additional Resource
We consolidated this section into job search resources on our Linktree.
Boolean Strings for Specific ATS Job Search
We’ve consolidated our list of Boolean search strings for RecOps professionals to make them more accessible for everyone. Check out the list here. Kaitlyn Elting also built a generator for you if you are worried about your attention to detail.
Thank you to Steve Levy for contributing so many beautiful and Gabi Preston-Phypers for QA help. Follow both of them for excellent Boolean and sourcing content.
#YourNextHire / People Looking In the RecOps Community
Short Bio
Andrew Chantra is an experienced recruiting operations leader with over 10 years of experience leading operations teams at Apple and Meta. With deep expertise in candidate experience, ATS system integrations, implementing data-driven process changes, and global team leadership, he is excited to bring his experience scaling recruiting teams to a new role.
List of roles you are looking for:
Recruiting Operations senior manager and director-level roles
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Until next week, Regulators 😊