
Applicant Tracking System and Recruiting Software
Don’t miss out on hiring quality candidates because you’re using a manual and inefficient applicant tracking system. Automate tasks with Paychex Flex® Hiring, which helps give you the power, reach, and time to find the best candidates to fill open positions. Recruiters and hiring managers can stay connected throughout the process with our full-spectrum, recruiting-to-onboarding applicant tracking system. As a single system, when you hire an employee, needed data automatically flows into Paychex Flex for payroll and HR activities.
Simplify Your Applicant Tracking
Save Time by Standardizing Processes

Having a consistent way of posting jobs, integrating with job boards (including Indeed), scheduling interviews, and streamlining hiring workflows can produce significant time savings and consistent results.
Improve Communication

By simplifying key tasks with our online applicant tracking system, you can help improve communication to candidates and your hiring managers throughout the process.
Go Paperless

Go paperless with our online applicant tracking system, designed to help improve accuracy and save time for HR and job candidates.
Save Money by Improving Efficiency

Our applicant tracking software also saves you time with online forms that eliminate time-consuming paper processing, saving you money by improving efficiency in your hiring process. By making it faster and easier to determine the right employee for your business, these features have the potential to lower your cost per hire.
Make the Process Work for Candidates, Too

Job candidates are busy, too. Paychex Flex Hiring offers self-service so candidates can view job descriptions, submit resumes, cover letters, and submit an application in minutes.
Be More Efficient — from Recruiting to Regulatory Compliance
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Recruit
Recruit
Easily post jobs to a personalized career site and/or job boards. Once posted, the job can be shared to friends and social media sites. In addition, the jobs are indexed by Google so that your jobs will even appear in Google Search.
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Qualify & Screen
Qualify & Screen
Design your own scoring system to help make top candidates stand out. Seamlessly integrate with Paychex Employee Screening Service to validate employee employment history, education, and more
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Hire
Hire
Simple workflows make it easy to know the status of every applicant. Automated actions make it easy to communicate with candidates and managers during the hiring process.
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Record-Keeping
Record-Keeping
Add notes, request replies, and set visibility to keep confidential hiring information secure all within the platform.
Hire the Best Candidates With Recruiting Software and Applicant Tracking System
With our automated applicant tracking system, you can list positions, screen job candidates, view and use HR analytics and reports — all to improve your recruiting process and increase your chances of hiring the best candidates.

Consider Other Tools To Enhance Employee Onboarding
Make sure your employees know the policies of the workplace, safety rules, and much more.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is an applicant tracking system in HR?
What is an applicant tracking system in HR?
An applicant tracking system in HR uses automation to improve efficiencies for the employer and the job candidate throughout the recruiting and hiring process.
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What does an applicant tracking system do?
What does an applicant tracking system do?
Our applicant tracking system streamlines the process of recruiting and hiring candidates, helps save time and reduce errors by replacing paper forms with online forms. Resume parsing tools also can auto-populate applications — reducing errors and saving candidates' time. It provides opportunities to use tools such as social media sharing and free job-posting boards to increase your internal and external reach for candidates.
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Why do you need an applicant tracking system?
Why do you need an applicant tracking system?
In a competitive market, a positive business reputation can help you recruit candidates. An applicant tracking system enables employers to extend their recruiting reach and accept online applications. Finding more top-quality candidates through an applicant tracking system can help save on cost per hire and avoid hiring an individual that could ultimately damage the reputation of your business.