How It Works
ATS (applicant tracking system)
Software employers use to collect, sort and manage job applications. An ATS stores résumés, moves candidates through hiring stages and often ranks or filters applicants. Newer systems add AI features that compare a résumé's meaning to the job description instead of only counting exact keywords.
Origin · no single documented coiner
An HR-software term that spread in the 1990s and 2000s as companies moved job applications online. No single documented coiner.