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Broadbean is the global market leader in multiposting and search technology. Serving over 9000 clients globally, helping them to save time and money within their recruitment processes. On average, the software saves recruiters between 1-2 hours a day, each day. Using source tracking, recruiters can see exactly where their best candidates came from and with detailed reporting allows them to analyse how effective their hiring strategies truely are.
Provider
BroadBean Technology
Located In
United Kingdom
Foundation
2001
Open API
Yes
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Training
In Person, Webinars, Live Online, Videos, Documentation
Support
Phone Support, Email/Help Desk
Broadbean is the global market leader in multiposting and search technology. Serving over 9000 clients globally, helping them to save time and money within their recruitment processes.
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Broadbean Reviews
Pros
I love the ease of the platform and it being able to integrate with my CRM, because of my set up I barely even know that I'm leaving my CRM.
I love the ability to integrate Broadbean into our current CRM. It was very easy and has been reliable ever since implementation with no downtime at all to get the tool implemented and ready to use.
I love the website design and how easily accessible it is. The green and white colors of the web page are very consistent with the logo which I liked to see.
The best ability with this software is the quickness and usability. When I say quickness, I am referring to how fast the tool finds results and uploaded them into the ATS (applicant tracking system).
Cons
This software could be a bit faster, for it was lagging a lot throughout my user experience. That deterred me from using this product more often.
Occasionally I had problems with the Software freezing on me, but this was not a re-occurring issue. Also, if you do have problems with the Software it can be a nightmare to reach Customer Service.
No auto user provisioning makes it a pain to add users to another system. Manually changing credentials could be a smoother process as well.
Some of the functionality of Indeed.com is lost when accessing through Broadbean (nothing major though).
"Best Job Board Aggregator on the Market"
Overall: Broadbean has been a great partner with us. We love their product and really wish we would be able to utilize their resume search feature within our current ATS. Their Job Posting function which we currently use works without any issues. We very rarely have any issues with Jobs not posting correctly. Overall a great product that does exactly what you need it to do.
Pros: The best ability with this software is the quickness and usability. When I say quickness, I am referring to how fast the tool finds results and uploaded them into the ATS (applicant tracking system). The code they have built is much better than any competitor on the market. Usability is a big plus for this software as well. Their UI is very straight forward and easy to use. They have updated their UI so it does not look old and clunky unlike some of their competitors. Broadbean integrates extremely well into other SaaS solutions in particular Bullhorn ATS. We recently moved away from Bullhorn and now only use Broadbean for a job posting tool (which works very well) and we dearly miss the candidate search functionality.
Cons: Duplicate management is very tough with any resume parser. So many people use so many different styles and formats of resume, catching duplicates becomes very tough. I thought Broadbean could use some enhancement on this front. We are constantly dealing with resume entering our system that are duplicates and causing data integrity issues. If you have a messy database you might consider investing in duplication checks along with a product like Broadbean
"Strong tool for managing postings"
Pros: All in one plane posting and integrated with our cts
Cons: We had a few challenges when we wanted to connect with some boards which were not adjust integrated
"In its basic form it seems to do the job"
Pros: The ability to post jobs quickly to the paid boards from Bullhorn. If you want to post quickly to Dice, it is a must have as their is no posting integration that is native to Bullhorn
Cons: The way candidates are brought into the system and some past experience we had with fields being auto populated. it may have been fixed, but we just don't use those fields for data
"Decent for posting adverts to multiple sources and integrations"
Overall: Definitely recommend trialing it as a tool. I think it's one of the most widely used in the Agency Staffing / Recruitment industry so reliable and likely it will have the integrations that you need. No doubt that Broadbean is a time saver for posting job adverts to multiple sources - no more copy and pasting, having to remember multiple logins and you can even refresh them quickly. It's also very handy to have a record of all your old positions when you have similar ones that you can reference. Another good feature is that if you have a good integration with your ATS / CRM, then you will be able to track job board sources automatically, have the applicants linked to the position and then use the data to track ROI. Admins can manage users and permissions easily too - including allowing posting to company social networks without needing to share login details.
Pros: No frills tool that does what it says on the tin. You can link it to your ATS / CRM, job boards and social profiles and it will push out all of your postings. Ad responses are then received to your email and tracked centrally.
Cons: I never find much use for the 'CV Portal' feature where you rate the ad responses as prefer to use my email inbox where I can reply to and keep track of all responses in one place. It's also not the most advanced or fully featured tool, but that's not necessarily a bad thing to keep things simple and reliable, instead of unnecessarily complicated.
"Broadbean is a great tool which makes my life 100 times easier. A must have!"
Overall: Broadbean has been a great addition ever since it was implemeted into our systems. It's a tool I use daily and really enjoy using too!
Pros: I love the ability to integrate Broadbean into our current CRM. It was very easy and has been reliable ever since implementation with no downtime at all to get the tool implemented and ready to use
Cons: I don't like the fact that sometimes the notifications for CVs submitted don't come through. This can have a negative impact sometimes but often I check the tool regularly any way so I pick up on these things and catch them before it's too late.
