Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
An applicant tracking system is software that manages hiring from job posting to offer: applications in one place, candidates moving through defined stages, and a record of who decided what.
Also called: ATS, recruitment software, hiring system, candidate tracking
The problem it solves
Hiring by inbox works until it does not. Applications sit in one person's email, nobody can see which candidates are where, two interviewers ask the same questions, and a strong candidate goes cold because their follow-up was buried under a Friday afternoon.
An ATS moves that into a shared pipeline: every application in one place, every candidate at a known stage, and a written trail of the decisions.
What it typically covers
- Job posting, and a careers page applications arrive through.
- A pipeline with defined stages, so a candidate's status is a fact rather than a recollection.
- Interview scheduling and structured feedback from each interviewer.
- Offer generation, and the handover into onboarding once accepted.
The handover is the part people forget
A hire is not finished when the offer is accepted. If the ATS and the HR system are separate, somebody retypes the new joiner's details, and that is where names, PANs and account numbers get mistyped. An ATS that hands the accepted candidate directly to onboarding removes the retyping and the errors that come with it.
Applicant Tracking System (ATS), answered
It holds every application in one place, moves candidates through defined hiring stages, collects interview feedback, and produces the offer. It replaces hiring run out of an email inbox.
It depends on hiring volume rather than headcount. A company hiring two people a year manages in a spreadsheet. One hiring continuously, with several interviewers, loses candidates without a shared pipeline.
This page explains general practice in Nepal. It is not legal or tax advice, and statutory figures are revised from time to time. Check the current Act, rule or notice before acting on it.
Related terms
- Employee Onboardingकर्मचारी भर्ना प्रक्रियाOnboarding is everything between an accepted offer and a new employee being productive: paperwork, identifiers, access, equipment, introductions and the first pieces of work. It is a process with owners and dates, not a first-day checklist.
- Employment Typesरोजगारीका प्रकारNepal's Labour Act 2074 recognises five employment types: regular, work-based, time-bound, casual and part-time. The type decides how the contract can end, what entitlements apply, and what has to be in writing.
- HRMSAn HRMS, or human resource management system, is software that holds employee data and runs the workflows around it: payroll, attendance, leave, performance and the approvals that connect them.
- Probation Periodपरीक्षणकालProbation is the initial period during which an employer assesses a new employee before confirming them. Nepal's Labour Act 2074 caps it at six months, after which the employee is confirmed or the engagement ends.
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