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Recruiting Operations Program Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Talent acquisition tool that speeds up the candidate screening and recruitment process
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution has made our team more collaborative. The recruiting team is easily able to see what the other team members are working on, what candidates are in process and how they can share candidates amongst themselves. They are now able to prevent work duplication due to increased visibility. Eightfold is candidate centric."
  • "There are some small product features that could be enhanced. Ease of use and the recruiter user experience could be improved. Moving through certain stages involves many clicks which can be time consuming."

What is our primary use case?

We use the Talent Acquisition tool and it is connected with our ATS. We have part of the talent management functionality launched, including the referral and internal mobility platform. We're in the process of implementing Talent Flex.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution has made our team more collaborative. The recruiting team is easily able to see what the other team members are working on, what candidates are in process and how they can share candidates amongst themselves. They are now able to prevent work duplication due to increased visibility. 

Our process of phone screening candidates has been made faster and we can recognize the talent we're getting through the pipeline sooner and can collaborate with hiring managers more efficiently.

What is most valuable?

The ability to resurface candidates has been the most helpful. We are able to look at our existing database and see matches within our talent pool and rematch those individuals with roles. We are able to narrow down LinkedIn candidates and candidates who have actively applied to Dolby or been a part of our process in some way previously. 

There are skills that a candidate may have not had previously. For example, we hired a candidate who applied seven times over a couple years. Through Eightfold we were able to identify that he got another job during those times and now is a fit for Dolby.

What needs improvement?

There are some small product features that could be enhanced. Ease of use and the recruiter user experience could be improved. Moving through certain stages involves many clicks which can be time consuming.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for a year and a half. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. We've seen tremendous growth just over the last two years of us partnering with them and they are constantly deploying new features. 

How are customer service and support?

We've always had consistent support and customer success within our account management, since we've started with Eightfold. Their response time and ability to troubleshoot could be improved. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was fairly straightforward. The team that I worked with was really helpful and they provided good explanations. Deployment took six months and we had three to four people from our team involved. 

What was our ROI?

We have definitely experienced ROI using Eightfold. We have been able to measure specific hires and trace that back to Eightfold's success, versus what we wouldn't have had if we didn't use Eightfold.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is fairly competitive. The licensing is fairly flexible to have all employees take advantage of it in any given capacity.

What other advice do I have?

This has been an easy solution for our recruiters to use. One of our main challenges has been using the solution across different recruiting teams in the US, APAC EMEA and Sydney. This is due to the different ways these terms work and some of the country specific laws that exist when contacting candidates. 

Adoption is key when implementing this solution. You need to think about how it fits into how you recruit and how you intend to recruit. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Solution Advisor Expert at SAP
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AI capabilities enable customers to tailor recruiting in a seamless manner
Pros and Cons
  • "It really expedites the whole process and helps the end-customer hone in on what they need. With the evolution to remote work that we are currently going through, there's much more of a need to tailor recruiting."
  • "We have had a couple of challenges with some of the things that we're currently trying to build out in our HCM application, and other things within the portfolio, but those aren't customer-facing issues."

What is our primary use case?

I help align eightfold.ai within our corporate portfolio, primarily with our human capital management (HCM) application and some of our other lines of business, to help in the recruiting process. We also embed the technology and the intellectual property that eightfold.ai has built to accelerate our solution.

How has it helped my organization?

It really expedites the whole process and helps the end-customer hone in on what they need. With the evolution to remote work that we are currently going through, there's much more of a need to tailor recruiting. Not only are you not always going to have a face-to-face conversation, but you need to align things with the resources that you're going for.

eightfold.ai fills some gaps in our HCM solution, particularly around recruiting. The AI capabilities have added to that. It really seems that it's been an improvement for the customers. It's been very beneficial for us because it expands the footprint that we have and adds value on top of our product.

We classify it as an "endorsed business application." Within our partner program, that kind of application is one that is key to communicating with our customer base and adding value. They may be adding things that we have not developed within our product and that's where the partnership has been really beneficial.

What is most valuable?

One of the biggest features is the artificial intelligence and the ability it provides customers to tailor recruiting in a seamless manner. That enables them to get through more candidates.

It has been very intuitive to use. eightfold.ai is one of our top partners in the recruiting area. The ease of use for the customer makes it customizable for what they're looking to do.

What needs improvement?

We're looking at how eightfold.ai can expand into our corporate landscape and potentially adopt some of our technologies. AI is one of their biggest selling points and capabilities, but there are some other areas that we can expand into, such as workforce management. We'd like them to be able to adopt and leverage some of the platform tools that we have. Those are some things that could be improved upon.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with eightfold.ai for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I'm not only involved in our partnership with eightfold.ai but with other partners as well. I get into conversations with a lot of those partners where a support issue is raised. But I only have to deal very minimally with eightfold.ai when it comes to support issues. Other partners, for other lines of business, have a lot more issues when it comes to fixing bugs or needing support.

We have had a couple of challenges with some of the things that we're currently trying to build out in our HCM application, and other things within the portfolio, but those aren't customer-facing issues. Those are things that we're working on internally from a development perspective. But outside of that, they're one that rarely pops up as having support issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of eightfold.ai is not an issue that is applicable, given my responsibilities. But I do see customers of our solution at all levels, including small, medium, and all the way up to the large enterprises. That tells me it's very customizable as far as scale and capabilities. I know how small or large our customers are, so eightfold.ai must be scalable if they're able to do work for that range of customers.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't worked with their technical support. I primarily work with their technical architects and their developers who are working on the next iterations of the solution.

My interaction with their architects and developers has been very good and very collaborative. We take their feedback to our internal product teams to introduce areas that they may want to improve, so from that perspective, there is a good relationship. Also, the volume that they do and the number of sales that they help to take place make them one of our top partners when it comes to performance. That really speaks for itself over the past two years that I've been working with them.

How was the initial setup?

From my perspective, the process is fairly straightforward. They primarily utilize our APIs to call the information they need from our products. That's a pretty straightforward integration and the setup is fairly easy. There are some areas of configuration that they may want to change and there may be things that we currently won't provide because it's not within our product roadmap.

I mostly deal with the integration process, so I don't know what their lead time is when going to a customer and setting up. The integration on our side is usually measured in weeks, and that includes some tailoring that may occur as the customer starts using it. There may be enhancements or changes in terms of the information they're collecting, and that's part of the timeframe.

What other advice do I have?

Look at how they integrate and how they can enhance what you're currently doing. Do a self-evaluation to see where you do have gaps in your processes, and look at their capabilities and you'll see there's some alignment. They can enhance some of those things that you may currently be struggling with. And there are definitely capabilities to increase the speed and accuracy in acquiring candidates.

Judging by our overall portfolio, and everything that I've seen from eightfold.ai in my partner relationship for the past two years, they've really been one of our top performers. A lot of customers are adopting the technology and feel that it's very useful as they're going through their day-to-day recruitment processes.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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