Pinpoint ATS

What Is Pinpoint ATS?

Pinpoint is an applicant tracking system (ATS) that manages recruitment from vacancy planning to candidate selection and onboarding. It offers tools for application forms and agency recruitment. Teams can also manage candidate workflows, interviews, assessments, and onboarding through the platform.

Pinpoint allows hiring teams to create different workflows for different roles and departments. This means each vacancy can follow a process that matches its requirements. The software also gives organizations control over candidate information, recruitment activity, and user access.

What Is Pinpoint ATS Best For?

Pinpoint stands out for its multi-stream recruitment workflows. Recruiters can create separate hiring processes when different roles require different steps. A sales position, for example, can follow a different process from an engineering role. The same applies when hiring practices vary by location or seniority. This setup lets teams manage different recruitment processes within one ATS without forcing every vacancy through the same workflow.

How Much Does Pinpoint ATS Cost?

Pinpoint pricing starts at $17/user/month. This base price can be influenced by other additional costs like:

• Custom Integrations: Budgets around $1,000–$10,000+ one-time
• Data Migration: Estimated $1,000–$5,000+ one-time
• Custom Development: Estimated $1,000–$10,000+ one-time

Users generally view Pinpoint's pricing positively in relation to what the platform offers. Some reviewers consider it reasonably priced for its capabilities, while smaller organizations may find the cost harder to justify. The value tends to be greater for teams with regular hiring needs that use more of the platform's recruitment features.

Disclaimer: Pricing references are based on publicly available third-party information and industry benchmarks. Actual costs may vary.

Pinpoint ATS Integrations

The software has integration capabilities with several HR and recruitment tools, including:  

• BambooHR
• Glassdoor
• Gusto HR software
• Monster
• HiBob

How Does Pinpoint ATS Work?

You can use Pinpoint to manage the recruitment process from setting up a vacancy to onboarding a new hire:

• Log in with your account credentials to open the recruitment workspace
• Set up your teams and user permissions. You can also create workflows for different types of hiring
• Create a job opening and publish it on your career site, job boards, or through referrals and agencies
• Review incoming applications and move candidates through the relevant hiring process
• Assess candidates using screening steps, interviews, assessments, and scorecards
• Automate tasks and messages that need to happen during the hiring process
• Handle offers and any required background or reference checks before moving a candidate to onboarding
• Monitor hiring activity through reports and dashboards

Who Is Pinpoint ATS For?

Pinpoint ATS is used in many industries, including:

• Education
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Hospitality and leisure
• Legal
• Logistics and transportation
• Retail

Pinpoint ATS Use Cases

Pinpoint fits organizations with hiring requirements that change depending on the workforce, role, location, or brand involved. The following scenarios highlight where that flexibility can matter most.

1. Hiring Contractors Alongside Permanent Staff

Pinpoint helps companies that employ full-time staff while also hiring contractors for seasonal projects or specialist assignments. Contractors may follow different approval and onboarding requirements. Talent teams can manage both groups within the same system without putting them through an identical recruitment process.

2. Filling Senior And Specialist Positions

Senior and specialist roles have fewer applicants, but the selection process can involve more review. A hiring manager may need several interviews and assessments before an offer is made. There may also be more people involved in reaching the final decision. Pinpoint keeps candidate evaluations and hiring decisions together as the process moves from application to selection.

3. Running Graduate And Internship Hiring Programs

Graduate and internship programs can attract hundreds of applications in a short period. Recruiters need to review applicants and arrange interviews while keeping candidates informed throughout the campaign. Pinpoint gives early-career hiring teams one place to manage each stage of these recurring programs.

4. Coordinating Recruitment Across Global Teams

Pinpoint can accommodate different recruitment requirements in different countries without forcing every local team into the same process. Teams can handle their own hiring workflows and candidate communications while the central talent function keeps visibility across recruitment activity. This setup suits organizations that need some local flexibility while maintaining a consistent view of hiring.

5. Maintaining Separate Hiring Experiences Across Brands

A group with several brands may want each business to present a different careers site and application experience. Someone applying to a luxury hotel may have a different experience from a candidate applying to a retail chain or a newly acquired company. Pinpoint allows those differences to remain in place while talent leaders can still see recruitment activity across the wider organization.

Is Pinpoint ATS Right For You?

Pinpoint is worth considering when a growing hiring operation starts to outgrow a single recruitment process. Teams can set up different workflows for different types of hiring while keeping permissions and reporting in the same system. This can work well for organizations recruiting different locations or brands or handling both permanent and contingent hiring.

citizenM operates 36 properties across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and makes around 600 hires each year. Its previous HRIS was not designed for high-volume recruitment across multiple locations, so parts of the process were managed through spreadsheets and email.  

Security matters more when recruitment involves larger teams and operations across different regions. Pinpoint holds ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and SOC 2 Type II certifications. It also provides SSO, SCIM, role-based access, and audit logs. Its security documentation covers regional data handling and privacy requirements. These controls may be important for organizations with formal security or compliance requirements.

A small organization with small hiring and only a few recruitment workflows may not need this level of structure. Pinpoint makes more sense for an organization that has outgrown spreadsheets or a basic ATS and needs different recruitment processes without maintaining separate systems.

Still doubtful if Pinpoint ATS is the right fit for you? Get in touch at (661) 384-7070, and we will help you make an informed decision.