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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lever

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A

    Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASymphony Talent describes itself as a global leader in Employer Brand and Candidate Experience solutions, boasting some of the world's leading brands as customers. Combining creative and marketing technology, Symphony Talent states the company's goal is to transform employer brands to deliver world-class experiences for candidates, employees and recruiters. Symphony Talent acquired SmashFly in November, 2019. In June 2020, they launched SmashFlyX, their reimagining of the platform…N/A
    Pricing
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Considered Both Products
    Employ, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Symphony Talent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
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    Features
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Lever and Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Feature
    Lever
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Job Requisition Management8.030 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.030 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.020 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.022 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.028 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Resume Management8.031 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.029 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.032 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.031 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Collaboration7.931 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.021 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Email Templates8.027 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    User Permissions8.030 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.031 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Reporting8.029 Ratings5.03 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LeverSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Employ, Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
    Incentivized
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    Symphony Talent
    I think all organizations both small and large could benefit from Symphony Talent. It is a must to have a recruitment marketing platform these days given it's a job-seekers market. It is more important today more than ever to capture and nurture leads for your organization and keep them updated on jobs and things happening related to the culture of your organization. Organizations with less than 100 people may be able to get away without it
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Employ, Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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    Symphony Talent
    • Ability to track candidates engagements with requisitions
    • Personalized email campaigns
    • Ability to post requisitions in different job sites
    • Easy to integrate other systems with SmashFly
    • Talent Network Forms
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Employ, Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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    Symphony Talent
    • Moving candidates through steps can seem very clunky. When I first started using the software, I was turned off because it seemed to be a little redundant.
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    Usability
    Employ, Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Symphony Talent
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Employ, Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Symphony Talent
    I believe SmashFly does a great job supporting their system and staying involved with their clients. Everything in the system is basically a workflow so you can create them or reachout to support for help
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    Alternatives Considered
    Employ, Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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    Symphony Talent
    It was like night and day. Success Factors had horrible customer service and we had very limited control over the platform. When we transitioned to SmashFly, their customer service was excellent and we had complete control over the system to make any changes we needed quickly. The technical support with SmashFly is also one of the best I've seen in the business. Their turnaround time is pretty quick when compared to others
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    Return on Investment
    Employ, Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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    Symphony Talent
    • From what I've heard, recruiters have noticed a big upswing in candidate response rate, which of course, leads to increased rates of hire.
    • Some recruiters are reluctant to use smashfly because they think they're doing double effort.
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    ScreenShots

    Lever Screenshots

    Screenshot of the interface to resurface high-value past candidates who fit open roles.Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.Screenshot of the interface to schedule interviews with candidates.