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Brazen

Score9 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is Brazen?

Brazen is a social collaboration software solution built to assist companies with recruiting and HR to engage with potential employees from anywhere.

Categories & Use Cases

Good product, easy to use

Pros

  • Allowing exhibitor customization within virtual booths
  • Managers participants (job seekers) really well setting up queues for exhibit booths
  • East administration using a real-time event dashboard

Cons

  • Allow company reps to refer participants to other reps in their booth
  • Dashboard for employers to see how many participants are in queue to speak with them. Employer reps don't seem to know how much volume they have waiting
  • 2 way communication via chat for administrator to employer reps may be helpful

Most Important Features

  • Easy to use
  • Virtual booths and managing participants
  • Administrator dashboard and reports

Return on Investment

  • Allowed us to hold job fair events when in person was not an option
  • Works well for certain industries such as tech where their uses are more tech savy
  • Not as useful for non-tech savvy populations such as construction workers, retail, entry-level, blue collar jobs.

Great product!

Pros

  • Supporting virtual career events.
  • Excellent chat functionality.
  • Seamless & easy for candidates to use.

Cons

  • No complaints!

Most Important Features

  • Virtual events
  • Chat functionality

Return on Investment

  • We have definitely seen an uptick in hires.

Alternatives Considered

HireVue

Other Software Used

Indeed Resume, LinkedIn Jobs, Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX

Campus Recruiter at a Big Four review

Pros

  • Candidate rating
  • Organizing 1:1 meetings on a large scale.
  • Flexible

Cons

  • My experience with Brazen has only been positive.

Most Important Features

  • Feedback on candidate chats.
  • Multi-booth functionality.
  • Video chat option.

Return on Investment

  • Higher candidate engagement at a lower cost.

Other Software Used

Avature ATS, Handshake

Great platform for filling your positions.

Pros

  • Easy to use platform.
  • Great customer service.
  • Expedites recruitment process.

Cons

  • I’d like there to be more than one recruiter allowed in a single “booth.”
  • It would be great to have a 2-way video option so we could chat with candidates face to face.
  • Screen share and document sharing would also be great so review benefits information.

Most Important Features

  • Ease of use.
  • Pricing.
  • Efficiency.

Return on Investment

  • Filling various urgent need positions.
  • Decrease average time to fill positions aged 90 days+.
  • Positive response in candidate experience.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel, Indeed Resume

Seasoned User & Happy!

Pros

  • Great virtual event management
  • Easy user experience from an administrator's perspective
  • Integrating with other systems (CRMs, Careers Site, etc.)
  • Data management and reporting
  • Great customer service
  • Quick and efficient support

Cons

  • Recruiters being able to transfer chats to another recruiter during a live event
  • More robust reporting/analytics
  • In-person event management so that we can use one platform for all events regardless of if they are in-person or virtual

Most Important Features

  • Quick Chat
  • Career Site Integration
  • CRM Integration
  • 1:1 video chat in addition to text
  • Being able to manage events ourselves

Return on Investment

  • Quick Chat has proven to be the biggest source of hires with the platform
  • We had 200+ hires last fiscal year associated with Brazen
  • Better candidate experience

Alternatives Considered

Handshake, Zoom and Webex Meetings

Other Software Used

Altru, PeopleFluent, Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX