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Candidate-centric applicant tracking system with 300+ job-board posting, referral programmes, career-site builder and structured hiring workflows on German data centres.
Berlin applicant tracking platform posting jobs to 300+ boards, with a career-site builder, employee referral programmes and structured hiring workflows on German data centres.
softgarden is a recruiting and talent acquisition platform covering job posting, applicant tracking, candidate experience and employee referrals for medium and large European organisations. Founded in Berlin in 2011, it is one of the DACH region's leading ATS vendors, serving 2,000+ customers with an explicit focus on candidate experience and employer branding.
The platform pairs a modern ATS workflow (structured scoring, team evaluations, interview scheduling) with a multi-channel distribution engine that posts jobs to 300+ job boards, social networks and programmatic networks in one click. Built-in career-site builders, referral programmes and feedback surveys close the loop between hiring managers and candidates.
Key features:
- Applicant tracking system with structured scorecards, pipeline stages and team collaboration
- Multi-posting to 300+ job boards including LinkedIn, Indeed, XING and programmatic networks
- Career-site builder with drag-and-drop pages, localisation and branded job ads
- Employee referral programme with incentive tracking and one-click sharing
- Candidate experience surveys collecting feedback automatically after every process stage
- Calendar and interview scheduling integrated with Google, Microsoft 365 and Outlook
- Integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, DATEV and HRIS systems via API
softgarden is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and hosts all recruitment data in German data centres (Frankfurt) under GDPR and the BDSG. ISO 27001 certification, a full DPA and SCCs for any sub-processor are standard on every contract.
Trusted by Deutsche Bahn, BILD, L'Oréal and 2,000+ European employers, softgarden is the reference choice for HR teams that want a candidate-centric ATS with provable German data sovereignty.
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