How easy is candidate rediscovery software to set up with an ATS?
Akshata Pawar
Senior TA Specialist
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Setting up candidate rediscovery software typically takes a few hours to a couple of days, not weeks. The process usually involves connecting through an API key or OAuth credentials, configuring a few custom fields or tags, and testing the connection on two or three job openings before going live.
A standard setup follows this pattern:
- Generate API credentials. Most ATS platforms let an account owner create an API key or OAuth token from their settings page in a few minutes.
- Grant read and write access. The rediscovery tool needs read access to pull candidate and job data, and write access to log match scores, tags, or notes back to your ATS.
- Configure fields or tags. A small number of custom fields, like a match score and a "screened" tag, track results inside your existing ATS.
- Test on live jobs. Check the connection against two or three real job openings before rolling it out across your full database.
Tools like Skima AI follow this same pattern for ATS platforms, with most integrations completing in under a couple of hours when webhooks are available. If your ATS does not support webhooks, Skima AI checks for updates every 10 to 15 minutes instead, which adds a short delay but does not affect accuracy.