ATS API Integration: Real-Time Recruiting Data, Candidate Pipelines, and Hiring Automation

ATS API integration is a crucial process that enables seamless connectivity between recruiting software and applicant tracking systems (ATS) like Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters, allowing real-time access and updates to hiring data. This integration ensures that candidate stage changes, interview updates, and job postings are reflected immediately across various tools, avoiding delays associated with batch syncs. Unified's ATS API employs a pass-through architecture, routing each API request directly to the source ATS without storing data, thus providing real-time, authorized access to recruiting information. The integration also distinguishes between ATS and HR functions, maintaining a clear boundary to prevent incorrect assumptions and support complex hiring scenarios. Unified's approach emphasizes data normalization while accommodating provider-specific fields, offering a consistent framework for creating dashboards, scheduling interviews, and synchronizing candidate data across multiple platforms. Additionally, the system supports real-time event delivery through native and virtual webhooks, with built-in retry logic and security measures to handle sensitive recruiting data responsibly, adhering to compliance standards like GDPR and HIPAA.