Tesla will reportedly develop its own recruiting software, a move intended to reduce recruiting-related costs and reduce its reliance on outside suppliers. Analysts say the move will help reduce Tesla’s recruitment-related costs. At the same time, the move also shows that Tesla has taken an extraordinary step in developing technology related to internal talent.
Currently, in addition to some of the largest technology companies, most companies tend to use paid software developed by companies such as Oracle, SAP and Avature.
In addition, the app underscores Tesla’s commitment to long-term hiring ambitions. Last year, Tesla increased its workforce by 28,533, bringing the total number of employees to 99,290. In June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he would lay off about 10 percent of the workforce. But a Tesla recruiter said today that the company is continuing to evaluate candidates and hire some people from them.
Musk has long advocated reducing reliance on external software vendors. Previously, Tesla has developed internal applications for other functions such as sales, accounting and supply chain management, in part to help the company sell cars directly to consumers. Tesla, for example, began replacing Salesforce’s software with a proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) system in 2019.
The new applicant tracking software, according to Tesla recruiters, will store information about applicants throughout the application and interview process; allowing recruiters to create job postings, access resumes and interview notes, and send job offers, among other things. At this time, Tesla has not yet named this new system.
Two former Tesla recruiters said that Tesla hiring managers and supervisors told employees that the new system was more efficient than Avature’s previous applicant tracking system, and would also better meet Tesla’s needs.
Avature, based in London, has 110 Fortune 500 companies as clients, including Cisco and Dell, among others. Tesla and Avature have not yet commented on this.
