A recruitment process is a recruitment process.  No one is that special that they need a special recruitment process.  Of course they have them mapped out and configured into their ATS at great expense and then wonder why they have to change it later, or when it just doesn't work.

• Do Amazon train their customers how to buy?


• Do eBay train sellers how to sell? 


• Do you have help sections for people trying to find and apply for a job (although some should!).

So why make the "back-end" of a system so difficult to use?  I know there are many reasons why it HAS to be like this but imagine if it wasn't.  Imagine a single process and UI.  One workflow.  One standard job template.  Zero user training - because you didn't need any.  Recruiters who loved their ATS.  How would the vendor differentiate then?

Of course this is just not possible.  RSS fo