Free applicant tracking systems allow small and midsize businesses to post jobs, track resumes, search for new hires, and reach out to potential candidates at no cost.

Applicant Tracking Systems play an outsized role in the hiring process but remain largely overlooked or misunderstood, particularly by first-time job seekers like college seniors and recent graduates.

Many job hunters - whether they are 20-something or 50-something do not understand how the Applicant Tracking System works and certain myths have been passed around on the Internet that are not true.