Skills-based hiring has become a priority for organizations looking to secure talent that delivers long-term value. Recruiters using UKG have powerful tools at their disposal, but identifying and evaluating candidates based on skills—not just past titles—can still be time-consuming and complex. By incorporating smart candidate assessment through CloudApper AI Recruiter, UKG users can scale skills-first hiring with speed, accuracy, and fairness, ensuring the right talent moves forward every time.

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Why UKG Users Need Smart Candidate Assessment for Skills-Based Hiring

Skills-based hiring is on the rise because it aligns talent acquisition with actual role requirements, expanding access to high-quality candidates. LinkedIn data shows that organizations using skills-based search are 12% more likely to make a quality hire. In addition, 93% of talent acquisition professionals agree that accurately assessing a candidate’s skills is essential for hiring success.

For UKG users, the challenge isn’t access to applicant data—it’s how to interpret and act on it at scale. When hiring teams face hundreds of applicants for each role, ensuring consistent and unbiased evaluation becomes a logistical challenge. Without a streamlined assessment process, valuable candidates can be missed, and hiring timelines can extend unnecessarily.

How CloudApper Enhances UKG Recruiting for Skills-First Success

CloudApper AI Recruiter integrates directly with UKG Ready and UKG Pro Recruiting, adding advanced skill evaluation and automation capabilities without disrupting existing workflows. The focus is on optimizing recruiter time, improving candidate engagement, and ensuring fair assessments from start to finish.

Automated Candidate Data Standardization

Resumes are reformatted to remove bias-triggering information like employer names, school names, and personal details. This creates a consistent format, allowing hiring teams to focus on relevant skills, experience, and certifications.

Tailored Skill-Specific Screening

CloudApper generates role-specific screening questions based on the applicant’s resume and the job description in UKG. Responses are scored against predefined criteria, ensuring consistent evaluations across all applicants.

Continuous Candidate Engagement

Through email and SMS updates, candidates remain informed at every stage. This reduces drop-off rates and improves the likelihood of qualified applicants completing the process.

Smart Candidate Assessment for UKG Recruiters

Speed and Efficiency Without Sacrificing Quality

Hiring quickly is important, but not at the expense of quality. For UKG users, CloudApper AI Recruiter accelerates the review and selection process while maintaining rigorous evaluation standards.

Customer Success Snapshot:
A healthcare organization reduced its time from application to interview from 12 days to just 72 hours and increased show-up rates from 40% to 70%. The talent acquisition leader noted that recruiters weren’t replaced—they became more effective, and the hiring experience improved for everyone involved.

Key Benefits for UKG Recruiting Teams

Seamless UKG Integration

CloudApper connects directly to UKG systems, pulling job requisitions, candidate data, and application updates into a unified assessment workflow. Recruiters can view candidate evaluations within their familiar UKG interface.

Skills-Based Ranking at Scale

By focusing on specific competencies and role requirements, the smart candidate assessment process ranks applicants based on actual fit, making it easy to prioritize the most promising candidates.

Reduced Recruiter Workload

Routine tasks like resume parsing, interview scheduling, and follow-up communication are automated, allowing recruiters to focus on relationship-building and strategic hiring decisions.

Diversity and Fairness

With anonymized profiles and standardized scoring, CloudApper helps ensure hiring decisions are based purely on qualifications and skills, supporting diversity and inclusion goals.

Smart Candidate Assessment for UKG Users

Why This Matters for Large-Scale Skills-Based Hiring

High-volume hiring amplifies both the opportunities and the risks of skills-based hiring. Without an automated, skills-first assessment process, recruiters can struggle to keep up, potentially missing strong candidates who don’t have conventional career paths.

CloudApper AI Recruiter empowers UKG users to:

  • Handle large applicant volumes with ease.

  • Maintain consistency in evaluation across multiple recruiters and locations.

  • Shorten time-to-hire while improving candidate quality.

The Competitive Edge for UKG Users

As industries face growing skills gaps, being able to identify, engage, and hire top talent faster than competitors is a clear advantage. With smart candidate assessment embedded into UKG recruiting workflows, talent teams can:

UKG delivers a robust recruiting platform, and CloudApper AI Recruiter adds the intelligence, automation, and skill evaluation needed to maximize its impact. For recruiters focused on skills-first hiring, this combination offers an unmatched opportunity to hire the right talent at scale.

Consult our experts today to see how CloudApper AI Recruiter can transform your UKG recruiting process.