How Anglo American Scaled Job Applications for Candidates Who Lack Internet Access HIRING SUCCESS STORYSolution: Connect 1997 Technology With a Modern ATS The answer to the problem lay in technology that was first standardized in 1997: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)*. SmartRecruiters developed a system specifically for Anglo American that displays a unique USSD code on each job posting. An applicant accesses the recruiting system by entering the code on any mobile phone – no internet access needed. After entering their 13-digit identification number displayed on South African government-issued Smart ID cards, the candidate can access their profile. The system populates the candidate profile into SmartRecruiters and then qualifies each applicant by asking a sequence of

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