An ATS job search means searching the hiring systems companies use (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and others) instead of a job board. Every employer on those systems publishes openings at a predictable web address, so a single Google search such as site:myworkdayjobs.com "data analyst" can return postings from hundreds of employers at once. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026, our feed picked up about 50,600 postings straight from these systems, and Workday alone supplied roughly 31% of them.
Source: Our job data, Nov 9, 2026
Which hiring systems are worth searching
New postings read straight from each system, last 30 days
| Workday | 14,816 |
| Greenhouse | 4,789 |
| SAP SuccessFactors | 3,834 |
| Oracle Cloud | 3,579 |
| Workable | 3,263 |
| SmartRecruiters | 3,241 |
| iCIMS | 2,038 |
| Ashby | 2,030 |
| BambooHR | 1,678 |
| Company websites (other) | 1,282 |
Only postings that came straight from a company hiring system. "Company websites (other)" are employer sites that do not run on a named system.
Source: Our job data, Nov 9, 2026
Search where the jobs are. Workday was by far the biggest source in this snapshot, at about 15,600 postings, and its top posters were large employers such as Accenture, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CVS Health and Cisco. Greenhouse came next at about 5,100, and its list looked completely different: GitLab, Samsara, Airbnb, Zscaler, Affirm, Twilio. Greenhouse postings were also far more often remote (about 63% against 41% for Workday).
Lever, which many ATS search guides lead with, was too small in our data to make the top ten. Some of that is down to what our sources cover, but Huntr saw the same drift: Lever's share of the ATS applications its users logged fell from 10.6% to 5.3% in the year to Q3 2026 (Huntr Q3 2026 Job Search Trends, 4,796 users). It still deserves a search if you want startups. But if you only have time for one string, make it Workday's, and if you want tech companies, add Greenhouse and Ashby.
What each system's job links look like
Every hiring system builds its links the same way for every employer. Once you can read them, you can tell which system a company uses from one click on its Apply button, and you know exactly what to put after site:. Workday's are the longest, so here is one taken apart.
Job link patterns and the Google search for each
- Workday
- Links look like
company.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/...
Search withsite:myworkdayjobs.com - Greenhouse
- Links look like
job-boards.greenhouse.io/company/...
Search withsite:job-boards.greenhouse.io, plussite:boards.greenhouse.iofor older boards andsite:job-boards.eu.greenhouse.iofor EU ones - Lever
- Links look like
jobs.lever.co/company/...
Search withsite:jobs.lever.co, andsite:jobs.eu.lever.cofor EU boards - Ashby
- Links look like
jobs.ashbyhq.com/company/...
Search withsite:jobs.ashbyhq.com - SmartRecruiters
- Links look like
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Company/...
Search withsite:jobs.smartrecruiters.com - Workable
- Links look like
apply.workable.com/company/j/...
Search withsite:apply.workable.com - iCIMS
- Links look like
careers-company.icims.com/jobs/...
Search withsite:icims.com - SAP SuccessFactors
- Links look like
career4.successfactors.com/...
Search withsite:successfactors.comandsite:sapsf.com - Oracle Cloud
- Links look like
xxxx.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/...withCandidateExperiencein the path
Search withsite:oraclecloud.comand expect some noise - Taleo (Oracle's older system)
- Links look like
company.taleo.net/careersection/...
Search withsite:taleo.net - BambooHR
- Links look like
company.bamboohr.com/careers/103
Search withsite:bamboohr.com - Dayforce
- Links look like
jobs.dayforcehcm.com/...
Search withsite:jobs.dayforcehcm.com
These patterns come from real job links in our feed in November 2026. In that sample, 27 of 28 Greenhouse links used the newer job-boards address, two of them the EU version, so search both the new and old Greenhouse domains.
Search strings you can copy
Google documents the operators these strings use: quotes for an exact phrase, site: for one domain, a minus sign to exclude a word, and after: for pages updated after a date (Google Search Help). OR in capitals lets one search cover several titles or systems. No space after the colon. Swap the bracketed parts for your own role and place.
site:myworkdayjobs.com "[data analyst]" remote
site:myworkdayjobs.com "[data analyst]" "[Chicago]"
site:myworkdayjobs.com ("[data analyst]" OR "[business analyst]") "[United Kingdom]"("[product designer]" OR "[UX designer]") (remote OR "[London]") (site:job-boards.greenhouse.io OR site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:jobs.lever.co OR site:jobs.ashbyhq.com)"[financial analyst]" "[Toronto]" (site:successfactors.com OR site:sapsf.com OR site:icims.com OR site:taleo.net) "[financial analyst]" "[Toronto]" site:oraclecloud.com
"[office manager]" "[Manchester]" (site:apply.workable.com OR site:bamboohr.com OR site:jobs.smartrecruiters.com)
site:myworkdayjobs.com "[software engineer]" -senior -staff -principal -intern site:jobs.ashbyhq.com "[account executive]" after:[YYYY-MM-DD]
"[Company name]" (site:myworkdayjobs.com OR site:job-boards.greenhouse.io OR site:jobs.lever.co OR site:jobs.ashbyhq.com OR site:apply.workable.com)
Two habits make these work better. Check how three or four real postings word the job before you search, because "customer success manager" and "client success manager" are different searches. And treat after: as rough: it filters by when Google thinks the page was last updated, not by the date the employer posted the job. Bing understands site: too; a site:myworkdayjobs.com search there returned employer Workday sites when we tried it, so run the important strings in both.
A 15-minute ATS search routine
Run this twice a week
- 1
Pick the titles people actually post
Read three or four live postings for your role and note the two most common titles. Those go in quotes.
- 2
Choose systems by the kind of employer you want
Workday for large employers, Greenhouse, Ashby and Lever for tech companies and startups, Workable and BambooHR for smaller firms. When in doubt, run the Workday string first.
- 3
Run the strings and open results in new tabs
Add your city, country or "remote". If a search returns pages of noise, add a minus term; if it returns nothing, drop the location.
- 4
Check each posting on the employer's own page
Confirm it is still open and see when it was posted. Workday pages show a "Posted" label; other systems vary.
- 5
Apply there and note the requisition ID
Keep the ID with the link in your tracker. It is what a contact needs to refer you, and how you tell two similar roles apart later.
- 6
Bookmark the boards that keep paying off
After two or three rounds you will know which employers post your kind of role. Bookmark their board pages and check those directly.
Google searches or a job feed?
| Google site: search | HiddenRoles feed | |
|---|---|---|
| Many employers at once | ✓ | ✓ |
| Also covers job boards | ✕ | ✓ |
| How current it is | Lags behind the employer | Each card shows the posting age |
| Your effort | Write and rerun searches | Matched to the role and place you give us |
| Cost | Free | Paid membership after a free quiz |
Learn the strings even if you never use a feed. They cost nothing, they teach you which employers hire for your role, and for a single company nothing beats its own board page, which is always live. Where a feed earns its keep is the repetition: reading career sites and boards for you, so you don't have to rerun twelve searches twice a week. For more on why career-site postings matter in the first place, see our guide to the hidden job market, and for the biggest single system, Workday jobs.
Questions people ask
What does ATS mean in a job search?
ATS stands for applicant tracking system, the software a company uses to post jobs and manage applications. Workday, Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby are common ones. An ATS job search means looking for openings on those systems' public job pages rather than on a job board.
Can I search all Workday jobs at once?
Not through a single public search on Workday's side, as far as we know: each employer runs its own Workday site. The practical options are a Google search limited to myworkdayjobs.com, or a feed that reads many Workday sites for you. Our Workday jobs page covers both.
Is it better to apply on the company's ATS than through LinkedIn?
Often both end up in the same system, because many employers connect their listings to LinkedIn. Applying on the employer's own page means you see every screening question and know the application went in. If a LinkedIn listing sends you to the company site anyway, take that route.
Why does Google show a job that says it is closed?
Google re-reads pages on its own schedule, so its results trail the employer's system by days or sometimes weeks. The employer's page is always the final word. If you keep finding stale listings at one company, read our guide to ghost jobs.