29 Overview to Requisitions

This chapter contains these topics:

29.1 Objectives

  • To enter and approve requisitions

  • To control the hiring process through requisitions

29.2 About Requisitions

You enter a requisition to begin the process of filling a vacancy within your organization. A vacancy is a job opening or unfilled head count (number of people) in a position.

A requisition contains information about the open position and job. You can use one requisition to fill multiple vacancies in a position. To help you stay within your position budgets, when you hire enough candidates to meet the head count for a position, the system can prevent you from hiring any more candidates for that position.

You can track the status of a requisition through its initial creation to approval or rejection. You can associate a candidate with one or more requisitions. When you hire an applicant or transfer an employee into a new position, the system automatically indicates that the person filled the requisition.

Working with requisitions includes the following tasks:

  • Entering requisition information

  • Working with requisitions

  • Reviewing requisitions online

  • Reviewing requisition reports