PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office 9.1 PeopleBook

PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office Preface

This preface discusses:

PeopleSoft products.
PeopleSoft application fundamentals.
Common elements used in this PeopleBook.
Pages with deferred processing.

Note. This PeopleBook documents only page elements that require additional explanation. If a page element is not documented with the process or task in which it is used, then it either requires no additional explanation or is documented with the common elements for the section, chapter, or PeopleBook.

PeopleSoft Products

This PeopleBook refers to these PeopleSoft products and product lines:

PeopleSoft Contracts
PeopleSoft Expenses
PeopleSoft General Ledger
PeopleSoft Financial Management Solutions
PeopleSoft Performance Management
PeopleSoft Project Costing
PeopleSoft Resource Management
PeopleSoft Service Automation

PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals

The PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office 91 PeopleBook provides you with implementation and processing information for your Staffing Front Office system. However, additional, essential information describing the setup and design of your system appears in a companion volume of documentation called PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals 9.1 PeopleBook.

The companion documentation discusses important topics that apply to many or all PeopleSoft applications in PeopleSoft Financials, Enterprise Service Automation, and Supply Chain Management product lines. You should be familiar with the contents of these PeopleBooks.

The following PeopleBooks also apply to Staffing Front Office:

PeopleSoft Order to Cash Common Information PeopleBook
PeopleSoft Application Fundamentals PeopleBook

Pages With Deferred Processing

Several pages in Staffing Front Office operate in deferred processing mode. Most fields on these pages are not updated or validated until you save the page or refresh it by clicking a button, link, or tab. This delayed processing has various implications for the field values on the page—for example, if a field contains a default value, any value that you enter before the system updates the page overrides the default. Another implication is that the system updates quantity balances or totals only when you save or otherwise refresh the page.

PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library

A companion PeopleBook called PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library contains general information, including:

Understanding the PeopleSoft online library and related documentation.
How to send PeopleSoft documentation comments and suggestions to Oracle.
How to access hosted PeopleBooks, downloadable HTML PeopleBooks, and downloadable PDF PeopleBooks as well as documentation updates.
Understanding PeopleBook structure.
Typographical conventions and visual cues used in PeopleBooks.
ISO country codes and currency codes.
PeopleBooks that are common across multiple applications.
Common elements used in PeopleBooks.
Navigating the PeopleBooks interface and searching the PeopleSoft online library.
Displaying and printing screen shots and graphics in PeopleBooks.
How to manage the locally installed PeopleSoft online library, including web site folders.
Understanding documentation integration and how to integrate customized documentation into the library.
Application abbreviations found in application fields.

You can find PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library in the online PeopleBooks Library for your PeopleTools release.

Common Elements Used in This PeopleBook

Applicant (Pending)	An individual who has applied for work online. An individual can be turned into an applicant when an authorized user has reviewed that person's records.
Applicant	An individual who has or is applying for work and can be considered for current job orders.
Employee	Individuals who can be placed on temporary assignments and for whom payroll records have been established.
Temporary Assignment	The placement of an employee of the staffing company at a client to perform work for a pre-determined period of time.
Career Assignment	The permanent placement of an individual at a client. The person becomes an employee of the staffing company's customer.
Career Master	The name of the customer record that is used to document information relating to the placement of individuals in career assignments. This record includes fee scheduling and other recruitment processing information.
Job Supplement	Provides the customer definition of a job, such as essential job functions for a position, unique safety requirements, equipment needs, and so on.
Order - Career	A request by a customer of a staffing agency to find one or more people to perform work at the client site on permanent basis as an employee of that customer.
Order - Temporary	A request by a customer of a staffing agency to find one or more people to perform work at the client site for a set period of time.
PeopleMatch	A feature of the Staffing Front Office application that searches for available candidates and matches those people to open orders based on specified criteria.
Quality Feedback	Provides information about the level of service and satisfaction for customers and employees. Uses online and mailed questionnaires as the primary instrument for gathering this information. Results are recorded for future reference.
Sales User	An individual who is responsible for the customer who uses your staffing company to place the order. The sales user is defined in the setup for the customer.
Service User	The customer service representative on a specific order who is responsible for order fulfillment and other aspects of customer service. The service user is defined in the setup for the customer.
Target Qualifications	Work-related qualifications that are most commonly used or sought by a customer, contact, or order
Worksite Master	Provides address, contact, and general information about the customer's workplace. The information provided can be specified when the system is set up. Examples of the types of information that could be entered are: location directions, dress codes, shift schedules, eating and break facilities, Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodations, and so on.