Managing Applicants

This topic provides an overview of the Manage Applicant page and discusses how to use this page as a central hub for applicant tracking.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Manage Applicant Page

HRS_MANAGE_APP

Review applicant recruitment data and perform various applicant-related tasks.

Manage Applicant Page: Applicant Activity Tab

HRS_MANAGE_APP

Manage applicant activity and perform actions on an applicant’s current job applications. This tab includes four subsections:

Applicant Resume Page

HRS_APP_RESUME

View a resume that was copied into the resume text field (rather than being uploaded as an attachment).

Expenses Page

HRS_APP_EXP_SP

Enter details about an applicant-related expense.

Manage Applicant Page: Notes Tab

HRS_MANAGE_APP

Review and create notes for applicants.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data Tab

HRS_MANAGE_APP

View or modify an applicant's personal information, references, and eligibility & Identity information.

Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties Tab

HRS_MANAGE_APP

Identify interested parties so that they can be easily copied on email correspondence.

Proxy Details Page

HRS_APP_PROXY_SBP

View the name, phone number, and email address of the contact for the recruitment service that is acting as the applicant's proxy.

The toolbar button for accessing this page is visible only if at least one of the applicant’s applications has a vendor recruitment source that has a proxy.

The Manage Applicant page provides a central location for reviewing applicant data and performing applicant-related tasks. It is divided into four tabs, as described in the following table:

Tab

Description

Applicant Activity

Use this tab to manage recruiting activities for the applicant. It is divided into four subsections:

  • Current Status shows summary information about the applicant’s dispositions for all open job openings (or applications without job openings). It also provides access to detailed application data and to the various actions that you use to manage the recruiting process.

  • Interview Evaluation/Summary shows summary information about interviews and interview evaluations. It also provides access to the pages you use to manage the interviews and evaluations.

  • Expenses enables you to manage expense data.

  • History shows the applicant’s disposition history for all associated job openings.

Notes

This tab displays notes related to the applicant. Notes can be system-generated or manually created. Buttons on this tab enable you to add notes and view note details.

Applicant Data

This tab provides access to the same applicant data that you enter on the Create Applicant page: personal information, references, and eligibility & identity information.

Interested Parties

This tab enables you to enter email addresses for interested parties (including interested parties outside of the system) so that they can be easily copied on email correspondence.

Image: Tabs and sections on the Manage Applicants page

This diagram illustrates the hierarchical structure of the tabs and sections on the Manage Applicant page.

Tabs and sections on the Manage Applicants page

Use the Manage Applicant page (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to review applicant recruitment data and perform various applicant related tasks.

Image: Manage Applicant page

This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page.

Manage Applicant page

Toolbar

Field or Control

Definition

Save

Click this button to save any changes you make on the Applicant Data tab or the Interested Parties tab.

Return

Click this button to return the page from which you accessed the Manage Applicant page.

Recruiting Home

Click this button to access the Recruiting Home Page.

Search Applicants

Click this button this button to access the Search Applicants Page.

Previous and Next

These buttons appear if you accessed the Manage Applicant page from a grid that listed multiple applicants. Use the buttons to navigate between applicants.

Create Applicant

Click this button to create a new applicant on the Create Applicant Page.

Add Note

Click this button to create a new applicant note on the Applicant Notes Page.

Add to List

Click this button to access the Add to Applicant List Page where you choose an applicant list to which the applicant is added.

Add Application

Click to open a new application on the Application Details Page

Change Status

Click to open the Change Applicant Status Page where you can change the overall status of the applicant (not the applicant’s disposition for any particular job opening).

Forward Applicant

Click this button to access the Forward Applicant Page where you can send an email with applicant information.

Link to Job

Click this button to open the Link Applicant to Job Opening Page where you can choose additional job opening for the applicant.

Merge Applicants

Click this button to open the Merge Applicant Page where you can identify and merge duplicate applicant records.

Personalize

Click this button to change the content and layout of the toolbar.

Proxy Details

Click this button to display the Proxy Details page. This button appears only if at least one of the applicant’s applications has a vendor recruitment source that has a proxy.

Header Data

Field or Control

Definition

Name and Applicant ID

These fields display identifying information about the applicant.

Applicant Type

Displays whether the applicant is an External Applicant, Employee, or a Non-Employee (a person of interest).

Status

Displays the overall applicant status. This is not the disposition with regards to any particular job opening, it is a more general status such as Active or Inactive.

Preferred Contact

Displays the applicant’s preferred contact method.

Phone, Email, and Address

These fields display the applicant’s contact information.

Tabs

Field or Control

Definition

Applicant Activity

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity Tab: Current Status Section to review applicant dispositions and to perform recruiting actions.

Use the other sections on this tab to manage interviews and expenses and to review disposition history.

Notes

Use the Manage Applicant Page: Notes Tab to manage applicant-related notes.

Applicant Data

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data Tab to manage the applicant’s personal information, references, and eligibility & identity information.

Interested Parties

Use the Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties Tab to manage the list of interested parties who can be copied on applicant correspondence.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Current Status section (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to review applicant recruitment data and perform various applicant related tasks.

Image: Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Current Status section

This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Current Status section.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Current Status section

Flexible Processing and Applicant Actions

A job opening’s flexible recruiting process (if any) can prevent users from performing certain recruiting actions that would otherwise be available from this page. The availability of the action depends on the user’s role and on the applicant’s current disposition.

These actions can be made unavailable: Reject Applicant, Route Applicant, Manage Interviews, Created Interview Evaluation, Prepare Job Offer, Accept Offer, Reject Offer, Pre-Employment Check, Prepare for Hire, Withdraw from Hire, and Manage Applicant Contracts.

Additionally, the Edit Disposition action is hidden if the flexible recruiting process does not provide the user with any valid disposition transitions.

The system hides the route, interview, and reject icons for job openings where those actions are not available. If the actions are not available for any job openings, the entire column is hidden.

The Other Actions menu also hides any unavailable actions.

The Group Actions menu does not hide actions, but the system only performs the action for job openings where the action is permitted.

Applicant Activity

This grid lists an applicant’s open job openings. To view information about closed job opening, click the History link.

Field or Control

Definition

Select

Before performing a group action, use this check box to select the job opening to which the group action applies.

Job Opening and Job Opening ID

These fields identify a job opening (or an application without a job opening) to which the applicant is linked. Click the job opening title to access the Manage Job Opening page for that job opening.

If the user does not have security access to the job opening, the job opening link is disabled, as are any recruiting actions for that job. However, the Other Actions menu still provides access to applicant-related actions that do not rely on the context of the job opening.

Disposition

An applicant's disposition is the applicant's status with regards to a particular job opening. The values are the statuses that have been defined for the Recruitment Summary status area. These statuses track the progress of an applicant through the recruiting process.

Manage Application icon Application

Click to access the Manage Application Page, where you can review and manage activity related to a single applicant for a single job opening.

Resume icon Resume

Click to open a new window that displays the applicant's resume. The window contents depend on the resume format:

  • If the resume is in an attached file, the file opens in the new window.

  • If the resume was entered into the Resume Text field in the application, the new window displays the Applicant Resume page.

If the application that is linked to this job opening doesn’t include a resume, then this column is blank.

Mark Reviewed icon Mark Reviewed

Click to update the applicant’s disposition to 020 - Reviewed. Because this action always uses the disposition with status code 020, you should not modify this delivered disposition.

Route icon Route

Click to perform the Route Applicant action.

If the applicant has at least one existing routing for this job opening, this action displays the Manage Routings Page. If the applicant does not yet have any routings, this action displays the Route Applicant Page.

Manage Interview icon Interview

Click to perform the Manage Interviews action.

If the applicant has at least one existing interview for this job opening, , this action displays the Manage Interviews Page. If the applicant does not yet have any interviews, this action displays the Interview Schedule Page.

Reject icon Reject

Click to perform the Reject Applicant action, which displays the Reject Applicant Page.

Print Application Details icon Print

Click to access the Application Report Options Page, where you can choose report parameters and then generate an application details report.

Other Actions

Click to display a menu of actions that you can perform for the job opening shown in the row. The actions appear under two sub-menus.

Under the Recruiting Actions sub-menu, you can choose these actions:

  • Create Interview Evaluation

  • Create Salary Package Model

    This action is available only to recruiting administrators, and only if PeopleSoft Global Payroll for Australia is installed.

  • Prepare Job Offer

  • Accept Offer

    This action is available only if there is an offer in the default open status.

  • Reject Offer

    This action is available only if there is an offer in the default open status.

  • Withdraw Application

    This action is available only if disposition 130 Withdrawn Application is configured as a successor of the current disposition.

  • Prepare for Hire

    This action is available only if the current disposition is 071 - Offer Accepted, 080 - Ready to Hire, or 090 - Hired 120 - Withdrawn.

  • Withdraw from Hire

    This action is available only if the current disposition is 080 - Ready to Hire.

  • Edit Application Details

  • Edit Disposition

    If a flexible recruiting process governs the job opening, this is available only if the process provides the user with valid transitions from the current disposition.

Under the Application Actions sub-menu, you can choose these actions:

  • Send Correspondence

  • Add POI

    This action is available only for external applicants.

  • Copy Salary Package

    This action is available only to recruiting administrators, and only if PeopleSoft Global Payroll for Australia is installed and the applicant’s disposition is Hired.

  • Manage Applicant Checklists

  • Manage Applicant Contracts

  • Pre-Employment Check

See Understanding Actions for Managing Applicants.

Select All and Deselect All

Use these links to select or deselect grid rows so that you can perform group actions on the selected rows.

Group Actions

Click to display a menu of actions that you can perform for the selected job openings. The actions appear under two sub-menus.

Under the Recruiting Actions sub-menu, you can choose these actions:

  • Mark Reviewed

  • Reject Applicant

  • Route Applicant

  • Withdraw Application

  • Edit Application Details

  • Print Applications

Under the Applicant Actions sub-menu, you can choose the Send Correspondence action.

Note: The number of rows that can be included in a group action can be limited using the Group Action Limit field on the Recruiting Installation - Applicants Page. If a user attempts to perform a group action when too many rows are selected, the system displays a message informing the user of the limit and stating that only the allowed number of rows will be processed. If the user continues, the system processes the allowed number of rows, starting at the beginning of the list and following the grid sort order. Even if the user cancels, the system deselects all rows after the specified limit, and the user can review which rows will be processed before re-initiating the action with an allowable number of selected rows.

Use the Applicant Resume page (HRS_APP_RESUME) to view a resume that was copied into the resume text field.

Image: Applicant Resume page

This example illustrates the Applicant Resume page.

Applicant Resume page

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Interview Schedule/Evaluation section (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to review and manage the applicant’s interviews and interview evaluations.

Image: Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Interview Schedule/Evaluation section

This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Interview Schedule/Evaluation section.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Interview Schedule/Evaluation section

Note: This page is not affected flexible recruiting processes. That is, even if a flexible recruiting process restricts access to the Manage Interviews action or the Create Interview Evaluation action for some job openings, it does not impact the availability of any of the buttons or links on this page.

Interviews

This grid lists the applicant’s interviews.

Field or Control

Definition

Date, Start Time, End Time, and Time Zone

These fields indicate when the interview is scheduled.

The date is also a link that you can click to access the Interview Schedule Page.

Name

Displays the name of the first interviewer.

Location

Displays the interview location.

Job

Displays the posting title of the job opening for which the applicant is interviewing. Click this link to access the Manage Job Opening page.

Comments Comments

Click to display a read-only dialog box with any applicant-related comments that were entered in the interview schedule.

Create Interview

Click this link to access the Interview Schedule page to schedule a new interview. If the applicant is linked to more than one job opening, the Select Job Opening for Interview Page appears first so that the user can identify the opening for which the applicant is interviewing.

Interview Evaluations

After an interview’s date and time have passed, the system automatically adds all scheduled interviewers to this grid. This grid lists all scheduled interviewers along with summary information about each interviewer’s evaluation.

Field or Control

Definition

Name

Displays the name of the interviewer. An interviewer who participates in multiple interviews has multiple rows in this grid.

Job

Displays the posting title for the job opening for which the applicant interviewed. If the interview is for an application without a job opening, this field displays No Job Opening Selected.

Interview Rating

Displays the interview rating entered by the evaluator.

Interview Type

Displays the interview type. The default interview type for an evaluation is the interview type specified on the Interview Schedule page. However, an evaluator can override that default for a specific evaluation.

Recommendation

Displays the recommendation entered by the evaluator.

Score

Displays the total score for the evaluation. This score is the sum of the scores for the individual evaluation categories in the evaluation. If the evaluator hasn’t yet entered a rating for a category, the score for that category is zero.

Action

Displays text that indicates the status of the evaluation. When appropriate, the Action column text is a link that the user clicks to access the Interview Evaluation page. Values in this column include:

  • Evaluate Applicant: This appears when the evaluation has not yet been started.

    This is an active link only for an evaluator's own evaluation. Clicking the link displays the Interview Evaluation page, where the evaluator can begin the evaluation.

  • Complete Evaluation: This appears when the evaluation has been saved, but not yet submitted.

    This is an active link only for an evaluator's own evaluation. Clicking the link displays the Interview Evaluation page, where the evaluator can continue to work on the evaluation.

  • View Evaluation: This appears when the evaluation has been submitted.

    This link is active regardless of who created the evaluation. Clicking the link displays the Interview Evaluation page in read-only mode.

  • Edit Evaluation: Administrators see this instead of View Evaluation if you enabled administrator evaluation edits by selecting Yes in the Administrator Evaluation Edit field on the Recruiting Installation - Applicants Page.

    Clicking this link displays the Interview Evaluation page, but in this mode, the Save and Submit Evaluation buttons are replaced by buttons that the administrator can use to edit, delete, or send back the completed evaluation.

Create New Evaluation

Click this link to access the Interview Evaluation page to create a new evaluation. If the applicant is linked to more than one job opening, the Select Job Opening for Interview Page appears first so that you can identify the opening to which the evaluation pertains.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Expenses section (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to manage applicant-related expenses.

Image: Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Expenses section

This example illustrates the Applicant Activity tab: Expenses section.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: Expenses section

Field or Control

Definition

Expense, Amount, Currency, and Charge Date

These fields display summary information about the expense.

Edit icon Edit

Click to access the Expenses page, where you can view and modify the complete expense details.

Add New Expense

Click to open the Expenses page and enter a new expense.

Use the Expenses page (HRS_APP_EXP_SP) to enter details about an applicant-related expense.

Image: Expenses page

This example illustrates the Expenses page.

Expenses page

Field or Control

Definition

Expense Code

Select an expense code, such as airfare, car rental, travel, or parking.

Expense Amount

Enter the expense amount and select a currency.

Charge Date

Enter the date on which the expense occurred.

Business Unit

Select the business unit to which the expense should be charged.

Department

Select the department to which the expense should be charged.

Add Expense

Click to save your data and return to the Manage Applicant page.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: History section (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to view the applicant’s disposition history for all job openings.

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This example illustrates Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: History section.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity tab: History section

Field or Control

Definition

Job Opening and Job Opening ID

These fields identify the job whose disposition history is shown.

For each job opening, the grid includes separate rows for every disposition that has been applied.

No Job Opening Selected indicates an application without a job opening.

Job Title Not Available indicates that the applicant withdrew the application before submitting it. Normally withdrawing an unsubmitted application makes the application invisible in Talent Acquisition Manager. But in the rare situation where a recruiting administrator takes action on one application from a draft multi-job application, and then the applicant withdraws the multi-job application, a history row remains for the job opening that was acted on.

Disposition

Displays the applicant’s current or previous disposition for the job opening.

Reason

Displays the reason that was supplied at the time the disposition was assigned (if any).

If the Require Reason Upon Manual Reject field on theRecruiting Installation - Applicants Page is set to Yes, then the Reject Applicant action requires users to supply a reason.

Last Updated

Displays the date that the disposition was applied.

Last Updated By

Displays the name of the person whose action caused the disposition to be applied.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Notes tab (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to review and create notes for applicants.

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This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page: Notes tab.

Manage Applicant page: Notes tab

See Working With Applicant Notes.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data tab (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to view or modify an applicant's personal information, references, and eligibility & Identity information.

Image: Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data tab

This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data tab.

Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data tab

Applicant Data

This tab provides access to the same applicant data that you enter on the Create Applicant page. The subsections correspond to the Create Applicant Page: Personal Information Tab, the Create Applicant Page: References Tab, and the Create Applicant page: Eligibility & Identity Tab. Only recruiting administrators have access to the Eligibility & Identity section.

These page elements on the Personal Information tab are visible on the Manage Applicant page, but they are not visible in Create Applicant mode:

Field or Control

Definition

Registered Online

This field is not visible in add mode (on the Create Applicant page), but it appears when you view personal information on the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data page.

This read-only field displays Yes or No to indicate whether the applicant is a registered user of Candidate Gateway. The value remains Yes even if the Candidate Gateway account is deactivated.

Inactivate Online Account

This field is visible only if the Registered Online field is Yes. Like the Registered Online field, is it not visible in add mode (on the Create Applicant page). Instead, it appears when you view personal information on the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Data page.

Select this check box to make the applicant’s Candidate Gateway account inactive. Deselect the checkbox to reactivate the account.

You cannot reactivate accounts that deactivated by the applicant merge process. The system recognizes such accounts by their status, which indicates that the account was a duplicate.

Application Details

The Manage Applicant page does not have a subsection that corresponds to the Create Applicant Page: Applications Tab. To view or edit application details, go to the Manage Applicant page: Applicant Activity Tab: Current Status Section. Click the Manage Application icon to view the application details within the context of all recruiting activity for the applicant and the job opening, or use the Other Actions > Recruiting Actions > Edit Application Details action to open the Application Details page.

Use the Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties tab (HRS_MANAGE_APP) to identify interested parties so that they can be easily copied on email correspondence.

Image: Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties tab

This example illustrates the Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties tab.

Manage Applicant page: Interested Parties tab

Interested Parties

Use this group box to enter the names and email addresses of interested parties. When you send correspondence to an applicant, you can select the Include Interested Parties option on the Send Correspondence Page to send email correspondence to the persons that you list here.