Understanding Applicant and Employee Record Creation

You should be aware of the following PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office processing rules for creating applicant and employee records:

You can only enter individuals into PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office as applicants.
After you enter individuals into the system, you can convert them to employees or contractors (non-employees) using the Applicant pages.
After you enter applicants into the system, you can search for candidates whose skills match open customer orders and place them on assignments.
You cannot place an applicant on a temporary assignment, however, until the applicant goes through the hire process and is in the system as either an employee or a contractor.

Note: If you have PeopleSoft Pay/Bill Management installed without PeopleSoft Staffing Front Office, you still use the Applicant component to add employees to use in temporary orders. The individual (as a resource) must first be added as an applicant and then hired.