Processing Rules
This section discusses the different types of screening processing rules and explains where the rules are configured.
Rules That Apply to a Single Screening Level
To set up screening, you must set up reusable screening level definitions. These include default processing rules that apply to the screening level. When the screening level is used for a specific job opening, recruiters can override most (though not all) of the default settings.
See Setting Up Screening Level Definitions.
Examples of screening level processing rules include:
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Whether the screening level runs automatically during the online application process, and what messages are used to give applicants instructions or results during such screening.
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What percentage of the total possible points the applicant must earn in order to pass the screening level.
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How to determine an applicant's overall score for the screening level, and whether to allow manual determination of pass/fail status in a screening level.
Manual determination of pass/fail status is not applicable to screening levels that run during the online application process (prescreening and online screening).
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What disposition to assign to applicants depending on whether they pass or fail the screening level.
Rules That Reach Across Multiple Screening Levels
Certain processing rules reach across multiple screening levels.
Screening templates enable you to set up default settings for some such rules; recruiters can override the default settings within individual job openings.
Cross-level settings that you configure in a screening template include:
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Whether applicants must pass the previous level to be included in the subsequent screening level.
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(USF) Various settings that control the classification and ranking of U.S. federal applicants after all screening levels have been processed.
Note:
You cannot use screening templates to set up default settings for transmutation, a process used during U.S. federal screening to give candidates an overall score out of 100 based on the results of two separate screening levels. Transmutation settings rules are configured within each job opening.
See Setting Up Screening Templates, (USF) Understanding U.S. Federal Screening Setup.
(USF) Federal Preference Items
In the U.S. federal screening process, these preference items entitle applicants to specific advantages during screening:
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Priority placement status.
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Veterans preference.
The system provides setup pages where you define the codes for each of these preference items.