Screening Criteria

Screening criteria refers to the specific attributes that are desirable in an applicant. During screening, the system compares applicant attributes to job opening attributes to determine how well applicants meet the job requirements. Recruiters establish a job opening's criteria from within the Job Opening component, on the Job Opening - Screening Criteria page. This page presents a list of job attributes so that the recruiter can choose which ones to use.

There are four types of job opening attributes that can be used as screening criteria:

Job Preferences.

Job Preferences from the Job Information section of the job opening page include regular/temporary, full-time/part-time, start date, standard hours, shift, travel percent, minimum and maximum age, sex, citizenship status, and recruiting location.

Job Preferences from the salary information section of the job opening page include minimum salary and minimum grade.

Job Preferences are hard coded and cannot be configured. The Employment questions provides you the flexibility to ask similar questions based on your needs by job opening.
Education and experience.

Education and experience requirements indicate the number of years of experience required for applicants with various levels of education. To meet education and experience screening criteria, the applicant must have both the education level and the minimum amount of experience required for that level.
Skills questions.

Skills questions enable you to ask job related single-choice, multiple-choice, date related, numeric or open-ended questions to applicants who apply online. If a job opening includes skills questions, the system makes all of the questions available for use during screening.

Note:

Unlike the other types of screening criteria, skills questions are useful only if applicants can submit applications online. Answers to screening questions cannot be entered in the Application Details page.
Employment questions

Employment questions enable you to ask general questions related to employment. These questions can be single-choice, multiple-choice, date related, numeric or open-ended. If a job opening includes employment questions, then the system makes all the employment questions available for use during screening.
Profile content types.

The Manage Profiles module in PeopleSoft Human Resources provides a flexible architecture for describing the attributes of jobs and individuals. Content type is a generic term for an attribute that can be part of a profile. In the context of the recruiting process, content types are attributes that are used to describe job qualifications and the corresponding applicant attributes.

Oracle delivers several content types that are already configured for the recruiting system; you can use Manage Profiles to create more.

Specific types of screening criteria are available only if the job opening template includes the corresponding sections. For example, to screen applicants based on education and experience, the job opening template must include the Education and Experience section. To collect applicant information to use when screening on education and experience, the resume template must contain both the Education History and Work History sections.

The following table summarizes the setup tasks for each type of screening criteria:

Criteria Type	Setup Requirements
Job Preferences	Include the Job Information section and, optionally, the Salary Information section in the job opening template. The Job Information section is a mandatory part of every job opening template. Include the Preferences section in the resume template. This configures the online application pages so that applicants can enter general preferences such as location, work days, regular/temporary, and so forth. Note: Job Preferences are hardcoded and can not be configured. The Employment Questions offers the flexibility and configuration for you to ask similar questions based on your needs by job opening.
Education and Experience	Include the Education and Experience section in the job opening template. This configures the Job Opening page to includes a grid where recruiters can enter education and experience requirements. Include the Education History and Work History sections in the resume template. This configures the online application pages so that applicants can enter their highest education level and can provide work history details, including start and end dates for each period of employment.
Employment questions	Include the Employment Questions section in the job opening template. This configures the Job Opening page to includes a grid where recruiters can add employment questions to the job opening. Include the Online Questionnaire section in the resume template. This configures the online application pages so that applicants can see and answer the questions while completing a job application. Define reusable question definitions that recruiters can associate with job openings. See Setting Up the Skills and Employment Questions.
Skills question	Include the Skills Questions section in the job opening template. This configures the Job Opening page to includes a grid where recruiters can add skills questions to the job opening. Include the Online Questionnaire section in the resume template. This configures the online application pages so that applicants can see and answer the questions while completing a job application. Define reusable question definitions that recruiters can associate with job openings. See Setting Up the Skills and Employment Questions.
Profile content types	Include the corresponding section in the job opening template. This configures the Job Opening page to includes a grid where recruiters can add content items to the job opening. Include the corresponding section in the resume template. This configures the online application pages so that applicants can add content items to their applications. Use the Content Section Configuration page to mark the content type for use in screening, and to choose which of its attributes are used to evaluate the applicant. See Making Content Types Available for Screening. Note: If you use content types other than those that Oracle delivers, you must first set up those content types and, to make them available to the recruiting system, you must add them to the primary person profile that you identified on the Assign Profile Type Defaults page. See Choosing the Primary Person Profile Type for Recruiting.