Understanding Resume Statuses

The system assigns a status, or resolution state, to each resume that it receives. For resumes from recruitment sources that are a Vendor type, the system uses the settings that you define on the Vendor page in the Source Setup component to determine which status to assign to the resume. For the Resume Load Process, the system uses the run parameters that you set up to determine what statuses to assign.

The resume status of a resume is different than the extraction status of the resume. The extraction status of a resume can be either Success or Fail. In general, a resume that fails an extraction process is automatically set to either a Rejected or Unresolved resume status, and resumes that are successfully extracted are set to either a Success or Draft resume status, depending on the business rules that you set up for the recruitment source or the parameters that you select when you run the Resume Load Process.

When the system receives a resume through OIF, the resume extraction process might not be involved. However, the resume status is still applicable. For example, if the system receives a Candidate-XML message directly from a recruiting agency through OIF that is already parsed (extracted), the system does not send it to a resume extractor. However, the system does run the resume through the autoscreening rules that an organization sets up for the recruitment source.

This table describes resume statuses:

Resume Status	Description	Default Applicant Status
Awaiting Resolution	Indicates that the resume is in the database but has not yet been processed through a resume extractor.	Not applicable. Applicant data is not created until the resume is extracted.
Unresolved	Indicates that the resume requires an administrators attention to move the resume into a Rejected or a Success resume status. Resumes in the Unresolved state can be reprocessed through an extractor, the associated applicant data for these resumes can be manually modified, and then the administrator can set the resume to a Success or Reject status.	Queued
Rejected	Indicates that the system rejected the resume and has set the associated applicant's status to Inactive if the system created an applicant. A resume can be rejected for several reasons. PeopleSoft software supports two types of automatic rejection. First, resumes that are not successfully extracted can automatically be set to the Rejected status. Second, the autoscreening setup for the recruitment source can determine that a resume/applicant fails the Rejected status autoscreening definition and automatically set the resume status to Rejected. Finally, a user can manually set the resume status to Rejected from the Manage Resumes component.	Inactive
Draft	Indicates that the resume requires the associated applicant's attention to move the resume into a Success state. The associated applicant's status is set to Queued. Resumes in the Draft state can be reprocessed through an extractor, the associated applicant data for these resumes can be manually modified, and then the administrator can set the resume to a Success or Reject status. Assigning a Draft status typically requires that the applicant validate their extracted resume data via the online application pages in Candidate Gateway. When the applicant submits the corresponding resume online, the status is updated to Success. If applicants do not validate their resume data, the resume stays in Draft status unless an administrator intervenes.	Queued
Success	Indicates that the resume is successfully extracted and the resume's associated applicant has been set to Active and is ready to continue through the recruitment business processes. When an applicant uses the resume extraction process through Candidate Gateway when they apply for jobs online, the resume status for that resume defaults to Success.	Active

See Recruitment Sources - Vendor Page.