1. Implementing Recruiting
  2. Geography Hierarchy

Geography Hierarchy

A geography hierarchy represents a universe of locations.

Recruiters typically hire candidates in the same areas and therefore post job requisitions in the same set of locations. To facilitate the selection of the appropriate locations when recruiters create job requisitions, the Recruiting Administrator can define a geography hierarchy.

To create a geography hierarchy, in the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to:

  • Offering: Recruiting and Candidate Experience

  • Functional Area: Recruiting and Candidate Experience Management

  • Task: Geography Hierarchies

The Geography Hierarchies page lists the geography hierarchies that were created. The geography names are displayed in the user's session language. For example, Spanish is installed in the environment. If you sign in Spanish, you can view geographies in Spanish. Several geography hierarchies can be created but only one geography hierarchy can be current at any given time. You can create, duplicate, edit, and delete geography hierarchies.

A geography hierarchy is composed of a list of countries where geographies are added, following the geography hierarchy structure defined for each country. For example, if for United States, the structure is United States > State > City, the geography hierarchy could contain:

  • United States > California

  • United States > California > San Francisco

  • United States > Florida

  • United States > Florida > Miami

A geography hierarchy can have one of the following statuses:

  • Draft: The geography hierarchy can be edited and activated when ready.

  • Current: The geography hierarchy is being used and cannot be edited. Only one geography hierarchy can be current at any given time.

  • Future: The geography hierarchy is scheduled to be used at a later time. It can be edited.

  • Ended: The geography hierarchy was used in the past and has been replaced by another one. It cannot be edited.

Geography hierarchies are used in the following recruiting functionality:

  • Job requisition and job requisition template: When recruiters select the Primary Location and Other Locations of a job requisition or job requisition template, only values from the currently active geography hierarchy can be selected.