Enable Job Alert for External Candidates

You can enable job alerts for external candidates so they receive notifications about new jobs.

Here's what to do

1. Enable Job Alert in Job Application Flow
2. Activate Job Alert Notification
3. Run Scheduled Processes
4. Set Frequency of Job Alerts

Enable Job Alert in Job Application Flow

You need to configure the job application flow so that candidates are presented with the option to receive job alerts when applying for a job.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to:

   • Offering: Recruiting and Candidate Experience

   • Functional Area: Candidate Experience

   • Task: Job Application Flow Configuration

2. Click a flow.

3. Click on a version of the flow.

4. Select the option Job Alert Opt In.

5. Click Save.

Activate Job Alert Notification

You need to enable the job alert notification in the Recruiting Content Library.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to:

   • Offering: Recruiting and Candidate Experience

   • Functional Area: Recruiting and Candidate Experience Management

   • Task: Recruiting Content Library

2. On the Recruiting Content Library page, click Show Filters and select the Job Alert Notification filter.
3. Activate the Job Alert External Notification and Job Alert Internal Notification

Run Scheduled Processes

Make sure the following jobs are scheduled according to the recommended frequency. For details, see Scheduled Processes in Oracle Recruiting Cloud.

• Send Job Application Notification
• Prepare Campaign Email
• Send Campaign Email
• Track Campaign Email Delivery

Once the above jobs are scheduled, candidates will only receive job alerts from that point forward; it won't apply to old or existing requisitions.

Set Frequency of Job Alerts

Job alerts aren't triggered or sent as soon as a matching requisition is posted. They're sent once per week (every 7 days) when there are newly-posted jobs matching the candidate's preferences or the Talent Community they subscribed to.

You can set job alerts to a desired frequency. For example, if you set the frequency to 2 days, this will trigger the job alerts to be sent every 2 days.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to:
   • Offering: Recruiting and Candidate Experience
   • Functional Area: Recruiting and Candidate Experience Management
   • Task: Enterprise Recruiting and Candidate Experience Information
2. Expand the Talent Community section and click Edit.
3. Select Active.
4. Use the option Send Job Alert Every n Days to set the frequency to send the job alert.
   Note: If you select 0, no job alerts will be sent out. The 0 option is to support the use case where organizations want candidates to select job preferences to be automatically added to Talent Community pools but not receive job alerts.
5. Click Save.

How Candidates Receive Job Alerts

Candidates can set up job alerts to receive updates about new job opportunities matching their preferred job category and location. There are two ways that candidates can set up job alerts:

• In their candidate self-service page.
  • Candidates select the option "I agree to receive updates about new job opportunities".
  • Candidates indicate the category of jobs they're interested in and their preferred location.
• When applying for a job.
  • Candidates select the option "I agree to receive updates about new job opportunities".
  • The job category and job location are selected for the candidate based on the category and location of the job they applied for.