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 alerts, and set their frequency.
  2. Activate the job alert notification
  3. Schedule the job alert agent run
  4. Run the scheduled processes

Enable Job Alerts and Set Their Frequency

You need to configure the job alerts and their frequency.

  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 Candidate Sourcing section and select Edit.

  3. Select Enable Job Alerts.

  4. Indicate the job alert frequency in Send Job Alert Every_Days.

  5. Click Save.

Job alerts aren't triggered or sent as soon as a matching requisition is posted. They're sent as per the set frequency

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

Schedule the Job Alert Agent

Schedule the Recruiting Job Alert Scheduling Agent with a 30-minute interval. For details see. For details see Configure Workflow Triggers.

Run Scheduled Processes

Make sure the following processes are scheduled according to the recommended frequency. For details, see Which scheduled processes are used in Recruiting?

  • Process Recruiting Job Alerts
  • Index Job Summary for Each Requisition