A self-assigned task is a task users create for themselves.
Recruiting Center users can select a candidate file,
create a self-assigned task to act on at a later time, and activate
a reminder to ensure the task is completed on time. The self-assigned
task feature is also available while changing the step of a candidate.
For example, let say that you want to call the candidate
John Doyle by the end of the week to invite him for an interview the
following Monday. You need to open John Doyle candidate file, create
a self-assigned task (for example "Confirm Monday's Interview") and
set a reminder for Friday. On Friday morning, you will receive an
email message reminding you to call John to see if he is available
for an interview the following Monday. The email message contains
a link that you can click in order to access all the information regarding
this task. Then, in your list of tasks, click on the task regarding
John Doyle to obtain details regarding this task as well as information
regarding the candidate and the requisition he applied to. Look at
John's phone number in his candidate file and can call him to invite
him for the interview. When the task is completed (i.e., you phoned
John), you simply need to indicate that the task is completed by selecting
the Completed status. The Confirm Monday's Interview task is no longer
displayed in the Tasks list.
A self-assigned task can also be created for several
candidate files. For example, you could have a pre-filtered lists
of candidates that are to be phone screened and create a single self-assigned
task to perform an initial phone screen. The system automatically
creates a separate self-assigned task for each candidate that was
selected.
Self-assigned tasks can only be viewed by their
creator. They cannot be redirected to delegates or transferred to
a new user taking over.
Reminders are sent daily and users
receive them in the morning (according to the appropriate time zone).
Self-assigned tasks are not reportable; reports showing self-assigned
tasks cannot be created.