Creating job openings

Creating job openings

Menu Path : Recruitment > Openings
Quick Access : Recruitment > New Job Opening
Accessible to : Hiring Manager


1. Creating New Job Openings

A job opening is the basis for any new hiring, it can be created by employees who have a Hiring Manager role.

Steps to be followed -
1. Click on the "New Job Opening" link as shown in the image above
2. Decide if you want to create a new opening or you want to use an old opening and modify it


3. The form which needs to be filled up while creating a job opening has multiple fields and some are compulsory


Job Details
  1. Job Title : Give an appropriate title as this will be visible to all who will be submitting profiles
  2. Opening Type : There are three types of openings -
    a) Backfill - this option will allow you to hire against an attrition, the names of employees who are serving notice period or have left can be mapped
    b) New Hire - this allows you to request a new hire
    c) Transfer - this allows you to map an employee who has been transferred out of your department / division / company against the job opening. Refer to the article on Mapping Department Transfers to Job Openings for more details.
  3. Employee Attributes - you will need to provide details of Seniority Level / Department / Division / Employee Type - refer to the article on Employee level attributes to gain more understanding of these fields
  4. Target fill date : this is the date by which you want the hiring to be completed
  5. Job Description : provide a detailed job description, details provided here are visible to applicants / consultants / employees when they are submitting profiles
  6. Minimum Criteria : specific conditions can be highlighted here
  7. Salary Range : Select the currency and the range of salary, these are indicative figures
  8. Locations : if the job opening has multiple vacancies you can create these and map these to the locations where the candidates need to be hired
  9. Remarks : You can input any remarks which you want to be communicated the Recruitment team to read and you can also upload any document

Once you have filled up all the details you can "Submit" the job opening or you can use "Save as Draft"

Profile Details
You can also fill up additional fields in the second tab "Profile details" as shown below. The profile details are used to filter candidates from the database.


Note :
1. On submission of the job opening an alert will go to the Recruitment Manager (or the approver as per Setup) for approving this opening.
2. Once Job opening has been submitted, it cannot be withdrawn by Hiring Manager
3. Target fill date is the date by which you expect the employee to join against the opening
4. Opening Type and Employee Type cannot be changed after the job opening is released
Using Backfill option
Backfill option is when you are hiring against an employee who has left the company or has resigned and is in the process of leaving. If there are multiple vacancies being filled up through "Backfill" option then an equal number of employees need to be mapped in the form.

1. Click on "Map Employees" as shown below


2. Map the employees you want to hire against. Only employees who's separation has been approved and have not been mapped as back-fill in some other opening will come in this list.


One employee can be mapped to only on job opening. Employees cannot be mapped across companies (applicable only when multiple companies are activated).

2. Withdrawing Job openings

Menu Path: Recruitment > Openings
Accessible to: Hiring Managers


Hiring Manger can withdraw job openings on submitted status. Click on "Withdraw" button.

3. Reviewing Job openings

Hiring Managers can review the status of all their active job openings either through Reports > Recruitment Reports > Job Opening Status or through the Opening page. Where they can see details of released openings.

Hiring Managers can also review the status of hiring activity on released job openings from the Recruitment dashboard.



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