iRecruit Updates

7/23/2010 -- CMS is excited to announce an update to the iRecruit navigation that will change the way it looks and make it easier to use. Prior to debuting this update we would like to invite you for a preview and get your feedback.

The update will include options for Navigation Display, allowing you to choose how you want iRecruit to look.  Below are screenshots of two of the new options.

 

Click image to see full-size	The iRecruit Look. Clean layout, with easily accessible top navigation with drop down menu for each section.
Click image to see full-size	The Sage inspired iRecruit Look. Similar layout to Sage Abra Workforce Connections (ESS).

We will be holding three preview and feedback sessions on Wednesday, August 4th at 12pm (noon) and 2pm Eastern Time, and on Tuesday, August 10th at 11am Eastern Time.  For an invitation please let me know which session you are able to attend.

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We are pleased to announce that on Friday evening (4/30/2010) CMS will be rolling out some beneficial updates to your iRecruit account.  Please click here if you have any questions.

The updates include the following:

1. The Education Section that includes the line "Please explain your educational background with details on years attended, degrees earned, and Course of study" will now be editable.
2. Administrators will be able to Delete Comments made on the Applicant Summary page under history.
3. Under the Applicant Summary page selecting "Comment Only" under history will not change the status of the applicant.
4. Applicant Search Results page will now include a hyperlink of the applicant's email address.
5. Applicant Correspondence will now list: Applicant ID, Requisition, Name, and Email Address of the selected applicants you are corresponding with on the Select Package page.

    

We do not expect any downtime during this minor update.

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We are pleased to announce that on Sunday evening (3/28/2010) CMS will be rolling out some beneficial updates to your iRecruit account. Please click here if you have any questions.

1. The Application View now has all questions listed v.s. only those answered by the applicant.
2. The Social Insurance Number (SIN#) option as a question has been added for Canadian applicants.
3. Added an Export Report Data to Excel. This export report includes the following information: OrgID, ApplicationID, Requisition ID, Job ID, Application Date, Applicant Status, Job Title, EEO Code, Gender, Ethnicity, Veteran Status, Disabled, First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Address, City, State (Province), Zip (Postal code), Country and Referral Source.
4. There is a Calendar Link on the Applicant Summary page that will aid scheduling in Outlook or other default Calendar application.
5. The Application Status page will list ALL applicants for a Hiring Manager instead of being limited to two weeks. It is still limited by date for Administrators who can see all applicants and the list would be large. The date-range selection has been moved to the top of that page.
6. The Requisitions section is now segregated to Active and Non-Active listings for easier maintenance.

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We are pleased to announce that on Sunday evening (2/21/2010) CMS will be rolling out some beneficial updates to your iRecruit account. Please click here if you have any questions.

The updates include the following:

1. Split Requisitions and JobID to multiples per Applicant. Manage how your applicants apply for multiple positions at once.
2. Individualize the history for each application. When applicants apply to multiple positions you can now create and manage a unique history for each "application".
3. View the applications in a single view versus multiple.
4. Limit Status list by date restriction. Manage the applicant status page by date.
5. Limit requisition ownership on userid for search and status list.
6. Added Ownership selection for requisitions for administrators.
7. Requisition process flow for additions and deletes.
8. Created a new correspondence section with attachments.
9. Update EEO and ALL report preparation, for quicker response times.
10. DataManager update to include Reqs and Jobs (Recruiter and Onboard changed).
11. Login timeout period can be set.
12. Update to the look and feel of the Dashboard.
13. Applicants restricted to using numbers in numeric fields.

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We are pleased to announce that on Friday evening (1/8/2010) CMS will be rolling out some beneficial updates to your iRecruit account. Please click here if you have any questions.

The changes are as follows:

1. International Addresses We have added a new section for international addresses. This can be turned on or off under Administration. The default is US. If Canada is selected as the country iRecruit will list Provinces instead of States and the zip code will have alpha-numeric characters. For all other countries the state box disappears and only city and zip code remain. International phone numbers will change from (xxx) xxx-xxx to +xxx xxx xxxxxxxx for all but US and Canada selections. The last field here extends to 8 characters to fit the entire number. All but the last 4 characters will map to Sage but will be formatted as if it is a US number.
2. Duplicate Submission Lock
   Upon clicking the submit button the process routine will set a lock so that the entry cannot be duplicated for 5 minutes. The lockout page tells the applicant to check their email for a confirmation before submitting again.
3. Split Job Duties and Reason for leaving question into two. To separate this question and activate the Reason for leaving question go to Forms and Work History. You will have to rewrite the original question before activating the Reason for leaving.
4. Application Attachments Section These questions in the Forms section this used to be part of the Work Experience area, but we created a new section for Attachments (Resume, Cover Letter).
5. MULTI choice selections – These have been added to the main admin tab and has an individual tab to select the allowed and required as well as change the wording of the questions.
6. Education
   a. This has changed from only three entries with High School, College, Post Graduate to a section that allows up to 6 choices and the title for each can be unique. The order and the title of questions can be any number of combinations.
   b. There is a toggle to have the second row of data display or not for when needing a High School or Certificate program that doesn’t have degrees.
   
   This titling is similar for the following three sections as well:
    
7. Certifications Section
   a. Added new section for licenses/certifications that allows up to 8 certifications and groups by titling.
   b. This section will display at the end of Education and before the skills questions and can be edited under Forms and Certifications.
8. References Section
   a. Added new section that allows up to 8 references and groups by titling.
   b. This section will display at the end of Work Experience and can be edited under Forms and References
9. Work Experience
   Added Title Choice for each section which can be edited under Forms, Display Functions.

DATA MANAGER UPDATES
These changes are in production now but are new.

1. Country field is dynamic and defaulted to US to prepare for the international addresses.
2. Increased max count to 20 for recruiting downloads (Recruiting Solution only).
3. Added a counter to the number of entries being downloaded. (1 of 18 etc..Recruiting Solution only)

EEO Reporting Updates

Also ready for this Friday's upgrade to iRecruit are new methods for EEO Reporting. This will dramatically increase the performance of the EEO reports.

1. The system has been changed to compile data during off peak periods; periodically. The reports will indicate the last time that data has been compiled and if there are any new applicants in the system that are not part of the list.
2. We have also added an on demand capability so that you can choose to update your data to current status and re-run reports. This feature has a separate window and instructions and indications of the time it will take to produce new data. (About 1 minute per 100 applicants in the system).
3. The EEO reports will now reflect all requisitions applied for instead of only the primary position.
4. The EEO reports now have an Unknown Determinant listing for applications that have not been given any gender or ethnicity information. This will allow a full disclosure of the state of all applicants. There is also a new feature that will allow this information to be updated for applicants from the EEO report.

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We are pleased to announce that on Sunday evening (9/27/2009) CMS will be rolling out some beneficial updates to your iRecruit account. 

The following changes are now live:

1. Authentication – The site will be changing from basic authentication to application authentication to allow the ability to prohibit entry from inactive users. The site also has enhanced the logout feature to instantly terminate a users session and force a login on demand.  This means that you will see a new iRecruit secure log in screen instead of a popup login.
2. Application Forms and Email Correspondence -  The Email Correspondence for the administration of forms reflects an editing capability that reflects the plain text of an email. This means that going forward all applicant emails will retain the plain text format that you intend, and will not be reformatted with unusual characters seen in HTML emails.
3. Application Forms - The long text boxes on the application forms now have a character count down and limitation. They are limited to 250 characters and applicants cannot write any more than that, so what you receive from the applicant will no longer be truncated.
4. Application Forms - Numeric Fields on the application as in Salary Desired are now validated as numeric.  Applicants will no longer be able to put in other characters such as "?".
5. Application Forms - We can now accept different file attachments for Resumes and Cover Letters.  Currently accepting: .doc, .docx, pdf, .ppt, .rtf, .txt, .wks, .xls.
6. Applicant Status - The Comments only and Status field has been updated. Applicants can now traverse up and down the process flow and comments are now more UI friendly.   This means that if you had previously changed a ‘new applicant’ (1) to an ‘invite for interview’ (2) status, and then tried to change it back to a ‘new applicant’, it would not register.
7. Applicant Status - The Application status is separated from the DataManager status. iRecruit now indicates both statuses on the summary page. Applicants are not removed from the process flow or search when the DataManager is run and keep their status indications.
8. Applicant Search - The search has been updated to allow the selection of seeing the DataManager downloaded data or not.
9. Saved Searches - The saved search feature is now available to anyone who has search capabilities. This used to be blocked to Hiring Managers and Recruiters if they did not have edit permissions.
10. Forwarded Emails - The subject line for the forwarded applicants email  now has the applicants last name, first name added to it.
11. Data Manager - You can now turn off or on the user's rights to see the Data Manager.
12. Reports - New Referral Source report added.

 

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