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Recruitment Setup Guide

 

Overview

There are many parts to building a recruitment site from setting up recruitment profiles, sectors, salaries and job briefs through to the candidate registration, application and matching of applications.

 

You will need to:

  • Configure Salaries, Salary Ranges
  • Create Job Function Topics
  • Create Message Campaigns
  • Configure Recruitment Sector Profiles
  • Configure Recruitment Profile
  • Create Skin / Design Objects
  • Create Recruitment Channel
  • Create Sector Specific Channels
  • Add Recruitment Job Briefs
  • Add Member Types
  • Configure Registration Profile
  • Configure Demographic Profile
  • Configure User Profile
  • Configure Public Profile
  • Configure Member Search and Listing Profile
  • Configure Responsive Directories
  • Set up Service Credits

 

Note that there is plenty of on-screen help when managing any of these elements so make sure you have both the introductory help panel expanded and turn on the help when editing any of the items.

Salaries / Salary Ranges

Before setting up the Recruitment Profile, set up the Salaries and Salary Ranges

 

Settings > Salaries

 

Add a salary with Name and Value for each Salary bracket.

 

Ensure you add salary values for annual and day rates

 

Settings > Salary Ranges

 

Create salary ranges for each annual ranges as well as day rates. These will be used in the Recruitment Profile and Recruitment Search Design Element.

Job Functions (Topics)

Job functions can be added as a search filter. To do this create a parent topic and add the job function sub topics under this.

 

Publish > Topic Lists

 

Create the following topic structure for Job Functions

 

Example:

 

 

Note:

Other filters to on the Recruitment Profile and Recruitment Search Design Element are pre-defined under

 

Settings > Lookup

 

These are:

  • Live Edit Recruitment Academic Level
  • Live Edit Recruitment Citizen
  • Live Edit Recruitment Current Annual Salary
  • Live Edit Recruitment Daily Rate Package
  • Live Edit Recruitment Hidden Base Salary
  • Live Edit Recruitment Hidden Top Salary
  • Live Edit Recruitment Languages
  • Live Edit Recruitment Location
  • Live Edit Recruitment Management Level
  • Live Edit Recruitment Notice Period
  • Live Edit Recruitment Relocate
  • Live Edit Recruitment Size Of Company
  • Live Edit Recruitment Work Type

Message Campaigns

When users search for jobs with 3 different filters / criteria, they can select the 'Email Me Similar Jobs' checkbox so the system can notify them of similar jobs. The messages sent are created using a message campaign and message template.

 

Promote > Message Campaign

 

Create a message campaign of Premium Responsive Message Campaign Type

 

You can select any mailing list as the jobs will be sent as a Scheduled Task matching only those jobs that match a user's job preferences

 

Ensure the Filter By Mailing List checkbox is un-selected.

 

Promote > Message Templates

 

Create a Message Template. There is a placeholder {{__JOB_FUNCTION__}} that will output the Sector, Salary and Region from the Job Brief

 

Coupled with the following placeholders, you could send a message campaign to matching users with details of the Job, company and contact details.

 

{{__ARTICLE_TITLE__}} - article's Title
{{__CREATOR_COMPANY__}} - Creator's Company / Account
{{__CREATOR_FIRSTNAME__}} - Creator's First Name
{{__CREATOR_LASTNAME__}} - Creator's Last Name
{{__CREATOR_EMAIL__}} - Creator's Email Address
{{__CREATOR_TELEPHONE__}} - Creator's Telephone Number
{{__CREATOR_MOBILE__}} - Creator's Mobile Number

 

Notes:

For more information on creating Message Campaigns and Message Templates, click the button below to view this guide:

 

Message Campaigns

 

 

Recruitment Sector Profile

Recruitment Sector Profile

The Recruitment Sector Profile allows you to configure a different set of criteria for each sector. When applied to the Channel, it will provide different sets of qualifications, experience, sector specific areas to tag the Job Brief with.

Settings > Recruitment Sector Profile

The essential fields to fill in are as follows:

  • Name
  • Title: Enter the Title for the Sector Profile which is shown on the live page when users are selecting the job category, e.g. Accounting and Finance, IT or Human Resources.
  • Job Titles: Enter in a comma separated list of the Job Titles within this Job Sector. E.g. Under Retail, you may enter: Sales Assistant, Store Manager, Senior Store Manager, Area Manager. These will then appear in a drop down list in the order you have entered them here. If you leave this field empty then the user will have an empty text field in which to enter their Job Title.
  • Professional Qualifications Title
  • Sector Experience Title
  • Sector Experience Title
  • Sector Specific Areas Title
  • Sequence. Order the sequence in which the key Sector panels are to be displayed.
  • Management Weightings
  • Company Weightings
  • Max Number of Professional Qualifications, Sector Experience, Specific Areas
  • Limit Intro Text
  • Limit Intro Error

Sector Attributes

Here, you set attributes specific for each sector and a weighting of importance used for the search under the following headings:

  • Professional Qualifications
  • Sector Experience
  • Sector Specific Areas

You can add multiple rows of attributes so for Profession Qualifications (Accountancy and Finance Sector), you might add the following:

 

ACA/CA

ACCA

CIMA/CGMA

 

Recruitment Profile / User Profile

The Recruitment Profile is applied to the Zone, allowing you to configure the main / overall recruitment platform settings.

 

Settings > Recruitment Profiles

Provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Zone
  • Default Country
  • Location Type
  • Customised Locations
  • All Jobs Channel (select the Parent Channel)
  • Currency
  • Annual Salary Ranges
  • Annual Hidden Base Salary
  • Annual Hidden Top Salary
  • Daily Rate Ranges
  • Daily Rate hidden Base Salary
  • Daily Rate Hidden Top Salary
  • Job Function
  • Un-Subscribe Link

Security > User Profiles

Select the Recruitment Profile

Note:

Some of the settings on the Recruitment Profile are used on an old template and not compatible with the Responsive Recruitment Brief and Recruitment Channel.

 

Skin / Design Object

The Recruitment platform requires two Design Elements within the Design Object

 

Design > Design Objects

Add the following Design Elements to the Design Object

  • Recruitment Search
  • Smart Prime Content

Design > Skins

 

Add the above Design Object to a Recruitment Skin

 

Channels / Sections

You'll need to create a parent Recruitment Channel for listing all jobs and Sub-Channels, one for each Recruitment Sector profile so that recruitment Job Briefs added to the Sub-Channel will have the correct sector attributes.

 

Structure > Channels

Create a Channel of Recruitment Type. Provide the following information:

  • Name: e.g. Recruitment
  • Parent Channel
  • Language
  • Presentation Style: Responsive Recruitment Brief
  • Default Presentation Style: Responsive Recruitment Brief
  • Default Media Library
  • Skin
  • Recruitment Sector Profile (this is only needed on the Sub-Channels)
  • Related Profile
  • Service Credits Profile

Repeat this step for each Recruitment Sector and assign the relevant Recruitment Sector Profile

 

Structure > Sections

 

Ensure the Section that is automatically created with the Channel has the Recruitment Listing Presentation Style and all the Sub-Sections automatically multi-display into the parent Section

  • Presentation Style: Responsive Recruitment Listing

  • Auto-Multi-Display: e.g. Recruitment

Articles: Responsive Recruitment Brief

Each job is created using the Responsive Recruitment Brief article template. Place each article in their respective Sector Sub-Channel previously created

 

Publish > Responsive Recruitment Brief

Provide the following information:

  • Presentation Style: Responsive Recruitment Brief
  • Section
  • Title: e.g. Senior Designer
  • Thumbnail
  • Teaser
  • Reference
  • Main Body
  • Client
  • Account
  • Contract Type
  • Start Date
  • Shown Salary Range
  • Hidden Base Salary
  • Hidden Top Salary
  • External Apply URL
  • Academic
  • Additional languages
  • Management Level
  • Job Function
  • Size of Company
  • Technical Skills
  • Industry Skills
  • Region
  • Relocate
  • Citizen
  • Sponsored Article
  • Live

Directories: Related Jobs

It's possible to display your client's jobs onto their directory Page. This is done by matching the Account field on the Responsive Recruitment Brief to the Account field on the Responsive Directory article

 

Publish > Articles > Responsive Directory article

Under the Publication panel, ensure you have selected the Account of the Creator

Under the Directory Options panel, select the following field

  • Show Related Jobs

Content Security Right

Security > Content Security Rights

 

Create a Content Security Right to secure the Media Channel and CVs

Media Channel / Media Library Profile

Create a Media Channel to house the candidate CVs

 

Structure > Channels

Create a Channel of Media Library type. Provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Parent Channel
  • Language
  • Media Template
  • Default Media Template
  • Hidden
  • Hide From Site Search
  • Hide From Search Engines
  • Skin (containing Smart Prime Content)
  • Media Library Profile
  • Media Upload Profile
  • Related Profile
  • Media Zone
  • Security Clearance

Settings > Media Library Profiles

 

On the Media Library Profile, ensure you have the following field selected

  • Media Library Channels

Member Types / Registration Profiles

Set up Member Types linked to the registration process so that job seekers will be presented with the correct Recruitment Sector Profile. The profile will display relevant sector attributes for the job seeker to fill in on the demographic screen.

 

Security > Member Types

Create a Member Type for each Recruitment Sector. Provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Registration Profile
  • Sector Profile

Security > Registration Profiles

 

On the Registration Profile, select the above Member Types created

 

Also select the following options:

  • Member Type Required
  • Job Seeker
  • Member Type Format

Demographic Profiles

The CV fields on the Demographic Profile enables you to capture CV information on registration, used on the Candidate Search. This is different to when candidate apply to a particular job where they have the opportunity to upload their CV directly.

 

Security > Demographic Profiles

Provide the following information:

  • CV File Title
  • CV File Prompt
  • CV File Required
  • CV Media Section. This is the required field to store applicant's CVs

Public Profile

The public profile displays the Job Seeker's CV depending on whether the viewer has the correct Content Security Right.

 

Security > Public Profiles

Ensure the following settings are selected under Member - Main panel:

  • CV File Security Clearance

Note:

Please note there are two settings named Show CV File. The second one is for Classic

Service Credits

Service Credits allow user to add jobs to the platform from the Display side.

 

This is useful if you have third party recruiters or if you don't want your editors to access the control side.

 

If you create jobs internally, you can simply create and publish Responsive Recruitment Briefs from the Control side as normal.

 

There is a separate Guide to setting up Service Credits. Click the button below to view this guide:

 

Service Credits Setup Guide

 

Note

You will need to apply the Service Credits Profile to the Channel.

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