Configuring Manage New Hires Page

Introduction

Bulk actions include:

• Bulk communication

• Bulk discontinue

• Bulk task completion

• Revert bulk discontinue

• Export to Excel

Usage in Onboard Manager

On the Manage New Hires page of Onboard Manager, there is functionality for bulk actions:

• A [select-all] check box allows you to select all the filtered new hires who display on the currently viewed page (and deselect all). Note: You can also just select specific new hires rather than use the select-all check box.

  

  • When there are no selections, you can sort (by Name, Requisition Number, etc). Once you select any check boxes (either by selecting all or by selecting specific check boxes), you can no longer sort.

  • When you select the [select-all] check box, you are selecting all new hires who display on the current page. You are not selecting the new hires who display on multiple pages. For example, if 100 new hires display on page 1 and another 100 display on page 2, only the ones on the currently viewed page are selected. If you deselect the check box, only the ones on the currently viewed page are deselected. Note: Changing the results per page does not affect the selections.

• Once you select new hires, the Take Action link becomes enabled, allowing you to select one of the items from the resulting menu:

  • Send Communication (send bulk communication). This allows an onboarding manager to send an email to multiple new hires.

  • Discontinue Onboarding (discontinue bulk onboarding). This allows an onboarding manager to discontinue onboarding for multiple new hires per requisition/job application. This is not discontinuing them system wide (to do that, on the hire profile page, select the pointer by the hire name, then from the resulting menu, select Discontinue Onboarding). This task is Requisition Number specific (that is, for each new hire, the Requisition Number is present). The onboarding manager must provide a reason for the discontinuing (comes from D_DISPOSITION_CODES dictionary). This data is reportable and audit-able, and the dictionary can be updated.

  • Task Completion (complete bulk tasks). This allows onboarding managers to complete tasks for a group of new hires simultaneously per requisition/job application rather than doing this individually.

  • Revert Discontinue Onboard (revert bulk discontinue). This allows onboarding managers to revert discontinue onboarding for new hires. This means they do not need to rehire a new hire to the job later if they make a mistake.

  • Export to Excel (bulk export). This allows onboarding managers to export new hire data to Excel.

SEND COMMUNICATION

When you select Send Communication from the Take Action menu, a Send Communication pop-up displays. It shows the multiple new hires you selected (along with a requisition number), and allows you send an email to them:. Note: You can deselect new hires before sending, if needed.

• You cannot change the From email address. Note: This is email address that is on file for the currently logged-in user in the Gatekeeper profile (Talent Suite Admin user interface).

• The Subject, Greeting, and Message are required.

• The CC field is optional. You can enter one or multiple email addresses, separating them with semicolons. There is no character limit and no limit on how many CC email addresses you can add.

• For the Greeting field, you must choose one from [each] of the following:

  • Dear, Hi, Hello, or you can enter other text. If you enter other greeting text, you will see it displayed in the Message text box (it cannot be edited from there). If you enter Dear, Hi, or Hello, this text will be localized into the actual message. .

  • First Name, Last Name, or Last Name, First Name.

• The Message text box does not allow rich text, but hard returns are permitted. This message is stored in the new hire's Correspondence Log.

DISCONTINUE ONBOARDING

When you select Discontinue Onboarding from the Take Action menu, a Discontinue Onboard pop-up displays. It shows the multiple new hires you selected, and an required field allows you select a reason for the discontinuing. Note: If criteria does not allow some new hires to be discontinued, a message will inform you about it (This Action Cannot Be Applied to [x] New Hires), and the check boxes are deselected. Some examples of criteria that will not allow hires to be discontinued are:

• New hire is already dispositioned.

• New hire has an in-progress e-Verify case.

• Job application is already closed, completed, or inactive.

TASK COMPLETION

When you select Task Completion from the Take Action menu, a Task Completion pop-up displays. It allows onboarding managers to select the task they want to complete (complete tasks for a group of new hires simultaneously per requisition/job application rather than doing this individually).

With bulk completion:

• Onboarding managers can complete tasks they are normally able to complete.

• Access to the bulk completion action is user-type driven.

• Only activities whose Talent Suite template type is No Template or Onboard Start or Onboard End are allowed in bulk.

• Tasks must be configured to be taken in bulk. If no tasks are configured, the following message displays: No Tasks Are Configured for Bulk Completion.

• Each bulk task is individually selectable.

• The following actions are auditable: person, email, date, time, action taken, and new hires associated.

If criteria does not allow some tasks to be completed, a message will inform you about it (This Action Cannot Be Applied to [x] New Hires), and the new hire check boxes are deselected.

REVERT DISCONTINUE ONBOARD

When you select Revert Discontinue Onboard from the Take Action menu, a Revert Discontinue Onboard pop-up displays.

Onboarding managers can revert discontinue onboarding for new hires. This means they do not need to rehire a new hire to the job later if they make a mistake.

Notes:

• Onboarding managers can undo the discontinue individually or in bulk.

• If onboarding managers undo the discontinue, the workflow starts back up where it ended.

• There is onscreen confirmation.

• These actions are auditable and reportable.

EXPORT TO EXCEL

When you select check boxes for new hires from the Manage New Hires page then select Export to Excel from the Take Action menu, you can export new hire data in bulk

• Filters should be used to obtain a custom list. This is a better approach than downloading all the new hires each time.

• Selections that are made across pages will persist.

• There is a limitation of 10,000 records that can be retrieved/exported. Note: If there are more than 10,000 records or if no filters are applied, only 10,000 records can be retrieved/exported.

• For any column that uses icons (for example, task groups for status) the status is exported, not the html for the icon.

Configuring Onboard

On the Manage Users: User Type screen, in New Hire Management, there are selections for Bulk Actions:

• Bulk Communications check box

• Bulk Task Completion check box

• Bulk Discontinue check box

• Revert Bulk Discontinue check box

By default, they are not selected.

Manage Users: User Type screen - Bulk Actions:

For the Bulk Task Completion feature, there is a check box called Allow Bulk Completion in the Manage Activity Fields screen.

• It is visible only when Talent Suite configuration setting is enabled.

• It is visible only for the activities whose Talent Suite template type is No Template or Onboard Start or Onboard End.

• By default, it is not enabled for all activities.

Manage Activity Fields screen, Allow Bulk Completion check box:

Bulk Task Completion with Required Fields Completed

Abstract

Onboarding managers can now complete tasks with populated required fields for a group of new hires simultaneously per requisition/job application. By doing so, they do not need to do them individually.

• Each bulk task is individually selectable from a menu.

• Access to this action is user-type driven.

• This task must be configured to be taken in bulk.

• In addition to the already existing functionality for templateless Onboard Start and Onboard End activities, tasks that allow data entry can be used.

• This task will complete if all required fields are populated.

• Tasks with null data in the required fields will fail.

• These actions are auditable (person, email, date, time, action taken, new hires associated).

• Users can complete tasks they are normally able to complete.

PREVIOUSLY

If any activities were configured with required fields, that task was not listed in Bulk Actions for Task Completion.

WITH THIS RELEASE

Onboard Configuration:

Onboard Manager:

Onboard Manager - Bulk Correspondence:

If the required field values is empty, validation still occurs and the task is not allowed to complete.

Global Discontinue

Abstract

The Discontinue Onboarding option is now based on a new capability: Enable Global Discontinue.

USE IN ONBOARD MANAGER

The global discontinue onboarding option persists for users who have it enabled even when there aren't any open job applications. When this is the case, the message [No active job applications] displays.

In the interface, the Discontinue Onboarding option displays in the drop-down by the new hire name.

When a new hire is discontinued through this action, no action is taken on a completed job application. The system acts on the in-progress job applications the same as it does now.

Without capability: Discontinue Onboarding option is not available, and Discontinue Onboard has no impact in Manage New Hires:

With capability: Discontinue Onboarding option is available, and Discontinue Onboard has impact in Manage New Hires:

CONFIGURATION

On the Manage Users: User Types screen, in the permissions for New Hire Management, there is a new capability: Enable Global Discontinue check box. By default, the check box is not selected for all clients and all user types. This check box MUST be selected to enable the global discontinue functionality.

Usage in Onboard Manager

Onboarding managers can view a new hire's tasks within a task group by selecting the task group status link to quickly view current task status.

With this feature:

• On the Manage New Hires page, all tasks within a task group are viewable within a scrollable pop-up window.

• The task group pop-up window displays the task group name, the new hire's name, the number of tasks in the task group, and the following columns: Task Name, Task Owner, Due Date, and Status. By default, these columns are sorted by their workflow order. Note: There is no column sorting on this page other than the default.

  • Task Name is the name of the task. When selected, the task detail page displays. Note: The task name is not a link if the new hire is dispositioned on the job application concerning the task group.

  • Task Owner is the owner of the task.

  • Due Date is the date the new hire must complete the task.

  • Status is the status of the task.

• There are five status indicators for the respective task group:

  • Not Started - Has not completed at least one task within the task group.

  • In Progress - Has completed at least one task but has not completed all tasks within the task group.

  • Over Due - When at least one task within the group is overdue. Overrides not started and in progress. Note: Overdue tasks go to the beginning of the list. Note: For Overdue tasks, the status order is: Overdue, Pending, In Progress, Not Started, and Completed. If there are no Overdue tasks, the status order is: Pending, In Progress, Not Started, and Completed.

  • Completed - All tasks are completed within the task group. Note: All completed tasks move to the end in the order they are completed.

  • Not Applicable - When a group is comprised of tasks where the conditions are not met to present to the new hire; or, when a custom task group isn't configured.

• Skipped tasks (condition not met/optional, not completed) disappear from the list.

• Opted-out tasks remain as opted out.

• Started tasks and tasks the user does not have the capability, based on user type, to view are not selectable and do not show up as a link.

• With Completed/Discontinued new hires, task groups are not updated.

• New hire task groups are reevaluated when tasks groups are updated AND onboarding status is not complete or discontinued.

• Regenerated ad-hoc tasks DO NOT count against task group status.

On the Manage New Hires page, selecting a task status link (such as Completed from a task group such as I-9 or E-Verify or New Hire Ready in this example) displays a pop-up window that contains all tasks within the task group. Note: Selecting the new hire's name displays the Onboarding Tasks page.

Task Group pop-up window containing all tasks within the task group: Note: Selecting the task name link displays the task detail page.

Configuring Onboard

To configure the user type settings for task groups, navigate to the Users tab and select User Types in the Show statement. In the resulting Manage Users: User Types screen, choose the user type to grant task group access and ensure that the Manage the Order of Fields check box is selected in Administration > Settings.

Navigate to the System Configuration tab and select Task Groups in the Show statement.

When selected, the Task Groups screen displays. This screen allows you to create a new task group or update an existing task group.

In the Task Groups screen, there is a Task Group Name field (required) and an optional Description field. The system displays all the available activities under the All Tasks section and the mapped activities under the Tasks Assigned section.

Task groups can be made inactive.

Once you save the task group, the system automatically creates a field under the Job Application entity in the Labels and Custom Fields screen. There are 25 fields pre-created under the Job Application entity in field framework. When a client creates any new user group, the system maps the user group to the available field and maps the display label as the task group name (TaskGroup1,TaskGroup2...TaskGroup25).