iRecruit Updates Scheduled for July 28th

iRecruit is planning some updates and database maintenance this weekend on Sunday, July 28th. The updates should not affect your day-to-day use of iRecruit, however there is a planned downtime window scheduled between 10:00pm - 2:00am Eastern Time.

During this maintenance window, anyone trying to access iRecruit will see a message that iRecruit is temporarily offline, and will return at 2:00am.

As always, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to call or email iRecruit support at 1-800-517-9099.

New iRecruit User Guides Available

There are new iRecruit user guides available for the iRecruit update on Sunday 7/31/2011. User guides are for Administrators, or Recruiters and Hiring Managers. To download your new guide please visit the Help File from the iRecruit Dashboard.

Should you have any questions please call us at 1-860-678-4401.

Preview iRecruit's July Updates

CMS is excited to announce some beneficial updates to iRecruit have been scheduled for July 31st. Prior to the updates I would like to invite you to preview what we've been working on.

Updates include:

• iRecruit login accounts for applicants
• Applicants can apply with or without creating account profiles
• Applicant can return and see the status of an application
  

• Beneficial Changes to the Application Form, layout, new standard questions, error checking
• Flexible redesign that allows you to configure colors for your hosted career website
• Flexible layout to fit in with your website
  

• Improved listing options for multiple levels (city, department, etc)
• Affirmative Action Section Update - Veteran questions, control over pre/post application
• Update to URL Links
  

And a whole lot more . . .
Preview Sessions
Preview these upcoming changes on the following dates:

• Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 11:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time
• Wednesday, July 27, 2011 @ 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time
  

To receive an invitation please email and let me know which session you would like to attend. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call 1-860-269-0959.

iRecruit Updates This Weekend

10/15/2010 - CMS is excited to announce an update to the iRecruit navigation that will change the way it looks and make it easier to use will take place on Saturday night (10/16/2010).

We expect to be offline for several hours during this upgrade most likely between 12:00am and 4:00am on Sunday morning. Applicants will receive a notification that we are undergoing some maintenance and will be back online in a few hours.

Summary of Updates

• New Navigation. Three Options (Sage, Sage2 and iRecruit). The default look is Sage (as seen above) which will be displayed as you log in on Monday.
• Application View edited to display all questions.
• Pop-up Calendar to select dates everywhere in iRecruit and on the application side.
• User Permissions updated to match functions instead of features.
• Icons added for user friendliness and consistency.
• Delete function updated for consistency with pop up confirmation.
• New Mail Merge Feature for Correspondence will allow you to address applicants directly.
• Integration to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Service.
• Job Group Codes added in Administration - this is a sub-group of the EEO Classification selected under Requisitions.
• Headings Removed from Forms automatically when not in use (Work Experience, Background, Affirmative Action etc.)
• New Columns in Excel Report: Org Level 1 (location, department etc), HireDate, SalHour, PayFreq, PayPeriodHrs, Rate, RatePer, JobGroupCodes.
• Requisitions can be hyphenated for JOBID and REQID.
• JOBID and REQID added to the Assign Requisition function so if you have positions open with the same name you can determine the correct one by ID.
• JOBID will populate in Abra HR if you use the same six-digit code set up in Rules.
• Referral Source will now populate in Abra HR. This is a six-character code in Abra HR. If unknown, it will populate "iRECRUT".
• Requisition Owner will now populate the Recruiter field in Abra HR.
• New Administration Sections added: Job Group Codes and Navigation Display. The additional options Salary Grade, File Purpose, Email Approvers, Importance Levels are for a future upgrade to Requisitions that we are working on.

The iRecruit Help File and manuals have also been updated.

If you have any questions next week, please don't hesitate to call or email me at 1-800-517-9099. Please leave a detailed voicemail for me if I am not immediately available. We will be monitoring email also.