Author: Matthew Hancock, HCM Consultant at Namos Solutions
It’s that time of the quarter, with Oracle having unveiled the latest and upcoming Recruiting and Recruiting Booster features for 24C, including more exciting Redwood features for Hiring Managers and Recruiters. Check out a selection of my key highlights below.
Redwood Experience for Candidate Pages
The candidate list and candidate details pages for candidate search, candidate pools, job requisitions and events has been recreated for Redwood.
The new candidate list pages will greatly improve the user experience with many filters introduced that you currently do not find in the responsive pages. For prospect and event audience, you will also gain grid view capabilities with a new summary view.
Hiring Managers and Recruiters will also find a redesigned candidate details page when reviewing their prospects or candidates. The candidate details page includes updates to all tabs, for example, the ‘My Emails’ filter on the Message tab, which includes emails that you sent to the candidate and emails where you are a participant in job applications, prospects, events and candidate pools.
The side card provides useful information on this redesigned page about the candidate, such as their contact information and a link to their candidate profile. Plus, an Actions menu containing all the possible candidate actions.
Redwood Experience for Job Requisition Template Pages
The job requisition template list and job requisition template details pages have also been recreated for Redwood.
When clicking Job Requisition Templates via My Client Groups > Quick Actions > Hiring, you will see all active and draft requisition templates. You will be able to search for requisition templates and filter results, sort the list of requisition templates, show and hide columns and much more.
These Redwood job requisition template pages have been modified to align with the Redwood job requisition pages released in 24B. All the sections and content are in sync to provide a consistent and unified experience for the users who perform transactions on both job requisition templates and job requisitions.
The Redwood job requisition template details page enhances the user experience by effectively organising information for easy access and review. Consistent with other Redwood pages, tabs are positioned at the top, and the sections within these tabs are expanded by default, so users can easily review the information they are interested in.
Actions to perform on the job requisition template are available in the Actions menu located at the top of the page. The Preview action is now directly available on the details page for quicker access. Plus, enhancements have been made to the Details, Screening Services and Job Formatting tabs.
Redwood Experience for Job Offer Approval Task
Another new Redwood page is the Approvals work area for Job Offers.
This new Approvals Tasks page shows a list of the tasks assigned to you, including business attributes depending on the approval type. This new work area has been designed and built with performance as a priority. The user experience is improved for both desktop and tablet or mobile users, making it easy to act on approval tasks and notifications.
Users will be able to click a job offer approval title to open the Quick View, which displays key information about the job offer approval and allows them to approve or reject it from the same screen. They can then click the arrow to navigate to the next task in the list.
Compose Email and Text Messages using AI Assist
From 24C, we start to see more generative AI features with Hiring Manager and Recruiters now being able to draft emails and text messages to send to candidates faster and in a more personalised way by using Oracle’s AI Assist feature. This feature delivered as part of the Redwood Experience, creates ready-to-use content that’s relevant to the topic of the discussion, such as inviting candidates to apply for jobs, sending reminders or follow ups and more. The Hiring Team can then edit this content or ask AI Assist to regenerate the content depending on the requirement.
This new generative AI capability will enhance your email and SMS communications with candidates, whilst also saving time in drafting messages, providing enhanced recruiting efficiencies as well as a better candidate experience.
Modify the Name of Default Candidate Selection Process Phases and States
As an administrator you will now be able to modify the name of the phases and states included by default in the candidate selection process, e.g. Offer and HR Phases or Rejected by Employer, or Withdrawn By Candidate States. A welcomed addition I’ve no doubt our customers will be glad to see.
Modifying the name of the phase or state will automatically update the name in all other candidate selection processes, where this phase or state is used. With this enhancement, customers will be able to now better represent their recruiting process making it more clear for the Hiring Team.
Recruiting Activity Center Activities for Hiring Team Collaborators
Building on the current capabilities of the Recruiting Activity Center, you will now be able to assign activities to include any hiring team collaborator. When configured, the selected collaborators can access the Activity Center and see their assigned activities.
With the introduction of this enhancement, everyone on the hiring team is now kept up to date on hiring activities all in one place.
Set Content Section Blocks In Apply Flow as Mandatory
I have definitely ‘saved the best till last’ and one we have seen customers crying out for here at Namos. From 24C, I have the pleasure in telling you that customers can now set content section type blocks as mandatory to ensure that your external candidates provide the information needed to support their application.
This new feature applies to two types of blocks:
- Profile (Education, Experience, Licenses, Languages, and Skills)
- Timeline
I can also confirm that all application flow types will be supported: Apply, Event, Request Information, and Talent Community.
Once enabled, candidates are required to input at least one piece of information in that block. If the block is a timeline, candidates need to add at least one experience and one education.
Summary
In summary, 24C is continuing to build on the Redwood Experience and Generative AI for Hiring Managers and Recruiters, exploiting further recruiting efficiencies and enhancing the candidate experience.
To learn more about what else is being delivered in 24C, do check out the ‘What’s New’ for full details. If you want to know more on how Namos Solutions can help you implement or support your existing Oracle Recruiting implementation, then please do get in touch.
