- February 12, 2009
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Organize and Interact: CareerBuilder.com Flags, Ratings, Stages and Notes
This week, Facebook, taking a cue from FriendFeed, introduced “I like this” to its list of features, allowing friends to express how they feel about each other’s shared content on the site. As I type this, thousands of users are likely giving a virtual thumbs up to friends’ status updates, posted links, and photos. I hit “I like this” a couple of times today myself — once for a video from The Office (the “boom-roasted” clip) and once for a WSJ story about the Shorty Awards (you twitter folks know these awards well).
The push for community is only increasing on the Web sites we frequent. We want to share, interact, and learn from each other. We want to see Bob’s news link and say, “Hey, that’s cool!” or ask him a question. We want to make a statement; to stamp our opinions on news, products, and people.
So, what does this have to do with job candidates? Well, more than you may think.
The dish: CareerBuilder’s Application Flags, Ratings, Stages, and Notes Tools
The gist: You may already be organizing your applicants with these tools — but if you’re not, you need to be. Instead of wading through an endless sea of faceless applicants, organize your applications and make some sense of your recruitment process. You can use just one of the tools or all four of them, depending on your organizational needs. You can also share your input with other users on your account, so that you can review how candidates rate in each other’s eyes and make informed decisions about your hiring next-steps.
Also known as: The Lunchables of CareerBuilder.com Free Tools.
Why: These tools are so simple to use — yet they help your hiring process to be much more smooth and efficient. Best of all, with Flags, Ratings, Stages, and Notes, you can sort your applicants out without creating a post-it note avalanche at your desk — or worse yet, trying to remember it all in your head.
Let’s say you just had a phone interview with Sally Candidate. Now, you can quickly click into her application post-interview (but you’re probably already there), jot down “Went well, need to find out more about her specific Web editing; she is sending work samples by COB 2/20/09,” flag her as “Needs Further Review,” Rate her a 7, and set the Stage to “Interview 1.” All in, oh, about 20 seconds.
How to get it: If you have applications in your “My CareerBuilder” account, you simply need to find the toolbar in “My Applications.” Once you click into and view an application, you will see all of these tools together on the right-hand side of the page.
To the left is a picture of the toolbar, with sample candidate input of My Flags: Unacceptable; My Rating: 10; Stage: None; and Notes: lm w/candidate.
Why you need it: You’re far too busy for a complicated organization process, and you need a system that integrates with your CareerBuilder applications. The beauty of these tools is that you can do as little or as much as you want with them. How you organize the process is up to you, and you may very well change your methods as you start using the tools. But once you find the level that works best with your process, you won’t know how you got by on My CareerBuilder without them.
Menu Options, Deconstructed: Each of the four tools, in a bit more detail.
My Flags: Choose from a Green Flag (Good Candidate), Yellow Flag (Needs Further Review), or Red Flag (Unacceptable).
My Rating: Choose a number from 1-10. You can decide if 1 or 10 represents the “best” mark.
Stage: Choose from None, General, Contacted, Pre-Screened, Interview 1, Interview 2, Offer, Hire, Rejected.
Notes: This is your place to write whatever you’d like to remember about a candidate and their application. It can be more action-oriented and list dates and corresponding actions that you took (left message, had interview, sent thank-you) or it can be notes about things you like about the candidate’s experience or have questions about. Really, you can make this space whatever you want and need it to be.
Satisfy your appetite: You can see a list of your applicants at any time – as can other users on your account, if you like. See a snapshot of candidates’ names and their corresponding Flags, Ratings, Stage, and Notes — all on one page for easy access.
You can start building your dream ratings system right…Now. Remember, it’s FREE. Thumbs up, yeah?
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