Here are the new features and enhancements in the August release of your Recruiting solution.
Note:
Some features may not be immediately available, but all included features are set to roll out in the days following this release.
Recruiters and Hiring Managers can now give candidates a choice of interview times and allow them to select the time that works best for them. This feature helps reduce email volume and gives Recruiters, Hiring Managers and candidates an easier way to find an interview time that works for everyone involved.
If your organization is not already using the Calendar Integration feature to schedule interviews, a Recruiting Administrator needs to follow the steps in our Interviews help topic to set up the integration before you can use Candidate Self-Scheduling with Video Conferencing (see the Video Conferencing What's New item on this page for more information on this feature).
When the Calendar Integration is active, follow the steps in the Schedule an Interview help topic. While much of the process remains the same for those already using the Calendar Integration, there are some differences when using the new Candidate Self-Scheduling.
When you compose your invitation email and select Send, the candidate first receives a form email inviting them to choose their preferred interview time, either by following a link in the email or by logging in to your site and navigating to . Once they have selected a time, your custom interview information is sent along with an .ics attachment allowing the candidate to import the interview into their calendar.
If your organization uses Google Calendar or Microsoft Office 365, Recruiting administrators can now activate a calendar integration to integrate video conference creation in the Recruiting solution. Microsoft Office 365 users will need to link their Azure Active Directory Global Administrator Account via Cronofy to use this feature. Please see the Connect Office 365 with Microsoft's Graph API help topic for more information on how to activate the integration. Google Calendar users automatically have access to video conferencing in this update with no additional action required. However, Google users may want to check that Video Conferencing is active in . If video conferencing is not active, please deactivate and reactive the integration. If you use Microsoft Exchange Web Services and a Service Account, you will not have access to Video Conferencing.
With this integration, when Recruiters or Hiring Managers create an interview they can automatically generate a Microsoft Teams or Google Meet video conference link and, once the interview is confirmed, have it automatically added to their calendar.
If your organization is not using the Calendar Integration feature to schedule interviews, you'll need to follow the steps in our Interviews help topic to set up the integration before you can use Video Conferencing for Microsoft Office 365 or Google.
Recruiters already using the Calendar Integration feature with Microsoft Exchange and a Service Account will need to deactivate the Interview setting and reactivate the integration using Microsoft's Graph API, possibly with the help of their IT or Email Domain Administrator. Those using Google may want to check that Video Conferencing is active in .
If a Recruiting Administrator has activated the integration, you will see a green check icon and the text "Video conferencing enabled" on the page in the Calendar Integration section. If Video Conferencing is not available, you will see a red X icon and the text "Video conferencing not enabled."
Once the integration is activated, you can add a video conference to an interview by turning on the Video Conference toggle on the Schedule Interview screen. See the Schedule an Interview help topic for more information.
The informational text in the Contact Information section of the Application page () is reformatted into bullet points for better clarity. A direct link to the Sign Out page is provided to make it easier for candidates logged in with the wrong account to change accounts before completing their application.
With this release, Recruiting adds a new integration partner who provides background checks for employment screening:
In order to use one of our partners for background checks, you must obtain a contract with the partner.
To activate, go to .