Main Sequence Technology wishes you a happy holiday and a bright and successful 2023!
2022 marked PCRecruiter’s 24th year of service to the recruiting and staffing industry.
It’s been another year of growth and innovation. With all new features like Sequencing Automations, refreshed core features like Pipeline and Notifications, and our always-improving public API, PCRecruiter is better than ever and charging into 2023 with engaged high-end partners like HireEZ, ZoomInfo, and RingCentral.
2022 was also a year of growth for our development and support teams. Their always customer-focused performance encouraged so many positive independent reviews by enthusiastic customers that PCRecruiter ranked in G2‘s Top 10 on twenty-four different indexes for staffing, ATS, and recruitment software.
2023 will bring a major UI update and the continuous improvement across the board that PCRecruiter customers have enjoyed for decades.
To the entire PCRecruiter community of end-users, customers, partners, team members, and suppliers: Main Sequence Technology wishes you the finest holiday season and the most prosperous new year!
PCRecruiter announces integration with hireEZ
PCRecruiter is now integrated directly with hireEZ, the #1 AI-powered outbound recruiting platform. In addition to making outbound recruiting easy, hireEZ helps PCRecruiter users keep their own private talent pool updated with the latest information about their candidates.
PCRecruiter is now integrated directly with hireEZ, the #1 AI-powered outbound recruiting platform. In addition to making outbound recruiting easy, this partnership helps PCRecruiter users keep their own private talent pool updated with the latest information about their candidates.
Unleash access to 800M+ candidates from 45+ open web platforms, get market insights and DE&I information to build data-driven recruiting strategies and maximize the value of your existing PCRecruiter database.
hireEZ Sourcing gives you the talent market visibility you need to proactively target the right candidates at the right time and build a scalable, data-driven recruiting approach.
Keep your database fresh and growing.
Use the new ‘Enrich with hireEZ’ option in the Action menu on your Name records in PCRecruiter with your API key from hireEZ to quickly turn your aging data into actionable data.
Export candidates from your hireEZ projects directly to your PCRecruiter database.
Allow hireEZ to source your PCRecruiter data for target candidates, and to offer metrics and insights on your talent pool.
PCRecruiter was recently awarded a “Top Rated” badge in the Recruitment Agency software category on TrustRadius. We also made top-billing this year on G2 and other review sites, ranking as one of the Top 10 Staffing software options based on independent reviews from our users.
You can share your opinion of PCRecruiter and, in many cases, you’ll receive a gift card from the review site for your time. These gift card incentives are in limited supply, so we invite you to post your review of PCRecruiter by following any of these links soon: Capterra, G2, TrustRadius, and SoftwareReviews.
App Specific Passwords for Gmail
Changes to Google’s security policies at the end of May could affect your ability to send/receive @Gmail address mail from PCRecruiter. Setting up an app specific password will help to keeps your Google account login secure and in sync with PCRecruiter.
Creating App Specific Passwords for your Gmail account improves your security and may be imperative for PCRecruiter users who have an @gmail.com account linked to the database for incoming or outgoing mail.
As of June 2022, Google no longer supports the use of your primary Gmail username and password when connecting from third-party apps and devices. These changes imposed by Google are part of a strategy to strengthen account and application security.
One of Google’s alternative options is App Specific Passwords, which are additional passwords for your Gmail account that you designate for use by one specific site or app. Creating separate passwords, rather than using your main Google password across multiple apps and sites, isolates any security risks to one site or service. If that App Specific Password should ever be compromised, it can be disabled without interrupting or exposing any other services associated with your Gmail login.
How does this affect PCRecruiter users?
This new policy will only affect users of @gmail.com addresses. It is not currently being applied to Google Workspace or Google Cloud Identity accounts. If you are using Google’s email servers but have your own domain name associated with the account, you may continue to use your existing password, but we do recommend switching to a more secure method for security’s sake.
In regards to our recruiting software, PCRecruiter, this policy change should only impact your ability to send or receive email within PCRecruiter if you are using an @gmail address with a standard Google password.
Google Sign In Button Example
You will find Sign in with Google buttons on PCR’s Outgoing Mail (SMTP) screens. These are the preferred method of connecting your Gmail account to PCRecruiter. If you see a button like the one shown here and use it to authenticate with your Google Account, an App Specific Password is not necessary.
Setting up the App Specific password option is a viable method of upgrading your security with PCRecruiter or any other services you may be using your plain Gmail password on when no Sign in with Google method is available. For those using IMAP to read or write activities for incoming mail, App Specific passwords are required at this time. See Google’s info on creating these app-specific passwords here.
PCRecruiter Previews: Pipeline, Sequencing, and PCR 10
The PCRecruiter development team has been hard at work for the past several months on some very big updates, and we’d like to show you what’s in store. In a recent online presentation to some of our business partners, we reviewed some of our recently released features and previewed some of the exciting changes in the works. We now invite all of our users to see this presentation, which offers a taste of the great things to come in PCRecruiter.
The PCRecruiter development team has been hard at work for the past several months on some very big updates, and we’d like to show you what’s in store.
In a recent online presentation to some of our business partners, PCRecruiter’s Training Manager and Business Process Analyst, Stacy Racutt, reviewed some of our recently released features and previewed some of the exciting changes in the works. We now invite all of our users to see her presentation, which offers a taste of just some of the great things to come in PCRecruiter. And if you aren’t yet using PCR for your recruiting or staffing business, contact our sales consultants to learn about these exciting new features and more.
You’ll find a menu icon at the lower right corner of the video player which you can use to jump to specific chapters. You can also use the dots in the player’s timeline to jump to your desired topic.
The presentation also reveals details about three key current development projects:
New Pipeline
The completely re-envisioned Pipeline is more efficient, flexible, and intuitive.
This video shows off the new Pipeline, which has been in development and testing for nearly a year. The completely re-envisioned Pipeline offers a quicker, more intuitive, and more efficient way to manage your applicant workflow. The updated Pipeline includes:
Slide-in details panel for reviewing, editing, and paging through applicants without leaving the screen.
A clearer view of your Pipeline, with configurable, color-coded columns for each step.
Multiple Pipeline configurations to manage different processes, job types, or market verticals.
Schedule interviews and send confirmation emails in one simple step.
Right-click functionality for faster navigation.
Pins for bookmarking key candidates.
The new Pipeline is already in daily use at nearly a hundred offices, and we are now opening the invitation to all of our users. Once it has been activated, existing positions in your database will remain on the legacy Pipeline, and all new positions will take advantage of the updated version.
If you would like information about activating the new Pipeline for your PCRecruiter account, please contact us using this form.
Sequencing will allow you to create automated workflows for easier recruiting and user on-boarding.
Coming soon to PCRecruiter, the new Sequencing tool will allow you to create incredibly versatile automated workflows. These user-defined chains of sequential or branching event plans will not only make it easier to manage your day, but will also make on-boarding your team’s newest PCRecruiter users a breeze.
Once you have configured your steps, including calls, emails, LinkedIn interactions, text messages, and so on, your users will be able to work through all of their assigned tasks from a unified panel. As users complete each task, PCRecruiter automatically presents the next work item to be completed, and makes it a breeze to log each step along the way.
Sequencing will make it possible for users to execute ‘drip campaigns,’ call plans, and much more.
This design prototype shows one possible configuration of your custom Name record screens in PCR 10.
In this presentation, we’ve also revealed some of the working designs for our next major version, PCR 10. Although no specific release date has been set for this version, our development team is already building and testing screens using the new frameworks and systems it will rely on.
PCR 10 will introduce a totally new, modernized interface for PCRecruiter. More than just a stylistic update, this revision will include tons of fresh functionality including:
More customization options to help you maximize your screen real estate.
More right-click functionality to save time.
More straightforward navigation to help you get more done with fewer clicks and fewer screens.
We will be making more announcements about the rollout of PCR 10 as it moves closer to the beta testing phase.
Review PCRecruiter – Get a Gift Card!
Last week, PCRecruiter was awarded a “Top Rated” badge in the Recruitment Agency software category on TrustRadius. We also made top-billing this year on G2 and other review sites, ranking as one of the Top 10 Staffing software options based on independent reviews from our users.
You can share your opinion of PCRecruiter and, in many cases, you’ll receive a gift card from the review site for your time. These gift card incentives are in limited supply, so we invite you to post your review of PCRecruiter by following any of these links soon: Capterra, G2, TrustRadius, and SoftwareReviews.
Feedback & Notifications (Update 9.8.9)
PCRecruiter’s new update, v. 9.8.9, comes with new Feedback organization and in-app Notifications features that will help keep you and your team informed and in touch. Plus, we have added brand new free webinars to our schedule for Spring/Summer 2022.
PCRecruiter’s new update, v. 9.8.9, comes with two major upgrades that will help keep you and your team informed and in touch. As always, this update also includes dozens of behind-the-scenes fixes and enhancements. Plus, we have added brand new free webinars to our schedule for Spring/Summer 2022.
What’s New in PCRecruiter 9.8.9
PCR Notifications
Notifications that aren’t clicked on will appear in the sidebar for 7 days. Look for the numbered badge at the corner of your screen.
The brand new PCR Notifications give you configurable real-time alerts that you can use to communicate with your team and monitor key events in your recruitment process. These notifications appear at the bottom right corner of your PCRecruiter screen, where they remain visible for 5 seconds if none of the links contained in them are clicked on. If no action is taken on a notification, it is moved to the PCR Notifications sidebar, accessed via a numbered badge on your user icon at the top right corner of the screen. Notifications remain in the sidebar for up to seven days, or until the links in them are clicked on.
Send PCR Notifications to Co-Workers
A new Send PCR Notification option appears in the Action menu at the top of all Name, Company, and Position records in your database. By clicking on this option, you can send a PCR Notification including a live link to the current record, plus a brief message you define, to one or more users in your database. You’ll find this feature helpful for coordinating with other PCR users and calling their attention to important records instantly.
Trigger PCR Notifications via Automations
PCR Notifications can also be sent using Automations, whether triggered by specific Pipeline step or Rollup stage changes, Candidate Presentations being viewed or responded to, or from the general Automations feature released in late 2021. When building any Automation that previously included Email, Text, or PCRecruiter mobile app Push notifications, you’ll now find a PCR Notification option as well.
To support more useful PCR Notifications, this update comes with new date-based Automation triggers to use:
Start Date: You can now trigger Automations based on the Start Date from your contract or permanent placements. You can set the PCR Notification or other Action to occur on the Start Date, or a chosen number of days before or after the date. This can be useful in reminding users that their placed candidate is starting their job the next day, or prompting the user to make a check-in call seven days after the job has begun.
Activity Date: Like the Start Date, you can now trigger a PCR Notification or other action a number of days after a specific type of Activity has been written. This can be great for follow-up call reminders. In fact, you can now trigger Automations based on Activities with a specific Result as well – e.g. sending a PCR Notification based on phone call Activities where a voicemail was left, but not for those where there was no answer.
Field Date: You can also trigger Automations based on the date in practically any Standard or Custom field. For example, trigger a PCR Notification when a candidate’s License is expiring, or remind the user to review each open Position 30 days after the ‘Date Posted’.
These Automation triggers aren’t exclusive to PCR Notifications. For example, you could use the Field Date trigger with a ‘Date of Birth’ field to send automatic birthday greetings to clients and candidates, automatically add Names to a calling Rollup List a year after they’ve completed a specific form, or automatically send a Form Letter to a candidate the day before their interview.
There was one other minor addition to the Automations in this update. The ‘When an applicant applies to a Position, send Notification to Someone’ canned automation included the option to send an SMS (via our RingCentral integration), but lacked the option to target the Candidate’s phone number. We’ve added this into the new version, so that you can automatically prompt candidates to opt in to bulk texts or simply thank them for applying.
The possibilities for automating your process with PCRecruiter are growing all the time. We look forward to hearing about your own creative uses for Automations and PCR Notifications!
The other major change in this update is the brand new Feedback area, which you’ll find in the Navigation menu at the top of all Names, Companies, Positions, as well as in the Detail panel on the updated Pipeline (currently in final beta – ask your PCRecruiter representative for details).
The new Feedback screen consolidates and organizes feedback from users and external contacts into an easily viewed list, with filter and search options to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
Feedback can be entered by internal users from the ‘Add Feedback’ panel on the left side of the Feedback screen, collected via Candidate Presentations, or via emailed links using the brand new ‘Feedback Form Letters.’
Note that any existing feedback collected using Candidate Presentations as well as feedback formerly located in the Interview Feedback on your Pipeline steps or interview records will now appear in the Feedback screen.
Look for the new “Feedback” menu item on all Name, Company, and Position records.
We have a ton of great updates on the way in 2022! Watch your own PCR Notifications for announcements of new features and more.
These brand new sessions planned for Spring / Summer 2022 will all be taking place at 2 PM Eastern on Tuesdays.
PCRecruiter Job Board Overview – April 19 REGISTER NOW PCRecruiter’s Drew Rothman will walk through how the PCR Job Board is set up and what its capabilities are. This will be a useful session for those who aren’t currently using the Job Board and want to know more, or who are using the older ‘Candidate Web Extensions’ and considering an upgrade.
Contractor Features – May 3 REGISTER NOW In this session, you’ll learn more about how PCRecruiter facilitates your contract or contract-to-perm process. In this session we’ll discuss expense tracking with the ability to upload receipts and clock-in/out via the PCRecruiter mobile app. We’ll also discuss hours approval and reporting.
Searching in PCRecruiter – May 17 REGISTER NOW In this session, some of PCR’s top trainers will discuss different methods of searching for names, companies, and jobs within your database.
New PCRecruiter Pipeline – May 31 REGISTER NOW This session will cover the all-new PCRecruiter pipeline (coming soon) and how to set up and navigate all of the great features it has to offer. A great orientation for those moving from the older version or for those new to PCRecruiter in general.
PCRecruiter Sequencing Features
Part 1 – June 14 REGISTER NOW
Part 2 – June 28 REGISTER NOW Part 3 – July 12 REGISTER NOW The brand new sequencing features (coming soon) in PCRecruiter will help you automate marketing, communication, and other processes. Learn all about what they can do in this session, to be presented in a three part series.
PCRecruiter Customer Demo – July 26 REGISTER NOW How do PCRecruiter users work in the system? In this session, we’ll be talking with a PCRecruiter user about their particular configuration and how they’ve made PCRecruiter work for them.
Review PCRecruiter – Get a Gift Card!
PCRecruiter continues to receive top-billing on G2 and other review sites, ranking as one of the Top 10 Staffing software options based on independent reviews from users. The Spring 2022 reports from G2 rank us once again as a Leader and High Performer across multiple categories.
We want your voice to be heard when the next round reports come out, so we encourage you to post a review of PCRecruiter at this link. You’ll be eligible to receive a gift card from G2 in thanks for your thoughts. If you’d prefer to put your review incentive towards a charitable cause, we’ve also partnered with G2 in support of Girls Who Code. If you visit this link to submit your review, G2 will donate $10 to help close the gender gap in technology.
And if you’ve already posted a review on G2, you are welcome to review us on Capterra, SoftwareReviews, or TrustRadius! We appreciate all of the kind words and helpful feedback we read on these sites.
Happy New Year 2022
Wishing all of you a happy, healthy, and successful 2022 from the entire PCRecruiter team. Happy New Year!
In commemorating our 23rd full year of service to the recruiting and staffing industry, innovating private databases for recruitment pros around the world, we hope that you too are reflecting on a strong year with anticipation that next year will be even stronger.
PCRecruiter is rolling, with major new capabilities deploying in 2022. We look forward to doing our part in helping you to reach for your best year ever.
Happy New Year from PCRecruiter!
Reports & Profiles (Update 9.8.7)
This week’s update to PCRecruiter comes jam-packed with improvements to Profile Forms and Reports, as well as improvements to Quick Find and Candidate Presentations. We’ve also got new webinars and other announcements to share.
This week’s update includes big upgrades to PCRecruiter’s Standard and Custom Reports, as well as over twenty improvements to Profile Forms. We’ve also updated the Quick Find, Candidate Presentations, and Opt-Out/In features with helpful new capabilities.
What’s New in PCRecruiter 9.8.7
Improved Reports
We’ve revised our Standard and Custom Reports with new styling, charts, and other improvements to help you analyze and present your data more effectively.
View your reports in PDF form for easy printing and downloading direct from the browser.
Export all standard and custom reports to .XLS, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Office 365. NOTE: Access to the new Export features are governed by the “Export Reports” permission on the Security section of the User Record. If you do not see an Export option following this update, your database administrator will need to open SYSTEM > Users > Manage Users and give your username access to them in the Security area under Reports.
A new ‘Share’ option opens a blank email with an .XLS file of the current report already attached, making it faster than ever to send your metrics to others.
Exported spreadsheets now include pie and bar charts for most standard reports. These charts are automatically inserted on additional tabs in the exported report.
The Report Options, found in the Action menu on the main Reports menu screen, now includes options to select portrait/landscape layout, to hide empty columns on PDF exports, and to replace the PCRecruiter logos with your own branding.
A new ‘Generated Reports’ option has been added to the Auditing Reports section. This report gives database administrators a security audit that lists which reports have been run by which users in a selected time period.
Profile Form Enhancements
Profiles â PCR’s searchable, configurable, multipurpose form utility â have received a over two dozen improvements, big and small, in this update, including the ability to automatically link candidates to jobs using emailed forms, separately control views for printing and emailing forms, and so much more.
If you’re not already familiar with these flexible custom forms, sign up for the All About Profiles webinar on Thursday, December 2. Here are the key improvements you’ll find in this release:
Viewing / Editing Profiles
The Action dropdown on profiles in the Attachments screen includes a new ‘Copy’ option. This will make a duplicate of the selected form under the same record, which can be helpful if you want to use the existing content in a form as a starting point for an alternate version.
When a completed profile is opened in Edit mode from the Attachments area on a record, a new icon and label in the upper right corner will indicate who completed form. This can be an internal PCRecruiter user, or an external contact that the form was emailed to. Note that this addition does not appear on the form when printed or emailed and is only for the user’s reference.
All ‘Electronic Signature’ answers in profiles will be embedded with a UTC date-time stamp, giving you an unalterable visual record of when the form was signed.
Users of the optional PCRecruiter Analytics will find a new “Saves” stat in the Details on their Email Campaigns. If the emailed form contains profile links, the Analytics will indicate which recipients completed the form and will provide a link to view the resulting attachment.
Sending Profiles
If a profile is emailed from a Pipeline or from a Position Form Letter, PCRecruiter will attach that person to the Pipeline for that position. This allows you to invite people to apply to positions by emailing them a profile. If the profile has any Knockout / Success automation plans associated with it, they will be triggered just as if the candidate were applying via the PCRecruiter Job Board, making emailed profiles useable as self-qualification questionnaires within the Pipeline.
If a profile is emailed from a Pipeline or from a Position Form Letter, PCRecruiter will list that job’s title along with the form in the Attachments on the name record.
The ‘Attach’ profile feature found under Send Options on the Compose Email screen has been changed from a dropdown to a search popup, making it easier to find your desired form.
When sending a profile link from a non-form letter, the automatically prepended link to the form has been restyled to appear more cleanly on modern email clients and mobile screens. In addition, if the profile has “Form Letter Clickable Text” defined on its Settings screen, this text will be used in place of the default link text on these emails.
Profiles can now be time-limited using the ‘Expiration’ panel on the profile setup screen. This new option lets you prevent a recipient from submitting or re-submitting a form within a specific number of days from the sending of the email.
The ‘Automations’ panel on the profile setup screen now includes options to receive notification emails when the form is edited (previous versions only allowed for notifications for newly submitted forms).
The ‘Automations’ panel on the profile setup screen now includes the option to email the name to whom the profile is attached. These ‘receipt’ emails can include a PDF of the completed form.
You may now send any Form Letter in place of the default notification email when a profile is added or edited. When creating the form letter, you can add the merge tag [[Profile Action]] which will insert the word “Added” or “Updated” into the text depending on whether the profile was a fresh submission or an edit to an existing form.
Designing & Configuring Profiles
A new ‘After Submit Display Message’ box appears on the ‘Automations’ panel when creating a profile. This box allows you to specify the text that appears on the screen after the profile has been saved. This box accepts HTML or plain text.
When linking a profile answer to a database field, PCR will now automatically limit the length of the answer to the available field length, preventing the form from putting in more information into the answer than the associated field will be able to store.
There are now three separate HTML templates in the ‘Custom HTML’ panel on the profile setup screen. The ‘Default HTML Layout’ will be used for all purposes if no other layouts are entered. If an Internal Layout is created, it will be visible to the PCRecruiter User while the Default Layout will be visible to any external recipients of an emailed profile link. If a Print Layout is created, it will be applied to the read-only “View” link for the profile and for any PDF version of the form. With this new function, a web designer can create separate views for the PCRecruiter user, the form recipient, and the printed final version, including different styling, answer displays, scripting, and images.
In addition to configuring custom HTML Layouts by placing each question and answer with [[Q1]] or [[A1]] etc. tags, the new update allows for inserting [[Profile]] as a tag. This gives the ability to use the standard PCRecruiter table-based profile form, but to easily apply CSS, HTML, and Javascript around it for branding purposes.
The profile editing screen now returns to the same editing panel (Settings, Automations, Expiration, Questions, Custom HTML) after saving.
Creating Profile Questions
The ‘Required / Not Required’ dropdown now includes new options for making a field required only for external or internal use. This can be helpful if the same form is being completed by users and by external contacts, but the list of required answers would be different for the two respondents.
When using the ‘Link To Field’ feature to connect a profile answer to a database record field, you’ll now be able to create Read Only or Write Only links. Read Only fields are useful for showing the recipient the value from their record without allowing it to be changed, while Write Only fields are useful for getting updated information without revealing the old value from the record.
The optional ‘Placeholder’ option lets you put text inside of inputs and text box answers that appears prior to the user typing in their answer. This can be used for providing instructional text or labeling.
Answers for multiple-choice questions can now be dynamically loaded based on a database query rather than only a directly-entered list of options. This is accomplished by entering an SQL SELECT statement into the answer box. For assistance with this feature, contact PCRecruiter support.
Candidate Write-Ups in Candidate Presentations
The Candidate Presentations feature has a new ‘Candidate Write-Up’ section that can be added to your presentation templates. This feature lets you add a formatted custom introduction or summary about the candidate to the presentation in addition to the other fields and documents. If the Name record already has any text stored in the ‘Summary’ area, you can use the ‘Insert Candidate Summary’ button in the editing toolbar to import that text into the Write-Up to save time.
We’ve also added a CC: field to the outgoing email screen for Presentations so that other contacts, in or out of the database, can be included on the email.
Quick Find Enhancements
The Quick Find is located at the top right corner of the PCRecruiter screen. Terms entered into this box are searched against the name, email, title, company name, and phone fields on Name, Company, and Position records, making it easy to locate any of the main record types with a few keystrokes without going to the full search form.
In version 9.8.7, we’ve updated the Quick Find to return results based on similar terms to those you’ve entered. This can be helpful if you’re not exactly sure of the spelling that was used on the record or if the record you’re seeking contains a spelling error. The Quick Find will bring back additional results that would match the keyword if any two characters were changed. For example, a search for “Len Jackman” may also return “Helen Jackson”, “Ben Jacks”, and “Lenja Manfred” or names associated with the “Allen Jackman Inc.” company.
The Quick Find also has been revised to display up to 30 matching Names, Companies, and Positions for each search. You can scroll through the results with the paging arrows at the left or right sides of the row.
Email Subscription Status Icons
The PCRecruiter Opt-In/Out feature logs which email addresses should be skipped when sending a bulk email and which should be blocked from email entirely. While the list of records to be opted in/out is stored under the SYSTEM > Email Setup area, it is possible to give the users the ability to manage subscription status directly from the Name records.
The ‘Allow Users to Edit Candidate Email Subscriptions’ switch can currently be changed from the SYSTEM > Region > International Settings panel. In previous editions, this added a link below the ‘Email Address’ label on the record. As of PCRecruiter v9.8.7, the subscription status appears as an icon inside of the email field, next to the Email and Form Letter buttons. The icons are as follows:
= No Status = Opted In = Opted Out = Opted Out of Bulk Email Only
Clicking on the icon will allow the user to change that email address’s status on the opt in/out list.
PCRecruiter Webinars
We’ve announced a fresh series of bi-weekly Thursday webinars on a variety of topics including Profiles, recent updates, Contractor Features, the API, and beyond. You can sign up for these free sessions at https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/webinars. More sessions are expected throughout 2022.
Review PCRecruiter – Get a Gift Card!
In case you missed it, PCRecruiter was ranked the #1 ATS in customer relationship and had the highest user adoption in the recruitment marketing space according to the Fall 2021 report from G2. We want your voice to be heard when the next round reports come out, so we encourage you to post a review of PCRecruiter at this link. You’ll be eligible to receive a gift card from G2 in thanks for your thoughts.
We’ve also partnered with G2 in support of Girls Who Code. If you visit this link to submit your review, G2 will donate $10 to help close the gender gap in technology.
And if you’ve already posted a review on G2, you are welcome to review us on Capterra, SoftwareReviews, or TrustRadius! We appreciate all of the kind words and helpful feedback we read on these sites.
Automation, ZoomInfo, & Dialing (Update 9.8.6)
A substantial update is coming to all PCRecruiter SaaS customers this week, featuring some powerful new recruitment Automation capabilities, a time-saving new connection between PCR web and the PCR apps for iOS and Android, and strong new integration with ZoomInfo. We’ve also got an October 27 webinar planned with our new partner Interseller which you can register for today.
A substantial update is coming to all PCRecruiter SaaS customers this week, featuring some powerful new recruitment Automation capabilities, a time-saving new connection between PCR web and the PCR apps for iOS and Android, and strong new integration with ZoomInfo.
PCRecruiter has long offered productivity-enhancing automation features for Rollup Lists, Pipelines, Profiles, and the Job Board. With the features released in this update, the possibilities for recruitment workflow automation are expanded to include a new range of triggers, actions, and sequences.
With new trigger/action configuration panel now found under SYSTEM > Database Setup, any PCRecruiter admin user has the power to build endless custom behaviors with no code knowledge required.
Action triggers include common tasks like creating a new job and making a placement. You can also trigger automations when a contractor is coming off of an assignment or has not submitted their hours. You can trigger based on active applicants or passive candidates applying on your Job Board, or trigger actions based on practically any changes to fields or the entry of a new Activity.
When one of these events has occurred, PCR can automatically send a form letter, trigger a notification popup in the free PCRecruiter app (iOS / Android), or add and remove records from Rollup Lists. If you have RingCentral, PCR can send a text message for you.
You can start from any of the canned automations included or build your own from scratch to help keep your team informed and your database organized. We are looking forward to lots of creativity from our customers when putting these new recruitment automation tools to work!
We’ve partnered with ZoomInfo, the world’s most comprehensive B2B database, to allow anyone with ZoomInfo Elite or ZoomInfo Recruiter account to enhance their PCRecruiter records with the latest contact details from ZoomInfo’s constantly updating database.
You’ll find a shortcut to ZoomInfo Recruiter in the menu above the Name search, allowing you to jump directly into your ZoomInfo account to research and source contacts, and also an ‘Update with ZoomInfo’ option in the Action menu on your Name records. This will open a sidebar that will feel familiar to users of our free PCR Capture plugin. In just a couple of clicks, your PCRecruiter records can be augmented and maintained. This is an excellent way to connect to the large array of data sources that feed ZoomInfo.
We’ve created a new interaction between the PCRecruiter browser interface and the free PCRecruiter app (iOS / Android). With this new update, you’ll be able to pass outbound phone dials or text messages to your mobile device from the PCR screen. Not only does this save time, but more importantly it makes it easier and more automatic to log Activity records about your communications as you make them. Many of our customers use their mobile devices as their primary business communication channel, and this feature is designed to make that choice easier than ever!
Interseller is a marketing automation tool that can help you source prospects emails and create email sequences to send to them, syncing their contact details back to your PCRecruiter database. PCRecruiter’s Michael Werner will be co-hosting a webinar with Dan Mochel from Interseller to see what the platform is capable of and how it can make you a more effective recruiter. To schedule your own private demo of Interseller, click here.
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In case you missed it, PCRecruiter was ranked the #1 ATS in customer relationship and had the highest user adoption in the recruitment marketing space according to the Fall 2021 report from G2. We want your voice to be heard when the Winter 2021 reports come out, so we encourage you to post a review of PCRecruiter at this link. You’ll be eligible to receive a gift card from G2 in thanks for your thoughts.
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PCRecruiter + Zapier plus 2FA
PCRecruiter is now connected with the Zapier integration platform, enabling connections with hundreds of third-party apps. In addition, PCRecruiter is also introducing optional 2FA login security.
PCRecruiter + Zapier
We are thrilled to announce PCRecruiter’s integration with Zapier, the leading Integration Platform (IPaaS). Integrating with Zapier means that recruiting and staffing professionals can seamlessly automate tasks and customize workflows between PCRecruiter and other systems without the need for deep technical knowledge or custom code development. This integration allows users to create links between PCRecruiter and the thousands of applications in the Zapier catalog with just a few clicks.
With the Zapier integration, you’ll be able to:
Trigger actions in another app when a new Placement is made.
Trigger actions in another app when a Name or Position is added to a particular Rollup list.
Signal PCRecruiter to create a Name, Company, or Position when triggered by another app.
Signal PCRecruiter to update a Name when triggered by another app.
Signal PCRecruiter to write a Name or Position activity when triggered by another app.
With the Zapier integration enabled, you’ll be able to do things like copy Names to Google Sheets, turn Placements into Monday items, or post job info to your social networks – there are virtually endless possibilities.
Adding a second layer of security to your private recruitment database can give you peace of mind. To that end, we now offer two-factor authentication in our SaaS platform, the PCRecruiter mobile app, PCRecruiter for Outlook, and PCRecruiter for Gmail. Once this feature has been configured for any login, the user will be prompted to supply a numeric code after entering their username and password. The code can be received via their registered email, a push notification to the PCRecruiter mobile app, or via a compatible Authenticator App such as those by Google and LastPass.
Thanks to reviewers like you, PCRecruiter continues be ranked as one of the top recruiting software, recruitment CRM, and ATS solutions on the market. The Summer 2021 reports from G2 have PCRecruiter once again in the ‘Leader’ quadrant and showing some of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the industry. We appreciate your kudos and we look forward to continuing to satisfy your needs.
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Notes & Analytics Updates (Update 9.8.5)
PCRecruiter 9.8.5 includes workflow enhancements in the Notes area and new charts for PCR Analytics, as well as a ‘Last Modified’ field for Company and Position records.
The latest update to PCRecruiter arrives on our SaaS recruitment platform this week, with user-requested adjustments to the Notes area, fresh charts in the PCR Analytics, and an additional field for Positions and Companies. In addition to the visible changes to PCRecruiter, extensive platform and API changes to support upcoming interface and automation improvements are included with this update.
Notes Updates
In our April 2021 update we revealed a new Notes Widget with a grid view, bookmarking feature, and keyword search. With valuable feedback from our users, we’ve further refined this interface with:
The ‘Add Note’ panel is now collapsed by default to allow more viewing area.
Once expanded, the Add panel can be resized by dragging the edge to create more entry space. The width you set will be remembered even after the panel is collapsed and re-opened later.
A new Expand All button allows all Notes boxes on the record to be viewed at their full-length in a single click. The Collapse button does the reverse.
Editing notes is now accomplished by simply clicking on the note. When you click outside of that note it will automatically save.
A right-click menu gives you quick access to Delete and Copy functions.
Analytics Details & Drill-Downs
The PCR Analytics, our optional graphic tool for analyzing and reporting on KPIs and other metrics, has been updated with a new ‘Detailed Goals’ chart with a breakdown of data by user. There is also a new drill-down available for the Key Metrics and Metrics sections that displays the individual records that make up your reported stats. The records associated with these items can be easily added to a Rollup List for further reporting, searching, emailing, and organizing.
Last Modified Field
Although Name records have long had a ‘Last Modified’ field, showing the date when the record had last been re-saved, this field was not available for Company and Position records. This update adds the same functionality to the other two primary record types.
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Enhanced Notes & Maps (Update 9.8.4)
In our latest update, we’ve added a new feature for placing candidate addresses on an interactive map, as well as completely redesigned the Notes screen for Name, Company, and Position records.
PCRecruiter will be updated this Wednesday to version 9.8.4, which contains a brand new Map feature as well as a major redesign to our Notes screen and widget. These updates are a precursor to some very exciting new improvements you’ll be seeing in PCRecruiter over the next few months. Keep your eyes out for the quick guide popups when you log into the system for the latest info, and watch our blog and social networks for posts like this one.
Contact Mapping
A new ‘Map Results’ icon has been added to the Name Search Results screen. After selecting one or more contacts returned by any name search, clicking this icon will plot their home addresses on an interactive map. This can be very useful for those who do contract recruiting and want to easily identify candidates located near the job site.
Clicking on any pin in the map displays the record’s contact card for access to the resume, email, phone, and other interactions.
Although this feature is offered at no additional cost, it may require an update to your database to activate and is therefore currently ‘off’ by default for current clients. If you would like to have the Map function enabled on your database, contact your PCRecruiter consultant.
Note: The Maps are currently US only, but will be expanding to international clients in an upcoming release.
Notes Redesigned
Notes are keyword-searchable candidate, client, or position information that doesn’t correspond to an event with a particular date or time (those would be Activities.) This update includes a major improvement to the way you’ll enter and view Notes that offers better visibility and organization. The new interface also saves time by putting the ability to edit Notes directly into the primary record view rather than only via the full Notes panel.
The new Notes Widget includes an open area for entering and editing Notes on the left, and individual boxes for each exist Note to the right. Your notes are viewable in a grid or list layout, depending on your screen space needs. The notes are sorted by date, but you can bookmark your key information to keep it always at the top of the list. There’s even a keyword search box for quickly finding the notes you’re after in any record.
This change in the Notes screen applies to both the widget in your custom record layout and the full Notes panel on your records. In addition, this new change has been extended to Notes on your Company and Position records, creating a consistent experience across all three record types.
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Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from PCRecruiter
Happy Holidays and New Year from PCRecruiter! This message goes out from us to you, with our best wishes for a successful 2021.
We are grateful for your friendship and partnership throughout what has been, to say the least, an unusual year. Despite the challenges of 2020, the PCRecruiter team has remained steadfast in our commitment to our clients and uninterrupted in our efforts to bring you higher value.
Consequently, PCRecruiter has continued to rank as a leader on recruiting software recommendation and review sites like G2, Capterra, and SoftwareReviews. We deeply appreciate it.
In addition to making PCRecruiter a more reliable and flexible recruitment CRM than ever through enhanced design, development, and delivery, we also made it easier than ever to master with the launch of our Learning Management System.
2021 is already shaping up to be a landmark year for PCR, featuring some of the most exciting improvements and advanced functionality we’ve ever released. You’ll be seeing bold new interfaces, powerful new integrations, and continued enhancement of the key features you rely on.
To the PCRecruiter community around the globe, we extend our best wishes for a bright, healthy, and successful new year filled with peace, strength, and abundant prosperity!
Sincerely,
The PCRecruiter Team
Mobile Timesheets
PCRecruiter’s newly updated mobile app adds contractor hours submission features for standardized, comprehensive, accurate records of your contractors’ time and expenses while on the job.
Collecting Contractor Hours Just Got Easier
Version 2.0 of the PCRecruiter app for iOS and Android is out this week. In addition to giving recruiters convenient mobile access to contacts and positions, the new version adds brand new time tracking tools for contractors, giving you standardized, comprehensive, accurate records of your contractors’ time spent on the job.
With the new version, your contract placements get a secure and simple way to clock in and clock out, including logging their breaks and tracking their expenses with integrated receipt scanning. Convenient push notifications in the app let you send a nudge to those contractors who need a reminder to submit their hours, and location services integration helps you verify their workplaces.
More Time Making Placements; Less Time Chasing Timesheets
The PCRecruiter app helps you not only collect more accurate and prompt timesheet data from the contractors you place, but it also makes it easier to approve and report on those submitted work hours without worrying about lost or late submissions.
As always, PCRecruiter users can check the status of timesheets for contractors currently on assignment. You’ll know whose timesheets have been submitted, whose are ready for approval, and which ones have been approved. You can also remind contractors and managers of hours that need to be approved via templated emails or text messages. After approval, PCRecruiter’s exports to PayChex, QuickBooks, or Excel make invoicing easier.
With these new updates, PCRecruiter helps you spend less time and effort on managing timesheets while offering your contractors a convenient, easily understood way to submit their hours. Talk to one of our consultants about version 2.0 of our mobile app and all of our contractor timesheet features today.
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Thanks to reviewers like you, PCRecruiter was listed in the Leader segments for the Staffing and Applicant Tracking Software market spaces and as a Momentum Leader in the CRM space and High Performer in CRM and ATS spaces on G2’s Fall report. We look forward to seeing your opinions counted in the next round of reports from G2 this winter.
Announcing PCRecruiter for Gmail
Announcing PCRecruiter for Gmail, which joins PCRecruiter for Outlook in the arsenal of tools to help you access and enter data more quickly and accurately. Whether youâre a solo recruiter or part of a team, youâll work more effectively without wasting a second on switching screens or running searches. Youâll create contacts more quickly, without errors or duplications, and be ready to respond more promptly to any email you receive.
We know how important it is for executive search and placement professionals to maintain efficient communication and record keeping. This week we’re giving you a new way to combine the most versatile staffing and recruitment software on the market with your inbox.
Announcing PCRecruiter for Gmail, which joins PCRecruiter for Outlook in the arsenal of tools to help you access and enter data more quickly and accurately.
Whether youâre a solo recruiter or part of a team, youâll work more effectively without wasting a second on switching screens or running searches. Youâll create contacts more quickly, without errors or duplications, and be ready to respond more promptly to any email you receive.
Making Gmail a robust recruitment CRM
With PCRecruiter for Gmail, you’ll be able to:
Automatically see contact details, activities, notes, and attachments for your email correspondents along side their email.
Create new records to your database, quickly parsing contact info from the resume header or email signature.
Update existing records with a fresh resume or contact info.
PCRecruiter for Gmail makes it easy to take action, whether you need to enhance information, import an attachment, add contacts to lists for an email campaign, or pipelining candidates for trackable presentation and feedback from your clients.
We hope you are as excited about this new Gmail integration as we are! We have so many more new features to reveal in the coming months! If updates like these are helping you be more successful, please take a minute to share your opinion with G2 or Capterra. Both of these sites are offering gift card incentives for your review right now, but it’s is a first-come-first-serve limited offer so please write yours soon!
PCRecruiter’s latest update includes two brand new color themes, an option for larger fonts, plus time-saving improvements to our Candidate Presentations and automation plan features.
Our development team is working diligently on a number of projects, and in the PCRecruiter update released this morning we’ve added some new features and made improvements both on the face of the software and behind the scenes. Here’s what you’ll find…
Candidate Presentations
Our Candidate Presentations feature, which you’ll find in the overview video above, allows you to send convenient, branded candidate data packages to hiring authorities. Not only do these Presentations help you communicate more efficiently, but with instant email notifications when your client has opened a Presentation or given Feedback, you’ll always be ready to reach out the moment you’re needed.
This update includes several workflow enhancements requested by our Candidate Presentations users, making it an even faster way to get feedback from your hiring authorities. As always, we invite your suggestions on this and other areas of PCRecruiter in our Ideas & Requests forum.
The Feedback box can now be moved, minimized, and re-sized so that recipients can more easily reference resumes and other presented data while entering their feedback.
When a Candidate Presentation contains multiple candidates, the recipient’s name and email will be retained across all Feedback boxes once it’s been entered, saving data entry time.
The Star Rating feature can be made optional or hidden entirely when a Presentation is being sent.
A new toggle has been added to the menu of candidate names when sending a Presentation which allows the user to Show or Hide the names in the list.
Candidate Presentations are now auto-labeled with the first and Last name of the candidate and a ### placeholder. The ### will be converted to a sequential number when the Presentation is sent, simplifying the process of sending of Presentations while making it easy to tell them apart within a single candidate record.
The Theme selection dropdown now displays the Primary and Secondary colors of the Presentation Themes for easier identification.
The ‘Action’ button on Presentation lists now includes options to review the sent email and to delete the Presentation entirely.
The Candidate Presentation creation and editing screens have been updated to match the users’ currently selected PCRecruiter Theme.
A ‘Preview’ button has been added to the Template editing screen, making it possible to preview changes using placeholder data.
Themes Updates
We’ve added two new brand Theme options to the ‘Change My Theme’ panel, accessible from the small gear icon at the top right corner of your PCRecruiter screen. The new Light Blue theme offers a bright alternative to our default Light Mode, while the Victoria theme brings lavender and mauve into the mix just in time for Spring.
In addition, this panel now contains a Default Font Size / Large Font Size dropdown menu, which increases the type size for any of the selected themes.
Automation Plan Scheduled Actions
PCRecruiter’s Automation Plans are a time-saving way to trigger emails, write Activities, add records to Rollup Lists and perform other tasks based on movements in the Pipeline, changes in Rollup Stage, Job Board applications, and Profile completions. In our latest update, a new Scheduled Action option appears on each item. This new feature makes Automations more flexible and useful than ever.
By default, checked tasks are performed immediately when the trigger occurs. With Scheduled Actions you may now add a delay into the process. For example, if you often sorting through candidates on Friday afternoons you may want to defer the associated automated emails until the next Monday, or you may wish to trigger a Status change after 7 days from a particular event.
The options include Number of Days (wait X days before running the automation), Day of the Week (run the automation on the next occurring Tuesday), and Hour of Day (run the automation at next 8 AM). You may combine these for more complex selections, such as “wait five days and then send this email at 7:00 AM on the soonest Monday.”
Merging Placed Candidates
One other minor change you may encounter is in the Merge screen. On occasion, a candidate that is already in your database as a Placed record may get re-added to the database with a new resume or email address via the Job Board or an import. If you attempt to merge a duplicate Name record that has a Placement with a non-placed record, you’ll see a new checkbox: “Retain Company Association and Status value from non-master record.” This checkbox allows you to keep all of the data from the newly added record as the ‘Master,’ without losing the older record’s connection to the Company or its ‘Placed’ value in the Status field.
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PCRecruiter 9.7.36 – New Styling & Themes
A bold re-imagining of the PCRecruiter UI begins with this week’s update. The refreshed styling, alternate color themes, and nav enhancements are just the beginning of a faster, more efficient, modernized PCR.
This week’s update, releasing on Wednesday, brings design revisions to PCRecruiter that improve the look, feel, and function of the system. The interface modernization you’ll find in this update is merely the first step toward a completely revised PCRecruiter UI that will be rolled out through 2020.
New Styling
Youâll see new styling that helps put the focus on your data, with clearer headings, new color highlights, revised MyPCR graphics, and fewer icons.
Weâve also taken the existing Name, Company, and Position highlight colors and extended them into Rollups, Search Results, and navigation menus. These highlights help users make more focused clicks and ease learning of the system.
Nav Improvements
The new update includes a new option to snap your Action menus to the left or right of the screen, reducing âmouse travelâ and making your navigation more efficient. Weâve also clarified the top/bottom frame-scaling controls, making it easier to adjust the window heights to your needs on the fly.
Color Themes
By popular demand, this release also includes user-selectable color themes. The initial round of themes include Dark Mode, Grey, and Ocean Blue, plus an alternate ‘Condensed’ Dark Mode that uses a narrower font for maximizing space on smaller screens.
More light and dark color palettes are in development and scheduled for release later this year.
We look forward to sharing even bigger changes with you! Watch for future announcement banners when you log into PCRecruiter and follow us on our social networks linked below. As always, we want to hear our users’ ideas on future updates to PCRecruiter, so please visit the Ideas and Requests Forum in our helpdesk to comment or to upvote the ideas that you like best.
Reminder: Webinar with Verified First on April 8
PCRecruiter is proud to partner with a variety of top-tier vendors, including LogicMelon, Resume Library, SenseHQ, and more. One of our long-time partners, Verified First, will be hosting a webinar on February 18 at 11 Eastern to show how their background and drug screening system works with PCR. We invite you to sign up for this informative session at https://verifiedfirst.com/2020webinar-pcrecruiter/
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Happy New Year, in short and long strokes.
At our annual holiday gathering, each of us painted our own version of the same snowy night scene. The result was a series of paintings as unique as each of our clientsâŠ
There are two kinds of people: those who like to read and those for whom this very sentence is TL;DR*
PCRecruiter strives to work for all types, so we offer our New Year greeting to you in two ways:
If you don’t like to readâŠ
The PCRecruiter team wishes you prosperity in 2020. We had a good year, and we expect next year to be even better. We are grateful for your choice of PCRecruiter, and we are continually working to bring you higher value. If you stop reading now, you will miss nothing but details.
and now the wordy versionâŠ
At our company’s annual holiday gathering, each of us painted our own version of the same snowy night scene. The resulting works of art are featured in the video above.
PCRecruiter’s customer base includes a sizable number of elite salespeople, and they tend to thrive in any economy or market. From the search business, to staffing, to HR and NGO, people who must close deals to secure talent have relied on PCRecruiter for years. We are looking forward to supporting many more closed deals in 2020.
In 2019, the PCRecruiter team improved across the board in design, development, delivery, and servicing capabilities. Consequently, the current version of PCRecruiter is the best, most reliable software in our history.
We also released major updates to our Job Board this year. PCRecruiter job advertising and distribution features serve tens of thousands of job openings to a growing list of websites and partners, and this activity can now be integrated with PCR Analytics via Google.
The Ideas & Requests forum on our support portal was productive in 2019, leading to improvements for attachments and preferences, plus new filtering and search tools in the Recycle Bin.
We also worked on partnerships with third-party vendors, including our integration with the Sense communication platform and several major job boards. We carefully monitor all channels for customer suggestions and ideas to improve PCRecruiter.
This year we updated our coding infrastructure and development practices to support the latest frameworks. This will allow us to deliver extensive new functionality and to re-imagine the most widely used PCRecruiter screens in 2020.
Online review sites have become critical to buyer behavior, and PCRecruiter is among the most highly rated offerings on software recommendation and review sites. Your public comments help support our ability to serve you better and for longer. We certainly appreciate every one of your reviews and encourage you to write one on G2 or Capterra if you have not done so.
To the PCRecruiter community around the globe, we extend our best wishes for a new year filled with peace, strength, and abundant prosperity!
* TL;DR = “too long, didn’t read”
Google Analytics & Duplicate Handling – July 2019 Update
PCRecruiter v.9.7.29 includes integration between PCRecruiter Analytics and Google Analytics for our Job Board, plus improved duplicate handling for the Job Board, a CSV Export for Profile Forms, and more.
PCRecruiter v.9.7.29 was released on our hosting system this morning, and with it comes several great new features, in addition to our usual round of performance improvements and under-the-hood preparation for upcoming announcements.
Google Analytics for the PCRecruiter Job Board
Integrating the PCR Analytics with Google Analytics gives you fresh insight into your Job Board’s performance.
The PCRecruiter Analytics can now share event tracking with Google Analytics, sharing the web traffic events from your PCRecruiter Job Board. The result is new insight into your candidate sources and a better handle on the paths taken through your job board. Once you’ve set up Google Analytics on your website, see our Learning Center for further setup instructions.
The Job Board now has a completely revised method of handling applicants who apply using new credentials or who apply with a record that’s already on file. In short, PCRecruiter now recognizes them based on a matching email, resume, or LinkedIn profile URL and then updates the current record without allowing the visitor to access any of the existing data for that record. Learn more about Job Board setup and duplicates in the Learning Center.
You’ll find a new action menu item on the Rollup List screens. With this feature, you can select a group of records and export the answers to any attached profile form into a .CSV file. For more information, see our Learning Center.
Simplified History Fields Dates
We’ve replaced the calendar picker with a simpler month/year dropdown combination on the Work History, Education History, and Military History collection blocks. This will make the interface clearer and more reliable for applicants, who often do not know the exact day on which they began or ended a particular engagement. Learn more about History Fields in our Learning Center.
We’ll be making further exciting announcements about new features and integrations in the coming weeks, so watch this blog for more, and follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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The Main Sequence team has released a fresh update to PCRecruiter this week. This update includes enhancements to the Job Board among other things, and also behind-the-scenes changes to prepare for some great integrations weâll be announcing soon. Letâs look at whatâs been updated this week.First, weâve integrated the PCRecruiter Job Board with Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free product from Google that tracks your website traffic for analysis and reporting. But Google can only tell you where visitors came from and what pages they visited. It canât tell you who they were or whether they were a qualified candidate. On the other side, the PCRecruiter Analytics help you visualize your recruitment metrics, but PCRecruiter alone doesnât know how candidates arrived at your website or travelled through its pages to reach a job application.
By combining these tools, youâll bridge that gap, allowing you to associate the sourcing and navigation data tracked in Google with the candidates in your PCRecruiter pipeline.
Once this connection has been enabled for your website and Job Board, the two systems share tracking events, giving you insight into which paid and organic traffic sources are generating the most value, and helping you to better identify trends in candidate engagement and falloff. The result is a more informed recruitment marketing strategy.
This update also includes changes to how the Job Board handles duplicate and returning candidates. The Job Board offers multiple ways for a new candidate to generate a Name record, including popular social networks or an email and password combination. These credentials serve as their login on return visits.
But what happens if someone returns to the Job Board and uses a different network to register than they did the first time? Or if the candidate was already in your database from an import or a manual entry before they ever came to the Job Board?
Well, it would be a security risk for PCR to show someone data from an existing record if theyâre not using the same credentials on file for that record. It could also be problematic for first-time visitors to your Job Board to discover that youâve already got information about them on file.
To avoid exposing data or complicating the apply process, earlier versions of PCRecruiter would simply create a new record for these candidates and identify them as probable duplicates for the user to merge. The latest update simplifies the process and reduces effort without complicating the candidate experience.
If someone applies on your Job Board with a resume, email address, or LinkedIn profile URL that matches a record already in the system, but they do not use that recordâs Job Board credentials, the system will update their existing record with the newly supplied information without allowing that visitor to see the old data on file.
Rather than having two name records for the two different logins, youâll have one record for that candidate in the system, and their independent logins will be treated as separate Job Board identities that can only see the data that was created while using that identity. This will greatly reduce the chances of duplicate records in your database, while also protecting the existing data from being seen by any visitor who doesnât use that recordâs login.
Another change that may affect your Job Board or custom forms is a new simplification of dates in the History Fields. As of this version, the Date fields in our pre-built blocks for Employment, Education, and Military History will only collect Month and Year rather than requiring a full date, as the specific day for these sorts of entries is often unknown or irrelevant. For Licensing entries, the specific day is still required.
Lastly, weâve added a new Export Profile action to the Rollup screens. Using this feature, you can select a group of records, pick a profile form which is attached to those records, optionally choose a cutoff date, and then export a comma-separated file of the answers stored in those forms. This can be useful in evaluating or charting responses to questionnaires, or in importing answer data to other systems.
For more information on these new features, get in touch with your Main Sequence representative. We have a lot more to show you this summer, so be sure to follow our social networks and watch for the announcement banner when you log into PCRecruiter. If you have suggestions for future versions of PCR, post them in the Ideas forum at help.pcrecruiter.com.
PCR Mobile App – May 2019 Update
A new version of our free PCR Mobile app for Android and iOS is out this week, with the options to add Activities and view Rollup Lists. Plus, a new Custom Search Form is available in the Job Board.
A new PCRecruiter update, v.9.7.25 is out today. In addition to our regular improvements and bug fixes, this update also comes along with improvements to the PCR Mobile App. The app is available for FREE now on Android (v. 9.7.25106) and iOS (v. 9.7.6010), and gives you mobile access to your name, company, and position records on the go.
The new version of the app includes the ability to create Activity Records and also to view your Rollup Lists. (The ability to edit your lists from the app is planned for a future update.)
This update also includes a new Custom Form type for the Job Board, which will allow you to have a job search form on your homepage, a sidebar widget, or anywhere else in your website. When a search is run, the jobseeker will be redirected to your job board with the search results pre-loaded into view. Contact your PCRecruiter representative to discuss adding this to your website.
Lastly, you’ll notice that the alert popups indicating incomplete fields or other warnings have been re-styled.
We’ll have more updates to share in the next few weeks. Share your own ideas for how PCRecruiter can improve your business in our Ideas & Requests Forum, read other users’ suggestions, and vote for the ones you’d find most helpful.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
A new PCRecruiter version is out this week, and the latest edition comes with updates to the PCR mobile application and the Job Board.
The PCRecruiter app, which is available for free on the Google Play and iOS App Stores, affords users mobile access to their names, companies, and positions. The app is perfect for on-the-go access to your contacts, resumes, activities, and notes.
In earlier versions of the app, Activities could be viewed but not created. In this update, you can now enter Activities. Weâve designed the new entry screen in conjunction with recent improvements to Activity entry in the main PCRecruiter interface.
If you need the Activity to appear as a calendar item, youâll check the âScheduleâ box. This adds a color picker and an âAlarmâ checkbox to the screen. The color options match those youâve configured for your schedule in the PCRecruiter full browser version. Checking âAlarmâ allows you to choose your advance warning for the scheduled event.
The âFollowupâ box below has similar color and alarm options, and can be activated with a simple tap.
Weâve also added access to Rollup Lists into the app. The âRecent Rollupsâ area at the bottom of the main screen displays the four most recently viewed lists. To the right, color-coded blocks show how many names, companies, and jobs are on each list. Tap the block to view the desired records, including any custom stage icons youâve configured.
If you want to view a Rollup thatâs not one of the four most recent, youâll find the Rollup Search option in the side menu. This menu also contains the search options for names, companies, and positions, and gives you access to the PCR Analytics if this feature is active on your account.
This update also includes an additional feature in the PCR Job Board. Weâve added a new Custom Form type for building a job search form that can be displayed on your website independently of the job listing and apply screens. For example, you might want to include a job search form in your websiteâs homepage or sidebar. When a search is run, the visitor is taken to the job board page of your site with their results on display. To explore implementing this feature on your website, or to discuss migrating from the Classic Web Extensions to the PCRecruiter Job Board, contact your PCR representative.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or here on the PCRecruiter blog for all the latest news and updates, and visit the Ideas and Requests forum at help.pcrecruiter.com to share your suggestions for future integrations and features.
Candidate Presentations – April 2019 Update
PCRecruiter 9.7.24 includes a list of improvements to the ‘Candidate Presentations’ feature that we released last year, streamlining your client relationships and making your selection process even more efficient.
A new PCRecruiter update, v.9.7.24, has been released to our SaaS hosted customers. Our developers have been hard at work on many enhancements and changes to the Candidate Presentations feature that we released at the end of last year. Based on feedback from our users, we’ve made a number of improvements to this area of PCR, which allows recruiters to send their clients an attractive, branded package of candidate details and attachments, and to receive trackable feedback.
What’s new in Candidate Presentations?
Improved Template Creation
We’ve reorganized and relabeled the Settings panel for greater clarity.
New -/+ icons were added for adding and removing fields from the layout.
A pencil icon has been added for relabeling fields.
We’ve moved the Date for the attachments to its own display area at the right.
The revised Add Header/Footer Image panel now includes options to repeat or stretch the image.
Improved Sending
A “Create Presentation” is now available in the Action menu on the upper right corner of the Name Record, so you can send a presentation directly from the candidate’s screen in addition to sending from Pipeline and Rollup screens.
A new yellow warning icon has been added to call out items in the Presentation that will be skipped over because they don’t contain any data for the selected record.
We’ve streamlined the To: and From: options on the Send screen, including access to alternate email addresses for you and your client.
Improved Presentation Display
Any included fields that contain a URL will now be clickable in the presentation.
Improved Feedback Display
The Feedback column on the Pipeline has been made more compact, and it now displays a highlighted icon and a number when feedback is present.
The display of the Feedback popup has been adjusted to better separate name, email, and rating. We’ve also added the Date to the panel.
Feedback Lists now include direct links to the names, jobs, and companies involved.
The Action button in the Feedback list now includes a View Presentation link.
PCRecruiterâs Candidate Presentations feature makes it easy to send attractive, branded packages to your clients with all the key candidate details and attachments for their review, and to collect and monitor their feedback.
With the latest PCRecruiter update, weâve incorporated feedback from our users to make presentations easier and more intuitive to create, customize, and monitor, resulting in a more efficient placement process.
The changes begin here, in the Presentation Template setup screen, where you define with simple drag and drop which items of data you want to share with your hiring authorities. Weâve streamlined and consolidated the settings panel to make options easier to identify and set â such as the enabling of resume and attachment downloads by the recipient.
Weâve also updated the field selection area to make adding and removing fields from your presentation simpler. You can use the plus and minus icons to add and remove fields from view and use the pencil icon to give any field an alternate name when viewed your client. When youâre in the Attachments area, youâll see that the file dates have been moved to the far right, better separating them from the attachment names.
There have also been several improvements to the utility for adding header and footer images to the screen, including new options to repeat or stretch the image, giving you even more control over your branding.
Now, letâs look at the changes youâll notice during the process of using the Candidate Presentations feature.
Weâve added a new starting point for this process. You can now choose âCreate Presentationâ from the Action menu on a Name record, in addition to starting from a Rollup or Pipeline as before. Once youâve opened a presentation to send, youâll see these new icons indicating sections that have no content â such as attachments that donât exist for the selected candidate. These segments will be skipped over when the presentation is generated.
Youâll notice enhancements while sending a presentation as well. The âFromâ option is now a dropdown that includes any additional aliases youâve configured for your PCRecruiter username under System > Email Alias List. The recipient box has also been updated with a list of large, easily identifiable names. If a recipient has multiple email accounts on file, you can click here to select any alternate address. You can also make this change after selecting a recipient by clicking on the name and using this dropdown.
After the presentation arrives in the recipientâs inbox, theyâll review the info and youâll receive an email notification that the presentation has been opened. Any fields in the presentation that contain a URL will now display a clickable link that opens in a new browser tab.
Another email notification will arrive when the feedback has been submitted, and the text of the feedback is now saved in the Activity record.
Letâs look at the changes to viewing the feedback inside of PCRecruiter.
On the pipeline, the Feedback column has been compacted into simple icons that display the number of feedback responses. Clicking on the feedback item, youâll see weâve upgraded the display, better separating the name, email, and star rating. Weâve also added in the date on which the feedback was recorded.
When viewing a list of presentations, either from one of the records involved or from the Overall Presentation List under the System area, youâll see that there are now links directly to the relevant records, with easily identified color-coding for Names, Positions, and Companies. The Action button, which previously included only a link to edit the presentation, now includes an option to view the presentation as well.
These improvements came from valuable feedback provided by PCRecruiter users following the initial release of the Candidate Presentations feature  a few months ago. If youâd like to share your ideas about how PCRecruiter can improve your business, visit our Ideas and Suggestions forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Stay up to date on PCR by following us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
PCRecruiter Update 9.7.22 – Rollup Stage Filters and Quick Comments
PCR’s new update adds the ability to filter and pre-sort Rollup Lists by the Stage column, as well as a great new ‘quick comments’ feature for Rollup records, and the option to mandate that all users use the Global Rollup Stages.
We’ve released a new update this week that includes improvements to the Rollup Lists, PCR’s versatile tool for managing lists of names, organizations, and positions. Here are the key features:
A new “Quick Comments” column can be added to your Rollup layout. Quick Comments allow the user to supplement a record’s Rollup Stage with brief notes. These notes also appear when viewing the ‘Rollups’ area of the individual record.
The number of clicks required to add a record to a list has been reduced, and even more so when adding a record to multiple lists at the same time.
A ‘Filter’ icon has been added to the top of the Rollup Stage column header. Clicking it allows the user to temporarily filter their view of the list to only the selected Stages.
Rollup Stage is now available as a primary or secondary Default Sort option when configuring your Rollup layout.
The ‘Global Rollup Stages’ released in our October 2018 update can now be made mandatory for all newly created lists. If the checkbox is disabled, users can choose whether to use the Global Stages or their own individual ones when creating new lists.
The use of the terms “Stage”, “Status” and “Description” on Rollups has been updated for consistency across screens.
Video Transcript
Rollup Lists are one of PCRecruiter’s most versatile features, allowing you to group and sort names, jobs, and organizations for a variety of purposes. This week’s update includes a set of improvements to Rollups that make them an even more convenient way to manage your contacts and positions.
The new update uses fewer steps for adding records to a list, and makes it faster to add the same record to more than one list. You’ll open up the ‘Add to Rollup’ window, and then simply click on the lists you want to add the record to. You’ll see the record count for that list go up, and a colored progress bar to keep track of which lists you’ve already put the record on.
We’ve also made some changes to the lists themselves. A new ‘filter’ icon appears at the top of the Rollup Stage column. In the popup, any Stages in use on this list will be highlighted, along with a count showing the number of records at that Stage on this list. Checking off one or more of the Stages and clicking ‘Done’ will filter your view to only the records matching your selected Stages. The filter icon changes color to indicate that a filter is active, and the filter remains active until you reload the list or remove the filter checkmarks.
You can also set your Rollup configuration to use the Stage column as the default primary or secondary sort order, so that your lists sort by Stage automatically when you open them.
The other new feature on the Rollup screen is a ‘Quick Comments’ column that can be added to your layout. This column allows you to add a brief note to the Rollup List itself for each of the records on it, supplementing your Stages. For example, if you’re using the Rollup for a calling list, you might change the Stage to ‘Attempted’ and then include in the comments box that it’s your second attempt, or that the line was busy, and so on.
These same comments are visible and editable from the Rollups panel of the record, so you can adjust or review the comments for all of that record’s various Rollups in a single location.
Lastly, we introduced a new Global Rollup Stages feature last October, allowing admin-level users to define Rollup Stage icons, activities, and automation plans that could be applied to all users in the database, overriding any per-user Stage setups. This new version includes a setting which forces these Global Stages to be applied to all new Rollups. With the box unchecked, the individual user can select whether to use the Global Stages or to continue using their own personal Stage configurations on a list-by-list basis.
Tell us what you’d like to see added to Rollups by logging into the Ideas and Requests forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Post your ideas, or vote and comment on the ideas that would be helpful to you. Keep up to date on PCRecruiter by following us on Twitter and Facebook, joining our LinkedIn Users Group, and watching for the banner notifications inside of PCR and on your login screen.
PCRecruiter Job Board
Modern, mobile-friendly, and highly customizable. The PCRecruiter Job Board offers the flexibility and branding of a bespoke job board with the simplicity of an off-the-shelf system.
The PCRecruiter Job Board is modern, mobile-friendly, and highly customizable. Combining the fast, affordable implementation of an off-the-shelf job board with the custom flexibility of a bespoke candidate portal, the Job Board offers a straightforward applicant experience that meets your employment branding needs.
A PCR consultant will work with you to configure and format the Job Board with the right fields and features to suit your requirements. Several starter templates are available to choose from, and our designers will adjust the style and layout to match your branding. Once the Job Board is configured, easy copy/paste code frames it into your company website, where itâs also ready for action with Google Jobs, Indeed, and other job posting providers and aggregators.
Your candidates will be able to quickly find and apply to your current openings or simply submit a resume, and can use their social network login for fast and accurate data entry. The apply process can be as simple or complicated as you need it to be, and is fully EEOC and GDPR compliant.
Whether youâre designing a new website or are just looking to modernize and improve on your current job listings, contact a PCRecruiter representative to learn how the PCR Job Board can help to achieve your goals.
Common Questions
Q: Will it work with my web hosting platform?
Yes. The Job Board is hosted on the PCRecruiter server and embeds via a unique iframe+javascript combination into most web platforms, including WordPress, SquareSpace, and more. If youâre using a WordPress, our WordPress plugin makes it even simpler. Some DIY platforms such as Wix, GoDaddy Website Builder, and Yahoo Small Business may restrict embedding options. For these hosts there are alternate methods available for linking to the Job Board. We will provide you or your web designer with instructions when your Job Board is ready to be published.
Q: What does it cost?
In most cases, a one-time $250 fee covers the consultation and personalized design work. Complex application or design requirements may affect costs. Monthly fees will depend on your PCRecruiter contract. Ask your salesperson for details.
Q: Iâm already using the PCRecruiter Web Extensions. How does this affect me?
Our legacy Extensions will continue to remain active for the foreseeable future, although no non-critical updates are being made to them. You may continue to use them as long as they serve your needs. However, we hope you will consider the many advantages to migrating.
How the Job Board differs from the Web Extensions:
Vastly more customizable. Practically every step of the process has configurable layouts, labels, and messaging. The Job Board can accommodate many formats and functions which were not possible in the Extensions.
Responsive design. Roughly half of all web traffic comes from mobile devices. The Job Board works on desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
More search-engine friendly.
Allow candidates to register with a social network as an alternative to creating a PCR-specific password. LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and Indeed – you may enable all, some, or none as you wish. You can even disable password/login requirements entirely, although this may increase the likelihood of self-duplication if you have returning applicants.
The Job Board can load resumes and attachments directly from online document storage services – DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive.
It can work with your existing Profile forms, but it also may reduce your need for them due to its highly customizable apply/register forms.
A secure session cookie allows jobseekers to browse your website after applying / logging in and then to return to the Job Board page without having to sign back in again.
The most notable difference is in how the Job Board handles returning users and duplicates:
With the Classic Web Extensions, a jobseeker who already existed in the database and attempted to apply without logging in first would be halted and required to log in with their password before proceeding. This could confuse the visitor or delay their application process.
With the Job Board, PCR allows the process to go simply forward as normal if the candidate does not log in first. If the name and email or the resume are an exact match for an existing record, PCR generates an association between the two records and marks them with an icon in your search results. The PCR user can then make the determination as to whether to merge, delete, or edit the duplicate records.
Applicants who use the same social network login or the same email/password combination for subsequent visits will not generate a duplicate record.
Video Transcript
Flexibility. Clarity. Speed. Thatâs what you and your job seekers expect from a Job Board, and thatâs what PCRecruiter delivers. The PCRecruiter Job Board provides a straightforward, user-friendly application experience for active and passive candidates.
The Job Board is, above all, remarkably adaptable. Adaptable to any screen size or device, putting your jobs within the reach of millions of candidates on desktop, mobile, and tablet devices, and adaptable in its ability to support an infinite combination of data points in a wide array of layouts and styles to meet your employment branding needs, now and in the future. The PCR Job Board combines the flexibility of a made-to-order career portal with the smooth implementation of an out-of-the-box solution.
The Job Board is hosted on the PCRecruiter server, making it easy to embed or link to on practically any web hosting platform. And, if your site is built on WordPress, a convenient plugin makes framing-in the Job Board a snap.
A PCRecruiter consultant will work with you to define the specifications for your unique Job Board, and one of our designers will match the fonts, colors, and styling of the Job Board to blend seamlessly with your company website.
Built on industry-standard web frameworks like Bootstrap and jQuery, and integrated with secure authentication services like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google for easy candidate entry, the Job Board is modern, mobile, and ready to meet your needs.
With the PCRecruiter Job Board in your website, youâre ready to gain maximum exposure via third-party sites like GlassDoor, Indeed, and others using PCRâs integrated posting tools, and easily shareable direct links. Plus, the Job Board supports the necessary tagging for Google indexing and Google Jobs.
A typical candidate experience begins on the job list and search page, which can be laid out in a variety of ways depending on the design of your website and the demands of your job data. If you only have a few jobs, the search can be disabled entirely, or if you have a lot, the form can be configured with any compliment of fields and filters to quickly get your jobseekers to the results that theyâre after.
The appearance of the results is also totally adjustable. For example, a traditional table layout can be helpful when there are many jobs to display with a handful of details each, while a grid allows for more extensive info about each position. A list layout can offer room for longer job description excerpts, or furnish a more compact use of screen space. The complete job descriptions, along with any other fields you wish to include, are just a tap away.
Applying to a job begins with the option to use popular social networks as a shortcut to creating a record and importing contact details. The same social network can be used as a login on future visits to apply for other jobs or, if you wish, to update candidate information.
The jobseekerâs info is now in your database, and theyâre presented with an application form to complete their record. This form can be as simple or as complex as you wish. Whether you just need a resume, email, and phone number, or a complete work history with attachments and references, the PCR Job Board can handle it. This form can be followed by optional job-specific profiles to help sort and qualify candidates automatically.
The process wraps up with a customizable thank-you message, and automated emails to the applicant and the internal position contacts. And of course, the Job Board meets your EEO or GDPR compliance requirements.
In addition to the complete search and apply experience, the PCR Job Board also includes a Custom Forms feature. These forms can be integrated into your website for simple resume or contact submission by candidates, or for name and company entry by business development prospects. Youâll be notified by email, and ready to respond immediately using PCRâs integrated email or phone capabilities. Like the rest of the PCR Job Board, these one-way submission forms are mobile-friendly and can be seamlessly designed to suit, whether youâve got a professional web designer on your team or are managing the website yourself.
The PCRecruiter Job Board offers everything you need to get your positions online for candidates to view and apply to, and the implementation is simple, swift, and affordable. Whether youâre designing a new website or are looking to modernize and improve on your current candidate experience, contact a PCRecruiter representative to learn how the PCR Job Board can deliver for you.
User Preferences & Google Voice (Update 9.7.21)
PCRecruiter v 9.7.21 includes a revisions to User Preferences and Security, including preferences for opening record entry screens in new tabs rather than popups, plus a Google Voice Extension for Chrome, and further revisions to the Activity entry screen.
The December 2018 PCRecruiter update includes several fixes and improvements, including follow-up improvements to the newly revised Activity entry screen (see our October 2018 update.)
The most noticeable alterations in this release are related to the User Security and Preferences features. We have reviewed the panels of the User setup screen, located under the System area, to remove and regroup items that may have become outdated or were more logically placed with similar items.
While regrouping these items, we added a new User Preferences panel to the top right menu in PCR, and moved some of the personalizing preferences there. This gives the individual user control over some options that previously required a system admin’s involvement. This new screen also has a completely new set of preferences which let the user open the Add Record, Add Activity, Add Note, Send Email, and Submit Profile screens a new browser tab rather than the usual popup window for more screen space or use of a second monitor.
We’ve also released a PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin for Chrome that adds Dial Using Google Voice and Text Using Google Voice buttons into PCR’s dialing popup. Clicking either button allows you to launch a call or compose a text message, and then have it handed off to your Google Voice Extension while also creating an outgoing Activity record. Download the plugin from the Chrome Store and see our Learning Center for more information.
These updates began with suggestions from our users in the Ideas forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Please log in and post your ideas or vote and comment on the changes that would be helpful to you. (And be sure to drink your Ovaltine!)
Video Transcript:
As 2019 approaches, the PCRecruiter team remains hard at work on new features and improvements, including the update weâre excited to release this week. As always, the new update includes a number of minor fixes and improvements, including several follow-up tweaks to the revised Activity entry screen that we released in October 2018.
The primary changes in this release are in the area of user Security and Preferences. Our development team has reviewed these panels of the User setup screen under the System area, removing outdated items, and moving some items from one section to another.
Non-administrative users will now find a âUser Preferencesâ option in the menu at the top right corner of PCRecruiter. This new area gives the individual user control over a few of the personal preferences that previously required a system adminâs involvement to change. For example, the âHold Sub-Navigationâ option, which causes PCR to remember which panel of the Position, Name, or Company record youâre viewing, and to continue to show that same panel as you navigate to other Positions, Names, or Companies. This can be helpful for tasks like clicking through multiple names and viewing the resumes without needing to click on the âResumeâ navigation item each time.
A brand-new set of preferences have been added to this screen. This column allows the user to choose to open the Add Record, Add Activity, Add Note, Send Email, and Submit Profile links in a new browser tab rather than a popup window. Using a new tab can offer more screen space to work in and affords the option to move that panel into a second monitor.
Weâve also released a new Extension for Chrome: the PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin. Available for free in the Chrome Store, this plugin adds âDial Using Google Voiceâ and âText Using Google Voiceâ buttons into the Phone Dialing popup on your PCRecruiter records. Clicking either button allows you to launch a call or compose a text message, and then have it handed off to your Chrome Google Voice extension. Unlike using Google Voice alone, using the PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin creates Activity records indicating when you called or what text message was sent.
These updates began with suggestions from our users in the Ideas forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Be sure to log in and post your ideas or vote and comment on the changes that would be helpful to you.
Look for more updates in the coming weeks, and keep up to date on PCRecruiter by following us on Twitter and Facebook, joining our LinkedIn Users Group, and watching for the banner notifications inside of PCR and on your login screen.
PCRecruiter Update v 9.7.21 – User Preferences & Google Voice
PCRecruiter v 9.7.21 includes a revisions to User Preferences and Security, including preferences for opening record entry screens in new tabs rather than popups, plus a Google Voice Extension for Chrome, and further revisions to the Activity entry screen.
The December 2018 PCRecruiter update includes several fixes and improvements, including follow-up improvements to the newly revised Activity entry screen (see our October 2018 update.)
The most noticeable alterations in this release are related to the User Security and Preferences features. We have reviewed the panels of the User setup screen, located under the System area, to remove and regroup items that may have become outdated or were more logically placed with similar items.
While regrouping these items, we added a new User Preferences panel to the top right menu in PCR, and moved some of the personalizing preferences there. This gives the individual user control over some options that previously required a system admin’s involvement. This new screen also has a completely new set of preferences which let the user open the Add Record, Add Activity, Add Note, Send Email, and Submit Profile screens a new browser tab rather than the usual popup window for more screen space or use of a second monitor.
We’ve also released a PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin for Chrome that adds Dial Using Google Voice and Text Using Google Voice buttons into PCR’s dialing popup. Clicking either button allows you to launch a call or compose a text message, and then have it handed off to your Google Voice Extension while also creating an outgoing Activity record. Download the plugin from the Chrome Store and see our Learning Center for more information.
These updates began with suggestions from our users in the Ideas forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Please log in and post your ideas or vote and comment on the changes that would be helpful to you. (And be sure to drink your Ovaltine!)
Video Transcript:
As 2019 approaches, the PCRecruiter team remains hard at work on new features and improvements, including the update weâre excited to release this week. As always, the new update includes a number of minor fixes and improvements, including several follow-up tweaks to the revised Activity entry screen that we released in October 2018.
The primary changes in this release are in the area of user Security and Preferences. Our development team has reviewed these panels of the User setup screen under the System area, removing outdated items, and moving some items from one section to another.
Non-administrative users will now find a âUser Preferencesâ option in the menu at the top right corner of PCRecruiter. This new area gives the individual user control over a few of the personal preferences that previously required a system adminâs involvement to change. For example, the âHold Sub-Navigationâ option, which causes PCR to remember which panel of the Position, Name, or Company record youâre viewing, and to continue to show that same panel as you navigate to other Positions, Names, or Companies. This can be helpful for tasks like clicking through multiple names and viewing the resumes without needing to click on the âResumeâ navigation item each time.
A brand-new set of preferences have been added to this screen. This column allows the user to choose to open the Add Record, Add Activity, Add Note, Send Email, and Submit Profile links in a new browser tab rather than a popup window. Using a new tab can offer more screen space to work in and affords the option to move that panel into a second monitor.
Weâve also released a new Extension for Chrome: the PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin. Available for free in the Chrome Store, this plugin adds âDial Using Google Voiceâ and âText Using Google Voiceâ buttons into the Phone Dialing popup on your PCRecruiter records. Clicking either button allows you to launch a call or compose a text message, and then have it handed off to your Chrome Google Voice extension. Unlike using Google Voice alone, using the PCRecruiter Google Voice Plugin creates Activity records indicating when you called or what text message was sent.
These updates began with suggestions from our users in the Ideas forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Be sure to log in and post your ideas or vote and comment on the changes that would be helpful to you.
Look for more updates in the coming weeks, and keep up to date on PCRecruiter by following us on Twitter and Facebook, joining our LinkedIn Users Group, and watching for the banner notifications inside of PCR and on your login screen.
Candidate Presentations
PCRecruiterâs latest update includes the first release of our ‘Candidate Presentations’ feature, which streamlines your client relationships and makes your selection process more efficient.
PCRecruiterâs latest update includes the first release of our Candidate Presentations feature, which streamlines your client relationships and makes your selection process more efficient.
With this new utility, youâll be able to email attractive, branded packages to your clients containing the relevant candidate details and attachments. Clients and hiring authorities can then review the selected records and submit feedback directly to your database. Feedback can be viewed from the position pipeline, from the candidate’s record, or from the company record associated with the job opening.
You control the fields that are displayed and which attachments are included in these presentations. Three basic templates and fourteen color themes are included, which you can add your custom header and footer to, including a company logos. Custom styling is also available, and branded themes are offered upon request.
Also in the near future you’ll be seeing a new ‘Job Feeds’ area appearing in the Post window on your position records. This system will allow you to opt your positions into job feeds for a growing list of third-party job boards. More information about specific job boards will be posted as these new feeds are activated. If there are particular job boards you would like our team to pursue, let us know in our Ideas & Requests Forum.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
With PCRecruiterâs âCandidate Presentationsâ feature, youâll find it easy to send attractive, branded packages to your clients with all of the important candidate details and attachments for their review, and to collect and monitor their feedback.
Your client receives an email containing a link to one or more candidates that youâve submitted to them. These fully-configurable screens contain your selected data fields and attachments from the PCRecruiter database.
The Presentations feature comes with stock templates, which you can easily apply your companyâs logo and colors to. Custom templates can be designed to suit. Contact our sales team for details.
To submit feedback, the client simply clicks the âFeedbackâ button, enters their name and email address, and includes their notes about the presented candidate. A star rating feature is also available.
Inside of the database, the Pipeline screen indicates which candidates have feedback on file, and clicking reveals each of the submitted responses.
Responses can also be viewed under the âPresentationsâ tab on the candidate record, or the company associated with the job opening. Each line indicates who the candidate was presented to and for which position, who sent the presentation and when, how long the presentation remains open for feedback, when it was seen and how many times, an average of the star ratings, and a link to view the feedback comments from each of the respondents.
PCRecruiterâs Candidate Presentations streamline your client relationships for a more efficient placement process. For more information on Candidate Presentations, visit our Learning Center or contact support@mainsequence.net.
PCR Update v.9.7.19 – New Activity Screen & Global Rollup Stages
PCRecruiter’s new update this week comes with a revised ‘New Activity’ window and the ability for system admins to define database-wide Rollup Stage configurations with per-task icons and automations.
A new update will be rolling out on the PCRecruiter servers this week. In addition to our usual fixes and improvements behind the scenes, this update includes some noticeable new features and improvements:
The New Activity screen has been redesigned to include:
The same action shortcuts that you see in the ‘Recently Viewed’ records area on the main search screens.
A link to view the Schedule.
A ‘Duration’ dropdown to give scheduled items a time slot.
More convenient access to the color and alarm items for scheduled items.
Option to generate a separate Activity for follow-ups.
Option to schedule follow-ups onto other users’ calendars.
A reworked configuration panel with improved default options and color labeling/ordering tools.
A new Global Rollup Stage Icons panel under SYSTEM:
This allows admin users to define Rollup Stage icons, activities, and automation plans to be applied to all users in the database, overriding any per-user stage setups.
The Global Rollup Stages also come with a ‘Function’ dropdown so that different groups of stages can be configured for different purposes.
URL Tel: Protocol support:
A new ‘Hyperlink’ option has been added to the configuration icon by the phone number on records in System > Users.
When active, clicking the ‘Phone’ icon by any number in the name, company, or position record will launch the default Tel: software on your computer (Skype, etc.) Windows 10 users: see ‘Choose a default app for each protocol’ in your Start menu to define your machine’s Tel: app.
“Greener is Greater” coloring in Lucene keyword search results:
Databases configured with the Lucene Search Engine will see green shading on keyword search results, indicating strength of the match to the search query.
To see if your database is using the Lucene, check the upper right corner of the Advanced Search screen for the label “Keyword Version: Lucene.” Contact a representative for more info.
Contractor Module updates:
A new Timesheet Payroll View toggle appears in the ‘Contract Hours’ list view. This toggle switches between the standard view of contractors currently on assignment and the new view of contractors currently due for payroll.
The Paychex CSV output now includes the Position Id.
This change was made based on feedback from our users. We invite you to make your suggestions and vote on others’ ideas in the features forum at https://help.pcrecruiter.com
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
This week weâre releasing a fresh update to PCRecruiter, and our users will be able to take advantage of some helpful improvements. Let take a look at whatâs new:The most noticeable changes are in the Add Activity window.
Weâve carried over the ârecently viewed recordâ card layout from the Search area to the top of the Activity panel, giving you the same data points and shortcut icons to send email, link to a position, and so on. This convenience will be especially helpful to users who immediately open a fresh activity when making or taking a phone call. A new shortcut link to view your schedule has been added as well.
The interface for adding scheduled items has also been streamlined. A âDurationâ dropdown has been added so that you can set a designated time slot for Activities correlated to scheduled events. The tools for selecting a color code and reminder alarm for your scheduled items have been moved so that they appear directly along side the time and duration.
The process of creating a follow-up activity has been made simpler as well. The same duration and alarm tools have been included here, and new options have been added which let you generate a separate Activity for the follow-up, and schedule that follow-up for one or more other users in the database.
The Share Activity panel allows you to duplicate the same Activity to other contact records in the database and to email a copy of the Activity text to that person as well.
The configuration panel for the Activity window has also been updated. You can now define the labels and order of your Schedule Event color codes from here â a panel that was previously only available on the Schedule screen itself. This panel also allows you to set default options for your new Activities and follow-ups to save data entry time when it counts.
One final change in the Activity window will be helpful to those of you who use Skype or other phone applications that recognize the TEL protocol from web links. A new âHyperlinkâ setting has been added to the userâs Telephone Settings, found by the contact phone number in each user record. With this toggled on, clicking the phone icons from your contact records will not only launch the Activity window as always, so that you can record the details of the call, but it can now hand off the selected phone number to your computerâs designated phone app for automatic dialing.
This update also brings improvements to the Rollup List stages. In previous versions, the names, colors, icons, and activities for Rollup Lists were set up on a per-user basis. Now youâll find a Rollup List Global Stage Setup under the System area. The Rollup configurations made here will be applied consistently for all users in the database. In addition, you can create separate Stage configurations for different Functions like Marketing, Sales, Development, Recruiting, and Sourcing. Once these Rollup Functions are configured, theyâll appear as a new option when youâre creating or editing a Rollup, giving that list the stages and automations that you need for performing that type of task.
In addition to these major changes, and of course our continual performance enhancements and fixes behind the scenes, PCRecruiter databases configured for the Lucene search engine will now see new coloring on keyword search results. This âgreener is greaterâ color coding shows records in which your selected keywords appear more frequently and closer to the top of the document with a darker green, while those results that donât match as strongly will appear with a lighter green.
Weâve got a lot of other new features on the way before the end of 2018, many which have been suggested by users like you in the Forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Be sure to log in and post your ideas, or vote and comment on the ideas that would be helpful to you. Keep up to date on PCRecruiter by following us on Twitter and Facebook, joining our LinkedIn Users Group, and watching for the banner notifications inside of PCR and on your login screen.
July 2018 Update
PCRecruiter will be updated this week with a revised interface for finding and opening Rollup Lists and a new ‘Rollup Rank’ option for star-ranking names, companies, and jobs. We’ve also given the login screen a face-lift and released a brand new company website.
Main Sequence is thrilled to have released our brand new website today! We applaud our designer and the technical team for their hard work on this project over the past several months.
In conjunction with the new site, you’ll also be noticing an updated look to the PCRecruiter login screen, as well as the popup banner that appears in PCR when new announcements like this one are posted.
In addition to the website launch, we released a new PCRecruiter update on Wednesday, July 18.
The video above details some of the most noticeable changes you’ll see in this update, including a simplified way to navigate to your desired Rollup Lists as well as a new Rollup Rank star-rating column for your candidates, job openings, and clients or departments.
What do you want to see changed or added in PCRecruiter? Visit our forum at https://help.pcrecruiter.com to share and up-vote ideas. Our team is listening!
Video Transcript
PCRecruiter has been updated with a fresh slate of fixes and performance enhancements this week, and as always, weâve added in some helpful new features as well. Letâs roll through the changes youâre going to notice.
The biggest changes in this release can be found in the Rollups area. Weâve revised the interface for finding and opening your lists, making it clearer and easier to use.
Youâll notice that the boxes for switching between your Recently Viewed Rollups and All Rollups are gone, and have been replaced by a simplified search bar across the top. The extra horizontal screen real estate has been used for displaying the date on which each list was created and the systemâs unique code associated with that list. Weâve also added color to the three columns that display the record counts for your lists to help them stand out. As always, clicking anywhere within the colored boxes will load your desired records.
The search bar works like it always has, but it is now presented on the screen even while viewing your recently viewed lists. Just enter the name of the list, filter by category or usernames if you wish, and search. Youâll notice that youâre automatically switched to the âAll Rollupsâ view when the results appear. You can use this toggle to change back to the recently viewed lists.
The next big change youâll find is the new Rollup Rank option, which can be helpful in organizing and prioritizing records in relation to a given project. Weâll start by using the âConfigureâ action on any Rollup screen. In the layout panel, weâll add the new Predefined: Rollup Rank, and drag it into place. Then we can save and close the configure panel.
Now when we view any list, the Rollup Rank column appears. Hovering over the five stars selects a percentage and clicking saves that desired rank. Youâll be able to see and edit this same ranking while looking at the Rollup panel from the individual record. This same ranking will be visible to any other user who also has the Rollup Rank column in their layout.
We have the option to preserve these rankings when copying or moving a record to another Rollup. A new checkbox appears at the top of the âMove to Rollupâ and âCopy to Rollupâ windows. If left unchecked, the record will have an empty ranking on the new list itâs been copied or moved to.
Letâs look at one more minor improvement thatâs been made in this area. Weâre going to open a list of Positions and use the Configure action to change the column layout. Weâll click to set a new field, and then search for âInterviewâ in the dropdown. There are âCurrent Countâ and âTotal Countâ options for each of the Pipeline screenâs main Interview Types. These columns are not new in this version, but what is new is that the column header now displays whether itâs a Current Count or a Total Count column. This will be helpful for those of you who are displaying both kinds of counts in your layout. These same changes apply if youâve added these Count columns to your Position search results layout.
Outside of the Rollup improvements, hereâs what else youâll see in this release:
The Duplicate Names Report, found under the Reports menu, now includes duplicate check criteria for First Name, Last Name, and Cell Phone, as well as Last Name and Cell Phone. And in case you missed it in the update earlier this year, you can also run a duplicate check on a specific Rollup list.
Also, a new âNo Permissionâ option has been added to the âAttachmentsâ security setting for names, companies, and positions. In previous versions, a userâs security settings could prevent them from deleting attachments, but could not prevent them from accessing them. This new option removes the Attachments navigation options from the screen.
Weâve got a lot of other new features on the way this summer, many which have been suggested by our users in the Forum at help.pcrecruiter.com. Be sure to log in and post your ideas, or vote and comment on the ideas that would be helpful to you. Keep up to date on PCRecruiter by following us on Twitter and Facebook, joining our LinkedIn Users Group, and watching for the banner notifications inside of PCR and on your login screen.
PCRecruiter is ready for the GDPR
Main Sequenceâs guiding principles in regards to EU Data Protection Laws are to:
Remain continuously informed about the status of actual legislation, current recommended best practices as presented by the EU government, data protection authorities, and pertinent private industry exemplars, and accomplish technical requirements associated with compliance.
Ensure that customers are offered the longest practicable lead time to make required changes and minimize business disruption, including any ongoing obligations to Main Sequence, associated with Main Sequenceâs compliance, or non-compliance, with relevant EU Data Protection laws.
The Genesis of GDPR
The pertinent law, scheduled for full-effect 25 May, 2018, is EU Directive 016/679, headed âGeneral Data Protection Regulationâ. The now-standard acronym is âGDPRâ. The GDPR law is presented as lengthy assembly of principles related to nearly every aspect of handling information.
The GDPR is structured around detailed and defined roles for the various parties involved with handling information. The persons that are the subjects of information (candidates, clients) are called Data Subjects. The parties that process data (recruiters) are called Data Processors, and the parties that collect and use the data (such as Main Sequence) are Data Controllers.
The GDPR rule developed in light of the previous rule, and from a political process that unfolded over the previous decade. The political sticking points involved with international data protection are inescapable when subjecting firms with varying interests, assets, and exposures to various sovereigns, and arriving at dispute enforcement mechanisms that are actually compelling of good behavior.
So far, these structures have taken the form of quasi-treaties. One that was heavily relied on by Data Processors was known as âSafe Harborâ. Safe Harbor was built around a memo of understanding between vendors and US government agencies that the vendors would reasonably respond to EU data protection authority demands.
Eventually, the EU judiciary did not find that protection to be adequate, and in ruling C-362/14, the EU Court of Justice determined that Safe Harbor would no longer suffice for compliance with EU Data Authority rules.
This decision created immediate disruption and uncertainty for hundreds of cloud vendors and thousands of customers. In response to that pressure, the EU executive body (EU Commission) issued COM 566 (November 2015), stating that Data Exporters who had executed contracts with Data Importers containing unmodified EU provided standard Model Contract Terms (and appropriate appendices) would be compliant until further notice. These contract terms are explicit and comprehensive, although enforcement remains situational.
Main Sequence’s Status as Data Controller
Main Sequence interprets section (106) of Directive 016/79 (âThe Commission should monitor the functioning of decisions on the level of protection in a third country, a territory or specified sector within a third country, or an international organization, and monitor the functioning of decisions adopted on the basis of Article 25(6) or Article 26(4) of Directive 95/46/EC.â) as authorizing us to continue offering EU Model Contract Terms until at least 25 May 2018 or such time as the EU Commission no longer recognizes the Model Contract Terms as sufficient safeguards under Directive 016/679.
Along with GDPR, a successor to Safe Harbor was created. Itâs called Privacy Shield. Main Sequence is a certified participant in Privacy Shield as of 20 November, 2017. That certification may be found here.
In EU Commission COM(2017) 611 (final), the Commission states that: âIn its Decision of 12 July 2016 (âthe adequacy decisionâ), the Commission found that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (âPrivacy Shieldâ) ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data that has been transferred from the European Union to organisations in the U.S.â
Main Sequence is satisfied that Data Controllers may use our services in the reasonable expectation that they will be found adequate under GDPR.
A key open question of enforcement for Data Processors appears to be the question of where data must be hosted. On 16 October, 2017, The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case United States v. Microsoft, which turns on the question presented to the court:
Whether a United States provider of email services must comply with a probable-cause-based warrant issued under 18 U.S.C. 2703 by making disclosure in the United States of electronic communications within that providerâs control, even if the provider has decided to store that material abroad.
On 23 March, 2018, The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, commonly known as the CLOUD Act, was signed into law. The CLOUD act contains a provision that requires email service providers to disclose emails within their âpossession, custody, or control,â even when those emails are located outside the United States. This law rendered moot United States v. Microsoft, which was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 17 April, 2018.
This development removes a significant potential incentive for the EU to demand in-region hosting services.
PCRecruiter Compliance
In addition to the model contract terms, Main Sequence notes the following in regard to compliance with Directive 016/679:
PCRecruiter security settings will be set to high by default
Consent management tools already exist in PCRecruiter for opt-in and opt-in renewal + status notation. These tools are being streamlined and extended for GDPR, and GDPR specific training/consulting/configuration will be available to our customers prior to 25 May, 2018.
Data portability tools already exist in PCRecruiter to download individual data records as report objects. As with consent management, these tools will be streamlined and ready for use when the law comes into effect. The data portability requirements of the GDPR, in particular, are likely to be developed by enforcement practice subsequent to the 25 May, 2018 effective date of the regulation.
Main Sequence will provide complete database return to customers upon request.
Main Sequence will report to a customer any data breach within 72 hours of discovery.
Search and sort tools to facilitate removal of no-longer pertinent data at appropriate intervals already exist in PCRecruiter.
Main Sequence will perform all minimum legal requirements for EU Data Processors, and in the event of a default by Main Sequence of any EU Data Processor requirement, Main Sequence will release any EU Data Controller customer from any future contractual obligations and /or waive any early termination fees associated with closing a PCRecruiter account prior to contract expiry.
Main Sequence will actively monitor compliance responsibilities for EU Data Processors operating in the United States and processing EU Personal Data.
Pseudonymisation is not a required technique, but may lower exposure to notification requirements in the event of a security incident. It is unlikely that PCRecruiter records can be fully pseudonymised because direct identifiers (data that can be used to identify by cross-linking through other information that is in the public domain) such as addresses, phone numbers, etc. are essential recruitment information. Pseudonymisation features may be expanded in PCRecruiter (for example, âblindedâ C/Vâs) or coded candidate submissions which could work to limit further interrelationships between recruitment firms and their customers as pertaining to the GDPR
Main Sequence has no role in selecting a Data Protection Officer for customers, or in acting as one on behalf of customers.
Main Sequence recognizes that our customers may require support to configure PCRecruiter for essential tasks associated with their role as Data Controllers. Important steps for Data Controllers include, but are not limited to:
Documenting Security of Processing
Evaluation Pseudonymisation/Encryption
Assessment of Compliance
Data Breach Notification Planning
Estimating Data Protection Impact
Identifying Data Protection Officer
Design Data Acquisition and Maintenance for Minimum Impact
Review/Update Processor Contracts
Audit Record of Processing Activities
For customers requiring certification for PCRecruiter as a Data Processor, please refer to our Privacy Shield certification. For customers seeking information/training/configuration of Data Controller tools within PCRecruiter, please contact your Main Sequence sales consultant or submit a request to our online support system to schedule services.
GDPR Compliance Features
The following capabilities will be available upon request in the first week of May, 2018:
GDPR Data Fields
A GDPR tab on all name records, which contains new fields for tracking the Consent Date and Consent Purposes.
Consent Status Highlighting
Records with Consent Purpose set to Awaiting Consent or Revoked Consent are flagged in orange and are automatically opted out of all list-based email. Names that exist in the database at the time of activation will be automatically set to Awaiting Consent.
Consent Form Letters
Consent Form Letters are generated, which include âInsert Fieldâ merge tags leading the recipient to affirm or revoke consent. Selecting Deny sets the Consent Purpose field on the name to Requested Deletion.
Job Board Consent Requirement
A configurable consent agreement is added to the PCR Job Board so that all online applicants are prompted to affirm consent before proceeding to submit information.
Activity and Consent Log
The system adds New Activity types for tracking consent activity, and also adds a dedicated “Consent Log” panel for retaining all details and notes pertaining to consent collection.
Inactive Record Identification
An EUC Consent Purpose filter is added to the Identify Inactive Records panel, facilitating the location of inactive records and adding them to a list for Forgetting or other handling.
Global Change
A new Global Change option allows admin to apply consent setting to multiple records at once, such as all names that have Requested Deletion. All changes are recorded to the Consent Log.
Forget and Download
New Forget and Download action items appear for admin-level users, allowing them to relegate any single contact to the Forget Bin or to back up the recordâs fields and attachments locally. An option also exists for âauto-forgettingâ records that remain without consent for a given period of time.
Forget Bin
Once ‘forgotten,’ a record is given an ID and sent to the Forget Bin admin area. The email remains visible in the bin only. The ID takes the place of the record in Position Pipeline history.
Split-Desk Recruiting Features
PCRecruiterâs new split-desk features make it easy to manage the complex calculations required when multiple people participate in sales or performance commissions and incentives. If you need to apportion dollar amounts and manage multiple players in your contract or permanent placement process, these built-in tracking and calculation tools will put an end to your splitting headaches.
PCRecruiterâs new split-desk features make it easy to manage the complex calculations required when multiple people participate in sales or performance commissions and incentives. If you need to apportion dollar amounts and manage multiple players in your contract or permanent placement process, these built-in tracking and calculation tools will put an end to your splitting headaches.
Posting jobs with LogicMelon via PCRecruiter
PCRecruiter has partnered with LogicMelon (logicmelon.com) to help you manage and track your job postings to multiple websites, job boards, and networks.
PCRecruiter has partnered with LogicMelon (logicmelon.com) to help you manage and track your job postings to multiple websites, job boards, and networks.
Textkernel and PCRecruiter
PCRecruiterâs direct integration with Textkernel reinforces our native full-text search engine to empower recruiting, staffing, and sourcing professionals with deeper search and smarter matching capabilities based on the content of their resumes, job descriptions, and other keyword-rich content.
PCRecruiterâs direct integration with Textkernel reinforces our native full-text search engine to empower recruiting, staffing, and sourcing professionals with deeper search and smarter matching capabilities based on the content of their resumes, job descriptions, and other keyword-rich content.
Two Minute Tuesday: Custom Applicant Tracking Report
In the final Two Minute Tuesday of the current ‘season,’ we’ll walk through the creation of a custom applicant tracking report. This is a great way to export data about your placements, either contract or permanent, for use in Excel or other systems.
In the final Two Minute Tuesday of the current ‘season,’ we’ll walk through the creation of a custom applicant tracking report. This is a great way to export data about your placements, either contract or permanent, for use in Excel or other systems.
This will be our final TMT video for a while, as we’re planning some more long-form training video content for 2017. Thanks so much for watching! If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes when we return, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to the final Two Minute Tuesday for 2016, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
On occasion, you may want to export information about your placements, either permanent or contract, as a comma separated text file for further reporting or analysis in Excel, or for import into some other system. The most flexible method for accomplishing this task is to create a Custom Applicant Tracking Report. Letâs take a look.
First, weâll open the âReportsâ area of the main menu. To configure our own custom report, weâll go to the Action menu and select the Custom Applicant Tracking Reports tab. We donât have any reports in this area yet, so weâll click the âAddâ button at the lower right corner.
Like many other areas of PCRecruiter, this screen contains expanding and collapsing sections. Itâs our first visit to this screen, so the sections are all collapsed. Weâll expand the first section, and give the report a title. Weâll call it âCustom Placement Report.â
Weâll skip over the Header sections for now and open up the Position Body Rows. Here, weâll choose fields from the job and from the company or department it belongs to. For example, the positionâs title, company name, positions ID, and the user it belongs to.
Next we can expand the Interview Body Rows. Remember that in PCRecruiter, the term âInterview Recordâ refers to any of the Pipeline stages that connect a name and a job to each other. Placement records are simply a special type of Interview Record, as a placement can be thought of as the concluding step in an interview process.
In this area of the report, weâll select the fields we want from the Name record and the Placement record, such as the first and last name, and the dates involved. If your data contains both permanent and contract placements, youâll want to include the Interview Type as well. We can also include the EEO Source if weâve been tracking candidate source data for these placements.
Now, if we expand the âHeader Rows,â we can see that PCR has already populated the headers based on our selected data, but we can edit the headings. For example, we may want to change the column headers to clarify that the Arranged Date is actually the date when the placement was made, and the Appointment Date contains the starting date for the role. The âSaveâ button is at the bottom.
To run the report, we first need to click âReportsâ in the main menu to refresh the options so we can see our new custom report. Then weâll choose Pipeline Reports from the report menu, or just search for the report by its name. We select the date range to report on, and we remove the default job status filter here, as it would limit our report to only the Available and Internal positions, which isnât what we want for this purpose. We can use the Filter by Interview Type / Status option to pick permanent placements, contract, or both.
The âPrintâ option in the action menu lets us preview the data, and we can use the âExportâ option in the action menu to download a CSV.
Two Minute Tuesday will be taking a hiatus in the new year so that we can focus on creating some more long-form video content, but we still want you to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, subscribe to our YouTube channel, and watch the PCR login screen and blog for all the latest.
Although weâll be shifting off of our weekly video schedule, at least for the time being, you can definitely expect to see more videos and exciting announcements via these same channels in the very near future.
Thanks again for watching, and if you have any topics youâd like to see covered when Two Minute Tuesdays come back, send an email to TwoMinuteTuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Chrome Shortcuts
Since many of our users are working with Chrome for the first time, or arenât familiar with some of the handy shortcuts that can be used in it, we thought weâd dedicate this weekâs edition to keyboard shortcuts and other tricks for Chrome thatâll come in handy as you work in PCRecruiter.
Since many of our users are working with Chrome for the first time, or arenât familiar with some of the handy shortcuts that can be used in it, we thought weâd dedicate this weekâs edition to keyboard shortcuts and other tricks for Chrome thatâll come in handy as you work in PCRecruiter.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for a new Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
While PCRecruiter will work in major modern browsers like Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari, the recommended browser and the one that Main Sequenceâs development team tests everything with first is Google Chrome. Since many of our users are working with Chrome for the first time, or arenât familiar with some of the handy shortcuts that can be used in it, we thought weâd dedicate this weekâs edition to keyboard shortcuts and other tricks for Chrome thatâll come in handy as you work in PCRecruiter.
Weâll be referencing the Windows versions of all the shortcuts we mention in this video, but in most cases Mac users can swap âcontrolâ for âcommandâ and use the same key combinations. Letâs start with some basic keyboard shortcuts that you can use in just about any program.
First off, if youâre copying a document into the system youâll want to use: CTRL+A, to âSelect Allâ and âCTRL+Câ to âCopy.â When youâre ready to paste, you can use CTRL+V. One special trick unique to Chrome is to hold SHIFT along with CTRL+V, which will paste the plain text of your copied content, stripping all the formatting. This can be really useful when cleaning up a messy job description.
When weâre reviewing a long list such as a Rollup or Search Result, or a longer form or custom layout, we can use the Home and End keys on the keyboard to jump to the top or bottom. We can also use the Space bar to jump a short way downward, and Shift+Space to jump back up a bit. If the portion of the screen youâre trying to affect isnât responding to the keyboard, you may need to click on the scroll bar or somewhere else within that frame to tell Chrome thatâs the one to focus on.
Speaking of frames, sometimes you want to reload the upper or lower frame of PCRecruiter. Using the browserâs main refresh icon or the F5 keyboard shortcut will reload the whole window and log you out. Instead, right-click inside of the panel you want to reload, and choose Reload Frame from the context menu.
Letâs talk tricks for tabs. Weâre looking at a list of names and we want to compare a few records. Clicking an item loads it in the lower window, but by using the âmiddle clickâ option on the mouse, usually by pressing down on the scroll-wheel if there is one, we can open the links in new tabs under the current one without leaving the window. If thereâs no middle click on the mouse, holding CTRL while left-clicking on a link results in the same behavior.
The middle-click is also a handy when dealing with tabs. Middle-clicking on a tab, even if itâs not the one in front, will close it. And if you accidentally close any tab, CTRL+Shift+T will always re-open the most recently closed tab. If you have a few tabs open, you may want to try CTRL + TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB to flip back and forth through them, or CTRL + a number key to jump to tabs 1 through 8. Ctrl + 9 always goes to whichever tab is at the far right.
Lastly, if you want to gain maximum screen space and really focus on the PCRecruiter window youâre working in, you can use the F11 key to toggle in and out of Full-Screen mode.
For all the latest on PCR, watch our blog posts on your login screen, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and subscribe to this YouTube channel. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Available Date Field
The ‘Available’ date field on a name record seems like any other date field in the system, but it does have some special properties when used in conjunction with the ‘Contractor/Temp’ Status. Today’s video shows you what it can do.
The ‘Available’ date field on a name record seems like any other date field in the system, but it does have some special properties when used in conjunction with the ‘Contractor/Temp’ Status. Today’s video shows you what it can do.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre here with another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In this weekâs video, weâre going to be looking at how to use the âAvailableâ date field on Name records in PCRecruiter, which can make it easier to see whoâs open for placement and who is currently off the market. This is primarily useful to those of you doing contract placements or temporary assignments, but it may come in handy for others as well. The âAvailableâ field, in short, is where we store the date on which the person will be free, and it can be searched like any other date field in the system, but there are some special properties associated with the field when the contact has been designated as a contractor.
First, we need to set the Status of the Name record to âContractor/Tempâ. Most Names in your database will have the default âCandidateâ status. We simply switch the field and save the record to flag them as someone we would be considering for non-permanent placements.
Next weâll look for the âAvailableâ field. Where this field shows up on the screen will depend on your custom layout of the Name record. Itâs a standard field that comes with the database, so if you donât see it, you can add it to your screen by using the âCustomizeâ feature.
Now, this contractor is on vacation until January 9, so we can either manually type in that date, or use the calendar popup to choose it before saving the record. The other way in which the âAvailableâ field can be filled out is via the Contract Placement screen. If weâre placing this contractor on an assignment and we fill in the optional âContract Endâ date for the Placement, that date will also be pushed into the âAvailableâ field on the contractorâs name, indicating that theyâll be available again once the assignment is over with. If the ending date for an assignment should need to be updated or changed, weâll want to update it from the Placement record rather than updating the âAvailableâ field on the name directly so that the two dates are consistent.
Now that we have a date in the field, any time this name turns up in a search result, we can see an availability indicator. If the date in the Available field is in the past, or is empty, the contractor will be labeled as Available in the results list. If the date is in the future, theyâll show up as Not Available.
Another place where the Available date comes into play is the Contract Search option, which we can find in the main menu. This is a special search feature that only returns names with Contractor/Temp status. When we use the options here, the same Available field from the Name record will be used to indicate the contractorâs availability. This means we can see whoâs open and who isnât, even if they are not nor have ever been actually placed on any assignments.
For all the latest on PCRecruiter, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and subscribe to this YouTube channel. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Saved Search Queries
Today’s video is about saving your commonly used search queries so that you can open, modify, and re-use them at any time. Saved search queries can save you a great deal of time vs. re-creating complex advanced searches all the time.
Today’s video is about saving your commonly used search queries so that you can open, modify, and re-use them at any time. Saved search queries can save you a great deal of time vs. re-creating complex advanced searches all the time.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time once more for Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In a previous episode, we talked about saving links to commonly used searches on your MyPCR screen for easy access. Thatâs great for general searches that you run all the time, but if you need to adjust the criteria for different purposes, the better method is to save the search query in the advanced search window as a starting point for repeated use. Letâs see how that works.
Letâs say we regularly source candidates who live near a major city in Ohio, speak Spanish, and have a cell phone number on file. We could run that search and save the results on a Rollup to search within, but weâd need to remember to add any future candidates who fit that profile to the list on a regular basis or we might miss someone. Instead, weâll build and save that query.
Weâll go to Name in the main menu, and then select the Advanced search option.
First, letâs build our location search. Weâll select Zipcode radius, click the target icon, enter the city and a radius, and click search. Then we accept the list of zipcodes. We can repeat the same process for the other major cities in Ohio until we have all the ones we want. Now we set them all to âORâ matching, because we need records that contain any of these zipcodes, not records that contain all of them.
Now we add the Language criteria. In this database, weâve got a custom Name field called Language. Weâll choose âCustom Fieldsâ from the first menu, and then select the âLanguageâ field. Weâll set the operator dropdown to âEqualâ for an exact match, and then use the popup to select âSpanishâ from the list of available values in the database for that field. Now we click âAddâ to lock in that criteria. Notice that the dropdown here is set to âEnd Group / Andâ so that all of the Zipcode âORâ searches are grouped together, with the Language as a must-have criteria afterward.
Finally, want to make sure these folks have a cell phone number on file, so weâll leave the first dropdown set to âPredefined Fieldsâ and then choose the âCell Phoneâ field. For the operator dropdown, we want to pick âis not emptyâ. Then we click âAddâ again.
Now, rather than running the search, we use the Save icon from the Action menu, and give this query a descriptive name so we know what it does. Keep in mind that we are saving our search criteria, not the search results, and that any queries we save are only accessible to us, and not to any other users. Now, each time we need to search Ohio candidates who speak Spanish and have a cell phone, we can go back to Advanced search and use the âOpenâ icon from the Action menu. Then we select one of our saved searches, which pre-loads the screen with the stored query. After that we can supplement it keywords, or add and remove criteria to refine the search for the task at hand, leaving the saved version untouched and ready for next time.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Position Templates
In this week’s video, we’ll talk about saving time while entering positions by using default values in fields as well as saving whole position records as templates for later use.
In this week’s video, we’ll talk about saving time while entering positions by using default values in fields as well as saving whole position records as templates for later use.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back again with Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
There are a few ways to shortcut the entry of position records⊠particularly if you are always putting the same info into the same fields. Today weâre going to look at Position Templates as a way to save and recall job info that you use regularly.
Before we jump to the templates, letâs take a quick refresher on setting default values for fields. If we have one or two fields that we always put the same values into when creating any new job, we can preset them in our own custom record layout. We click on the Customize option in the Action menu from any job, and then find the field we want to alter. The menu icon to the right of the field brings up the option to set a Default starting value for that field. We can always change the value afterward, as long as the field hasnât been marked as Read Only.
One commonly set Default that requires some special handling is the âShow On Webâ dropdown, which indicates whether the job is visible to the outside world in your PCRecruiter job board or job feeds. It normally defaults to the âShowâ option, but if youâd like all of your fresh jobs to begin offline, even if theyâre marked as âAvailable,â you can set the Default value to â-1â. This translates to the âDo Not Showâ setting.
Ok, so what if we have a more complex job template that we want to store and reuse, including job description contents and so on? First, we find an appropriate existing job, or create a job record specifically to use as a source. We can delete this job after weâre done, although some users will create a âTemplatesâ company record and keep all of their template jobs there for reference or later use.
After saving the job, we use the âTemplatesâ option in the Actions menu. Weâve got a list of the existing templates above, and an option at the bottom to add the current job as a new template. The template name will automatically be set to the title and ID of the current job, but we can change the name to anything that we want. We can also include a brief description of the template. Then we save it.
Now, letâs use the plus icon to add a new job to the database. At the bottom of the âAdd Positionâ window, thereâs a âUse Templateâ option. We find the template we want, and use the âActionâ pulldown to select it. The same pulldown is used if we ever want to delete any templates. The system will then populate all of the fields from the template into the record weâre creating. We can make any changes we need, and then save this new job.
One last thing to bear in mind is that templates can only store and recall fields that are visible on the screen at the time, so if your custom position layout doesnât have some of the fields that the template was built to fill in, theyâll be left blank on your new position.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, please follow us on Facebook or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter Users group, subscribe to this YouTube channel, and watch our blog posts on your PCRecruiter login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Weâre back again with Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
There are a few ways to shortcut the entry of position records⊠particularly if you are always putting the same info into the same fields. Today weâre going to look at Position Templates as a way to save and recall job info that you use regularly.
Before we jump to the templates, letâs take a quick refresher on setting default values for fields. If we have one or two fields that we always put the same values into when creating any new job, we can preset them in our own custom record layout. We click on the Customize option in the Action menu from any job, and then find the field we want to alter. The menu icon to the right of the field brings up the option to set a Default starting value for that field. We can always change the value afterward, as long as the field hasnât been marked as Read Only.
One commonly set Default that requires some special handling is the âShow On Webâ dropdown, which indicates whether the job is visible to the outside world in your PCRecruiter job board or job feeds. It normally defaults to the âShowâ option, but if youâd like all of your fresh jobs to begin offline, even if theyâre marked as âAvailable,â you can set the Default value to â-1â. This translates to the âDo Not Showâ setting.
Ok, so what if we have a more complex job template that we want to store and reuse, including job description contents and so on? First, we find an appropriate existing job, or create a job record specifically to use as a source. We can delete this job after weâre done, although some users will create a âTemplatesâ company record and keep all of their template jobs there for reference or later use.
After saving the job, we use the âTemplatesâ option in the Actions menu. Weâve got a list of the existing templates above, and an option at the bottom to add the current job as a new template. The template name will automatically be set to the title and ID of the current job, but we can change the name to anything that we want. We can also include a brief description of the template. Then we save it.
Now, letâs use the plus icon to add a new job to the database. At the bottom of the âAdd Positionâ window, thereâs a âUse Templateâ option. We find the template we want, and use the âActionâ pulldown to select it. The same pulldown is used if we ever want to delete any templates. The system will then populate all of the fields from the template into the record weâre creating. We can make any changes we need, and then save this new job.
One last thing to bear in mind is that templates can only store and recall fields that are visible on the screen at the time, so if your custom position layout doesnât have some of the fields that the template was built to fill in, theyâll be left blank on your new position.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, please follow us on Facebook or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter Users group, subscribe to this YouTube channel, and watch our blog posts on your PCRecruiter login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: PCR Capture
This week, we’re looking at the newly updated PCR Capture extension for Google Chrome. Capture is a free add-on for Chrome that saves PCRecruiter users data entry time when creating contact records from the web. Download it from the Chrome Web Store now.
This week, we’re looking at the newly updated PCR Capture extension for Google Chrome. Capture is a free add-on for Chrome that saves PCRecruiter users data entry time when creating contact records from the web. Download it from the Chrome Web Store now.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week, weâre taking a look at PCR Capture, the free extension for Google Chrome that saves data entry time by importing and updating contacts in PCRecruiter from website content.
To install it, we just search for PCR Capture in the Chrome Web Store, and click âAdd to Chromeâ. Once weâve added the extension, the PCR logo appears in the toolbar. This will display a notification icon whenever you land on a supported web page.
When we first open the plugin, we need to enter our PCR login URL, username, password, and database. Once thatâs done, weâre ready for action. First, letâs check out the Options panel.
Capture has a Basic mode and an Advanced mode. In Basic mode, any contact we capture is handled automatically with no added user interaction. Weâve got the option to create all contacts under the databaseâs Default Company, the company name detected in the contactâs data, or a specific company record we define here. We can also select a Rollup list to add all of the captured names to.
In Advanced mode, we have the ability to view, confirm, manipulate, and augment the contact data before saving it. We also get manual control over duplicate merging. This last option lets us disable the confirmation popups after each capture, or to set them to automatically close after a moment. Letâs enable Advanced mode for this demonstration, and walk through a sample Capture.
Weâve browsed to a web page that PCR Capture recognizes, and so a popup appears here in the corner, prompting us to capture the contact. The icon on the toolbar also gets a green plus. When the Capture panel opens, we see that thereâs already a record in the database that matches this one to a significant percent. We could click to go ahead and add this contact as a new one, but weâll click the existing matching record and select âNext.â The detected company data also has a match. We can either use it, or search and select a different company. We click âNextâ again. On the final screen, we can review the data and choose which information to keep. The icons along the side show whether each data point is coming from the existing record in PCR, or the site weâre capturing from. We can click on each field and select which version of that data point we want to keep, and we can use these buttons to add additional info by hand before saving. The notification popup here confirms that the record was updated, and we can click on it to jump right to the record.
PCR Capture is totally free, and will update automatically as our team adds more exciting new features and functions in the future.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Resume Inhaler
While the tools in the PCR web interface and the PCR Portal for MS Outlook allow us to drag in a bunch of resumes and parse the contact info from each one to create a new record, this still requires manual confirmation for each record. If weâve got a backlog of CVs on the hard drive or an email account thatâs just collecting incoming resumes, being able to pull all of them into the database without reviewing them one by one can save a ton of time.
While the tools in the PCR web interface and the PCR Portal for MS Outlook allow us to drag in a bunch of resumes and parse the contact info from each one to create a new record, this still requires manual confirmation for each record. If weâve got a backlog of CVs on the hard drive or an email account thatâs just collecting incoming resumes, being able to pull all of them into the database without reviewing them one by one can save a ton of time.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with a new Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week weâre giving you an overview of the PCRecruiter Resume Inhaler, an optional add-on that runs on your Windows PC. While the tools in the PCR web interface and the PCR Portal for MS Outlook allow us to drag in a bunch of resumes and parse the contact info from each one to create a new record, this still requires confirmation and interaction for each import. If weâve got a backlog of resumes on the hard drive or an email account thatâs just collecting incoming resumes, being able to inhale all of them into the database without reviewing them one by one can save a ton of time. The Inhaler will find and parse the contact data in each resume or CV, use its algorithms to identify the name, address, email, and so on, and then generate a Name in your databaseâs default company record with the resume attached.
Once the program has been installed and registered on the PC, we can configure it from this window â when its running in the background, the Inhaler simply appears as an icon in the system tray at the lower right. We can designate a directory on the local drive or network as the source, or we can connect to a folder on the local email program. We have the option to search for resumes in the subfolders of the selected folder, and also a checkbox to enable added capabilities for recognizing contact info from outside of the US. We can use the Actions panel to enable or disable these sources at any time, and to turn on the monitoring feature, which automatically checks for and imports new resumes from the specified locations every 15 minutes. If we leave the monitoring off, we can use the Actions menu to manually trigger an import at any time. While weâre here in this menu, letâs check out one or two of the key items found in the screens underneath it.
The Connection Settings panel is where weâll enter our PCR login URL and account details. The Inhaler will put this username on the records it generates, and itâll give all of the generated Names a status of âUnverifiedâ rather than âCandidate,â so itâs easy to tell which of the records have contact data that hasnât been vetted by a human yet. We can also specify a Rollup List in the target database to group the imported records for convenient review later on.
In the Preferences panel, we can adjust a variety of finer points, but the Link to Position items are probably the most powerful to be aware of. This feature tells the Inhaler to check the folder name or the email subject for a matching Position Id, so we can direct people to mention the Job ID when emailing their resume, and pull them right into the pipeline for the appropriate job. Check the article in our Learning Center (https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/resume-inhaler) for the specifics on setting this up. The Preferences panel also includes the settings for whether Resumes that appear to already be in the database should be ignored and moved to a âDuplicatesâ folder, or whether the system should import them and optionally update the fields on the matching record with the newly imported contact info.
Also worth noting is the âFiltersâ tab, which gives us the ability to assign incoming records to different users based on keywords found in the resume or the email. We can also set up additional mail boxes and directories to monitor, or additional databases to import to.
Once everything has been configured, we either enable the monitoring, or use the Actions menu to manually start the process, and we can see the new names arriving in the system immediately.
For more info on the Resume Inhaler, get in touch with your Main Sequence representative. And for more Two Minute Tuesdays, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Drag & Drop in PCR Portal
Today weâre going to be looking at an exciting new feature for creating and working with contacts and attachments in the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft Outlook: Drag and Drop. You can download the latest PCRecruiter Portal installer / updater from this link (license key required).
Today weâre going to be looking at an exciting new feature for creating and working with contacts and attachments in the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft Outlook: Drag and Drop. You can download the latest PCRecruiter Portal installer / updater from this link (license key required).
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs Two Minute Tuesday, time for a new edition of Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Today weâre going to be looking at an exciting new feature for creating and working with contacts and attachments in the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft Outlook. As of our most recent Portal update, you can now save time with the convenience of Drag and Drop. Letâs see how it works.
This email here contains some files that we want to attach to a Company in the database. Weâll locate the Company, open it, and now weâll drag the email into the PCRecruiter area of the screen.
A number of options appear. âAdd Company Attachment,â at the top, will allow us to take the email itself or any files that came along with it and attach them to the currently open Company record. We can create a Global Attachment instead by dragging to the option here at the bottom. We also have the option to generate a new Name record for this contact, using the âFromâ email address on the message. If the contact is already in the database, we can also generate an Activity on their record.
If weâre back at the Company Search screen, we can still drag an email over, but now weâll see all of the Recently Viewed companies currently displayed. We can select which of them to attach the files to. Paging through the recently viewed records allows us to attach the items to different Companies.
Youâll find the dragging feature extra helpful when you receive an email with an attached resume. If we view a Name record rather than a Company, the options at the top include adding or replacing the Resume for the current Name, in addition to those for creating general Attachments, or writing an Activity.
We can even apply this technique to Rollups. When a Rollup list is active in the viewing pane, dragging an email over will place the record bearing that email address on the current list. If the record doesnât exist, weâll be prompted to create it. And just like with names and companies, when weâre viewing the list of Recent Rollups, dragging an item into the window presents all of the current choices. We just drag to the one we want, and drop.
The drag and drop capabilities even work with multiple selections, allowing us to create several new contacts at once, add a group of Names to a list at the same time, attach multiple files to a record, and so on. Not only that, but we can even drag and drop resumes and other files from the local hard drive into the viewing panel just like we can with emails.
To try it out for yourself, make sure youâve got the most recent Portal update installed, and if youâre an Outlook user but not using the PCR Portal, get in touch with your Main Sequence representative for details.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group and subscribe to this YouTube channel. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Rollups on MyPCR
Today, weâll look at storing key links to Rollup Lists on your MyPCR screen. This can be a great way to keep a shortcut to your key records, or to monitor new records as they get added to the system or to specific lists.
Today, weâll look at storing key links to Rollup Lists on your MyPCR screen. This can be a great way to keep a shortcut to your key records, or to monitor new records as they get added to the system or to specific lists.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In an earlier video, we talked about how to store key search queries on your MyPCR screen, which is the configurable panel for your custom stats and links. Today, weâll look at doing the same thing with your Rollup Lists. This can be a great way to keep a shortcut to your key records, or to monitor new records as they get added to the system or to specific lists.
Letâs say one of our sourcing experts is on the task of finding Pharmacists in Fargo. Weâve gone to the Rollups area and created a list for her to place the records onto as theyâre added, so that they remain neatly grouped for later searching and sorting.
Now that the list is made, we can add a link to it in the Rollup Stats panel on our MyPCR screen. Weâll go to MyPCR and then open the âCustomizeâ option from the Action menu at the upper right. Weâll be going into the Rollup Links option from the sidebar.
We can use the arrow here to select the list. The default view in this selection window will be our most recently viewed Rollups, and since weâve just created this list, itâs right at the top. If we wanted another list, we could use the âRollupsâ panel from the sidebar to search for it by name. Picking a list places the systemâs internal code for that Rollup into the box.
The MyPCR screen will display the list by its designated name â Pharma Fargo in this case – but we can give it an alternate description in this area. For example, âPharmacist Sourcing, ND.â
Every list can contain Names, Companies, and Positions, so weâll need to specify with the dropdown which of the three record types we want to pay attention to here. In this example, itâll be Names.
The last option sets the behavior of the record count that will appear next to the link. There are two numbers you can view: âAllâ and âUnread.â Every record that gets added to a Rollup starts off âUnread,â as indicated by the starburst icon in the Select column. As you change the Stage of the records, or click on the name links to view the records in the lower frame, those records are flagged as having been read, and the date and time when the record was viewed or Stage was changed is logged in the âDate Readâ column on this list. These dates are specific to the current Rollup, so any given record may be âReadâ in the context of one list and âUnreadâ on another.
Weâll opt to see âAllâ and âUnreadâ counts for this Rollup, and weâll save the settings.
Now, each time we view the MyPCR screen, the numbers next to the list will show how many Pharmacists are currently on the list, and how many remain unread as of right now. We can then click on the link to view the list.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, please follow us on Facebook or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter Users group, subscribe to this YouTube channel, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Custom Rollup Layout
When we start with a fresh database or a fresh PCRecruiter user account, we get the default setup of columns and features in Rollup Lists. This week’s video shows you the ropes for customizing the layout and the stages for your user account’s Rollup view.
When we start with a fresh database or a fresh PCRecruiter user account, we get the default setup of columns and features in Rollup Lists. This week’s video shows you the ropes for customizing the layout and the stages for your user account’s Rollup view.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with a fresh Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In earlier editions, weâve talked about Rollup Lists, PCRâs versatile tool for grouping names, jobs, or companies for a variety of tasks. We made a brief foray into the customization of Rollups in our video about Call Plans, but this week, weâre going to go back and give that config screen a little more attention.
When we start with a fresh database or a fresh PCRecruiter user account, we get the default setup of columns and features. As with other screens, youâll find the âConfigureâ option under the âActionâ menu at the upper right corner of any open Rollup List.
The âLayoutâ panel should be familiar to you if youâve seen our video about configuring Search Results, but as a quick reminder, the âRollup List Fieldsâ area lets you set which data columns you want to see in the table and in what order. You can set the primary and secondary sorting order for when the screen initially loads, although clicking the title row of most columns will re-sort the list by that column on the fly. You can set the number of rows per page, and which items appear under the âI Want ToâŠâ action dropdown for each record in the list. Just remember that going too crazy with the number of columns and rows can slow down the load of the screen.
There are 19 configurable Stages for Rollups, which you can use to track a variety of selection and ranking tasks, such as call lists, sorting candidates by seniority or geography, monitoring marketing and business development processes⊠anything you can imagine. While it may be tempting to use these Stages to track recruitment and sourcing processes like interviews and job qualifications, actions that relate to a candidate and to a particular job are best left to the Pipeline.
For each Stage, thereâs a configuration popup for assigning your own description and a custom icon and color. You can also associate an Activity Type with each Stage, so that a searchable, reportable Activity record is created whenever a name, company, or job is assigned that Stage on any list. The second dropdown is where weâll set whether that Activity is written automatically, or whether a popup will appear so that the user can write in additional details before saving the Activity.
The other option in the pulldown is to run an Automation Plan when the stage is changed. This can trigger a form letter, copy the person to another list, change their status, add a keyword to their record, and so on. We can choose from previously created automations with the column to the right, or use the âAutomationâ item in the sidebar to create new plans. Weâve talked about Automation Plans for the Pipeline in earlier videos, and they work the same way here. We give the plan a name, check off and configure the desired actions, and then save.
Once youâve created your layout and Stages, theyâll be applied to all Rollup lists you view with your user name. When you click the Stage icon, youâll see your custom Stages, and selecting one will run any automations or write any activities youâve configured for it.
To keep up on the latest PCRecruiter news and tips, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group or subscribe to this YouTube channel. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: October 2016 Update
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâre looking at a handful of new changes that you’ll see on our hosted PCRecruiter servers later this week. We’ve added a faster way to upload resumes, revived the ‘Associate Rollups’ function for Positions, adjusted the Interviews list, and added a new ‘Scheduled Items’ column to the Rollups.
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâre looking at a handful of new changes that you’ll see on our hosted PCRecruiter servers later this week. We’ve added a faster way to upload resumes, revived the ‘Associate Rollups’ function for Positions, adjusted the Interviews list, and added a new ‘Scheduled Items’ column to the Rollups.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs Tuesday, and that means itâs time for another edition of Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
A few new change are going to appear on the PCRecruiter.net system this month, and in this edition of our video series weâll give you the highlights.
First, a new âQuick Upload Resumeâ option appears under the âActionsâ menu on the Name record. The existing âAdd Resumeâ option isnât going anywhere, but the new âQuick Uploadâ takes you straight to your systemâs file browser. The full âAdd Resumeâ area allows you to copy and paste a resume, change formats, make edits, created a blinded copy, and so on, but if you just need to add or replace the resume and donât need to view or interact with it, this new Action offers a slightly quicker route.
Next, youâll find an âAssociate Rollupsâ option when youâre looking at the âAssociationsâ area of any Position record. This is a feature from older PCRecruiter versions thatâs now made its way into the current release. Associating Rollups is a handy way to bookmark the groups of Names or Companies that you may have used for sourcing a particular Position, or to relate similar Positions to each other for easy access. By keeping a list of the companies you sourced from or candidates you found but didnât end up actually attaching to the pipeline for the job, you can shortcut your future searches when handling similar opportunities.
You may also notice some tweaks to the columns you see when looking at a candidateâs list of Interviews. Weâve removed a couple of rarely necessary items, such as Contact Phone and Placement, and readjusted the widths and the orders of the remaining columns. This makes room for new items like âWritten Byâ, which is the username of the person who created the most recent or furthest into the future Pipeline record connecting that Name and Job, and this column which shows the Appointment Date from that same record. If youâve activated PCRâs pipeline integrations with Spark Hire video interviewing, IBM Kenexa Prove It! assessments, and so on, youâll also see columns for those results. This new arrangement makes it easier to quickly see the current standing of the candidate for each job theyâre connected to.
Finally, weâve added a new column option to the Rollup Lists. By adding the âScheduled Itemsâ option to your custom Rollup layout, youâll see the date of the next item in your PCRecruiter schedule, not including Interviews, thatâs tied to the given Name, Company, or Job. If youâre using Rollups for calling lists and other planning tasks, you may find this a helpful way to keep tabs on your next upcoming call or meeting related to that record. And if youâre not sure how to add columns to your custom Rollup layout, then youâll want to stay tuned for next weekâs Two Minute Tuesday!
For all the latest, keep an eye on our blog or your PCR login screen, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Copying User Settings
How do you give one user all of same settings and preferences as someone whoâs already in the system? In this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to look at how an admin user can duplicate settings from one user to another.
How do you give one user all of same settings and preferences as someone whoâs already in the system? In this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to look at how an admin user can duplicate settings from one user to another.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs Two Minute Tuesday, time for a new edition of Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In an earlier edition, we talked about what to do when you want to remove a user from the database. What happens when you add a new user and want them to have the all same settings as someone whoâs already in the system? In this weekâs video, weâre going to look at how an admin user can duplicate settings from one user to another.
Weâll start by going to System and opening up the âUsersâ section. If you donât see this option, youâll need to log into PCRecruiter as an administrator. Before anything else, letâs go into âManage Usersâ and find the account thatâs got the prototypical settings we intend to copy. On the main information panel, weâll want to verify that the âModel Userâ setting is set to âYes.â Only the accounts designated as models will show up as sources to copy settings from.
Now letâs see how the process works when adding a new user. Weâll click the âplusâ to create a new account, and fill in the basic details like name, email, phone, username, and password.
At the bottom of this info panel, we have a dropdown to copy settings from a model user in this database. We can copy some or all of the basic settings. The âSecurityâ option is disabled by default, so if you do want to give the target user the same security settings as the model, youâll need to check that box. Items that are checked by default include the custom layouts for name, company, and position records, position pipeline configurations, custom rollup list layouts and stage setups, and settings for which menu items are pinned and unpinned on various screens. Thereâs also an option to make duplicates of any form letters associated with the model user for the target user, but this is generally left unchecked. When we save, the new user gets the modelâs settings, and we can adjust from there as needed.
What if we want to copy settings between users that already exist? We get to that panel from the Action menu on the user list, or from into the Systemâs main Users area. On the left, youâll see the âSource User Nameâ dropdown, which lists all of the model users in this database. The checkboxes for the various settings appear below.
On the right side, weâll see a âTarget Databaseâ dropdown. The default setup is to copy settings between users in the current database, but we can select a different database from the account if we have more than one. Just be aware that we can only copy settings across databases if the account weâre logged in with exists as an administrator account with the identical username and password in both the source and the target databases.
In the checklist below, we can either select all the users in the database as targets, or just specific ones. When we click âSaveâ, all of the selected settings on the target users will be replaced by the ones from the model user.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Images in Emails
People often ask our training team how to add their social media icons to their email signatures, or how to put images into their form letters. Today’s Two Minute Tuesday covers using images in HTML emails.
People often ask our training team how to add their social media icons to their email signatures, or how to put images into their form letters. Today’s Two Minute Tuesday covers using images in HTML emails.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for a fresh Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Today weâre going to look at how you can add images to your emails in PCRecruiter, and particularly how to insert clickable icons for your LinkedIn, Twitter, or other social profiles into your email signature. These same principles apply for adding images to stationery, templates and form letters, and other emails.
But before we get started, a few general pointers about images in emails. Due to the lack of standards across mail reading apps and providers, getting images to show up consistently and reliably is not as simple as youâd expect.
Many email readers, most notably Microsoft Outlook, are set up by default not to download or display inline images until the recipient says itâs ok to show them. For this reason, always assume that none of your images are going to load. Weâll show you how you can supply alternate text to describe the images for those who canât view them.
As a general rule, using fewer images means more predictable display, reduced chances of triggering a spam filter, and faster sending and receiving, so before inserting any image, decide if you really need it, and leave it out if you donât.
Letâs edit the signature. From the System area, weâll scroll to âEmail Setupâ and open âEmail Signatureâ. Now weâll use the âInsert Imageâ option in the toolbar. We can either use a web-hosted image, or embed a PNG, GIF or JPG file from the local hard drive.
On the âGeneralâ tab, we have the option to specify a web URL for the image. This causes the email reader to download the image from the web when the message is received, rather than embedding the image data into the email code. This keeps the message smaller in size, which can really speed things up when youâre sending a bulk mail. Itâll also prevent the image from showing up as an âattachmentâ for anyone who has embedded images blocked by default, but remember that web-hosted images are hidden or blocked just as readily as embedded ones, so the method of inserting the image wonât likely improve visibility one way or the other. If you donât have anywhere to store your commonly used logos and icons online, the âServer Image Storeâ, also found under âSystemâ in PCR, can serve in a pinch. The âImage Descriptionâ box is where weâll place the alternate description text for folks who canât see the picture.
We can also change the display dimensions of the image. Most inbox windows are no more than 400-500px wide, so itâs currently considered best practice to crop or resize to that general maximum width for email use. Itâs always better looking, faster loading, and more reliable to resize the actual image file rather than scaling it to a new size when it loads in the email, so if your picture is too big or too small, change the image file rather than using this feature if you can.
The âFrom Fileâ tab is used for embedding an image into the email directly. To do that, we click and browse. After the image is in place, we can click it and go back to the âInsert/Edit Imageâ tool to give it that alternate description text in case itâs not displayed.
To make the image a link, we highlight it and then use the âInsert Linkâ icon. Paste the appropriate URL into the box, and youâre done.
One bonus tip⊠what if we want our LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook icons to line up side by side? Thatâs where an invisible table comes in handy. Weâll use the âTableâ option in the editor to create a 3 column, 1 row table. Now we can put the images into the cells of the table. The dotted borders we see while editing are guides that wonât show up when the email is sent. Try adjusting the properties of the table and the cells to create the layout you have in mind.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Pipeline Automation
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday introduces you to the power of automation plans in the Pipeline. We’ll show you how to trigger a form letter and place an applicant on a list based on their movement from one stage of the recruitment process to another.
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday introduces you to the power of automation plans in the Pipeline. We’ll show you how to trigger a form letter and place an applicant on a list based on their movement from one stage of the recruitment process to another.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Automating common tasks saves you time, and since a lot of your time in PCRecruiter is spent in the Pipeline, automating your Pipeline tasks can save you a lot of time. We looked at configuring the Pipeline Statuses in an earlier video, and today weâre going back to them to talk about Automation Plans. Automation Plans are simply a checklist of tasks for the system to perform when a specific trigger has occurred. Automations can be triggered by Pipeline moves, Rollup Stage changes, Profile submissions, and certain job board actions.
Here in our Pipeline, weâve made a Status under the Out-of-Process type called âTurndownâ which our recruiters use to indicate those candidates who were not interested in the offer. Weâd like to send these Candidates a Form Letter thanking them for their time, and also place them on a Rollup so that we can easily find the people whoâve turned down previous offers, or perhaps filter them out of a search, if we should want to in the future.
To create the Automation Plan, weâll head to System from the main menu, and weâll search for Pipeline Setup. The configuration icon in the Action menu will take us to the âManage Automation Plansâ screen. Now weâll click âAddâ to create a Plan.
By default, an Automation Plan will run âautomaticallyâ without any user interaction, but we can check this box to insert a user acknowledgement popup before the Plan is run. This can be helpful if youâre creating an automation that you might want to skip on occasion, or if you just want to notify the user that theyâre about to trigger an action.
Next, weâll use this selector to choose from the available Statuses that weâve configured for this database. Here weâll expand the Out-of-Process type, and select our âTurndownâ Status code.
Now we need to tell PCR what the Plan should do. In our case, we want to add the Candidate to a Rollup and send them a Form Letter. There are two emailing options in the Automation Plan â this first one is for sending a simple, plain-text email with no field data merged into it. This is good for generic notifications, but not useful for our purposes, so weâll skip over that. We do want to use this âCopy to Rollupsâ area though, so we will check this box at the far right to activate this section, and weâll use the picker to choose the Rollup we want the Candidate added to.
Next, weâll check the box to activate the Send Form Letter section. This box lets us choose an alternate email field from the Name record, but since we want to send the letter to the email stored in the Candidateâs standard Email Address field, we can leave the box alone. For the âFromâ email, we want this letter to come from the person whose username is associated with the job. Finally, weâll use the âForm Letter Nameâ box to select the Form Letter we want to send from the ones weâve created in this database. We can optionally override the name of the Form Letter with some other arbitrary subject line. Then, we save the Plan.
Going forward, when any user drags a candidate into the âTurndownâ Status on the Pipeline, the Form Letter weâve selected will be emailed to them, and theyâll be added to the designated list.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, please follow us on Facebook or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter Users group, subscribe to this YouTube channel, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Profile Form Basics
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video looks at the rudiments of creating and completing a Profile form. This is a high-level overview of a very deep feature, so we’ll get into more about Profiles in a later edition.
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video looks at the rudiments of creating and completing a Profile form. This is a high-level overview of a very deep feature, so we’ll get into more about Profiles in a later edition.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Today weâre talking about the basics of Profiles. These are customizable, searchable forms that can be attached to names, companies, or jobs. Profiles for Names can also be completed directly by the contact via an emailed link or while applying to an online job posting. Profiles are great for skills checklists, candidate data sheets, phone calling scripts, and storing supplemental details for jobs and companies. They can trigger automations for sorting purposes, and with custom HTML applied, they can even be used for candidate presentation.
First letâs see how a Profile is used. From the Name record, weâll pick âSubmit Profileâ in the Action menu, and then pick from the list of the available forms weâve created. After saving, the completed form appears in the attachments area of this record for editing or viewing. The text of the selected answers and text boxes is now searchable keyword content, just like this personâs resume and notes. If we search for one of the answers marked off in the form using the keyword search, weâll find the records whose Profiles contain that text.
These forms are created from the âProfile Setupâ area under System. We click the âPlusâ to add a new form, and give it a name. You may also want to change the âProfile Typeâ â in the âsingleâ mode, each record in the database can have just one of this form attached, while âmultipleâ mode lets you attach many copies to the same record. Another important item is the âAllow Updateâ checkbox. If you add, remove, or reword questions and answers in a Profile, the records that already have a completed copy attached will not reflect your new changes unless this box is checked. If itâs unchecked, the questions and answer options in the completed forms will remain as they were at the time when they were filled out.
Once we save the initial settings screen, we can build the form with the âQuestionsâ sidebar item. In the âAdd Questionâ popup, we put the text of the question into the left box, and if there are multiple answer choices, they go to the right â one answer per line. Below the answer box, we can specify the type of answer⊠single line, checkbox, multi-line text area, and so on⊠and if the question is required for the form can be saved. If itâs a required question and a dropdown, using â(Please Select)â as the first option indicates to the system that nothing has been picked yet.
As we discussed earlier, all Profile answers are keyword searchable, but if you want the answer to any single-line or multiple-choice question to be copied into a distinct field on the record for visibility, searching, or reporting purposes, you can link this answer to that field. Just be aware that this only saves the Profile answer into the field, and not the other way around. Once the Profile has been completed for a specific record, changes to this answer in the Profile will update the linked field, but changes directly to the field will not be reflected in the attached Profile.
When weâre done adding questions, they can be re-ordered by dragging them up and down, and they can be removed completely by clicking the trash icon.
As you can see, there are many more options available on these setup screens, and you can expect a video about advanced Profile tricks in the future, but thatâs all for this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday. Please follow us on Facebook or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter User group, subscribe to this YouTube channel, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: September 2016 Update
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâll take a departure from tutorials to show you a few of the more noticeable improvements to PCRecruiter that appear in our September update, due out this week.
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâll take a departure from tutorials to show you a few of the more noticeable improvements to PCRecruiter that appear in our September update, due out this week.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with a fresh Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week weâll take a departure from tutorials to show you a few of the more noticeable improvements to PCRecruiter that appear in our September update.
One change youâll notice right off the bat is in the âRecently Viewedâ tiles that appear in the main Name, Company, and Position search screens. Where the previous versions of PCR would display only the most recent ten records viewed, the new version shows up to fifty. How many youâll see at once depends on your available screen size, but you can use these arrows or dots to navigate, or even click and drag to see more. Look for more functions and enhancements coming to this area soon.
Another tweak you may find helpful is that the titles for your browser windows will now indicate the name of the PCRecruiter record they display. So, for example, when we right-click on this position and open it in a fresh tab or window, the browser tab displays the title and position ID. The same goes for Names, Companies, Rollups, and others. If youâre the sort of user who keeps multiple PCRecruiter tabs open at once, this will help you keep them straight.
Weâve also added some new features to the free PCRecruiter mobile app for Android and iOS, in addition to a round of speed and stability improvements.
First off, when youâre on a company record, you can now tap the âNamesâ option at the bottom to see the people associated with that company, and you can tap the new âAddâ icon to create new contact records directly within the current company.
Weâve also got PCRecruiter integration into the native email application. When you select a resume file attachment from a message on your device, youâll find that the PCRecruiter app is available as a target for handling it. After selecting âCopy to PCRecruiter,â youâll get the option to simply âInhaleâ the resume into the default company as a new candidate, or to use something more like the âAdd Resumeâ utility to parse the contact info from the resume and verify or enhance it with more detail. If you select this option, you can also add the new record to a specific Company, Position pipeline, or Rollup list on the fly.
We have some very exciting new features to announce before the end of the year, so to keep on top of everything, watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: IMAP Email
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) email services are ubiquitous and useful, but not commonly understood. Today we’ll talk about the difference between traditional POP (Post Office Protocol) email access and IMAP, and how IMAP interaction with PCRecruiter underpins some of the most important CRM features we offer.
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) email services are ubiquitous and useful, but not commonly understood. Today we’ll talk about the difference between traditional POP (Post Office Protocol) email access and IMAP, and how IMAP interaction with PCRecruiter underpins some of the most important CRM features we offer.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week weâre going to talk about IMAP email accounts and how they interact with PCR. IMAP is one of the two most common methods of connecting to an email account, the other being POP, or âpopâ.
POP stands for âpost office protocol,â and it works very much like traditional post office box. Your email client, Microsoft Outlook for example, connects to your mailbox at your mail hosting provider, and downloads all of the contents, leaving the mailbox on the server empty. While this does afford local access to your emails when youâre not online, it means the mail is now stored only in the mail client you downloaded it to. If you check the same mailbox from your phone, itâll be empty. Your Sent Items and other folders will also be only up to date on that one mail client.
With IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), however, the mail stays on the server. Your mail client simply displays and manipulates the messages where they are. This means you can connect to the same email account from multiple mail clients, all of which will stay in sync with each other because theyâre all just reflecting whatâs in the mail folders on the server. These days, with ubiquitous internet access, and the need to access the same email account via multiple computers or mobile devices, IMAP is the most common setup.
So, how does this work with PCRecruiter? Well, PCRecruiter has its own optional built-in email client. While all users have the option to send email out of PCRecruiter from various screens, the PCR Mail client lets you receive email in PCR as well. This can really shorten the process of creating Name records from or importing resumes from received emails, or quickly accessing the Name record when a contact emails you.
The other big advantage here is Activity tracking. Each time you send or receive a message from someone whose email address is on a record in the database, PCR can log the text of that email as an Activity on their record, and as long as the original email still exists on the server, you can jump right to it from the personâs name record. Having all of your email communication automatically logged as part of the Name record in PCR can be a powerful asset.
PCRecruiterâs IMAP synchronization runs 24 hours a day. So even if you never use the PCR Mail client at all, once the connection to your IMAP email account is set up, you can send and receive email on your mobile phone, in Outlook, or anywhere else, and the activity logs and emails will be accessible from within PCRecruiter. And, any emails you send out from PCRecruiter will be synced as sent items in all of your other email clients.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Routing Rules
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday examines the often overlooked ‘Routing Rules’ feature, which automatically places candidates and jobs on Rollup Lists based on their job titles.
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday examines the often overlooked ‘Routing Rules’ feature, which automatically places candidates and jobs on Rollup Lists based on their job titles.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with a fresh Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
PCRecruiter has a number of handy little features tucked away here and there that users may be unaware of. In this video weâll look at just such a feature: Routing Rules. In a nutshell, Routing Rules place Name and Position records on specified rollup lists based on their Title fields. This can be a useful organizational tool for grouping candidates and jobs automatically as theyâre entered.
To configure this feature, weâll start from the System menu and search for âRules.â In this database we havenât got any rules defined yet, and having never visited this screen before, we also donât have any menu items pinned. Weâll start by pinning the âAdd Ruleâ item to the Action menu. Now we can add a rule.
For this demonstration, letâs say we want to start grouping C-Level candidates. Weâll keep âNameâ as the Rule Type, because this rule will be applied to Name records, but the same process weâre about to go through would be applied if we were routing Position records based on their Job Titles.
First weâll name this Rule. Now we start adding titles. When we click âAddâ the system will display the Titles table, if weâve got one in this database, so that we can select titles from the list. In this case, weâre going to add titles manually and set up some partial matching. We want anyone whose job title begins with âChief,â so weâll enter âChiefâ followed immediately by the wildcard character, a percent sign, in the box. Then we click âOKâ. We can click âAddâ again to include more titles, like CFO, CDO, CEO, and so on.
Next we click âAddâ in the lower box to choose what list, or lists, people with these titles should be placed on. For this example, weâll make a fresh list by clicking âAdd Rollupâ, filling in a description, and saving. Now we can select the list we just made.
The same process can be repeated for as many combinations of titles and lists as you please. Now letâs see it in action! Weâll use the record adding wizard to parse the contact data from a resume weâve received. The title on this one is Chief Operating Officer.
After saving the record, if we look at the Rollup area, weâll find that she has been automatically linked to the specified list based on her title. The same action would occur if she had self-registered on our job board with that title. And if we go to a record thatâs already in the system and update the title to one that matches the rule we created, thatâll get placed on the list as well.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Mail Tagging in Portal
In our latest Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re looking at Mail Tagging in the PCRecruiter Portal for MS Outlook. This recently-released feature lets you color-code senders in your Outlook inbox based on the Status field from their name in PCRecruiter.
In our latest Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re looking at Mail Tagging in the PCRecruiter Portal for MS Outlook. This recently-released feature lets you color-code senders in your Outlook inbox based on the Status field from their name in PCRecruiter.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In this weekâs edition, weâre going to look at the new Mail Tagging enhancement available in the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft Outlook. This new option lets you color-code your emails based on the status of the contact record in PCRecruiter, making it easier to spot emails from candidates, clients, managers, and so forth in your inbox.
First off, youâll need to make sure that youâve got the latest version of the Outlook Portal. If the feature weâre reviewing in this video doesnât seem to be there when you open Outlook, youâll want to visit the Downloads area of our website at PCRecruiter.net to get the latest installation file.
Now weâll launch Outlook and check it out. The first step is to open the âOptionsâ item from the PCR Config section. Before proceeding, youâll want to verify that the âServer IP/URLâ section points to www2.pcrecruiter.net, rather than simply www.pcrecruiter.net. The âwww2â URL is the current PCRecruiter hosting domain, and this new feature requires Portal to be connected to the current PCR servers rather than the older PCR 8 version.
Now weâre going to select the new Mail Tagging tab. In the dropdown at the top, weâre going to select the email account that weâre working with in the Portal.
Next, weâre going to use the âConfigure Category Colorsâ option. This pops up Microsoft Outlookâs own Color Categories tool. Iâm going to create a âCandidatesâ category thatâs green, a âHiring Authorityâ category thatâs blue, an âOn Assignment category thatâs purple, and a âReferenceâ category thatâs orange.
Now we can use the checkbox list to associate some or all of PCRecruiterâs Status options for Name records with a category color. We can associate multiple statuses with the same category if we want to â for example, we can place emails from Hiring Authority, Employee, and Manager records all in the same blue category. When weâre done lining everything up, we click âSave & Closeâ.
As a final step, weâll right-click on the headings in the message list, and choose âView Settingsâ. Weâre going to click on âColumnsâ and add the âCategoriesâ column to the view.
Now, whenever we check email, the Portal will look up the senderâs address in our primary PCRecruiter database, and will color-code these messages based on the Status field on the Name record. If the same email address is found on more than one Name, the color code will be based on the record that was most recently active. The color coding may not be instantaneous depending on the synchronization between the PCRecruiter Portal and the data servers, so if youâre not seeing the colors applied, just wait a few minutes and they should start showing up.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter user group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Custom Fields
Configurability is one of PCRâs key strengths, and weâve talked about user-adjustable layouts and settings in many of these videos. This week, weâre going back to basics and looking at how to create a Custom Field.
Configurability is one of PCRâs key strengths, and weâve talked about user-adjustable layouts and settings in many of these videos. This week, weâre going back to basics and looking at how to create a Custom Field.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Configurability is one of PCRâs key strengths, and weâve talked about user-adjustable layouts and settings in many of these videos. This week, weâre going back to basics and looking at how to create a Custom Field.
You can add virtually unlimited Custom Fields to your Name, Company, and Position records to contain just about any data point you require. For this example, weâre going to make a custom âCategoryâ selection for our positions to help group them for searching, sorting, and reporting.
First, weâll head to the System area and open âCustom Fieldsâ. If you donât see this option, your user login doesnât have the admin permission necessary to make and edit Custom Fields. We want to define a Custom Field for our Position records.
Below weâll see a list of the existing Custom Fields. We can delete them, change the âSortâ value, which controls the order they appear in on some screens, set the âActionâ, which indicates what type of data weâre putting into the field, and set the âDefault Valuesâ for the field if itâs going to be a multiple choice. Please note that deleting a fieldâs definition from this area simply de-lists it for the purposes of searching, reporting, and so on. If youâve already completed this field on individual records or placed it in custom screen layouts, itâll remain there until you specifically remove it.
Weâll click the âplusâ icon to add a new field, and give it a name, which can be up to 25 characters long. The sort order can be left alone in most cases. The âActionâ dropdown defaults to âNo Actionâ, meaning that this will be a plain, 255-character text field. It also includes options to designate the data as an email address, phone number, web address, date, currency value, dropdown, and so on. For our âCategoryâ field, we want users to be able to select from a list of categories, and we want them to be able to select more than one at a time, so weâre going to choose the âMulti-Select Checkboxâ Action.
After we save, we can use the âDefault Valuesâ link to put in our options. Each one can be up to 35 characters long. If you have a lot of choices, you can also use the âImportâ option.
Now that the field is defined, where does it show up? Custom fields can always be found under the âDetailsâ navigation on any record. When we define a custom field, it doesnât âexistâ for any specific record until some data is put into it, so the default display here is only going to show fields that have data in them already. Weâll select âShow All Fieldsâ to see the full complement of empty fields we might fill in.
If this is a field is one youâll be using regularly, youâll want to add it to your main screen. Weâll use the familiar âCustomizeâ option on the record. When we click in any of the spaces, typing the name into the dropdown should bring up the field we just defined. After saving, the Category field is now available for use on all the positions we view with this username.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Notes vs. Activities
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to talk about a subject that some users can find confusing. Namely, when to put information about a contact into the Notes and when to put it into the Activities. While PCRecruiterâs flexibility means you can often put your data wherever you find it most helpful to have, there are some clear-cut situations in which one or the other of these areas of the record is better suited to the job.
In this Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to talk about a subject that some users can find confusing. Namely, when to put information about a contact into the Notes and when to put it into the Activities. While PCRecruiterâs flexibility means you can often put your data wherever you find it most helpful to have, there are some clear-cut situations in which one or the other of these areas of the record is better suited to the job.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In this episode weâre going to talk about a subject that some users can find confusing. Namely, when to put information about a contact into the Notes and when to put it into the Activities. While PCRecruiterâs flexibility means you can often put your data wherever you find it most helpful to have, there are some clear-cut situations in which one or the other of these areas of the record is better suited to the job.
At the simplest level, the Notes area is for saving annotations to the record; things that arenât in the candidateâs resume or donât necessarily fit into a specific field. Your Notes might include information about their family or hobbies, or details about their job search or relationship with the company they work for. Notes are included in the systemâs keyword index, so if you use the Keywords search box, any words stored the Notes will be included in that search. In addition, youâll see the first 250 or so characters of the Notes when you hover your mouse over the contactâs name in your search results or Rollup views, making it a good place to jot down details you want to reference quickly in these contexts.
When you enter a Note on a record, the system stamps it with the date and time of entry and the user who entered it, so it can be tempting to use the Notes area to keep track of events like phone calls, meetings, interviews, and so forth. However, the date on your notes is simply the date that note was saved, which makes it tough to record a past or future event. The date and username are essentially just meta data within one large text document, not discrete pieces of trackable info.
If you want to keep track of whatâs youâve done or will be doing in regards to a contact outside of the context of a position Pipeline, youâll want to record Activities instead. The system automatically writes some Activity records when you perform actions like adding or saving records, sending emails, and so on, but you can also create your own custom Activity Types under the System area to track things like cold calls, the date when you received a document, or when you sent a LinkedIn connection request. You can even set up Result Codes to log the outcomes â like whether that LinkedIn Request was accepted.
Because the Activities track the Username, Date, Activity Type, and the memo text as independent fields, you can filter, sort, search, and report on them to get an idea of what happened when, and who did it. You can also attach Activities and their follow-up events to your Schedule, so they track not just what youâve done, but what you plan to do.
So, in short, when you want to supplement a record with searchable freeform information, the Notes are a good place to do it, but if you want to track something that occurred or will occur, then Activities are the better choice.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Rollup “Call Plans”
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re looking at the ‘Plan’ feature in the Rollup lists, which combines the Rollup and Schedule into a valuable tool for tracking your phone call lists for sourcing and business development.
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re looking at the ‘Plan’ feature in the Rollup lists, which combines the Rollup and Schedule into a valuable tool for tracking your phone call lists for sourcing and business development.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
One of the primary uses of Rollup Lists in PCR is to keep track of your calling plans. In this weekâs video, weâre going to look at the Plan feature, which helps you to keep track of who youâre planning to call each day, who you reached, and who you didnât, by placing some or all of a list on your Schedule.
Every Plan starts with a Rollup list of contacts. Weâve talked about Rollups in an earlier Two Minute Tuesday. To use the Plan, we need to properly configure the Stages on our Rollups. The âConfigureâ option is in the Action menu at the upper right corner. Weâre going to work with the Stage Setup tab.
There are nineteen configurable Stages in Rollups, which you can use to track a variety of selection and ranking tasks. Weâll discuss this screen in more depth in a future video, but the key item for this process is the âMerge Planâ column, which includes a simple Yes or No dropdown for each Stage. We want to set this to âYesâ for any Stage that requires future action â such as leaving a voicemail, or if the contact wasnât able to chat when we reached them. Stages that are dead-ends, such as wrong numbers or lack of interest, can be left at the âNoâ setting.
Now that weâve got that set, letâs walk through using the Plan. Hereâs a list of Developers in Chicago that I plan to call. There are 400 people on this list, and I want to try to reach 20 of them each day. Letâs see how the Plan feature can help.
First, weâll select the current page, which contains 20 contacts. Now weâre going to use the âPlanâ option in the Action menu. Here, weâll select the date and a chunk of time in which we plan to try and reach these contacts. We can add notes about the project, a reminder alarm, and so on, before saving. If we click âScheduleâ and view the desired date, weâll find our Plan holding the selected time slot.
When itâs time to execute the Plan, weâll click âOpen Planâ. We are now looking at the first selected subset of our Chicago Developers Rollup. Itâs the same Rollup List, and all of the records remain on the list, but this Plan view is filtered to show only this Planâs selected contacts. As we make the calls, we use our configured Stages to record the outcomes.
When weâve contacted everyone, or when weâve reached the end of the time weâd allotted, we select âMerge Planâ from the Action menu. Now we will see our Chicago Developers Rollup List, minus anyone who has been given a Stage with a âNoâ merge setting. Now, we can select a group of results from this filtered view and create a fresh Plan to schedule more calls.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Finding “Lost” Contacts
Have you ever misplaced a record? It’s very difficult to permanently erase information from PCRecruiter unintentionally, so usually a record that seems to be gone is simply not where you’re looking for it. This week’s Two Minute Tuesday looks at some techniques for locating these ‘lost’ contact records.
Have you ever misplaced a record? It’s very difficult to permanently erase information from PCRecruiter unintentionally, so usually a record that seems to be gone is simply not where you’re looking for it. This week’s Two Minute Tuesday looks at some techniques for locating these ‘lost’ contact records.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with a fresh Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
There are few things more confounding than trying to find a record you know should be there, but it just isnât. In this weekâs edition, weâre going to look at ways to find a seemingly lost contact. In almost all cases, the record is still there. You just have to know where to look.
If you think the record may have been deleted, the first place to check is the Recycling Bin. In older versions of PCR, this was on the MyPCR screen, but in PCR 9 youâll find it at the bottom of the System menu.
When you delete records in PCR, they arenât actually erased â theyâre simply removed from the searching indexes, compressed to save space, and sent to this Recycling Bin. If you do see the missing record here, you can use the âRestoreâ link to send it back to where it came from. Youâll only see your own deleted items, but admin users can use the pulldown to get to records deleted by anyone at all. If you do want to permanently delete one or more items, you can check the boxes at the left, and use the âRemoveâ button.
If the person we were looking for doesnât seem to be in here, itâs likely that heâs still in the database, but some or all of the data on his record has been somehow replaced, making him harder to locate.
Letâs say we were searching for the candidate by name and he didnât come up. Perhaps someone has changed the first name from Bobby to Robert, so weâll try searching for him by email address instead. Unfortunately, thatâs not finding him either.
If we canât locate him by his fields, we might be able to find him by his keywords. If his name and email fields were both altered, but his resume or profile is still attached to the record, then a keyword search for his name or other identifying data in those documents may bring up whatever record those items are attached to. Weâre going to wrap the name in quotes so we find only occurrences of the first and last name together in that order.
But what if this is a client or some other contact that has no resume? Thatâs where the Activity text search box can come in handy. Weâll click âActivitiesâ in the main menu, choose a likely date range for some interaction with that contact, and enter the name into the âText Searchâ box.
Here he is! It looks like these activities are attached to someone with a different name. Letâs find out why. From the navigation menu on the Name record, weâre going to choose the âChange Logâ. This area lists all major alterations made to this record, with date, time, username, and the original value. Aha. Here we can see that another user replaced all of Bobbyâs info with someone elseâs a few days ago. Now we just need to make a new record for this other personâs info, and put Bobbyâs data back the way it was.
Of course, if none of these methods pan out, you can always check out the Snapshot backup from the previous day, or get in touch with Main Sequence support about restoring from an earlier archive.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the PCRecruiter LinkedIn users group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Custom User Metrics Report
As any manager will tell you, keeping track of what your team is accomplishing is key to success. One of the ways you can do this in PCRecruiter is to create a Custom User Metrics report to monitor the activity records for a better grip on your recruiting KPIs. We’ll walk through the setup in this week’s Two Minute Tuesday.
As any manager will tell you, keeping track of what your team is accomplishing is key to success. One of the ways you can do this in PCRecruiter is to create a Custom User Metrics report to monitor the activity records for a better grip on your recruiting KPIs. We’ll walk through the setup in this week’s Two Minute Tuesday.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for a new Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
If youâre in charge of a recruitment team, youâll want to keep tabs on the activity of your users. One simple way in which you can do this is with a custom User Metrics Report. Today weâll walk through creating one.
First, weâll click âReportsâ in the main menu. To create or edit a custom report, we need to select the âgearâ icon in the Action menu at the upper right. Now, from the group of tabs, weâre going to pick âManage User Metrics Reportsâ and choose âAddâ.
In the window that appears, we use the first section to name the report. Weâll just call it âUser Activity.â Now weâll open up the first row of data.
Each section includes a box for the label, a selector to choose what sort of metric it represents, and a link for choosing the source of the data.
For example, we can label the first box âOutbound Calls.â Weâll check the âActivitiesâ box, because weâre going to base this metric on the Activity record created when an outbound call is made. Now weâll click on âSelect/Edit Sourcesâ and specify all of the possible outbound call activities.
We can also use the âInterviews / Placementsâ option to track events in the pipeline. Here, weâll make a label for âSubmittalsâ, and select our âSubmittedâ interview status.
Itâs also possible to use the âPositionsâ option to get numbers on jobs that have been created, filled, closed, and so on. In this column, weâll create a âNew Openingsâ label, set the selector to âPositionsâ, and then choose the âAvailableâ option as the source.
Now letâs see how it works. To run the report, weâll select âAuditing Reportsâ and click on our new Custom User Metric report. We can also search for it by name from the reports menu search box.
We select the date range to report on â for this example, weâll select the entire month â and we can exclude users by unchecking their usernames and apply additional filters.
When we print the report, the row of labels we created appears under each user, with a count of the applicable records. So, in this report, we can see that the user EWATSON had 65 outgoing calls this month, 12 submittals, and 20 new jobs entered. Clicking on the number searches the database for the applicable records.
Weâll look at more advanced metric reporting options in a future video, but thatâs all for this Two Minute Tuesday. For more, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter user group, and watch our blog posts on your PCRecruiter login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Pointers on PCR’s Parser
If youâve used PCRecruiter to import a resume, you know how much time its built-in contact parser can save you in completing the fields on the record. In this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to look at three more things PCRâs parsing engine can do that you may not be aware of.
If youâve used PCRecruiter to import a resume, you know how much time its built-in contact parser can save you in completing the fields on the record. In this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to look at three more things PCRâs parsing engine can do that you may not be aware of.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Here comes another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In computer terms, a parser is a program that takes some input and breaks it down into its parts for further analysis based on a set of rules. If youâve used PCRecruiter to import a resume, you know how much time its built-in parser can save you in completing the contact fields on the name record. In this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, weâre going to look at three more things PCRâs parsing engine can do that you may not be aware of.
First up, Queueing Resumes for Parsing. If you have multiple resumes to import at once, you can save several clicks with the Add Resume Utilityâs queueing feature. Weâll click the âquick addâ icon in the upper right and select âParse From Resumeâ. Clicking âStartâ launches the familiar âAdd Resume Utility.â Now, rather than clicking the âOpenâ icon to browse the computerâs drive for a resume, weâll open up a folder on the machine that has multiple resume documents in it. Now, we highlight the ones we want – either with the mouse, or by clicking the first one and then shift-clicking on the last – and drag them to the lower area of the utility. Now we can see that there are 14 resumes in the queue. Then we can verify and complete the info on the first one, and click âNextâ to move right on to the next resume. When you have more than one document to import, this is much quicker than starting the process over for every file.
Now, letâs talk about the Clipboard icon. Youâll find this handy data parsing utility next to the Company Name field on Company records, and the Last Name field in Name records. This feature works in two scenarios. If weâre looking at a record thatâs already saved in the system, clicking on the clipboard gives you a plain-text version of the major contact fields. This can be useful when you want to copy and paste someoneâs info into an email or a document.
The feature also works when adding clients or other contacts without resumes to the database. For example, hereâs the signature in an email I just received. I can copy it, go to the âquick addâ, and choose âManual Entryâ. Here, clicking the clipboard icon launches a parsing popup. We just paste, and parse. Now the contact details are ready to save. The same trick works when adding a new Company record.
Lastly, letâs look at the Parsed History feature. This area is found at the bottom of the âHistoryâ screen from the navigation menu on Name records, but really, you can think of it an alternate way to view the contents of a resume. When we click âParsed History,â PCRecruiter pulls the contents of the current resume on file for this person, and presents the education and work history in a convenient table. Youâll the time range for each item, and the parserâs breakdown of titles, locations, and skills deduced from the resumeâs contents. Of course, the accuracy of this analysis will vary, depending on the formatting and wording of the resume, but it can be helpful for getting your bearings when you need to quickly skim a candidateâs experience.
Thatâs it for this edition of Two Minute Tuesday. For more, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter user group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Configuring Interview Statuses
PCRâs Pipeline is your hub for tracking the recruitment process, and so youâll want the interview statuses in it to reflect your organizationâs own unique workflow. In this Two Minute Tuesday weâre going to look at how to set up your databaseâs pipeline to mirror your process, which is key for effectively monitoring and reporting, plus setting up time-saving features like automated notification emails to candidates and hiring managers.
PCRâs Pipeline is your hub for tracking the recruitment process, and so youâll want the interview statuses in it to reflect your organizationâs own unique workflow. In this Two Minute Tuesday weâre going to look at how to set up your databaseâs pipeline to mirror your process, which is key for effectively monitoring and reporting, plus setting up time-saving features like automated notification emails to candidates and hiring managers.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Here comes another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
PCRâs Pipeline is your hub for tracking the recruitment process, and so youâll want the interview statuses in it to reflect your organizationâs own unique workflow. Today weâre going to look at how to set up your databaseâs pipeline to mirror your process, which is key for effectively monitoring and reporting, plus setting up time-saving features like automated notification emails to candidates and hiring managers.
When you first get into PCR, a default set of Types and Statuses are already in place. âTypesâ are the main categories and âStatusesâ are the subcategories within each Type. For example, we have a Type called âIn-Person,â with Statuses for first interview and second interview beneath it, and we have an âOut-of-Processâ Type, with Statuses to indicate why the candidate was not suitable for this particular opening.
If youâre a PCRecruiter admin user, you can adjust the databaseâs pipeline configuration by clicking System and searching for âInterview Status Codesâ. When we go into this area, weâll see a list of the Statuses to start with. We can edit or delete them with the Action dropdowns, or use the âplusâ icon in the Action menu to create new ones.
Each Status has a code, which is an abbreviated label for this stage in the process (10-character maximum), a longer description, and an indication of which major Type it belongs under. For example, if we wanted to add a Status for a second telephone interview, weâd click the âAddâ icon, create a code, give it a description, and use the pulldown to associate it with the Telephone Type. The Priority dropdown allows you to define the listing order of the Statuses within a given Type â theyâll be alphabetical if you leave it at zero. If your organization is required to do EEOC reporting, special codes can be created for that too.
You may also want to change the major Types. While new Types cannot be added or deleted, the systemâs built-in ones can be relabeled or hidden. Weâll do that with this icon in the Action menu. In this screen, we can give the Types new abbreviated codes and long descriptions to suit our needs. We can also use these checkboxes to hide any Types that we donât need. In this database, many of the Types have already been hidden away, and the first âuser definedâ Type has been configured to act as an âOfferâ stage.
Relabeling the Types and creating custom Statuses gives us lots of flexibility. We could, for example, hide the âTelephoneâ Type, re-label âIn-Personâ to simply call it âInterviewedâ, and then create Statuses under it to track in-person, phone, and video interviews. Just be aware that these settings will apply to all of the users and jobs in this database, so youâll want to define your Types and Statuses broadly enough to suit all of the sourcing and placement steps youâd need to track.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter user group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any ideas for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Deleting & Changing Users
Recruiting, staffing, and sourcing simply wouldnât be a thing if everyone stayed in one job forever. But what happens when someone leaves your company? In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, weâre going to look at what an admin user can do with the records when a PCRecruiter user leaves the organization.
Recruiting, staffing, and sourcing simply wouldnât be a thing if everyone stayed in one job forever. But what happens when someone leaves your company? In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, weâre going to look at what an admin user can do with the records when a PCRecruiter user leaves the organization.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Recruiting, staffing, and sourcing simply wouldnât be a thing if everyone stayed in one job forever. But what happens when someone leaves your company? Today weâre going to look at what an admin user can do with the records when a PCRecruiter user leaves the organization.
When someone exits the scene, you may simply want to delete their account. User changes are made under System > Manage Users. Weâll select the user whoâs gone, and then click the Delete icon in the action panel. This wonât remove or change any of the records that belonged to them â it will just remove their login account.
If the user is on temporary leave or may come back later, we can open the âSecurityâ panel. At the bottom, under Security Policy, youâll find the âAccount is disabledâ option. Checking this box and saving the record prevents the user from logging in without actually deleting their account.
Now, letâs say weâve hired someone to take over the desk and we want to change all of the existing records for that account over to the new person. We can do this by clicking the icon to the right of the User Name field, and changing the username. We can also get to this panel by searching for Change User Name under System.
We want to enter the new username here – ten characters maximum. When we apply the change, PCR scours the database for all historical data created by this user and changes the username field on it to the new one. This feature is also handy when a user has a new last name and wants to change their username to match. One item to note â if the person was using PCRâs internal email client, those email records are stored in a separate database and will not be altered when you change the username. Youâll want to contact support@mainsequence.net for details on linking old emails to a new username.
What if we want to assign only the outgoing userâs jobs to another current user, or if we want to change only certain name, company, and job records? Well, an admin can change the username field on each record manually, but we can alter multiple records at once with the global change features under System.
Weâll search for âChangeâ, and then select âChange Positions.â The Predefined Field we want to alter is âUser Nameâ. We can use the selector here to limit the changes to a specific Rollup list of jobs, or we can fill the âOriginal Valueâ box with the old username so that the system simply finds and changes all positions marked with that username. The same principles apply to changing name or company records. When you use these global change features, the username field on the record is changed to the new username, while all of the activity history, interviews, and so on associated with it remain tagged with the original username.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, join the LinkedIn PCRecruiter user group, and watch our blog posts on your PCR login screen. If you have any topics or suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Rudiments of Keyword Searching
For this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re going to go over using Boolean keyword search methods in PCRecruiter to find the candidates, jobs, and contacts you’re looking for.
For this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re going to go over using Boolean keyword search methods in PCRecruiter to find the candidates, jobs, and contacts you’re looking for.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week, weâre going to look at the rudiments of keyword searching. Youâll find keyword search boxes on the Basic and Advanced Name, Company, and Position search screens, among others. PCRâs keyword search includes the content of the Resume, Notes, Summary, Profile forms, and Keywords areas of your records, but it does not include data in discretely labeled fields, like âJob Titleâ or âLast Nameâ. Our Lucene search engine, which offers searching of text file attachments as well as many more complex search queries and support for significantly larger databases is also available â contact your Main Sequence rep for details.
At the simplest level, we just enter a few terms separated by spaces into the keyword search box. Here, on the Advanced Name Search screen, weâll enter marketing development sales. PCRecruiter will return records with any of these words in any of the keyword indexed areas of the record, ordered by relevance. If we want to limit the search to specific indexed areas of the record, such as the resume only, we can change the âLimitâ pulldown. We can also designate whether partial word matches should be included, such as âsalesmanâ or âsalesforce.â
To refine the search, weâll need to use Boolean operations: AND, NOT, OR, and NEAR, as well as quotes and parentheses. Hereâs how these work:
Using AND (all caps) before a term makes it a required criteria for the search results, while NOT excludes the term that follows it. For example, if we search marketing AND development NOT sales, weâre going to find records that contain the first term and the second one, but do not contain the third.
We can also nest search terms with parentheses. For example: (sales OR marketing) AND (development OR bizdev). When you use parentheses, the system runs the queries inside the parentheses first; so here weâll only get back records with either of the terms from the first pair, and either of the terms from the second pair.
We can search for phrases by using quotes. For example: âbusiness developmentâ. Now weâll get records with the words business and development immediately adjacent to each other.
To find words close to, but not right next to each other, we keep the quotes and include the NEAR operator. âBusiness NEAR Developmentâ finds any record where those two words are within ten words of each other. We can narrow or expand the range by specifying a number. For example, âbusiness NEAR5 developmentâ will return records where those words are five or less words apart.
You can mix and match these techniques to create very refined keyword searches, but keep in mind that the more complex your query is, the more time itâll take PCR to return the results.
When you get your search results back, youâll see a letter indicating where in the record the terms were found. P for Profiles, N for Notes or Keywords, R for resume. Click on the letter, and the search terms are highlighted in context.
This is just the tip of the searching iceberg and weâll dig into more related topics in the future. But for now, subscribe to this YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and watch your PCR login screen. If you have any suggestions for future Two Minute Tuesdays, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Candidate Submittal Workflow
In our Two Minute Tuesday video this week, we’re going to go over one possible workflow for handling the submission of a candidate to the hiring authority. We’re also touching on pipeline email templates.
In our Two Minute Tuesday video this week, we’re going to go over one possible workflow for handling the submission of a candidate to the hiring authority. We’re also touching on pipeline email templates.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
PCRâs flexibility and configurability means being able to accomplish many tasks in multiple ways, and sometimes it can be helpful to see how someone else gets a job done. Today weâre going to walk through one workflow for submitting a potential hire to a manager which you may want to try out for yourself.
Letâs say weâve just added a new candidate to the database, and we know sheâd be perfect for one of our existing openings. We want to put her into the jobâs pipeline and email her info to the hiring contact.
Weâll start by typing part of the job title into the Quick Find box. Now that weâve found our job, we can use the âAdd Interviewâ icon here to begin logging the submittal. Remember that in PCRecruiter, an âInterview Recordâ is generated for every step in the process of connecting a person with a job, not just the actual person-to-person interviews. A resume submittal or an online inquiry by the candidate is often the first Interview Record in the process.
Weâll search for the candidate by name or any other field, and select them from the list. Now we get the âAdd Interviewâ screen. The âInterview Type/Statusâ box is already set to my Resume Submittal status because Iâve previously used the configure icon here to make that my default option. We can fill in any other details, and click âSave.â Now, we have an interview record in the pipeline for the job so that the submittal date and time are available for tracking and reporting.
Next, we can click the âEmailâ option at the bottom of the window to send this candidateâs details to the hiring contact. When the window pops up, our default Pipeline Email template appears. In this database, the pipeline email has been written as a personal letter to the manager. Youâll see all the relevant details have been automatically merged into the letter, which we can then hand-edit however we please before sending it.
Pipeline Emails are a special class of form letter that can be configured from the System area. When weâre creating one, the âInsert Fieldsâ option allows us to merge in practically any details from the name, the company, the job, and the interview record. The letter can be as simple or complex as you wish. The template labeled as âDefaultâ will always come up first, but we can use the âTemplateâ button in the email screen to switch to any other template for other uses, such as emailing the details on an interview to an internal administrator, or emailing them to the candidate.
Using the sidebar, we can see that the candidateâs resume is going to be sent along with the email by default. We can add additional attachments, and even include a meeting request, before sending the email to the manager, the candidate, or even a list of contacts.
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Two Minute Tuesday: MyPCR Search Links
We’re looking at yet another way to customize and configure PCRecruiter to suit your sourcing and recruiting process in this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video. Today we’re walking through adding a custom search to your MyPCR screen.
We’re looking at yet another way to customize and configure PCRecruiter to suit your sourcing and recruiting process in this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video. Today we’re walking through adding a custom search to your MyPCR screen.
Note: The ‘invalid email’ search shown in this video is not valid for databases using the Lucene search engine.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
The MyPCR screen is a great place to see quick stats and access hot lists and links when you first log into PCRecruiter. In this episode, weâre going to look at using custom search links on your MyPCR screen. You can use any Name, Company, or Job search query that you build in the Advanced Search screen, or an SQL query entered by hand.
For this example, weâll choose a simple search. Letâs say our colleague, Raymond, is entering lots of name records into the database. Some of them may be missing the email address, and heâs going to go back and fill them in later. We want to keep tabs on the project and let him know if heâs forgotten to complete them.
To start weâll go to the Advanced Name Search and create a query. For the first search term, we want Predefined Fields > Email Address > Is Empty. We click âAddâ to lock in the term. We can also catch improperly formatted addresses by choosing Predefined Fields > Email Address > Not Like > %@%.%. The percentage sign is a search wildcard, so this will find any emails that arenât in the usual âsomething at something dot somethingâ format. Weâll click âAddâ again, and weâll set this the dropdown to âORâ so we find records matching either term. Lastly, weâll limit this to Raymondâs records by choosing Predefined Fields > User Name > Equal, and selecting his username from the popup. Weâll set this second dropdown to âEnd Group / Andâ so that the first âORâ search is grouped together, and the username search is treated as a requirement in addition to that result.
If we expand the âQueryâ section, we can see the structured query language that weâve just built. Weâre going to highlight and copy it. Now weâll load the My PCR screen and open the Configure option from the Action menu. We want to configure the âSearch Linksâ item from the sidebar.
To start, weâre going to give this search a descriptive title. Now we paste the query into the Search box. Next, we tell the system whether this is a Name, Company, or Position search.
Letâs stop at this point and save the configuration. We can see our new search in the Custom Stats area with a number indicating how many matching results exist. Clicking on the item will run the search so we can view the names that need to be completed.
Letâs go back into the config screen and add a notification. Itâs ok if Raymondâs got a handful of incomplete records at a time, but if there are 10 or more, then we want a notification so that we can give him a reminder. Thatâs where the Notification Trigger comes in. Weâll set it to âGreater Than 9â and add a Popup Message. Now, if the number of results for this query gets to ten, weâll get an alert popup whenever we load the MyPCR screen.
For more complex searches check out the list of custom queries in the PCR 9 Learning Center, or contact Main Sequence support to ask about custom queries for your particular needs.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Customized Portal Ribbon
Attention users of the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft OutlookÂź! This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is for you. We’ll look at how to tweak the ‘ribbon’ to save you some tab switching while you’re working.
Attention users of the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft OutlookÂź! This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is for you. We’ll look at how to tweak the ‘ribbon’ to save you some tab switching while you’re working.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back with another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
If youâre one of the many who access your database via the PCRecruiter Portal for Microsoft Outlook™, this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday is for you. Weâre going to show you a customized menu tweak that will save you some clicks.
If youâre unfamiliar with the Portal, itâs our innovative add-on for Microsoft Outlook that allows you to interact with your PCRecruiter data from inside the Outlook application. For those of you who absolutely âliveâ in Outlook, the Portal can save a lot of switching between windows. Plus, it synchronizes calendars and contacts and gives you quick access to importing resumes from your inbox, and it can reduce the learning curve for new users by embedding PCR into a familiar environment.
When Portal is installed, it creates a new tab in Outlook that contains all of the major PCR menu items. However, this normally means switching back to the built-in âHomeâ tab for common Outlook email and schedule functions. You donât have to let that slow you down! Thereâs actually a way to merge your key Outlook functions into the PCRecruiter Portal tab.
First, weâre going to right-click in the empty space on the PCRecruiter tab and select âCustomize the Ribbonâ. The âRibbonâ is Microsoftâs name for the toolbar strips in their products. On the left youâll see the available commands and on the right are the main tabs in the Outlook ribbon.
Weâll start by creating a New Group under the PCRecruiter tab. We can call it âOutlook Featuresâ or anything else you please. Youâll likely want to put this group at either the start or end of the section rather than in the middle. Now weâll drag our commonly used items from the left column into the right. For example, we might want to pull over âNew Emailâ or âSend/Receive All Folders.â
Outlook shows you a list of âPopular Commandsâ to start with, but you can change the dropdown to see âAll Commandsâ instead to bring over things like Reply, Reply All, Forward, and so on. Youâll see some items multiple times â for example, there are two seemingly identical âDeleteâ options. If you hover your mouse over one of them, youâll see what it does. In this case, one âDeleteâ is for calendar items, and one âDeleteâ is the email one from the Home tab. Thatâs the one we want. You can also move any of Outlookâs pre-grouped options â for example, from the âMain Tabsâ selections, I can choose Calendar > New, which brings sub-items along with it.
When we click âOKâ, we can now see the new options reflected here in the PCRecruiter tab. Now the PCR Portal saves time switching between the email and the browser, and our freshly customized ribbon saves switching between the tabs in Outlook!
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Two Minute Tuesday: Configure the Basic Search
For this week’s Two Minute Tuesday tutorial, we’re looking at ways to speed up your basic field searches by configuring your Basic Search form and results layouts.
For this week’s Two Minute Tuesday tutorial, we’re looking at ways to speed up your basic field searches by configuring your Basic Search form and results layouts.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Weâre going to revisit the topic of screen customization this week, and check out how you can adjust your main search form and search results. Every user in the database can have their own personalized customizations, or the system admin can copy one userâs settings to others for consistency.
The simple name, company, and position search forms all include three fields that can be combined, plus a keyword search box. By default, all three dropdowns contain all of the possible fields for the record type youâre working with. You can quickly get to any field you want by typing the field name into the dropdown, but you can speed up your process by cutting out any fields you would never expect to search.
To do this, we go into the Customize screen in the action menu. In the âSearchingâ section, weâll see a column containing all of the available fields on the left, and a column for our selected fields on the right. Since weâve never configured this screen before, the right side is empty. We can drag the fields from one column to another, or use the plus and minus icons, and drag them up and down into any order we want. After we click save, the three dropdowns will contain only those fields that we placed in the right column. Our pared-down set of fields applies to the dropdowns on the Advanced Search as well.
If you want to set a default group of search options, just select the fields you want, check the âSave as Defaultâ box, and then click âSearchâ to save your choices. You can also use this method to pre-fill any of the three values. For example, if I usually want to search only my Available jobs, I can set âStatus (Dropdown)â as a search field and set it to âAvailable/Openâ. Now Iâve saved not only the field, but the search term as part of my default.
The same Customize popup allows you to control which columns youâll see in your search results. Clicking the âResults Pageâ sidebar item brings up this list, in which we can change the order of the fields, click on them to delete them from our results screens, or click the menu icon at the right to set a default width for the column.
At the right are the default options for a primary and secondary sort order for the results. Most of the time youâll just sort by one field â such as descending order by Last Activity, or alphabetically ascending by Last Name, but you may want to have a secondary sort if you wanted to group results by state, and then by zip codes within each state.
We can also change the default number of rows per page, and hide any items in the âActionâ pulldown on our results that we donât want to see. Keep in mind that adding more columns and more rows can cause your search results to load more slowly. But you can always come back into this screen and make adjustments at any time!
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Two Minute Tuesday: Relational Database Structure
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re going to take a departure from how-to and take a broader look at how PCRecruiter’s internal database is laid out.
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re going to take a departure from how-to and take a broader look at how PCRecruiter’s internal database is laid out.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Weâve been together in this video series for a few months now, and we think itâs time to discuss the relationship. Specifically, the relationship between the major record types in PCRecruiter. While most users will never need to or want to know how the SQL database under the hood of PCR is laid out, a mental picture of how records are related can be helpful â particularly if youâre building an advanced search query, custom report, or planning a development project using the PCRecruiter API.
PCRecruiter uses a relational database with multiple tables to contain different kinds of information. For example, there is a table for companies, a table for names, and a table for jobs. Each table has columns of data for the specific attributes of that record type, such as a city, title, middle name, and so on.
Every record in the main tables has a unique global identifier so that the system can track which records are related to each other and how. Setting things up this way allows the same piece of information to be used in relation to multiple records, or to be easily re-associated with a different record at any time.
PCRecruiter is somewhat unique among recruiting systems because it uses the Company record as the central record type, although a company record can really represent any group of related names or jobs, not just an actual physical company. While it may appear that the names and jobs are âpart of the company,â the Company record itself just contains the info about the company. The people and jobs associated with that company are in the Name and Position tables. So, when you view the names belonging to a company, PCR is actually querying the Name table of the database for any records that match the global identifier of the selected company.
The critical advantage here is that a name can be moved from one company to another simply by changing the company identifier, allowing a candidate to become a client, or a vendor to become an employee, without duplicating or recreating their contact record. All of that personâs activity logs and attachments (which, incidentally are kept in their own separate tables), stay linked to that name no matter what jobs or company the name is associated with. Over time, PCRâs company-centric database structure lets you build up a much clearer picture of where your contacts have been and how they relate to one another.
The connection between jobs and candidates is managed in the same way. When you view an applicant Pipeline, youâre looking at records from the Interviews table. Interview records (which in PCRecruiter terms represent any step in the recruiting process â not just phone and face-to-face interviews) include things like the date, time, and status of that step in the process, but they donât include the information about the job or the candidate. Instead, they include the global identifiers indicating which job and which names those pipeline records are pertinent to. This setup lets you have multiple candidates tied to multiple jobs, regardless of what company the job or candidate are associated with.
In fact, most of the time your candidates will belong to the âdefault companyâ, which is a special company record that PCR uses to group all the names that donât belong to any more specific company. A talent pool. When you place someone, PCR changes their company identifier to the one from the job they were just placed in, effectively making them a name under that company, but without losing or changing any of the history they came with.
Fortunately, as you interact with your database, whether thatâs through PCR itself or a third-party tool using the API, the software builds all the structured queries necessary to navigate the database and return the info you want, whether or not you fully understand how itâs all connected. If you do need more specifics on the tables in a PCRecruiter database, contact our support team at support@mainsequence.net.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Geographic Searches
It’s Tuesday, and we have a fresh Two Minute Tuesday tutorial to share! This week’s video shows you a few ways to find records by their location which you might not have tried before.
It’s Tuesday, and we have a fresh Two Minute Tuesday tutorial to share! This week’s video shows you a few ways to find records by their location which you might not have tried before.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week, weâre going to look at techniques for searching your database by geographical area, and weâll walk through a few simple searches, showing you some techniques you might not have tried.
Letâs start with phone number, since area codes can indicate where someone is located, although the portability of cell phone numbers means youâll likely use this as a starting point and then re-filter your results. We can search the home phone, cell phone, work phone, and so on using the basic search form, but thereâs also a comprehensive âAll Phoneâ option, which looks at every phone field in the record at once. To search by multiple area codes, we can use commas to separate them. For example, searching âAll Phoneâ for 416,647,437 finds everyone with a phone number near Toronto, Ontario.
We can use comma-separation with the City and State too. If we want to find people in Aurora or Naperville, we can select âCityâ and enter âAurora,Naperville.â Now, there are a lot of cities called âAuroraâ and we only want results from Illinois, so weâll add âILâ into the State search. PCRâs basic search treats these boxes as AND criteria, so itâs going to give us results with either Aurora or Naperville in the City field AND Illinois in the State field.
Similarly, using commas in the State field searches for multiple states. A search for OK,AR,LA,TX will find anyone in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, or Texas. But thereâs actually an even simpler way to do searches across multiple states or regions like these.
If you do a Google Image Search for âzip code prefixesâ youâll find maps showing how the postal codes are arranged. The states weâre looking for all have a zip code starting with 7, so rather than searching the state field for four states, we can just search for 7 in the zip code field. If we want to search in a more specific area, we can use the first two or three numbers of the zip code. For example, searching 845,856,874,813 finds people near the four-corners of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, even though that area encompasses multiple cities and states.
You can also run a more accurate area search with the Zipcode Radius tool. (This feature works with postal codes from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Max radius 100 miles.) Letâs say we want to find anyone within 50 miles of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We can do that from the Advanced Search screen. Weâll select Zipcode Radius from the first pulldown. Now, we click on the Radius icon to the right of the field. I donât know the zip code off hand, so Iâll select City, and begin typing. We pick the desired city from the list, set the radius to 50, and click âSearchâ. PCRecruiter returns all of the zip codes within the chosen radius, and we can click âAcceptâ to add them to the Advanced Search. In the search results, the City column will indicate roughly how far the listed City is from the radiusâs center.
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Two Minute Tuesday: RingCentral
Partnered with us since Fall 2015, RingCentral brings SMS and VOIP connectivity to PCRecruiter. If you’re one of the many folks who’ve ask exactly how the two systems work together, this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is for you!
Partnered with us since Fall 2015, RingCentral brings SMS and VOIP connectivity to PCRecruiter. If you’re one of the many folks who’ve ask exactly how the two systems work together, this week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is for you!
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
This week weâll be looking at how PCRecruiter works with RingCentral, an integrated partner that gives users the ability to launch calls from PCR records, get incoming call popups linking to the matching PCR records, or send SMS text messages to one or multiple recipients at a time, and all with full activity tracking and reporting.
Hereâs the RingCentral desktop app popping up, and now PCRecruiter pops up an indicator showing that there are records in my database matching the incoming callâs phone number. Clicking on the popup brings up the names, companies, and jobs bearing that phone number. Now Iâve got instant access to the records relevant to this call.
Well, now that youâve seen an incoming call, letâs look at the outgoing side of things. If we mouse over any phone field on a record, the icons to call or text appear to the right. If we click on the phone icon, the PCR dialing popup appears with a short countdown, and then launches the RingCentral app to make the call. The popup remains visible so that we can write in some activity text while weâre on the call.
If we click on the SMS icon, the dialer window appears and we can select from the available phone numbers on the record to send a text message. Weâll click on the mobile number, which launches a fresh text message window in the RingCentral app.
Any calls or texts you which make on your RingCentral phone number, whether from a PCRecruiter screen, RingCentralâs interface, or the RingCentral mobile app, will generate activities on any record in your database matching the phone number. This means that you can keep your business communications and contacts separate from your personal cell number and still do your job on the go. Call and text logs from RingCentral are synchronized back to PCRecruiterâs Activities every few minutes, so now if we check back into the Activities area, weâll see the inbound call, outbound call and text message have all been listed.
If we want to send the same text to multiple recipients at the same time, which can be helpful in notifying several candidates about a new opening, updating people on the status of a job, and so forth, we need to start by getting the recipientsâ permission to include them in our bulk SMS messages. Check your local laws and regulations on bulk texting.
When RingCentral is enabled, a new Form Letter is added to the system which can be sent to your contacts, asking them to text the word Subscribe or Unsubscribe to your unique RingCentral number. The resulting Opt In list can be found and worked with by searching for SMS in the System area.
The bulk SMS option appears in the Action menu on your Rollup Lists and Search Results. Youâll select the records you want and click the SMS icon. The popup window indicates whether any of the people selected arenât currently opted into your bulk texts, with the option to send the pre-defined invitation Form Letter to them automatically from this screen. To send a text to those who have opted in, youâll just fill in the box with your message and click âSendâ. RingCentral queues them up and sends them as individual texts from your phone number so that the recipients can text or call back.
If youâd like to get started with RingCentral and PCRecruiter, contact your Main Sequence representative for all the details.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Transferring Records
Our Two Minute Tuesday video series continues this week with a discussion of how to move or copy records between one PCRecruiter database and another.
Our Two Minute Tuesday video series continues this week with a discussion of how to move or copy records between one PCRecruiter database and another.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to help make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In this weekâs edition, weâre talking about transferring records between databases. You might have a separate databases in your account for different markets or divisions⊠situations in which the jobs, companies, and candidates in those databases would never mingle in any way. Another common reason for extra databases is for archiving records that you donât need to work with anymore, but donât want to delete. If you need a blank database added to your account, contact our support department; our hosted billing is based on your number of users and the file size of your data, so thereâs usually no additional costs involved unless youâre adding new users or duplicating significant amounts of data into the second database.
Moving data between databases requires access to both the source and target databases using the same username and password. And, if youâre not a database administrator, youâll also need permission on the âData Transferâ security setting for your username.
There are two ways to copy or move a record. The first method is from a Rollup List. If you need a refresher on Rollups, check out the video from January 19. Hereâs a Rollup list of names I want to move to my Archive database. I start by selecting the records I plan to move, either with this dropdown, or by checking off specific records.
Now I go to the Action menu and choose Move to Database, or Copy to Database. âMoveâ takes the record out of the source database after itâs been copied, while âCopyâ leaves the original record intact. Weâll use the âMoveâ option in this example.
We select the database we want to move the records to, and choose a method for recognizing duplicate names, or disable duplicate checking entirely. Below, we have the option to group the moved records on a Rollup list in the target database. We also have the option to swap out the resumes on any duplicates in the target for the one coming from this source database. The old resume will be moved into the attachments area on the record.
When we click the button, the records are transferred, along with their attachments, resumes, activities, and so on. If thereâs no company in the target database with the exact same name as the one they belong to in the current database, their company will be copied also. Because weâre not moving the jobs they applied to, their Pipeline records cannot be copied, but you can still see most of that history in their Activity records.
The other method of moving or copying records is on a one-at-a-time basis from the record itself. If you move or copy single records frequently, you might want to set this up.
When youâre customizing your record layout (see our February 16 video), youâll find a âOne Click Setupâ option for moving and copying at the top of the layout customization screen. In this popup, you can configure the default settings for moving or copying. You can also set a âSource Labelâ, which creates a âCandidate Referral Sourceâ custom field on the record in the target database so you can track which database the name originated from. Once thatâs configured, you can add the âPredefined: Move Databaseâ field anywhere in your layout. This creates a button on your screen. Just click the button, and the current record is moved or copied to the database youâve select, using your configured preferences.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Pipeline Layout
The Pipeline is the heart of the applicant tracking process in PCRecruiter, and this week’s Two Minute Tuesday shows you how to get even more out of it by customizing the data fields you see on your screen.
The Pipeline is the heart of the applicant tracking process in PCRecruiter, and this week’s Two Minute Tuesday shows you how to get even more out of it by customizing the data fields you see on your screen.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
The Pipeline is the hub of your candidate tracking process in PCRecruiter, and like many other areas of the system, you can configure the layout to help you work more efficiently. And who doesnât want to work more efficiently, right?
Customizing the Pipeline begins with the Customize icon found, as usual, under the Actions menu. When it first pops up, the sections are collapsed. Letâs look at them one at a time.
The first option lets you define which data columns appear in the grid. Key items youâll probably want to include will be the name, interviews link, most recent interview, and current status. You can also add a star ranking tool, and stage icons for more nuanced candidate sorting.
The Default Pipeline Folder option lets you set a specific interview type to load when you first open the Pipeline. In this case, Iâm setting it to âPresentationâ so I always start off looking at the fresh candidates.
If youâre including the candidateâs Company in the columns, the Additional Company Detail Felds section allows you to add more fields below the company name, such as the location, username, etc.
The Additional Name Detail Fields section does the same thing for the name column. Letâs give this area some special attention. By using this section, not only can you add helpful data points like the candidateâs contact info, sourcing details, and so on, but you can also add links to any custom profile forms youâre using. If I add my custom skill sheet profile to the layout, Iâll be able to see a link to it right in the pipeline for any candidate with a completed skill sheet in their attachments.
Expand Interview Type is a holdover from older versions. PCRecruiter 9 automatically expands whichever sections were open the last time you looked at a pipeline, so we can skip this area.
Rows Per Page, as the name suggests, defines how many rows appear in your Pipeline grid. It defaults to 20 and can go up to 100. Keep in mind that adding too many rows or fields to any layout in PCR can negatively impact screen loading speeds.
The Reporting Options section turns on a shortcut to the built-in Applicant Tracking Report right here in the Pipeline. When this box is checked, the Reports icon in the Action menu can run the Applicant Tracking Report report, pre-filtered to this one job.
And if you want to tear it all up and start over, checking the Remove Layout box and clicking Save will wipe out all of your customizations so you can start fresh. Any customizations you make to the Pipeline config will apply to the pipeline screen for all jobs you view with your user login.
Weâll look at more powerful things you can do with your Pipeline in future videos, but thatâs it for this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday. For more, subscribe to this YouTube channel and watch our social networks or your PCR login screen. If you have any suggestions for future episodes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Rollups as Search Filters
In this Two Minute Tuesday we’ll be revisiting the topic of Rollup Lists. We’ll look at how you can use a Rollup as a filter when building an advanced search.
In this Two Minute Tuesday we’ll be revisiting the topic of Rollup Lists. We’ll look at how you can use a Rollup as a filter when building an advanced search.
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Video Transcript
Welcome to this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
In an earlier video, we discussed how to put records on a Rollup List. Weâre going to revisit rollups in this weekâs episode, and talk about how they can be used as a search filter.
Letâs say weâre trying to do some business development in Salem, Oregon, and we have an existing Rollup List of active contacts in the city that we want to exclude from this new project. While the main name, company, and position search screens can perform a basic search of up to three fields combined, to do a search that excludes something requires the âadvancedâ search. But donât let the word âadvancedâ scare you – itâs not as complicated as it might sound.
From the main âCompanyâ search, weâll click on the âAdvancedâ option in the navigation menu. Now weâll build a search query to find the Companies in Salem, Oregon which donât contain any names from our existing Rollup list of contacts.
Advanced search queries are built from left to right, one line at a time. Weâll start with the City. In the first pulldown, we select a general search area. In this case, weâre going to choose Predefined Fields, because City is a predefined PCRecruiter field. We choose âCityâ in the second pulldown. In the third pulldown, we choose what sort of match operation weâre doing. The âEqualâ operator is the best choice here because we want exact matches for the term weâll be using. We could also use the âLikeâ operator if we were doing a partial match. And in the last box we enter our search term: Salem. Now we click âAddâ to lock in this line of the query.
Now we can build another line for the âStateâ criteria, so that we donât get Salem, Massachusetts or Salem, Ohio and so on. Again, we start on the left with Predefined Field; then choose State; the âEqualâ operator; and the value âORâ for Oregon. We click âAddâ again.
Lastly, weâre going to use our Rollup list of client contacts as a filter. From the first pulldown, weâll select âName Rollupâ, because weâre going to be filtering the search based on list of name records. When we use a list as a search criteria, the only options are âon listâ or ânot on list.â We only want to find companies where the names are not on the list. We use the popup arrow to select which list we want to use.
The pulldowns here allow us to set whether each line will be treated as an AND or and OR within the search query. In this case, we only want to find records where all three of the criteria apply, so it will be âANDâ all the way down. In other cases, however, you might use these pulldowns to group a few criteria together⊠for example, asking the system to find records where the city AND the state match, OR the records are not on the rollup list. The arrows allow you to move the criteria up or down to arrange such groupings.
When the query is built as you wish, youâll click the search icon in the action menu to run it. If the results arenât what you had in mind, clicking the âAdvanced Searchâ item in the nav bar will take you back to your search query to refine the criteria and run it again.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Email Opt-Out
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is about PCRecruiter’s email opt-in / opt-out email filter list, which helps you maintain a list of safe email addresses for your bulk mails.
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday video is about PCRecruiter’s email opt-in / opt-out email filter list, which helps you maintain a list of safe email addresses for your bulk mails.
Instructions for this setup are available in the Learning Center.
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Video Transcript
Welcome to another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of very short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Nobody likes to be on the receiving end of unwanted emails, and depending on where you do business, it may even be illegal to send them. Fortunately, PCR can maintain a list of addresses that have been opted into or out of email sent from your PCRecruiter accounts, and can automatically filter your outgoing emails to comply with that list.
PCR keeps this list in its own separate data table so that any email address thatâs been flagged doesnât receive your email, no matter which of your databases the mail is sent from. The email list is kept independent of your name records so that an email address can remain blocked even if the same address is on multiple contact records, or if you delete the name and re-add it later on.
Letâs set it up.
If no email blocking list has been set up on this account before, we need to tell the system which of our databases it can âpiggybackâ the new data table onto. Weâll go to the Email Setup area under System and choose âEmail Opt-in/Opt-out Listâ. Â Which database we choose to latch the new table onto isnât that important, but we want to make itâs one we never plan to delete, so weâll just select the database we use most often and click Save.
We can use the âAdd Emailâ and âImportâ options at the bottom of this window to manually add email addresses to this list. Clicking the âAdd to Rollupâ option searches the database for names which contain emails found on this list and then adds the names to a rollup list for further modification or deletion. And we can come back to this area at any time to search, edit, or export the email addresses
The next step is to configure the wording for your opt in and out links. Weâll go to the Name Letters area under System and click on the configuration icon. The âOpt Out Link Textâ is the text of the clickable link as it will appear in your emails⊠for example âclick here to stop further email communicationâ. The confirmation text is the message presented to someone after they have successfully opted out⊠such as âThank you. Your email address has been blocked from future emails.â Similar messaging options appear for the âOpt-inâ links. You can set whether people who opt out will be blocked from receiving any emails, or just those emails sent to multiple recipients at once.
The last step is to insert the link into your form letters wherever applicable. Youâll find the opt-in and opt-out links in the Insert Fields list, and they work just like any other mail-merge field. In general, an opt-out link should be accompanied by your mailing address and phone number. Once someone clicks on the link, their email address will be automatically added to the list under the System area.
As always, Main Sequence recommends that PCRecruiter users check with legal counsel or local authorities about how best to comply with the laws for sending email in their area.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Google Calendar Sync
It’s Tuesday, and that means another Two Minute Tuesday video! This week we’re talking about PCRecruiter’s ability to sync with Google Calendar, which is not only a great way to see and manage all of your scheduled items in one place but also allows you to work with your PCRecruiter Schedule using external software and devices, using Google as the intermediary.
It’s Tuesday, and that means another Two Minute Tuesday video! This week we’re talking about PCRecruiter’s ability to sync with Google Calendar, which is not only a great way to see and manage all of your scheduled items in one place but also allows you to work with your PCRecruiter Schedule using external software and devices, using Google as the intermediary.
Instructions for this setup are available in the Learning Center. Please note that, like many PCRecruiter API integrations, this sync feature may only be available to pcrecruiter.net hosted accounts.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Today weâre going to look at synchronizing PCRecruiterâs built-in schedule with your Google Calendar. If you use the PCR schedule for your recruiting appointments, but use Google Calendar for everything else, syncing them will let you see, and manage, all of the events in one place. Plus, by syncing your Google Calendar with your mobile device, Outlook, or other calendar management software, youâll be able to work with your PCRecruiter Schedule using third-party software, with Google as the intermediary.
Before we can sync, we need to make sure that the user account in PCR has the proper security settings. Under System, weâll select Users, and then Manage Users â if you donât see these options, log into PCR as an admin, or have an admin user do this step for you. On the user record, we select Security from the sidebar, and then verify that the âSynchronizationâ option is set to âImport, Exportâ. Clicking Save stores any changes.
Now we can sync with Google. Weâll make sure weâre logged in with the desired PCR user account, and then search for Sync under the System area to get to the Contact/Calendar Sync Settings.
In the popup window, we see a red status indicator, showing that thereâs no active connection to Google. We click âConnectâ and pick the Google account we want to sync with from the list. Weâll click âAllowâ to authorize PCR with access to this Google account. Now the status indicator is green.
Next, weâll click the Setup option. In the Sync Setup, weâll pick our time zone, and then select which PCRecruiter Schedules to sync. I have two configured in my PCRecruiter account, but I only want to sync this âPersonal Meetingsâ schedule with Google, so Iâll leave the other unchecked. Clicking âSaveâ activates the sync.
Now a new âPersonal Meetingsâ calendar will appear in my view on Google, and any changes made at either end will be reflected on the other. If I add an event to my âPersonal Meetingsâ Calendar in Google, it will show up on the schedule in PCR. And if I move that event later in the day in PCR, it will be moved in Google too. Changes are synced roughly every five minutes, but often faster.
The sync only affects this particular calendar, and doesnât alter or merge with any other Calendars you have in your Google account. We also recommend setting a distinct color for the synced calendar in PCR and in Google so itâs easy to differentiate.
One last note â if youâre still logging into the old PCR 8 web version for some tasks, we recommend that you only edit the schedule from PCR 9 after syncing with Google. Saving events from the PCR 8 calendar, particularly recurring items, can lead to synchronization problems.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Referrer Field
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday explains the ‘Referrer’ field, which is where PCRecruiter tracks the source of your new candidates as they register via the Web Extensions or your external job postings.
This week’s Two Minute Tuesday explains the ‘Referrer’ field, which is where PCRecruiter tracks the source of your new candidates as they register via the Web Extensions or your external job postings.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Weâre back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.
Today weâre going to look at the âReferrerâ field, which helps you determine where new names in your database are coming from. The field is automatically populated by the system, so you probably already have data in it, but you might not be aware of it.
On the MyPCR screen, clicking the âWeb Candidatesâ bar searches for people who have recently added their own name to my database via the web extensions. If I click on any name, and then look in the âDetailsâ area, Iâll often find a âReferrerâ field with a value in it such as âIndeed,â âLinkedIn.comâ etc. This tells me where this person first registered from. How does that data get there?
Well, any time a job link is generated by one of the systemâs external posting utilities or job feeds â scenarios in which PCR knows what site or service that apply link is going to be published on â the job link is has a source tag embedded in it. When someone clicks the link and creates a name record, the system records that source tag in the Referrer detail field.
If the candidate just browses their way into your website, or directly loads a job link which wasnât tagged, then PCR tries to record the last domain name found in the candidateâs browser history prior to reaching the PCRecruiter screen. If thereâs no Referrer data, then PCR may simply have been unable to tell where that candidate came from, or the name may not have been self-entered by a candidate.
So⊠what if youâre manually sharing a job link on a website or in an email, and you want to control what appears in the referrer field to track the effectiveness of that posting or campaign? Easy. We start by clicking the âAdd Linksâ icon in the editing toolbar on the job record. This popup contains the direct links to this job in our job board. The first two links point to the job description page and, one step further, to the ânew userâ form for that job. If you use one of these links, PCR will try to guess the referring source based on the browser history. The links at the bottom of this window go to the same screens as the two above, except you can manually alter the source tag. Simply remove the bracketed tag after the equals sign and replace it with the term of your choice when you post it, and PCR will put that value into the Referrer field.
We should point out that Referrer is not the same as EEO Source. Referrer is only collected when a new name is added to the database and doesnât change if they apply to another job at a later date. Referrer is a record of where this person initially found you. The EEO Source is a self-reported âhow did you hear about this jobâ answer, which the candidate may answer differently each time they apply. Also, if you want to search the Referrer field or add it to your custom layouts or reports and donât see it as an option, you may need to go to the âName Custom Fieldsâ area under System to define it first.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Blinded Resumes
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, we’re going to walk through the process of creating a confidential or “blinded” copy of a resume in your system so that it’s safe for sending to third-parties.
In this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, we’re going to walk through the process of creating a confidential or “blinded” copy of a resume in your system so that it’s safe for sending to third-parties.
Note: One piece of this video is slightly out of date due to recent updates. Rather than a ‘pencil’ icon when no blinded resume is present, you’ll see the option to upload or paste a blinded resume in addition to blinding the one on file as shown in the video.
Updated “Blinded Resume” Options
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Video Transcript
Weâre back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequenceâs series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful user of PCRecruiter.
This week, weâre looking at creating a confidential or âblindedâ resume in PCRecruiter, which is a common task to perform before sending a candidateâs information to a potential hiring authority.Weâre going to start by quickly parsing a resume into the system as a new candidate record. Weâll click the icon at the upper right, choose âNameâ, and then choose âParse from Resumeâ. Clicking âStartâ launches the âAdd Resumeâ utility. Now we click âOpenâ and select a  resume. The system parses the contact info from the resume header, and everything looks good, so we click âSaveâ to store the new candidate.
Now, we want to create a blinded copy of the document thatâs safe for distribution to a client. On the name record, weâll click âResumeâ to view the stored document. The âblindedâ option appears in the side bar. At the start, there is no blinded resume and we simply see a blank document. To start creating the confidential version, we mouse into the document and click on the gray pencil.
This will launch whatever appropriate document editing software is installed on my machine – in this case MS Word – with a copy of the resume. Now, we simply go through the document, removing any identifiable information or details.
When all of the necessary edits have been completed, I just close the editing software and save, which causes the system to upload the document back to the PCRecruiter database. Clicking the resume area to reload shows us that the new blind copy has been stored.
Once I have this blinded resume on file, it becomes available as an option whenever Iâm sending resumes out of the database. For example, when I select names to email to a hiring contact in the pipeline, the Blinded resume appears as an option in my list of attachable files. When both a complete and blinded copy of the resume are present, PCR will default to selecting the confidential version.
If you get a completely new resume from the candidate at a later date, you may need to update the blinded resume as well. If you donât want to edit the current blinded resume, you can use the âdeleteâ option in the actions menu to remove the blinded resume from the record, and then repeat the blinding process with the new resume. Itâs also worth noting that the original resume on file is the only one thatâs used for keyword searches. The blinded resume content is purely for use as a confidential copy to share with third parties, and doesnât affect the way a record is indexed by PCRecruiterâs internal search engine.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Quick Find
When we introduced PCRecruiter 9 in late 2014, one of the coolest new enhancements was the Quick Find box. This week’s Two Minute Tuesday will show you how the Quick Find can get you to the record you want and doing what you needed to do with it in fewer clicks than a full search.
When we introduced PCRecruiter 9 in late 2014, one of the coolest new enhancements was the Quick Find box. This week’s Two Minute Tuesday will show you how the Quick Find can get you to the record you want and doing what you needed to do with it in fewer clicks than a full search.
NOTE: This feature is only available on PCRecruiter.net hosted accounts.
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Video Transcript
Welcome to another âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs series of very short videos with handy tips, helpful tutorials and hot topics related to PCRecruiter.
This week weâre going to look at the Quick Find feature, which was introduced with PCRecruiter 9, but which you might not be taking full advantage of. The Quick Find is a really handy way to get to the records youâre dealing with currently and perform a number of common tasks with them.
The Quick Find box is located in the upper right corner of your screen. To use it, youâll just type any term into the field â this can be a name, a company, a web address, a title, a job ID⊠even a phone number.
For example, letâs say Iâm looking for a contact of mine named Hiram Smith. I type âSmithâ into the box, the system returns up to five names, five companies, and five positions that have âsmithâ somewhere in their major fields. In looking at these results, we can see that in some cases Smith is the last name, and in some cases itâs part of the company name. In the positions section, thereâs even a job title that includes âSmithâ.
Which five records appear is decided based on the last date of activity or changes to the record. That way, the âSmithâ Iâve been dealing with most recently is likely to appear in these Quick Find results. And if the Smith I want isnât in the database, thereâs a âplusâ icon so that I can add a record on the fly.
The icons below each result give you fast access to the major functions for that record. I can send Mr. Smith an email, view his resume, create an activity or note, add an attachment, submit a profile form, look at the pipeline interview records, or add his name to a rollup. Under the company results, I can also add a new name or job to a company. And from the position results, I can open the external posting panel, email the job info to someone, add a new pipeline record, view the pipeline, or record a placement.
Clicking on any record loads it in the lower panel and closes the Quick Find results, but if I simply want to close the results section manually, I can use the small âxâ in the upper corner.
This new way to get to your records isnât a replacement for the full name, company, and position search screens that PCRecruiter has always had, but if you need to find a record youâve touched recently and do something with it in a snap, the Quick Find can be a great shortcut.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Custom Layouts
One of the most powerful features of PCRecruiter is the ability to configure your fields and screens to fit your own purposes. Today’s Two Minute Tuesday walks through the process of configuring the custom layout of name records. The same principles apply to job and company records as well. PCRecruiter 9’s layout editor makes it a snap!
One of the most powerful features of PCRecruiter is the ability to configure your fields and screens to fit your own purposes. Today’s Two Minute Tuesday walks through the process of configuring the custom layout of name records. The same principles apply to job and company records as well. PCRecruiter 9’s layout editor makes it a snap!
If you’re using both PCR 9 and PCR 8 interchangeably with the same username, you may want to skip this one, as the older version may not be able to make sense of the configurations you make with the newer version.
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Video Transcript
Welcome to another âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs series of very short videos with handy tips, helpful tutorials and hot topics related to PCRecruiter.
PCRecruiter 9 introduced even more flexibility into name, company, and position screen customization. Tweaking your screen layout to put your important info where you need it can help you get things done faster. If you havenât done it before, weâre going to show you how.
Letâs customize the name record layout. Under the action menu, Iâm going to choose the âCustomizeâ option. If you donât see the icon, your account may not have the necessary permission to make these changes, so check with your admin user.
Right now, my screen is laid out with two columns. My monitor is wide enough for a third, so Iâm going to add a column. I want to separate the contact information into its own group. I create an empty group and name it âContact Infoâ. Now I can drag the contact fields into the new group, and I can click the menu on each field if I want to make it required or read-only, change the way itâs labeled, or give it a default value.
I want to add âCell Phoneâ to this group. To add a field, I click the empty slot and start typing to find it in the list of available fields. Here it is. Oops! This highlight means that my selected field is already on the layout somewhere else, so I can just move it.
I can also use the âAdd Groupâ button to include larger panels such as the resume, attachments, activities, and so on. To do that, I select âShortcutâ instead of âRegular Groupâ. I can use the dropdown to select âView Formatted Resumeâ as the content of this panel, which will let me see the resume right on the record without going into the resume screen. Once Iâve created field groups, I can move the groups into any order I choose.
Letâs say Iâve got a set of fields that I donât need to see all the time, but I do need all in one place. I can add more tabs to my layout to include them. I click this âPlusâ at the top and give the new tab a name. Now it appears here as an option. Before clicking it, I need to save the changes Iâve already made. Now I click on my new tab and add groups and fields to it.
Now letâs see the result. Hereâs the new layout, and the new tab. This layout will apply to all names I look at while logged in with my username. The âView Formatted Resumeâ panel is closed by default, but clicking on it expands it. PCR will remember which expandable panels I have open or closed, so Iâll see the same items expanded as I move from record to record.
You can customize your company and job layouts in the same way, and an admin user can copy one userâs layouts to others in the database to keep things consistent.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Stationery & Signatures
Today’s Two Minute Tuesday looks into creating signatures and stationery in PCRecruiter, and the reasons why you may want to have both. Even those of you using the PCRecruiter Portal for MS Outlook will likely want a signature configured for use with bulk emails and form letters.
Today’s Two Minute Tuesday looks into creating signatures and stationery in PCRecruiter, and the reasons why you may want to have both. Even those of you using the PCRecruiter Portal for MS Outlook will likely want a signature configured for use with bulk emails and form letters.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to another âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs series of very short videos with handy tips, helpful tutorials and hot topics related to PCRecruiter.
In this weekâs edition weâre going to talk about the email signature and email stationery features in PCR. Both of these items can be configured from the âEmail Setupâ area under âSystem.â
When you launch an outbound email from PCR, youâll always start with either an empty document, or with a saved template or form letter. When youâre opening a new, non-form-letter email, PCR usually gives you a blank page to type into. But if you have configured a stationery, then that stationery will be loaded as your starting point rather than the default blank document.
In your stationery, you can define not only a signoff for your email, but other elements like headers or sidebars or background images. You probably wonât want to get too wild with the layout though. Emails with lots of fonts, colors, and images not only can look unpredictably different on computers other than your own, but can also make spam filters a bit more suspicious, and generally tend to have a lower response rate than emails that are less fancy and more personal.
Itâs possible to enable or disable the stationery at any time with the dropdown at the right of the setup screen. You can even store multiple stationeries in the system if you need to switch between them for any reason.
Many people choose not to use a stationery, but simply set up a signature. Using the dropdown on the configuration screen, you can set your signature to be automatically appended to the bottom of all blank emails you begin. Alternately, you can choose the âSelect Signature for Each Emailâ option, which allows you to manually add the signature to your messages whenever and wherever you please by clicking this icon in the editing toolbar.
We recommend creating a signature even if youâre going to use stationery, because the signature is also used whenever you have a template or form letter containing the âcurrent user email signatureâ merge tag. This is great for situations where multiple users need to send the same form letter, but want to include a personal sign-off. Just add the tag wherever the signature should appear in the form letter, and the system will place your signature there when you send that email to one or more people.
Remember, if you have both a stationery and signature active, the stationery will be loaded as the starting point for your one-off emails, and the signature will remain available for use in form letters or any time that you click the âsignatureâ toolbar icon.
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Two Minute Tuesday: HTML Job Descriptions
In this Two Minute Tuesday we’ll look at best practices for entering job descriptions in PCRecruiter’s HTML editor. We’ll talk about the difference between using “Enter” and “Shift+Enter,” and about how to make sure your descriptions are clear of inline font formatting so that your jobs can be consistent on the web.
In this Two Minute Tuesday we’ll look at best practices for entering job descriptions in PCRecruiter’s HTML editor. We’ll talk about the difference between using “Enter” and “Shift+Enter,” and about how to make sure your descriptions are clear of inline font formatting so that your jobs can be consistent on the web.
NOTE: You can also use the ‘Tx’ icon in the HTML editing toolbar to wipe all formatting from your highlighted text.
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Video Transcript
Itâs time for another âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs weekly series of very short videos designed to highlight often overlooked PCRecruiter features, concepts, or best practices in a convenient couple of minutes.
In this âTwo Minute Tuesdayâ weâre going to talk about job descriptions. PCRecruiter stores all job descriptions in HTML format, and PCR 9âs industry-standard HTML editor is largely self-explanatory, but understanding a bit about how it works with HTML can help you create more visually consistent job descriptions.
Proper HTML only describes a documentâs structure, not its appearance. It âmarks upâ which parts are paragraphs, headings, or list items, but says nothing about their fonts, colors, sizes or spacing. If my job description only contains structure markings and not visual styling, it will automatically take on the styling of the website or document it appears in. Right now itâs being displayed in the default styling of the HTML editor itself.
This âQualificationsâ line should be a heading. My instinct might be to change its appearance with the font size pulldown, but the better method is to mark the text as a heading, using this dropdown here. My websiteâs got rules about what styling should be applied to headings, so my job descriptionâs headings should automatically follow those rules. As a bonus, if those rules change when I revise my website, I wonât have to update all my job descriptions.
Another thing you should be aware of is âshift-enter.â If Iâm typing within a paragraph and I hit enter, all Iâve done is added a line break into my current paragraph. When I hold shift and hit enter, the editor creates a new paragraph. My websiteâs already got style rules regarding how much margin should be between paragraphs, headings, and so on, so when I insert line breaks where I really mean to start a new paragraph, the spacing could be off. Shift- enter works in reverse while Iâm working inside a list⊠simply hitting enter creates a new list item, while using shift-enter creates a line break inside of my current list element.
Lastly, job description source documents often lack proper structure markings, so when you copy and paste into any HTML editor, including PCRâs, the softwareâs best guesses about line breaks, bullets, and so on may be incorrect. Itâs always best to start with unformatted text or type descriptions directly into the editor if at all possible. If youâre using the Chrome browser, thereâs a shortcut; copy your text, and then use CTRL-Shift-V, which pastes only the unformatted text into the editor. Then just re-apply the structure markup from there.
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Two Minute Tuesday: Import Contacts from LinkedIn
Another Two Minute Tuesday video is here! This time we’re going to walk through exporting your contacts from LinkedIn as a CSV file and importing them into your PCRecruiter database with the Generic File Mapper/Importer. This is a great way to load up contacts for a new recruiting desk or when you’re getting started with a fresh database.
Another Two Minute Tuesday video is here! This time we’re going to walk through exporting your contacts from LinkedIn as a CSV file and importing them into your PCRecruiter database with the Generic File Mapper/Importer. This is a great way to load up contacts for a new recruiting desk or when you’re getting started with a fresh database.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Welcome to this weekâs âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs weekly series of very short videos with tips, tutorials and techniques designed to help you become a more powerful PCRecruiter user in just a couple of minutes.
In this episode weâre going to walk through importing a list of contacts from LinkedIn, which can be handy when youâre just getting started with PCR or if you add a new recruiter to your office and want to load their connections into the database.
You can import them one at a time of course, and there are browser plugins that can shortcut the process, but if you want to bring all of your LinkedIn contact data into the system at once, hereâs how to do it.
Under âMy Networkâ on LinkedIn, open âConnectionsâ. Now click this little Settings gear on the right, and under âAdvanced Settingsâ youâll find an Export option. The default data format is a text file with comma-separated values, otherwise known as a .CSV, and thatâs just what we want. Click export and fill out the Security Verification to start the download.
The data thatâs included in the export will depend on your particular LinkedIn account and connections. Iâve opened my exported data in Excel and deleted all of the empty data columns to save myself some hunting in a later step.
Now, in PCR, weâll go to the quick-add icon in the upper right, and choose Name. We want to Import a List.
Step one is to create or select a rollup list (see last weekâs episode for more on those). Iâm going to pick this empty list I made earlier. We can choose from a few pre-loaded data formats, but for this purpose we want the Generic Importer.
Now we browse for the CSV file. The default settings here are just fine for our purposes. After we click âNextâ, we click in these boxes here to choose which column in the CSV should be imported into each PCRecruiter field listed on the left. My data only had names, companies, email addresses, and job titles, so I can leave the rest alone.
We click âNextâ again, and specify how the system should handle any duplicates. Iâm going to tell it to update any existing records in the database with the data from the CSV if the Name and Company both match exactly. If thereâs no exact match, a fresh record will be made. Any contacts that have no company name at all will be imported into the default candidate pool company.
When we click âImportâ, the system starts creating name and company records as appropriate for everyone in the CSV, and adds all the names to the selected Rollup so theyâre easy to start working with.
As a final tip, you might want to consider having a blank database added to your PCRecruiter account for doing big imports like this. That way you can make sure the imported data all looks correct and clean before transferring the records from the empty database into your live one.
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Two Minute Tuesday: What is a Rollup?
In this week’s new Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re talking about Rollups. Rollup lists are one of the most powerful tools in the PCRecruiter toolbox, but are often underutilized or misunderstood by new users (and even seasoned ones). This video gives the overview, and in future editions we’ll get into some of the cool things a Rollup can be used for.
In this week’s new Two Minute Tuesday video, we’re talking about Rollups. Rollup lists are one of the most powerful tools in the PCRecruiter toolbox, but are often underutilized or misunderstood by new users (and even seasoned ones). This video gives the overview, and in future editions we’ll get into some of the cool things a Rollup can be used for.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for this weekâs âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs series of very short videos designed to highlight often overlooked PCRecruiter features, concepts, or best practices in a convenient couple of minutes.
This week, âWhat is a Rollup?â Rollups are one of PCRecruiterâs most powerful features, and yet theyâre often misunderstood or underutilized by newer users.
In the simplest terms, you can use a Rollup to group together (or roll up) any bunch of names, companies, and/or jobs. Common reasons for grouping records are to save search results, which you can then sub-search and sort within, manage calling lists, send a bulk email or text message, filter job boards and reports, export and sync with other databases, and make changes to, delete, copy, or move lots of records all at once.
The most common way to roll records up is to run a search, select some or all of the records, and then click the rollup icon in the actions menu at the upper right. Youâll see your most recently viewed rollups presented first. You may be wondering about these name, company, and position columns. Well, think of every rollup list like a three-page pad of paper, with one infinite sheet for each of the three record types. These columns indicate how many of each type of record are on the list. In most cases, my lists will contain just names, companies, or jobs alone, but if I wanted to roll up all of my jobs, contacts, and candidates in Cleveland together, I could put them all on the same Cleveland list. Keep in mind that any one record can be on as many rollups as you wish, but the same record canât appear on the same rollup more than once.
Now, if I wanted to add the records I selected earlier to an existing list, Iâd just select a recent rollup or click âRollupsâ in the sidebar to search within all of the lists in my database. But right now, I want to create a new rollup, so I click âAdd Rollupâ. The Description is all thatâs required, but I may want to categorize the list or write a memo about what itâs for. When I click save, PCR generates a new list and puts my selected records on it. If there are a lot of records, I can minimize the window and go about my work in the system while the list is compiled.
Youâll also find a âRollupâ option in the navigation menu on names, companies, and jobs for managing a single recordâs appearance on related lists, and a âRollupsâ option in the main menu, where youâll go to manage and work inside of your lists in general.
In future episodes weâll talk about some of the handy things you can do with Rollups, but thatâs it for this weekâs Two Minute Tuesday. For more, subscribe to this YouTube channel and watch our social networks or your PCR login screen. If you have any suggestions for future episodes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
Two Minute Tuesday: Mobile App
In this week’s new Two Minute Tuesday video, we’ll take a look at the PCRecruiter Mobile App for iOS and Android devices. This free mobile app is a great way for staffing and recruiting professionals to access applicant and hiring authority data on-the-go. Being away from your desk doesn’t have to mean being away from your database!
In this week’s new Two Minute Tuesday video, we’ll take a look at the PCRecruiter Mobile App for iOS and Android devices. This free mobile app is a great way for staffing and recruiting professionals to access applicant and hiring authority data on-the-go. Being away from your desk doesn’t have to mean being away from your database!
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Itâs time for another âTwo Minute Tuesday,â Main Sequenceâs weekly series of very short videos designed to highlight often overlooked PCRecruiter features, concepts, or best practices in a convenient couple of minutes.
This weekâs âTwo Minute Tuesdayâ is about the PCRecruiter Mobile App for Android and iOS, which we released in 2014, but which you might have missed. You can find the app by searching your app store, or going to the downloads area of our website. Best of all, the app is completely free for PCRecruiter 9 users.
The first time you launch the app, youâll tap the âChange Login Urlâ option to give the app the web address of your PCR account. Then you can use your usual username and password to connect to a database in your account.
The menu in the upper right takes you to the search and add options for the major record types and to the Settings area where you can change accounts or log out. Tap âAddâ to create a new record, or âSearchâ to do a basic search.
Most often youâll use the âsearchâ box at the top of the app, which can find names, companies, and jobs all at once.
When viewing a contact, you can email, call, or text them right from the record using the built-in features of your device. And of course PCR will log an activity indicating that you hit the email, call, or text button.
You can also view the resume, and email it or share it to other apps, and work with activities and notes. If thereâs a LinkedIn profile stored for this contact, you can jump right to it.
From a job, we can see the description and make changes to the basic fields on the fly, and use the Share icon to push the jobâs web extensions link into an email, text, or tweet.
Tapping the PCR icon in the upper left brings the recently viewed items so we can jump back to them at any time.
This is just the first version of the PCR Mobile app, and we expect to add more cool capabilities and connections to it down the road. Download it from the app store today and consider giving it a five-star review!
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Two Minute Tuesday: Snapshot
Today marks the premiere of our new Two Minute Tuesday video series. Each week we’ll be posting a very quick video with a tip, tutorial, or topic that we think will be helpful to our users.
Today marks the premiere of our new Two Minute Tuesday video series. Each week we’ll be posting a very quick video with a tip, tutorial, or topic that we think will be helpful to our users.
This first installment talks about how to use the Snapshot service to review your previous day’s backup on our ASP, which is handy if you accidentally alter your form letters, custom data forms, or other PCRecruiter content in a way that can’t easily be reversed.
If you have any comments or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net
Video Transcript
Happy new year everyone, and welcome to the first âTwo Minute Tuesday,â a new weekly series of very short videos from Main Sequence Technology. Weâll be releasing a timely tutorial, terse topic, or tiny tip every week at roughly this time. Each one will be a quick overview of some often overlooked PCRecruiter feature, or some concept or best practice that we think can be highlighted for our very busy users in a convenient couple of minutes.
Kicking off the series, this weekâs âTwo Minute Tuesdayâ is about Snapshot.
Have you ever permanently deleted a record, mass-changed a rollup, or made some other edit to your PCRecruiter data that made you wish you could go back in time? Well, thatâs what snapshot is for.
Letâs say one of my co-workers removed some content from one of my form letters by mistake. No problem.
Iâll start by going to my PCRecruiter 9 login screen in another browser window. In the address bar, Iâm going to remove the âwww2â and replace it with âsnapshot2â. If I were using the older PCR 8, Iâd be replacing âwwwâ with âsnapshotâ. The rest of the URL stays the same.
Iâll send the browser to this altered address, and log in as usual. What weâre looking at here is a read-only copy of yesterdayâs database backup. I can look at all of the data in the system exactly as it was the day before, but I canât make any changes to it.
Now Iâll go to the system area, find yesterdayâs version of the letter, and copy the contents. Now I can go to my live data and paste what was lost back into place.
Of course, if I needed to go back further than the day before, I could still contact Main Sequence support and arrange for a database restoration, but the snapshot is always there and always free for those times when you need to see what your data looked like when it was last backed up. Try it out on your account today.
For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel and watch our social networks or your PCR login screen. If you have any suggestions for future episodes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.
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