Searching Resumes

HireCraft makes your life simple as a recruiter, by providing you with wide range of search options that you can choose to find matching profiles of candidates.

To use this functionality navigate to search window located in the midst of workbench panel. This window may not be visible, in case you have hidden it. In that case, click on the Search Filter button located (next to filter) on top right corner on the toolbar. You should now be able to see the window as shown in the figure here.

Choosing Search options

Basic Search

Basic Search provides you with following Basic search options that you can choose or enter.

  • Current Location

    Choose Locations of the candidates from the drop-down list by clicking on button next to the Location field, and then add them by double-clicking on respective Location in the list. If the location you want is not in the list you can add it by clicking on   and enter it in Location Name* field in the displayed window. Optionally you enter alternative names for the location followed by commas.

  • Function Choose Locations of the candidates from the drop-down list by clicking on button next to the Location field, and then add them by double-clicking on respective Location in the list. If the location you want is not in the list you can add it by clicking on   and enter it in Location Name* field in the displayed window. Optionally you enter alternative names for the location followed by commas.

  • Sub Function

  • Education

  • Skills

  • Consider candidate willing to relocate

  • Total Experience

  • Relevant Experience

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Keyword for Boolean search in Resume Document

  • Words in Exp. Section of Resume

  • Key skills

  • Get Resume of

  • Based On

Advanced Search

Advanced Search provides you with following advanced search options that you can choose or enter:

  • Present CTC Between

  • Expected CTC between

  • Gender

  • Rating

  • User List

  • Resume sources

  • Resume Status

  • Present Employer

  • Favourites

  • Job Title

  • Show Least Viewed Resumes

  • Show Candidates with Valid Passport

  • Show My Executive Search Candidates

  • Notice Period

  • Show Candidates not added to any requirement

  • Show Confidential Resumes Only

  • Rating Between

  • Age Between

  • Working for Last

  • Nationality

  • Candidate ID

 

Once you have chosen the desired options or specified the words/phrases press Search button or hit F9 on keyboard and the matching candidates found are displayed in the results window. You can then click on the respective candidates name to view the profile using Resume Manager. Click here for More information on Resume Manager

Saving or Loading of saved searches

Often you may feel the need to save the search options that you use frequently. For example if you have chosen many search parameters or entered keywords which may be used frequently, you can save and load them without having to choose the same options or enter those keywords again and again.

To do this first choose the search options or specify the words or phrase in keyword fields, that matches the criteria of the candidates you wish to find and press Search button located below within the search window or hit F9 on the keyboard. Once the matching candidates displayed in the results window, click on the Save/Load Search  button to save your search options/keywords, follow the steps below in the window that is opened:

  1. Title : Enter the unique name that you can later select to load

  2. Type : Choose whether you want to make your saved search as Private (which is visible only to you) or public (which is visible to everyone)  and then press Save button on the toolbar or hit F3 on keyboard.

When you need to perform search at a later point of time, you can load your saved searches by clicking on the Save/Load Search button and by clicking on the respective saved titles and press Select button on the toolbar of the window that is displayed.

Attaching suitable candidates to the Requirement

To attach a candidate that you may find suitable to a particular requirement, first perform the desired search to get the matching profiles and attach them to a requirement by first selecting the respective requirement within the grid of Requirement List window and by using any one of the options below:

  1. open the resume by double clicking on the Candidate Name link displayed in the results window and review the same, if found suitable press Add Resume to button then navigate to menu and click > Selected Requirement (xxxxxx) on the toolbar of Resume Manager

  2. by clicking on   link before the Candidate Name column in the Results window

  3. by checking on one or more Candidate Names before column and Click on "Add selected items to requirement" in the context-menu which appear when you right click

  4. by pressing within Selected Candidate List window.

Removing candidates from the requirement

If you have attached any resume accidentally to a requirement which you wish to remove right click on the respective candidate within the Selected Candidate List window and click Remove Selected Candidates on the context-menu.

 

 

 


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