Recruitment Information Management Systems (RIMS)

Functionality Checklist


Environment (Hosting)
__ ASP (hosted by vendor via Internet)
__ Browser-based (hosted by customer via Intranet)
__ Client/Server

Requisitions
__ Requisition request form
__ Electronic routing and approval
__ Activity Tracking (applicants/hires/expenses/etc.)
__ Intelligent agent to match applicants to requisitions

E-Sourcing
__ Job Posting
. __ Internal
. __ External (career sites)
__ Tracking
. __On-line application builder
. __ Pre-qualification / screening
. __ Testing
. __ Credential Verification service
__ Spiders / Agents (Web mining)
__ Vendor Management

Applicant Data Capture
__ Scanning
.
__ Internal scanning module
.
__ Outsourced scanning service
__ Accept incoming resumes via Fax
__ Accept electronically-submitted resumes (.txt/.doc/.rtf)
__ Add applicant via Web-based application builder
__ Create applicant profile
.
__ Automatically aligns key data to data fields in profile (which ones? how many?)
.
__ Customer manually aligns data to data fields as desired
__ Duplicate identification
__ Applicant-accessible / self-updates
.
__ Configure/edit resume
.
__ Configure/edit profile
.
__ Configure/edit personal search agent

Searching
__ Match applicants to requisitions
__ Find requisitions for applicants
__ Ranking and sorting of results
__ Ad hoc searches (by any one or more fields of data)
__ Save standard searches
__ Search within search (refining or cloning)

Communications
__ Auto response to applicants
__ Automatic (template) communications generation
__ Electronic routing (to managers)

Workflow/Data Management (Tracking)
__ Calendaring / scheduling
__ Contact history
__ Process activity tracking
__ Notes / comments

Reporting
__ Standard reports
__ Customizable reports
__ Effectiveness metrics
__ Data export

Systems Administration
__ Add/remove/assign user privileges
__ Configure security settings
__ Add/edit/delete lexicon (user-created tables)
__ Forms customization
__ Auto purge of requisitions/resumes by date