Considerations for the Recruiting App

After meeting with Megan Smith, Universal Containers' vice president of Human Resources, we've drawn up a few requirements for the new Recruiting app. The app needs to:

• Track positions in all stages of the process, from those that are open to those that have been filled or canceled.
• Track all of the candidates who apply for a particular position, including the status of their application (whether they've had a phone screen, are scheduled for interviews, have been rejected or hired, or have passed on an offer that was presented).
• Track the posting of jobs on external employment websites, such as Monster.com.
• Allow employees to post reviews for candidates whom they've interviewed.
• Provide security for the recruiting data so that it's not mistakenly viewed, edited, or deleted by employees who shouldn't have access.
• Automatically inform the relevant recruiter about the next steps that should be taken when a decision has been made about an applicant.
• Automatically inform all employees of new positions that have been posted.
• Make sure that a new job opening has executive approval before it becomes active.
• Include reports that give users an overview of recruiting status.
• Allow recruiters to map the locations of all candidates who are applying for a position, to better understand relocation expenses.
• Make it easy to perform several similar tasks at once, like rejecting multiple job applications.
• Automatically post open positions on Universal Containers' public website.