Before You Begin: This functionality is only available to customers who have subscribed to Recruiting Plus. Please contact your Dayforce representative if you'd like to subscribe and add this feature to your Talent Management package.
Note: The candidate grading functionality is only used for external candidates. Internal candidates aren't assigned a grade when they apply.
The Candidate Grade Enabled client property controls whether the candidate grading functionality is used for candidates in Recruiting. When enabled, Dayforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assign a grade to candidates when they apply for jobs at your organization. These grades are displayed in the Recruiting feature along with a report card with additional details.
To configure this client property:
- Go to Recruiting Setup > Client Properties.
- Select the Candidate Grade Enabled client property.
- Select one of the following options below the property description:
- Enable this feature: Enables the use of the candidate grading functionality in Recruiting.
- Disable this feature: Disables the use of the candidate grading functionality in Recruiting. This option is selected by default.
- Click Save.
Initiate the Learning Process
Important: This process is required even if there is no historical data available for your organization.
When you enable the Candidate Grade Enabled client property, Dayforce displays additional fields that are used to initiate the one-time learning process for the candidate grading AI and to assign grades to existing job applications.
Before initiating the process, it's important to configure the settings in the Progress Indicator column of the Candidate Status feature and the Decline Reason Type column of the Decline and Offer Rejection Reason feature. These settings improve the accuracy of the grading AI by identifying how your organization uses candidate statuses to screen and move candidates through the recruiting process. For more information about configuring these settings, see Configure Candidate Grading.
To initiate the one-time learning process and to grade existing job applications:
- Configure each of the following fields to specify how far back Dayforce should look when analyzing historical data and grading existing job applications:
- Lookback date for learning from past job applications: Enter the date that Dayforce will look back to when analyzing job applications for the learning process. Job applications submitted before this date will not be analyzed.
- Lookback Period for Grading: Select the number of days that Dayforce will look back when assigning a grade to existing job applications. Job applications submitted before this period will not be graded.
- Click Learn from Historical Data. A confirmation dialog box opens asking you to confirm that all necessary mapping is completed in the Candidate Status and Decline and Offer Rejection Reason features.
- Click OK. Dayforce runs a site level background job to analyze your organization's historical recruiting data and assign grades for existing job applications based on the lookback settings that you defined. See How Candidate Grades Are Determined.
Once the learning process is initiated, the lookback configuration fields are displayed as read-only, and Dayforce displays the date that the process was initiated along with the name of the user who initiated the process for your reference.
Note: The initial grading process takes time and grades might not be available for all candidates immediately.