Job Assignment Settings

Skills (section)

Note: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. Custom skills and proficiency levels aren’t supported.

The generic department value, such as Sales or Produce, where the job assignment is worked. See Departments Overview.

Note: For a job assignment to be worked at an org unit, that org unit must also be included in the head count allocations. This is defined in theHeadcount Allocations sub-section, which is described in the next row.

Required subsection that includes a list for creating head count allocations, which are used in combination with the Department drop-down list of the job assignment settings to define which org units a job assignment can be worked in. You must create at least one head count allocation record. In these records you can define the applicable org units, the effective start and end date of the allocation, and other details.

Note: Only active head count allocations are shown in the list by default, but you can click All at the top right of the list to include end-dated or future-dated allocations as well.

The org unit. When you select an org unit, the job assignment can be worked at that location and all locations below it in the organizational hierarchy. For example, you can select the location at the top of your organizational hierarchy to make the job assignment available at all of your organization's locations.

Note: For a job assignment to be worked at an org unit, the org unit and job assignment must have the same department defined. Job assignments are assigned a department in the Department drop-down list.

The date at which the job assignment is available to assign to employees at the locations below it.

The date at which the job assignment is no longer available to assign to employees at the locations below it.

The number of employees that should be assigned to the job assignment. If the Limit Work Assignments by Budget client property in the General section of the Properties tab in System Admin > Client Properties is enabled, and the limit entered in the Budget field is reached for the location, the job assignment isn’t available to assign to the employee in the following areas:

• Custom and system XML forms that have the Location and Job Assignments fields.
• The Work > Work Assignments screen in the People feature.

For example, if a job assignment’s limit is reached for the location that you select in the Location and Job Assignment section of the New Hire form, that job assignment isn’t available to select.

Shows the number of active employees that have this job assignment in their primary work assignment.

Shows the number of active employees that have the job assignment as their secondary work assignment.

The job assignment that configures the management by job assignment functionality. Employees who are assigned the job assignment you are configuring as their primary job assignment will report to the managing job assignment.

Note: Job Assignment management is determined by location. To define job assignment hierarchy for a job assignment that is used at multiple locations, each location must be configured individually. See Management by Job Assignment Overview.