Getting Started

Recruiting Guide

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R2025.2.1
ft:lastEdition
2025-12-01
Getting Started

This section covers the following topics:

Introduction to the Recruiting Module

The Recruiting module is designed to allow organizations to attract and hire best-fit employees. Once configured and implemented, it provides a workflow enabled job requisition form, a recruiter's dashboard, and a job application process. Candidates can apply using LinkedIn credentials, a client career site, and external job boards, such as Monster.com and Workopolis.

Recruiting is designed to work in conjunction with other areas of Dayforce, as follows:

  • To initiate the recruiting process, hiring managers can submit a Job Requisition form in the People feature or in the Recruiting feature. The form inherits real-time data based on existing work assignments, jobs, and job assignments in Dayforce. They can also create job requisitions that don’t require workflow approval from the Recruiting module.
  • When external candidates apply for jobs, Recruiting creates a candidate profile in the Dayforce application. When internal candidates apply, their employee details are carried over to their candidate profile in the Recruiting module.
  • Once a successful candidate is found, users can submit a Candidate Hire or Internal Candidate Hire form directly in the Recruiting module. The forms use existing workflow functionality and pre-populate data from the candidate's profile and the details of the job requisition.

How to Read This Guide

This guide contains sections for the following audience:

  • Recruiters and Hiring Managers
  • Recruiting Administrators
  • Internal Candidates

Recruiters and Hiring Managers

Key sections in this guide
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Job Requisitions

Initiate, maintain, and keep track of job requisitions in Recruiting > Job Requisitions. Also, assign recruiters to job requisitions and access third-party candidate sourcing features.

Job Postings

Create and maintain job postings (both internal and external) in the Postings tab of Recruiting > Job Requisitions.

Candidate Lists in Recruiting

Review, contact, and track candidates in the Candidates tab of Recruiting > Job Requisitions. Also:

  • Upload supporting documents
  • Add notes to job applications or the general profile
  • Download resumes
  • Access LinkedIn profiles
  • Assign candidates to job requisitions
  • Link candidates to their former employee record
  • Assign tags to candidates

Candidate Background and I-9 Screening

Perform background screening using third party applications.

Default Offer Letter Functionality

Create offer letters for candidates.

Voluntary Forms

Send the post offer VEVRAA form, configure the OFCCP non-discrimination provision, and review OFCCP compliance questionnaires of the job application.

Candidate Hiring

Hire internal and external candidates.

Candidate Profiles and Job Application Profiles

Review and update sections of the candidate profile.

Overview Tab

View overall metrics about requisitions to better target your recruiting efforts.

Talent Community

Search from a database of prospective candidates in Recruiting > Talent Community. Also:

  • Assign tags to candidates
  • Assign candidates to job requisitions
  • Add new candidates
  • Contact candidates
  • Add notes on candidates
  • Contact candidates

Candidate Management

Use Candidate Management to search for, track, and find candidates.

Talent Pools

Create talent pools to quickly find candidates with particular skills or experience levels.

Also, see the following section for a description of the candidate experience when applying for jobs on your client career sites: Candidate Experience.

Recruiting Administrators

The Recruiting Configuration section of this guide describes how to set up and manage the various features of Recruiting surrounding job requisitions, job postings, job applications, candidates, and recruiters.

Internal Candidates

Internal candidates can search for and apply for jobs through the Careers feature in Dayforce. For information, see "Careers" in the Employee Guide. The Careers Feature for Internal Employees topic in this guide provides information on how this experience differs from that of external candidates.

Feature Access

This guide describes all of the features that are available in the Recruiting module. However, the features that you can access depend on how your organization uses the Recruiting module and which features and sub-features have been assigned to your role. See Assign Role Features for the Recruiting Module.