1. Enter your search criteria in either the top navigation bar or in one of the facets that appear down the left hand side. This will give you accurate and specific searching of the CV.
2. You will see that as you type in your criteria, you will be presented you with options such as current position, job title, functions title. If you are searching for a current position/job title or IT skill and suggestions do not come up in the top search bar, you can always search in the facets down the left of the page. If searching for more than one word, such as “acquisitions manager”, you will need to put them in inverted commas “ ”
3. Current position relates to the job last quoted on the candidate's CV. Job title refers to any job which is within the last four years of the CV being added to the database. Function title refers to the candidate ever having held that position.
4. When you enter a job title or a skill the system will create synonyms which reduces the amount of time you will have to spend thinking about variations of the word.
5. You can choose to include or exclude any or all of the synonyms simply by clicking on the plus button which appears beside the searched for term and then deselecting any of the selected synonyms.
6. Each time you enter a search criteria the search results will refresh to reflect the searched for elements.
7. If you want to weight searched for words, simply click on the searched for term and change it from ‘must have’ to a strong ‘nice to have’ - the middle button.
8. Should you want to exclude criteria simply put a minus before the word.
9. A good example of this would be if you wanted to exclude certain employers. You can go to the employers facet on the left and type - before the company name. The same rule applies for current position job title, function title.
10. When you have completed your search you can navigate to the reception bar on the right hand side and it will show you all of the criteria which has been met.
11. If you click on the candidate's name it will bring down a summary of the CV information.
12. You can also click on ‘show CV’ which will bring up the CV and show all of the search terms highlighted. Or select ‘open in CRM’ and it will take you directly to the candidates details page in the main area of eBoss.
13. You can select multiple candidates and see a summary table by clicking on the compare candidates button.
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15. You can select multiple candidates and open them in the CRM by selecting the open in CRM button.
16. Once you have created a search you may choose to save this search criteria. This will save you time in the future if you need to search similar criteria. To save it simply click the disc icon. You will be asked to name your new search.
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19. Once you have saved the search a blue tab with the search name will appear on the screen under the search and this will mean that you can start to compile a short list. You compile a shortlist by either selecting candidates en Mass (tick the first candidate and then press shift and tick the last one to select multiple candidates at once) and clicking save candidates. Or by selecting the small star on the right hand side of the page.
20. Another great time saving feature, once you have saved your search, is the ability to set up email notifications. If you want to be informed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis when candidates that match your saved search get added to your database just click on projects and to the right of the saved search name, select the pencil and paper icon.
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