Vacancies in the PICSWeb Opportunity Summary
The Vacancies tab in the Opportunity Summary lists all Vacancies that have been created from the opportunity record. For each vacancy, the following details are shown:
Title – Selecting this will take you to the corresponding Vacancy Summary.
Tags – Selecting the tag icon will expand a list of Tags attached to the vacancy. You can select the X within a tag to remove it, or select the + icon to add new tags.
Employer – Selecting this will take you to the corresponding Organisation Summary.
Employer Postcode
Contact – Selecting this will take you to the corresponding Officer Summary.
Type – Vacancy Types are maintained in the Types tab in Vacancies in Lists and Types Configuration.
Number of Places
Status – This indicates whether the vacancy is Open or Closed.
Filtering the Vacancy List
The following searching and filtering options are available by default above the list. Once you have entered the necessary details, press Enter or select the Search icon to run the search and apply your filters.
Sort By – Here you can use the drop-down menu to choose how the list is ordered.
Search – Here you can search by vacancy Title or ID.
Tags – Selecting the Search... box will open a drop-down menu where you can add multiple Tags to search by. The following search options are available:
Any – This will filter the list to records that contain at least one of the specified tags.
All – This will filter the list to records that contain every specified tag.
None – This will filter the list to records that do not have any of the specified tags.
Statuses – Selecting the Search... box will open a drop-down menu where you can add multiple statuses to search by. The following search options are available:
Any – This will filter the list to records that contain at least one of the specified statuses.
All – This will filter the list to records that contain every specified status.
None – This will filter the list to records that do not have any of the specified statuses.
Type
Has Applications
Number of records displayed
Along with these, additional fields can be added by selecting More. Choosing a field will add it to the top bar, where it works like the filters explained above. The following fields are available:
Opens After date
Closes Before date
Is New
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code
Sector Subject Area (SSA)
Occupational Area
Exporting the Vacancy List
Selecting More shows an option to Export to Excel. Selecting this will generate an Excel Spreadsheet containing the details currently displayed in the list.
Creating a New Vacancy
Selecting Create Vacancy in the vacancies tab will open a window where you can create a new vacancy for the opportunity. In this window, you can first enter a Title for the vacancy and indicate whether it is a vacancy that should be uploaded to the Recruit an Apprentice service.
After this, the following options are available:
Save – This will save the vacancy and take you to a window where you can add further details. This window is explained in Editing Vacancies in PICSWeb.
Save > Save and View Summary – This will save the vacancy and take you to the Vacancy Summary page.
Save > Save and Close – This will save the vacancy and return you to the opportunity summary.
Cancel – This will discard the vacancy without saving.
Vacancy Actions
The tickboxes to the left of each opportunity in the list can be used to Bulk Update Vacancies. The tickbox at the top of the list can be used to select or deselect all currently displayed vacancies.
The following actions are available from the vacancy tab:
Summary – Selecting ... > Summary by a vacancy in the list will take you to the corresponding Vacancy Summary.
Edit – Selecting ... > Edit by a vacancy in the list will open the Edit Vacancy window.
Delete – Selecting ... > Delete by a vacancy in the list will delete the vacancy record. You will asked to confirm before the vacancy is deleted.