IP Library Patent Application 13672570
Patent Application
App. No. 13/672,570

TALENT ACQUISITION PIPELINE

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13/672,570
Abstract

A talent acquisition pipeline can be provided for managing candidates for a job opening. The talent acquisition pipeline comprises a plurality of stages. Information can be displayed along with the talent acquisition pipeline, including a count of candidates associated with the stages and/or target values associated with the stages. Candidates can be moved between stages. Stage-specific actions can be selected to perform various actions related to the candidates for a selected stage. A graphical user interface can be provided depicting a talent acquisition pipeline and a list of candidates associated with a selected stage of the pipeline.

Claims (77)

1 . A method, implemented at least in part by a computing device, for managing candidates using a talent acquisition pipeline, the method comprising:

by the computing device:

displaying, to a user, the talent pipeline, wherein the talent pipeline comprises a plurality of stages;

receiving, from the user, a selection of a stage from the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline;

in response to the selection of the stage, displaying, to the user, a list of candidates, wherein the list of candidates is associated with the selected stage; and

receiving, from the user, an action to move a selected candidate from the list of candidates to a different stage of the plurality of stages.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline comprise:

a long list stage;

a short list stage;

an applicants stage;

an interviewed stage;

an offered stage; and

a hired stage.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, to the user, a count of candidates associated with each stage.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, to the user, a target number of candidates associated with one or more of the plurality of stages.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, to the user, a user interface element for performing one or more stage-specific actions, wherein the one or more stage-specific actions are associated with the selected stage, and wherein the one or more stage-specific actions are selectable by the user for performing actions for candidates from the displayed list of candidates.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected stage is an interviewed stage, the method further comprising;

displaying, to the user, a user interface element for performing a send offer stage-specific action, wherein the send offer stage-specific action is only displayed when the selected stage is the interviewed stage, and wherein the send offer stage-specific action is selectable by the user to send an offer to a candidate from the list of candidates.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the action to move the selected candidate comprises a drag-and-drop selection by the user to move the candidate from the list of candidates to the different stage of the displayed plurality of stages.

8 . A graphical user interface, displayed by a computing device comprising a processing unit, memory, and a display, for managing a talent acquisition pipeline, the user interface comprising:

a first user interface area displaying the talent pipeline, wherein the talent pipeline comprises a plurality of stages, and wherein displaying the talent pipeline comprises displaying the plurality of stages; and

a second user interface area displaying a list of candidates;

wherein when a stage of the displayed plurality of stages is selected, the second user interface area displays a list of candidates that are associated with the selected stage; and

wherein when the stage of the displayed plurality of stages is selected, user interface elements are displayed for performing stage-specific actions for the list of candidates.

9 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline comprise:

a long list stage;

a short list stage;

an applicants stage;

an interviewed stage;

an offered stage; and

a hired stage.

10 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline comprise:

a search results stage;

a long list stage;

a short list stage;

an applicants stage;

an interviewed stage;

an offered stage; and

a hired stage.

11 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein displaying the plurality of stages comprises:

displaying, for each stage of the plurality of stages, a count of candidates associated with the stage.

12 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein displaying the plurality of stages comprises:

displaying, for one or more stages of the plurality of stages, a target number of candidates for each of the one or more stages.

13 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein when the selected stage is an interviewed stage, the stage-specific actions comprise a send offer stage-specific action, wherein the send offer stage-specific action is only displayed when the selected stage is the interviewed stage, and wherein the send offer stage-specific action is selectable by a user to send an offer to a selected candidate from the list of candidates.

14 . The user interface of claim 8 wherein the second user interface area supports user selection of a candidate from the displayed list of candidates, and wherein the second user interface area supports drag-and-drop activity by the user to move the selected candidate from the selected stage to a different stage, of the plurality of stages, displayed in the first user interface area.

15 . A system comprising:

memory;

a processing unit; and

one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions causing the system to perform operations for managing a talent acquisition pipeline, the operations comprising:

displaying, to a user, the talent pipeline, wherein the talent pipeline comprises a plurality of stages;

receiving, from the user, a selection of a stage from the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline;

in response to the selection of the stage, displaying, to the user, a list of candidates, wherein the list of candidates is associated with the selected stage; and

in response to the selection of the stage, displaying, to the user, a user interface element for performing a stage-specific action for the displayed list of candidates, wherein the stage-specific action is associated with the selected stage.

16 . The system of claim 15 wherein the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline comprise:

a long list stage;

a short list stage;

an applicants stage;

an interviewed stage;

an offered stage; and

a hired stage.

17 . The system of claim 15 wherein the displayed plurality of stages of the talent pipeline comprise:

a search results stage;

a long list stage;

a short list stage;

an applicants stage;

an interviewed stage;

an offered stage; and

a hired stage.

18 . The system of claim 15 wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the user, an action to move a selected candidate from the list of candidates to a different stage of the plurality of stages.

19 . The system of claim 15 wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, for each stage of the plurality of stages, a count of candidates associated with the stage; and

displaying, for one or more stages of the plurality of stages, a target number of candidates for each of the one or more stages.

20 . The system of claim 15 wherein when the selected stage is an applicants stage, wherein the stage-specific action is a schedule interview stage-specific action, wherein the schedule interview stage-specific action is only displayed when the selected stage is the applicants stage, and wherein the interviewed stage-specific action is selectable by the user to send an interview request to a selected candidate from the list of candidates.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: SAP AG
To: SAP SE
Reel/Frame 033625/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2012
From: BAECK, TANJA; PAUL, ELMAR; HOQUE, S.M. FAZLUL; WIEST, BERTRAM; STORCH, SILKE
To: SAP AG
Reel/Frame 029267/0528 →