In accordance with the two types of selection procedure, there are also two applicant statuses, the overall status and the vacancy assignment status. These two statuses are normally maintained in different ways.

In some cases the overall status can affect the vacancy assignment status. For example, if an applicant has the overall status rejected, then each vacancy assignment status must also be rejected. In other words, if you reject an applicant in the overall procedure, he or she can no longer be included in the selection procedure for a specific vacancy.

When you enter an applicant's data in the system, an overall status is automatically created for the applicant.

You can change an applicant’s overall status by:

The reports option has an added advantage in that it allows you to change the overall status of several applicants at once.

When you assign an applicant to a vacancy, a vacancy assignment status is automatically created. You can assign an applicant to a vacancy assignment status by:

• Performing the applicant action Enter additional data
• Maintaining applicant master data (Vacancy Assignment infotype (4002))

You can change the vacancy assignment by:

The report has the added advantage that you can change the vacancy assignment for multiple applicants at the same time.