Requisition 

Definition

Formal request by the manager to the recruiter to find potential candidates for one or more vacant positions. The requisition is an internal document determining the positions for which candidates are to be sought, the requirements which candidates must fulfill, and how the candidate search will be performed.

Use

Recruiters or managers create a requisition if they want to search for suitable candidates for one or more positions.

Structure

The structure of the requisition contains the following data:

General Job Information

General Job Information contains the basic data required to manage the requisition. This includes the requisition title, the requisition alias, and the application close date, for example.

In addition, the data section contains information on the job details and payment information.

Organizational Data

Data containing concrete positions or organizational units for which new employees are to be found using the requisition. In addition, the data section contains information about the number of the jobs to be filled and the cost center to which the job search costs incurred with the requisition can be posted.

Specifying the cost center is for information purposes only. No check is made to verify whether the cost center actually exists and the costs are not posted automatically to the cost center.

Support Team

The support team consists of persons who process a requisition together and search for suitable candidates. The various team members have different roles depending on the tasks they undertake in the recruitment process.

Job Requirements

Data on the competencies and qualifications a candidate must have in order to be considered for the job.

Education Requirements

Data on the courses and proficiencies a candidate must have completed in order to be considered for the job.

Attachments

Electronic documents that supplement the requisition.

Status

Data on the status and reason why a certain status has been set.

The status of the requisition indicates its processing state.

The following status specifications are possible:

·        Draft

·        Released

·        Closed

·        To be deleted (this means the requisition is only displayed on the user interface for administrators)

·        Put on hold (that is, the requisition can be used again at another point in time)

Data Overview

Data overview for the requisition.

Job Postings

List with job postings that have been created for the requisition with a function for creating new job postings. A job posting is an independent object.

Integration

Relationships to other objects in SAP E-Recruiting

Object	Relationship
Job Posting	A requisition can be linked with several job postings. Job postings are based on requisitions.
Candidacy	A requisition can be linked with several candidacies. Candidacies are the links between candidates and a requisition.

The data for the requisition is stored in the following infotypes:

·        Requisition Information (Infotype 5125)

·        Job Description (Infotype 5126)

·        Further Requirements (Infotype 5127)

·        Education Requirements (Infotype 5128)

·        Required Qualifications (Infotype 5129)

·        Person Responsible (Infotype 5131)

·        Attachments (Infotype 5134)