Preparing for an SAP SuccessFactors Career Site Builder Implementation
Designing the Career Site
Completing the Initial Setup of the Recruiting System
Building the Career Site
Moving the Career Site to Production
Engaging Potential Candidates
Implementing Source Reporting
Succeeding as a Consultant

Identifying the Benefits and Functionality of SAP SuccessFactors Career Site Builder

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to identify the benefits and functionality of Career Site Builder.

Career Sites Built With Career Site Builder (CSB)

Rich media support and branding integration provide an opportunity to market your customer’s organization. Multiple ways to search for jobs are provided, including keyword or location search, Google Job Map search, and Featured Jobs.

Career Site Builder

Career Site Builder simplifies the implementation process and significantly reduces implementation timelines to build a fully responsive career site.

Career Site Builder includes the following considerations:

  • Most of the configuration takes place directly in the Career Site Builder tool accessed from Admin Center, allowing administrator self-serve for career site updates.
  • Configurable components (search, text, image, and so on) are available with CSB.
  • All text, fonts, images, and colors are customizable.
  • Career Site Builder does not produce an exact replica of a client corporate brand. However, custom components can be added to any CSB page, which allows a third-party developer to insert custom code.
  • Professional Services-managed custom career sites can still be purchased for clients that require 100% customization. These clients will need to understand that they will not have the ability to leverage the benefits of Career Site Builder. For example, they cannot update their own career sites or enable Candidate Relationship Management, Advanced Analytics, or XML feeds.
The Career Site Builder example is displayed with its components, such as header, subscribe form, search bar, and three-column images with captions.

Example Live Sites

Completed career sites include the following examples:

A career site displaying the example of̣ Jobs at the City of Brookfield site.
A completed site, displaying a site of City of Brookfield with its various components, such as How to apply, Meet employees, and others.
An example of a completed career site, displaying the GreenGrid's awards section.
An example of a completed career site, displaying the GreenGrid's Why GreenGrid section.
An example of a completed career site, displaying the Urbix' Awards section.
An example of a completed career site, displaying the Urbix' talent Community map.

SAP Customer Data Cloud Based Authentication in Recruiting

The SAP Customer Data Cloud provides customers using Career Site Builder with additional options on how candidates can create an account with their career site. Traditionally, candidates must register an account by using their email address and creating a password to login. SAP Customer Data Cloud provides a general framework for setting alternative authentication methods for external candidates applying for jobs within the Career Site, including:

  • Registration with phone number using SMS
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Password-less Authentication
  • Registration with social media - with support only limited to Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn
  • Basic Authentication with email and password

Using SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting, administrators can access and use the SAP Customer Data Cloud console to create and implement these account creation workflows for the career site, along with customized interfaces and integrations with social accounts for user verification or use SMS as an account creation method for candidates.

Using Customer Data Cloud for External Candidate Authentication

Prerequisites

  • For your preview instance, a provisioning job is run to set up an instance in SAP Customer Data Cloud, ensuring seamless integration with SAP SuccessFactors. This provisioning job sets up an instance for you in SAP Customer Data Cloud, but you'll need to enable the SAP Customer Data Cloud feature in the SAP SuccessFactors instance manually.
  • For existing customers, configurations (candidate data, email templates, password policies, data privacy statements) will be migrated to SAP Customer Data Cloud. The provisioning job also supports real-time candidate data synchronization, but the SAP Customer Data Cloud feature setting must be enabled in the SAP SuccessFactors instance to manage this data.
  • New customers will have a new SAP Customer Data Cloud instance set up with real-time candidate data synchronization, providing a standardized data management experience using the Provisioning job.

Enabling SAP Customer Data Cloud For Recruiting

To enable the SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting, first ensure that the provisioning job has been successfully completed for your instance.

Once the provisioning Global Job to Migrate Candidate Account Data and Configuration job has run, you can then enable the Career Site Authentication using SAP Customer Data Cloud (SAP CDC) and provide the appropriate role-based permissions to the administrators to Manage Configurations in Recruiting for SAP Customer Data Cloud Authentication.

Prerequisites

The provisioning job Global Job to Migrate Candidate Account Data and Configuration to SAP CDC has been successfully run and completed to set up a standard experience instance in SAP Customer Data Cloud.

To enable SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting:

  1. Go to Admin CenterManage Recruiting Settings.
  2. Under Career Site Authentication using SAP Customer Data Cloud, choose Enable SAP Customer Data Cloud-based Authentication for External Candidates.
  3. Choose Save.
  4. Go to Admin CenterManage Permission RolesAdministrator Permission.
  5. Under Manage Recruiting, choose Manage Configurations in Recruiting for SAP Customer Data Cloud Authentication.
  6. Choose Save.

Integrating SAP Customer Data Cloud For Recruiting

To integrate SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting with SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting:

  1. Go to Admin CenterManage Console Integration and External Candidate Authentication.
  2. Choose Console Integration.
  3. Under Export Metadata, choose Generate and Export.

    The generated metadata is exported to SAP Customer Data Cloud console. This step initiates a connection with SAP Customer Data Cloud console from Recruiting.

    Integrating SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting and the SAP Customer Data Cloud Console

    Export Metadata Details

    Section ElementDescription
    Generated DateThe date on which the metadata was generated and exported.
    Expiration DateThe date on which the metadata will expire.
    StatusValid: Indicates if the metadata is currently being used.

    Invalid: Indicates if the metadata has expired or is no longer being used.

  4. To view the exported metadata information, choose View Metadata.
  5. Optionally, if you want to regenerate and export new metadata, choose Regenerate and Export. The existing metadata will be replaced with the newly generated metadata and exported to the SAP Customer Data Cloud console.
  6. Under Import Metadata, choose Import.

    The metadata is imported from the SAP Customer Data Cloud console to Recruiting. This step establishes a secure SSO connection between them.

    Import Metadata Details

    Section ElementDescription
    Imported DateThe date on which the metadata was imported.
    Expiration DateThe date on which the metadata will expire
    StatusValid: Indicates if the metadata is currently being used.

    Invalid: Indicates if the metadata has expired or is no longer being used.

  7. To view the imported metadata information, choose View Metadata.
  8. Optionally, if you want to reimport metadata, choose Import. The existing metadata will be replaced with the newly imported metadata.

Inviting Console Users

Once you have established the connection between the Recruiting system and the SAP Customer Data Cloud, you will want to grant system admins access to the Customer Data Cloud console to configure the Career Site registration and authentication options.

At minimum, provide yourself with access to the Customer Data Cloud console so that you can configure the candidate registration and authentication options and use the UI Builder.

Providing User Access to Customer Data Cloud Console for Recruiting

Prerequisites

  • You're an Admin, and you have enabled access to Manage Console Integration and External Candidate Authentication.
  • A secure SSO connection has been established between SAP Customer Data Cloud and Recruiting.

As an administrator, you must have console access to invite users. Follow the instructions in the next section to invite yourself.

To invite user follow these steps

  1. Go to Admin CenterManage Console Integration and External Candidate Authentication.
  2. Choose the Console User tab.
  3. Use the search option to search for usernames or the first and last names of the users you wish to grant access to the console. You can also use the Advanced Search Options for an extensive search.
  4. Select users that you wish to invite. Choose Select. The selected users are now displayed in your search field. you can use the X to remove users from the list.
  5. Choose Invite.
    • The successful invitees are added to the User table.
    • Partial success scenario: This scenario occurs when the invites were sent only to some of the selected users. You can retry sending the invite to the remaining users. If the issue persists, contact your System Administrator for assistance.
  6. For a selected user, to revoke their access to the SAP Customer Data Cloud console, choose X icon from the Revoke Access column.

Note

You can only revoke access to a user if they had accepted their invite.

An email invite with an access link is sent to all successful invitees. The access link redirects users to the SAP Customer Data Cloud login page, where they can enter the credentials and access the console. These users are automatically assigned to a permission group.

Inviting Additional Users in the SAP Customer Data Cloud Console

Additionally, console admins can begin inviting other users to access the console to manage configuration options. This can be done in Admin CenterManage Console Integration and External Candidate AuthenticationConsole Users, or you can grant access directly from the SAP Customer Data Cloud console.

Prerequisite

You have an Administrator role in the SAP Customer Data Cloud tenant. Each SAP Customer Data Cloud tenant has at least one administrator - the person who received the welcome communication for the tenant, otherwise known as the primary administrator.

To invite new users to the SAP Customer Data Cloud console follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the SAP Customer Data Cloud console.
  2. In the pane on the left side of the SAP Customer Data Cloud console, select Administrators under Access Management. Console Access Management for Administrators
  3. Above the Administrators table, select Invite Administrators. In the dialog box that opens, fill in the new administrator's email address and select a group: Inviting Administrator to SAP Customer Data Cloud Console
  4. Select Invite Administrator.

Configuring the SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting External Candidate Authentication

Once you have access to the SAP Customer Data Cloud, admins can begin to configure and customize features such as UI Builder, Screen Sets, SMS Templates, Email Templates and social media log-in options through IdentityConnect to set up the landing page where external candidates can create an account or sign in.

To configure the SAP Customer Data Cloud feature

  1. Log in to the SAP Customer Data Cloud console.
  2. Use the features listed in the table to perform the configurations as described in their respective links.
    FeatureDescription
    UI Builder

    The UI Builder for Screen-Sets is a powerful web-based tool for creating and implementing user management workflows on your site.

    SAP Customer Data Cloud provides registration, login, and other flows out of the box, which cover the wide majority of scenarios encountered when consumers log in to your site. These user-facing flows are displayed as sets of successive screens, known as Screen-Sets.

    Identity Providers

    The Identity Providers tab page in SAP Customer Data Cloud gives you the option to verify your users using third-party identity providers like social networks.

    You may choose from the list of social media applications based on your requirements; however, we only support  Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn.

    SMSThe SAP Customer Data Cloud allows you to define text templates for SMS messages sent to users throughout their site journey, ensuring your site complies with the text messaging laws and regulations of different countries.

    The SMS template configured here is mainly used to send one-time password (OTP) related messages to candidates. However, all job-related communications are sent based on the SMS template configured in Admin CenterManage Recruiting Settings.

    Email Template

    Use the Email Templates page in the console to design the emails that are sent out to users as part of their site journey. The SAP Customer Data Cloud email templates are fully customizable.

    The Email template configured in this section is mainly used to send welcome emails to candidates. However, all job related communications are sent based on the email template configured in Admin CenterManage Recruiting Settings.

    SMS ProvidersConfigure the SMS provider you want to use to send SMS to your candidates.

    For additional information on configuring the SAP Customer Data Cloud features, please refer to the SAP Customer Data Cloud implementation guide on the SAP Help Portal.

Applicant Processing Without Email

As recruiting administrators, when you've enabled SAP Customer Data Cloud for authenticating external candidates, you can allow candidates to create or sign in to their account quickly using only their phone number without requiring their e-mail.

Ensure that you have enabled Short Message Service (SMS) in Admin CenterManage Recruiting Settings. Also, ensure that you have set up the necessary email notifications in Admin CenterRecruiting Email Triggers with the SMS capability enabled.

When a candidate chooses to provide only their phone number, they must opt in to receive SMS notifications. If they don’t opt in, they're prompted to provide an e-mail as an alternative. If neither option is configured, no communications are sent. Additionally, external candidates won't be able to save their profile changes unless they provide an e-mail or opt in to SMS notifications.

The Contact Candidate option for a candidate in the candidate search results also supports SMS capability. There are no permissions that can be applied for sending an ad-hoc SMS notification to a candidate using the standard SMS feature in SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting. The option to send an e-mail or an SMS is available to all operators who can access a candidate using the candidate search.

If customers wish to use SMS along with email communications, ensure that the candidate’s email is collected at some point in the application or screening process so that recruiting users can continue to use e-mail as an alternative communication method.

Unified Data Model

For customers planning a career site with Career Site Builder, it is strongly encouraged that their environment is enabled with the Career Site Builder Unified Data Model.

A diagram displaying the advantages of the Unified Data Model, explained further in this section.

The Unified Data Model combines indexes and data between Recruiting and Career Site Builder to provide the enhanced career site functionality:

  • A modern, consumer-grade search experience for candidates, including customizable faceting and filtering.
  • Improved location searching, including searching by neighborhood, metro area, region of the country, and more. For example: "Midtown Manhattan".
  • All job requisition properties are directly configurable within Career Site Builder. For example, you can use any field on the requisition to filter job searches, format job pages, create category page rules, and so on.
  • Improved support for non-English languages.

Functionalities provided from the Unified Data Model also apply to internal career sites powered by Career Site Builder.

Existing Recruiting customers can enable the Unified Data Model within Career Site Builder after configuring some brand and location objects and running migration tasks in Admin Center.

To learn more about the full configuration of the Unified Data Model, refer to the prerequisite course, SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting: Recruiter Experience Academy (THR83).

AI-Assisted Applicant Screening and Job Skills for Career Site Builder

SAP Business AI provides multiple use cases for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting helping to increase  recruiter efficiency and satisfaction with the recruiting solution. When using Career Site Builder, recruiters can take advantage of the AI-Assisted Applicant Screening feature. 

Introducing AI assisted applicant screening into the screening process of candidates allows recruiters to quickly identify top talent. This AI feature for recruiting helps with resume and application screening, providing recruiters with insight into how well a candidate meets the skills requirements of a job requisition. 

When creating the job requisition, the recruiter can use AI to identify and extract the skills from the job description. Additionally, recruiters can add additional skills if necessary. These skills will be used during the job discovery and the skills validation processes of the AI-Assisted Skills Matching feature.

Candidates can then search for jobs by uploading their resume in the Career Site Builder career site and AI will match them to posted jobs that match their skills.

This video provides more about the AI-Assisted applicant screening features.

To learn more about the full configuration of AI for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, refer to the prerequisite course, SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting: Recruiter Experience Academy (THR83).

Summary

  • Career Site Builder simplifies the implementation process and significantly reduces implementation timelines to build a fully responsive career site.
  • Career Site Builder (CSB) includes administrator tools in Admin Center for career site updates, and configurable, customizable components (text, font, images, colors, etc.)
  • Using SAP Customer Data Cloud for Recruiting, administrators can access and use the console to create and implement account creation workflows for the career site.
  • The Unified Data Model combines indexes and data between Recruiting and Career Site Builder to provide enhanced career site functionality.
  • When using Career Site Builder, recruiters can take advantage of the AI-Assisted Applicant Screening feature for candidates, which allows recruiters to quickly identify top talent.