Describing the New Features and Enhancements in the 1H 2025 Release

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the new features and enhancements in the 1H 2025 release.

The Reimagined Candidate Experience

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The reimagined Candidate Experience introduces a seamless, efficient, and user-friendly application process designed to enhance engagement for both internal and external candidates. This experience is built upon these core components: Guided Application Experience, My Applications, My Profile and Manage Account, each offering features that work together to optimize the candidate journey.

  • Guided Application Experience - The guided application experience provides a smoother and more intuitive application process. With its adaptive design, it adjusts to the scope of information required for each job, offering a wizard-based template and a form-based template that will be used mostly in multistage applications. You can also use business rules to create a dynamic application experience that adapts based on the candidate's responses. This ensures that candidates provide only the most relevant information in the quickest possible time, making the application process simple.
  • My Applications - The My Applications page provides a centralized hub where applicants can efficiently manage their entire application journey. Using intuitive, logically arranged cards, applicants can track the status of their submissions, manage in-progress drafts, and act on any required tasks.

Note

Candidates who create an account on the career site but haven't applied for a job are redirected to the My Applications page where they can also view or update their profile information. In most job application scenarios, this page serves as the post-apply journey for applicants who have submitted their job applications using the Guided Application Experience.

  • Manage Account - The Manage Accountpage allows candidates to personalize and control their account settings, ensuring a secure experience while using the career site.
  • My Profile - The My Profile serves as a centralized hub that provides a holistic view of a candidate's qualifications, skills, past employment, and other relevant details, helping streamline the application process and enabling recruiters to match candidates with the right opportunities.

Candidates can now access My Applications, Manage Account, My Profile and Sign Out directly from the header, ensuring seamless navigation across the application.

We've made this enhancement to optimize the job application experience for candidates with an intuitive design that boosts engagement and reduces application drop-offs. The enhanced user experience saves time, reduces confusion, and keeps everything the candidate needs in one place.

Configuration Requirements

  • You’ve implemented Career Site Builder and Mobile Apply.
  • You've enabled the setting Enable Candidate Experience for Career Site from Admin Center >Manage Recruiting Settings> Career Site.

What's Changed

In the current version, the candidate experience is more intuitive and engaging with a redesigned job application process, a centralized hub for managing application-related tasks, a dedicated profile for updating personal and professional information, and an account settings page for managing preferences and privacy.

A job application interface displaying a wizard-based template. The screen shows the 'Getting Started' section, with multiple progressive tabs indicating different stages of the application process.
My Applications option is selected.The My Applications page for a candidate displaying candidate actions such as pending tasks, submitting a draft application and view the status of a submitted application.A sample profile of a candidate with various sections organized as tabs indicating Resume, Personal Information, Skill Information, Employment and so on.The Manage Account page that displays the Change Password settings screen. It also shows a list of actions candidate can perform, such as - manage job alerts, update preferences, data privacy and delete account.

In the previous version, the profile creation and application process were consolidated into a single page. The header provided basic settings that were limited to changing their account password, or creating a job alert. The following illustration demonstrates the scope of the previous candidate experience.

Technical Details

Reference NumberRCM-143830
Product
  • Recruiting
Module
  • Candidate Experience
Feature
  • Candidate Profile
  • Job Applications
  • Career Portals
  • Career Sites
ActionRecommended
EnablementCustomer configured
Link to Demo
LifecycleGeneral Availability
TypeNew
Major or MinorMajor
Business Process Variant
  • Hire to Retire
Software Version
  • 1H 2025
Valid as Of2025-05-16
Latest Revision2025-04-04

Related Information

Reimagined Candidate ExperienceIntegrating Career Site Builder with SAP SuccessFactors RecruitingConfiguring Mobile Apply

Page Component for Uploading Resumes on Career Sites

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In Career Site Builder, you can now add an Upload Resume component to pages of your career site that enables job-seekers to upload a resume and find jobs that match their skills.

The Upload Resume component is a banner that spans the width of the page and includes a wide range of branding and layout options, including:

  • Image
  • Text box
  • Background color
  • 5 possible layouts

All layouts include the Upload Resume, which candidates can use to open the Skills Matching window and upload a resume, just as they can on the search results page.

Here are the available layouts:

Visual representations of the 5 available layout templates: Background with Text, Background with Text Box, Background with Offset Text Box, Background with Text and Image, Background with Text and Offset Image

Here's an example, with a large banner image in the background and a semi-transparent text box centered within the image.

Example of the Upload Resume component, showing a background banner image and a semi-transparent text box with text and an Upload Resume button.

Here's another example, with a more solid background color, text directly on the background without a text box, and a decorative image that's offset, extending past the bottom edge of the banner.

Example of the Upload Resume component, showing a dark background color with overlaid text and Upload Resume button directly on the background, as well as a decorative image that extends past the bottom edge of the banner.

We added this feature so that you can feature the skills-matching capability more prominently on your career site, within an attractive banner that reflects your brand.

Configuration Requirements

To use the Upload Resume component, you need to enable the AI-Assisted Skills Matching for Resumesfeature in Career Site Builder, which is a multistep process. Refer to documentation for details.

When Skills Matching is enabled, you can add the Upload Resume component to any single-column page (home, content, or category). It isn't available on landing pages because they can be two-column and the component requires the full width of the page.

Technical Details

Reference NumberRMK-33338
Product
  • Recruiting
Module
  • Candidate Experience
Feature
  • Career Site Builder
  • Career Sites
ActionInfo only
EnablementCustomer configured
Link to DemoResume Upload Component
LifecycleGeneral Availability
TypeNew
Major or MinorMajor
Business Process Variant
  • Hire to Retire
Software Version
  • 1H 2025
Valid as Of2025-05-16
Latest Revision2025-04-04

Related Information

Upload Resume Component Settings in Career Site BuilderEnabling AI-Assisted Features on Career Sites

Similar Jobs Displayed on Career Sites

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In Career Site Builder, you can now add a Similar Jobs component to the Job layout so that job-seekers can discover similar jobs to the one they're viewing.

The Similar Jobs component suggests other jobs that we've identified as similar to the one that the candidate is viewing, based on criteria such as skills and location. Jobs are displayed as cards, similar to how they're displayed in search results. Candidates can follow a link on the card to view more details about each job.

In a 1-column layout or in column 1 of a 2-column layout, job cards are displayed horizontally:

The Similar Jobs component showing 4 job cards displayed horizontally.

In column 2 of a 2-column layout, job cards are displayed vertically:

The Similar Jobs component showing 4 job cards displayed vertically, in column 2 below the Skills Matching component.

We added this feature to help candidates discover more jobs they might be interested in.

Configuration Requirements

Note

This feature is not available in staging/preview systems at the time of the 1H 2025 Preview release. It becomes available in both staging/preview and production systems at the same time, on the Valid as Of date.

To use the Similar Jobs component, you first have to enable the Premium AI feature Assisted Job Skills for Career Site Builder and then run a scheduled job to extract skills from existing job requisitions. It's not necessary to enable AI-assisted skills matching with resumes.

After you add the component to the job layout, no additional configuration is required. If you choose, you can restrict suggestions to jobs that are within 30 miles of the job being viewed.

The appearance and content of cards is based on existing configuration for "results cards":

  • Information shown is configured at Layouts> Search Results> Results Cards.

  • Colors and styles are configured at Appearance >Styles> Global Styles> [Brand]> Search Experience> Job Results Card.

Technical Details

Reference NumberRMK-31944
Product
  • Recruiting
Module
  • Candidate Experience
Feature
  • Career Site Builder
  • Career Sites
ActionInfo only
EnablementCustomer configured
Link to Demo 
LifecycleGeneral Availability
TypeNew
Major or MinorMinor
Business Process Variant
  • Not Applicable
Software Version
  • 1H 2025
Valid as Of2025-05-16
Latest Revision2025-04-04

Related Information

Creating a Custom Job Layout for the Unified Data Model

Standard Site URLs for Career Sites

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  • Configuration Requirements
  • What's Changed
  • Technical Details
  • Related Information

    In Career Site Builder, you can now choose to use a standard URL for your career site, with a generic SAP domain, so that you don't have to maintain the DNS and SSL certificates.

    To create a standard site URL, you can provide a subdomain that's unique to your organization, such as the company name. The rest of the URL is generic: jobs.hr.cloud.sap. After you confirm availability and save, your career site is available at the standard URL: <subdomain>.jobs.hr.cloud.sap. Because it's part of the SAP domain, we maintain the DNS and SSL certificates for you.

Note

To facilitate a transition from 1 URL to the other, you can maintain 2 active URLs for up to 6 months, 1 primary and 1 secondary. By default, your existing custom URL is selected as Primary. The primary URL is your site's true web address and the domain on which all other functionality is based, such as job alerts, email notifications, and integrations. The secondary URL redirects automatically to the primary URL, for up to 6 months.

The 6-month transition period starts whenever you change the Primary URL selection. When you do, other configurations that use the site URL, like job alert emails or integration settings, are automatically updated to reflect the new primary URL.

After 6 months, the secondary URL is removed automatically from the site configuration in Career Site Builder and no longer redirects automatically.

This feature helps you minimize the cost and effort of maintaining the DNS and SSL certificates.

Configuration Requirements

To configure a standard site URL in Career Site Builder, go to SettingsSite Configuration and open the Site URL tab.

Here's an overview of the process of transitioning from a custom site URL to a standard site URL. Refer to documentation for details.

  1. Configure the Standard Site URL and save.
  2. If you use an internal career site powered by Career Site Builder, update the SAML 2.0 configuration in your identity provider so that internal candidates can access the site at the new URL with single sign-on.
  3. Select the standard URL as Primary and save. All career site functionality now uses the standard URL with the SAP domain.
  4. Continue to maintain your secondary, custom URL during the transition period, while you manage the change within your organization. The custom URL remains active as long as the SSL certificate is valid. (The SSL Certificates tool in Career Site Builder only applies to the custom URL, whether it's primary or secondary.
  5. Plan to complete the transition within a 6-month period:
    • When the secondary custom URL is no longer needed, you can let the SSL certificate expire and remove it from the Custom Site URL field at any time.
    • After 6 months, the secondary custom URL stops redirecting automatically. To extend the transition period, you need to set up the redirection yourself and continue to maintain the SSL certificates.

What's Changed

How It Looks Now

In the current version, site URLs are configured on the Site URL tab, at Settings >Site Configuration. Your existing site URL is shown in the Custom Site URL field. You can configure a standard URL in the Standard Site URL field. You can select either URL as primary. In this example, the standard URL is primary.

Site URL settings in Career Site Builder, showing both a custom URL and a standard URL. The standard site URL ends with .jobs.hr.cloud.sap and is selected as primary.

How It Looked Before

In the previous version, the site URL was configured in the Site URL field on the Site Information tab, at Settings Site > Configuration. The URL was always custom, with a domain managed by your organization.

The Site URL field, in the Site Information settings in Career Site Builder, with a custom URL.

Technical Details

Reference NumberRMK-34545
Product
  • Recruiting
Module
  • Candidate Experience
Feature
  • Career Site Builder
  • Career Sites
ActionInfo only
EnablementCustomer configured
Link to Demo 
LifecycleGeneral Availability
TypeNew
Major or MinorMinor
Business Process Variant
  • Hire to Retire
Software Version
  • 1H 2025
Valid as Of2025-05-16
Latest Revision2025-04-04

Related Information

Site Configuration in Career Site Builder Settings

Enhancements to Support Adoption of the Unified Data Model in SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting

We've provided many enhancements to help you adopt the standard Job Location object and the Unified Data Model for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting.

Before you enable the Unified Data Model for SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, you need to migrate job location data in your existing job requisitions to the standard Job Location generic object. To support data migration and simplify the adoption of the Unified Data Model, we've provided the following enhancements.

EnhancementDescription
New tool Set Up Job Location Mapping And Initiate MigrationYou can now use this tool to automatically migrate job location data in your existing job requisitions into the standard Job Location object. First, you save a mapping between fields in your job requisition templates and fields in the standard Job Location object. Then, you can use the Initiate Migration option to trigger a scheduled job that makes the following changes:
  • Adds the standard Job Location field and field permissions to each mapped template, if not present already.
  • Adds a job location entry to the Job Location object for each requisition, if not present already, based on the existing data in each requisition created from a mapped template.
  • Sets the Job Location value on each requisition created from a mapped template, using a job location in the Job Location object.
New rule function Get Job Location ()You can now use the Get Job Location () function to create business rules that set the value of the Job Location field automatically, based on the field mapping you've defined in the Set Up Job Location Mapping And Initiate Migration tool and on existing data in the requisition.
Job Location field available in Job Requisition rules when configured as multiselectThe Job Location field is now available to use in business rules in the Job Requisition scenario, whether it's configured as multiselect or not. Previously, the field wasn't available in the rule definition if it was configured as multiselect.Note

A business rule can only set one value in the Job Location field, even if it's configured as multiselect. If needed, you can add additional job location values manually.

If the Job Location field is configured as multiselect, it's displayed in the rule definition with the prefix "Primary" to indicate that it only sets a value for the "primary" job location.

Scheduled job State Province GO Migration Job is run automatically

The scheduled job State Province GO Migration Job is run automatically in all systems, as part of the 1H 2025 release, so you don't need to set it up manually.

This scheduled job migrates state/province information to the standard State/Province object, which is used to include state/province information in the Job Location object.

Custom fields supported in the Job Location objectYou can now add custom fields to the Job Location object. Although custom fields aren't searchable and aren't visible to candidates on your career site, they may be useful to you during the migration process or for other internal purposes.
Job Location object and Job Location Short Format object available in Table reports.You can now include the Job Location object and Job Location Short Format object in Table reports, for the Recruiting V2 or Recruiting V2 Secured schemas.
Scheduled job ReBuild Posted Job Requisition Search Index can't be recurring

The scheduled job ReBuild Posted Job Requisition Search Index can no longer be configured as recurring in Scheduled Job Manager. It can only be one-time. We prevent recurrence to improve system performance.

With the Unified Data Model, a recurring job isn't necessary. You only need to run the job after you make changes to a job requisition template or the Job Location object. You don't need to run it each time a requisition is created or updated.

There's no change to existing jobs. But if you have scheduled jobs of this type that are set up as recurring, we recommend changing them to one-time.

Posting End Date field can be shown on career sitesIn Career Site Builder, you can now add the Posting End Date field on the job details page or search result cards.

We provided these capabilities to help you adopt the Unified Data Model, which is recommended for all customers.

Configuration Requirements

Migrating job location data includes the following steps. Refer to the related documentation for detailed instructions.

  • Identify job requisition templates that require mapping.
  • Save a field mapping for each template that requires it.
  • Complete the migration, using either the Set Up Job Location Mapping And Initiate Migration page or business rules or both.

If required for your organization, you can now:

  • Create rules to set the Job Location field when it's configured as multiselect.
  • Add the Posting End Date field to job details or search results on your career site.
  • Add custom fields to the Job Location object.
  • Create Table reports that include data in the Job Location or Job Location Short Format objects.

We also recommend:

  • Confirming that the automatic State Province GO Migration Job job completed successfully.
  • Scheduling ReBuild Posted Job Requisition Search Index jobs as one-time, instead of recurring.

Role-Based Permission Requisites

To access the new mapping and migration tool, you need the following permission: Administrator Permissions > Manage Recruiting > Set Up Job Location Mapping And Initiate Migration.

Technical Details

Reference NumberRCM-120418
Product
  • Recruiting
Module
  • Candidate Experience
Feature
  • Career Site Builder
  • Field Mapping
  • Job Requisitions
ActionInfo only
EnablementCustomer configured
Link to Demo 
LifecycleGeneral Availability
TypeNew
Major or MinorMajor
Business Process Variant
  • Hire to Retire
Software Version
  • 1H 2025
Valid as Of2025-05-16
Latest Revision2025-04-04

Related Information

Migrating Job Location Data for the Unified Data ModelUnified Data Model for Career Site BuilderGet Job Location()

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