Conducting the Kickoff Meeting

Watch this video to learn about career site design.

The customer and consultant work together to design the career site, beginning with the project kickoff meeting and configuration workshops, where the configuration workbook is completed. 

1. Conduct the kickoff meeting: Engage early in the process with a kickoff meeting to avoid late-stage changes.
2. Conduct workshops: Discuss the basic site design, global elements, images, brand, languages, and components with the customer. 
3. Decide on the host and domain: Decide on the site’s subdomain and hosting solution and whether the career site will be hosted or integrated. 
4. Follow leading practices: Design the site following accessibility guidelines, SEO, and other leading practices. 
5. Choose components: Organize content by using the appropriate Career Site Builder pages and components. 
6. Confirm job requisition requirements: Confirm that the required fields are configured on the job requisition to fully support the candidate experience, job distribution features, and reporting. 
7. Discuss a marketing strategy for job distribution: Conduct a job delivery intake meeting to discuss the customer’s job marketing strategy. 
8. Discuss an internal applicant job strategy: Summarize the benefits of using the Career Site Builder for internal applicants. 

Preparing for the project kick-off is a crucial step in beginning an implementation project with a customer. In this video, follow consultants Mia and Carlos as they discuss the process in preparing for a project kickoff. 

To prepare for the kickoff call, consultants are responsible for creating a kickoff meeting presentation.

• Consultants present this presentation to the customer team during the kickoff meeting.

• Customize the presentation before the meeting:

  • Insert the customer’s name and logo where appropriate.

  • Insert the category pages from the Readiness Checklist.

  • Update the action items.

  • Insert the Project Team contact information.

  • Update the Candidate Experience section.

• Optional: Add information returned on the Readiness Checklist:

  • Customer’s goals

  • Brands

  • Languages

To customize a project plan for a customer, download the CSB Project Plan from SAP PartnerEdge Recruiting implementation resources. Ensure that you and your customer have Microsoft Project because it is required.