The Order of Merit is used to search for candidates who are successful for the job but were not the preferred candidate. The order of merit statuses that can be set include:
| In Progress | All candidates that are successful post their assessment and the panel are now in the process of deciding who will be the preferred and who will be on the order of merit. |
| Available | Candidates that are on the order of merit. |
| Placed | This is the preferred candidate who has accepted the position. |
| Decline | This should be set if the preferred candidate has declined the offer. This status can also be used for candidates that no longer want to be on the order of merit. |
Order of merit statuses can also be set manually. If a rule is setting the status, it can always be updated manually on the candidate card in the OOM tab.
To add the OOM rule action:
- Locate the assessment step you wish to use to determine the Order of Merit candidate and +Add Rule .
- Complete the Manage Rule screen; the decision question in the previous approval form step may be used as the Source Question. If you do not have an approval step use a question from the form step prior to this one for the successful candidates.
- Click the Save button.
- Now you will see the Add Action link appear at the bottom of the screen, click this link.
- This will take you to the Manage Rule Action screen. Select the Set OOM Status option from the Action Type dropdown list.
- Select the status you wish to apply.
- Click the Save button.
- The completed rule will look like so:
Once the avaiable status is set you will then need to set the decline and placed status. Typically this would be set on a verbal offer or offer step. Set these as separate rules pointing at an accepted or decline answer option on a decision question.
