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# Welcome to the Talent Pooling System

## Overview

The Talent Pooling System (TPS) fundamentally enables the best-suited candidates to fill roles. The system accomplishes this in two ways:

1. Candidates sign up and are matched with, and can apply for roles that meet their preferences
2. Recruiters search, group and message candidates who fit their role requirements

## Roles

Roles are a central component in the talent pooling system. For ECC, roles are synced with Cornerstone so that any roles that are created there which appear on WorkingForEssex also appear in the TPS.

Candidates are matched with roles in the TPS based on the following criteria (which they provide on sign-up):

* Location
* Job Function (Job Family)
* Contract Type
* Salary

If a candidate matches with a role, they are notified about the role (depending on their preference) and they can view the role in the TPS before being redirected to WorkingForEssex.

{% content-ref url="/pages/7BwjJtFy2jsDMDyQ1OtI" %}
[View and filter roles](/essex-tps/roles/view-and-filter-roles.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/HL8furWems3vrkk5DwVZ" %}
[View role analytics](/essex-tps/roles/view-role-analytics.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Candidates

Candidates who have signed up to the talent pool have profiles which can be viewed and searched through and organised into different groups. 

Candidates sign up by providing their preferences, their basic details and by uploading a CV. This CV is parsed[^1], relevant fields are extracted and all of this is searchable through the TPS.

{% content-ref url="/pages/Iz8QlvL8QHmGAW0fybFs" %}
[Search for candidates](/essex-tps/candidates/search-for-candidates.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/0GtuqXKxPARFyRmr4sZY" %}
[Create and edit talent pools](/essex-tps/candidates/create-and-edit-talent-pools.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/7XAUtrKYK5jBy8ECgbTb" %}
[Create and edit talent waves](/essex-tps/candidates/create-and-edit-talent-waves.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/MRkCbN137vf2Oadafm82" %}
[Download candidates](/essex-tps/candidates/download-candidates.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Conversations

Recruiters can send both marketing information and tailored messages to candidates from within the TPS. These messages can either be in the form of emails or SMSs.

{% content-ref url="/pages/t7otSNaSjgZD3xqWvUuf" %}
[Create an email conversation](/essex-tps/conversations/create-an-email-conversation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/YR1PHIN6TCP7I2oMDE4L" %}
[Create an SMS conversation](/essex-tps/conversations/create-an-sms-conversation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/b8aPy9VTQj2RN5nGKxSO" %}
[View inbound SMS responses](/essex-tps/conversations/view-inbound-sms-responses.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Reports

A number of pre-made reports can be viewed and downloaded from within the system, to provide different breakdowns of the candidates in the system.

{% content-ref url="/pages/8p1qQItoDlmcDdzp0ubq" %}
[View and download a report](/essex-tps/reports/view-and-download-a-report.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Settings

Profile information and notification frequencies can be edited from within settings to make sure information in the system remains up to date.

{% content-ref url="/pages/CcQIWI2oUkFQz43jgHH7" %}
[Edit your profile](/essex-tps/settings/edit-your-profile.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

[^1]: Parsing means to extract relevant information from an unstructured document, like a CV


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