✏️ Introduction
Most organisations want to ensure that they are recruiting in a timely and efficient way using the time to hire and time to fill statistics to monitor productivity.
Sometimes things happen in an organisation that may prevent or hinder recruitment progress, for example team members taking annual leave for a week or two.
“Stop The Clock” is a feature that allows you to freeze recruitment activity on a job for a period of time which means there will not be a negative impact on your time to hire and time to fill statistics.
⏰ How To Use Stop The Clock
There are 2 ways to access this feature either via:
- The Job List
- The Job View (whilst on a job)
➡️ Via The Job List
To get started with method 1 via the job list - from the ATS dashboard Click "Jobs" followed by "View Jobs List":
From the job list, find the job that you would like to “stop the clock” on and click the job actions button (downwards triangle) (1).
Once this menu is open, click on “Stop The Clock” (2):
This will then open a pop-out window:
To stop the clock immediately Click "Stop The Clock Now!"
When needed you can restart the clock by Clicking on "Restart The Clock Now!"
If you need to amend or remove a stop the clock period click "Delete Period"
If you wish to create a specific stop the clock period start by clicking the date field to enter a start and end date followed by ticking the relevant check boxes underneath the dates:
Click "Create" or “Update” to save your dates. Once you are happy, click on the cross to close the “stop the clock” pop-up.
➡️ Via The Job View
To get started with method 2 via the job view - start by clicking the “Job Action Menu” (downwards facing triangle) (1), once this menu has opened you will see “stop the clock” (2), click here:
This will open up the following “Stop The Clock” pop-up, where you will be able to set the date that you would like stop the clock to start and end:
Once you have set the relevant dates, click on the check boxes underneath and press update to complete the process.
If you need to amend or remove a stop the clock period at any point, simply click "Delete Period"