A Candidate Alert! is a match query that allows employers to enter search criteria for
which they wish to be informed of candidacies listed on the Online Placement site that
correspond to what they are looking for. This means that when a Candidate Alert! is activated,
employers can receive the results of their queries on request or automatically, by email.
On this help page you will find the following subjects:
How to access the Candidate Alert! data entry page
To enter the information for a Candidate Alert!, you must be registered and have
a valid user ID and password. A Candidate Alert! is always linked to a specific job offer. This means
that before creating a Candidate Alert!, you must first register a job offer. To be linked
to a Candidate Alert!, a job offer must show the status “Published”, “Not published”, “Expired” or
“Stopped EQ”. Furthermore, if you wish to enter a Candidate Alert!, you must be the “person
in charge” for the offer.
The process for entering a Candidate Alert!
Go to the "Your file" page, under the "Your Candidate
Alerts!" tab.
Click on the "Enter a new Candidate Alert!" button at
the bottom of the page. This will bring you to the table of valid job offers
on the Candidate Alert! data entry page.
Select the job offer for which you wish to create a Candidate Alert! and click on "Continue".
Information in the table
The number of the offer with the acronym STD
(student).
The status of the offer
The name of the job under which the offer was registered. This is a hyperlink which, when activated,
displays the job offer.
The buttons on the Candidate Alert! page
The “Continue”
button: brings you to the Candidate Alert! data entry page.
The “Cancel” button: allows you to cancel any operations carried out on this page
and brings you back to the "Your file" page, under the "Your
Candidate Alerts!" tab.
The “Quit” button: brings you back to the "Employer" home page.
How to enter the data for a Candidate Alert!
The Candidate Alert! data entry page: this is where you must provide the information
that will be used to describe and manage the Candidate Alert!, and specify the desired search criteria.
This page includes the following sections:
The mandatory “Name of Candidate Alert!” section. This is the name that will be used to
manage the Candidate Alert!.
The mandatory “Type of Candidate Alert!” section. You must first indicate whether
the Candidate Alert! should apply to student candidacies, and then choose at least one of the
following options:
By job name or field of the job. This will show listed candidacies that were entered
under the job name corresponding to the job offer linked to the Candidate
Alert!, or the listed candidacies entered under the job field selected by
the employer.
By keyword(s). This allows you to receive candidacies containing the keywords that you have
indicated in one of the text fields. To proceed by keyword, you must check the box “By keyword(s)”
and enter one or more words, at least four letters long, in the appropriate fields. Only letters
or spaces are accepted.
The mandatory “Work place” section. You must specify in which region of Québec the
workplace is located.
The optional “Training and experience” section. You must select, from the options on the
scroll-down menu, the level of education and the period of job-related
experience required.
The “Candidate Alert! frequency” section. You must select one of the following two options:
By email. This type of Candidate Alert! automatically sends emails to employers notifying them when new
candidacies meeting their search criteria are listed during the period in question. You must choose either "Every day" or
"Once a week" and enter the desired email address. Please note that this type of Candidate Alert! can only be selected
when the status of the job offer linked thereto is shown as “Listed”.
or
On demand. This type of Candidate Alert! generates a search only when it is launched online.
The buttons on the Candidate Alert! data entry page
The“Save” button:allows you to save the information entered in the Candidate Alert! and brings
you back to the "Your file" page, under the "Your
Candidate Alerts!" tab.
The “Launch Online” button: saves the information and immediately shows the
current search results of your Candidate Alert!
The “Cancel” button: allows you to cancel any operations carried out on this page and brings
you back to the "Your file" page, under the "Your
Candidate Alerts!" tab.
The “Quit” button: brings you back to the "Employer" home page.