We’re constantly working to improve your Sense experience by squashing bugs and releasing new features. Here’s an account of the improvements and releases that happened in September 2023.
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❖ Sense Engage ❖
[1] Auto Archive Journeys
Released Date: September 21, 2023
★ What’s New
We have implemented an enhancement that enables Auto Archiving of Journeys. Journeys inactive for more than 180 days will be automatically archived by the system. You can always unarchive the Journeys by following the steps mentioned below. Additionally, any list associated with the archived Journey will be automatically unmapped when the inactive Journey is marked as Archived.
➥ Auto Archive Rules (Preset in the System):
- The Journeys that are INACTIVE, NOT DELETED, or NOT ARCHIVED for more than 180 days will be automatically archived by the system.
- The Journeys that are updated within the last 30 days will not be considered for the auto-archive process by the system.
➥ Reference: Please refer to the complete Activating, Deactivation, and Archiving the Journeys help article for more information.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Journeys
[2] Update in Multiple Choice Survey Questions
Released Date: August 24, 2023
★ What’s New
We have released an enhancement to the Multiple-choice questions in Survey Touchpoints, granting you the flexibility to add multiple response options when saving data to ATS fields. Additionally, you can now edit both the ‘ATS field’ and 'Text Recipient Sees' values. This makes data collection easier, tailored to your needs, and streamlines your data management.
➥ NOTE: This enhancement is only applicable to Multiple Choice survey questions and can only be enabled when the ATS is the Sense Entity API, and the ATS field for 'allow_adding_new_values' is set to 'True'.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Journeys > Survey Touchpoints > Content > Multiple Choice Questions
❖ Sense AI Copilot ❖
[1] Sense AI - Role Based Permissions
Released Date: September 07, 2023
★ What’s New
Sense’s artificial intelligence solutions are designed to help recruiting teams become more efficient and create higher-quality content, making the recruitment process more efficient and reducing the need for repetitive work. This allows recruiters to focus on more complex and creative tasks by saving time with various tasks using AI.
Sense AI allows you to generate various types of content, such as full Job Descriptions, Pre-screening Questions, and quick Resumes for candidates. It also helps you generate SMS messages in Sense Messaging and create content for Journeys in Sense Engage with just one click.
▶︎ What’s New: All of Sense AI's features are available to all agencies by default. Furthermore, we have incorporated distinct ‘Role Settings’ for all Sense AI features. This offers you the flexibility to determine which role groups should be able to see/use specific Sense AI features.
➥ Reference: Please refer to the complete “Sense AI Overview and Use Cases” help article for more information on setting up roles.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense AI Copilot
- Settings > Accounts > Roles (Sense AI)
❖ Sense Pages ❖
[1] Sense Pages
Released Date: September 07, 2023
★ What’s New
We have introduced Sense Pages, which empowers you to effortlessly build and publish hosted web pages. Sense Page’s intuitive platform offers you a seamless and user-friendly page-building experience, allowing you to craft compelling landing pages that are optimized for driving conversions and engaging with your target audience.
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▶︎ Key Features
Sense Pages offers a comprehensive suite of features and benefits for creating, customizing, and optimizing landing pages, lead generation, and lead management, ultimately improving your online presence and business operations.
- Landing Page Creation: Sense Pages offers the ability to easily create and build landing pages, providing a versatile tool for your online presence.
- Lead Generation: You can utilize these landing pages for lead generation, enabling you to capture valuable lead information directly from your created pages.
- Chatbot Integration: Sense Pages comes with chatbot connectivity, enhancing engagement and interaction with your website visitors for improved customer experiences.
- Customizable Pages: Sense Pages allows you to customize the pages to meet your specific needs. You can use HTML taggings, add images, videos, and social media links, and access more formatting options for a tailored look and feel.
- Custom Forms: You have the flexibility to build your own custom forms and seamlessly link them to your pages. This enables you to gather specific inputs from leads who visit your pages and submit the forms.
- ATS Integration: Sense Pages offers ATS (Applicant Tracking System) connectivity, streamlining your recruitment process and making it more efficient.
- Bulk Actions: You can perform bulk actions, making it easier to manage and process leads efficiently.
- Export Options: Sense Pages allows you to export leads in convenient CSV and XLS formats, simplifying data management and analysis.
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➥ Reference: Please refer to the below-mentioned help articles for more information on setting up your Landing Pages.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense Pages
❖ Sense Scheduling ❖
[1] Panel Interviews for Sense Scheduling
Released Date: September 07, 2023
★ What’s New
We have released the ‘Panel Interviews’ feature for Sense Scheduling. The panel interview is used when two or more people interview a candidate simultaneously. This approach is particularly useful for recruiters and hiring managers who wish to efficiently assess a job applicant's qualifications and suitability for a position by bringing together a group of interviewers to interview the candidate simultaneously.
➥ NOTE: The Panel Interview feature is only available for Team Templates.
➥ Reference: Please refer to the complete “How to create Team Templates” help article for more information on the Panel Interviews feature.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense Scheduling > Team Templates
❖ Sense TRM ❖
[1] Re-Hire Feature for Sense TRM
Released Date: September 18, 2023
★ What’s New
We have released the 'Re-Hire' feature for Sense TRM. This feature is designed to empower recruiters and hiring managers by providing the ability to re-hire candidates for new job opportunities, even if they are currently in an active 'Hired' status for another job. With the 'Re-Hire' feature, you can seamlessly override the previous hired stage with a new one or make the candidate active in both jobs, allowing for greater flexibility and control over candidate statuses.
When you rehire a candidate using this feature, it shows you two options:
- Un-hire: This option helps you mark the candidate as 'INACTIVE' in their previous job and 'ACTIVE' in the new job.
- Keep Hired in above job: This option allows you to keep the candidate active in both jobs.
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▶︎ Key Highlights & Benefits
- Re-Hire Candidates with Ease: The 'Re-Hire' feature enables you to re-hire candidates who are currently in an active 'Hired' status for another job within your organization. This functionality streamlines the re-hiring process and eliminates the need for manual adjustments.
- Multiple Active Hires: With this update, you can have two or more instances of the same candidate in an active 'Hired' state. This flexibility allows you to efficiently handle various re-hiring scenarios, such as rehiring former employees, re-engaging candidates from past recruitment cycles, or bringing back contractual candidates once their projects conclude.
- Enhanced Flexibility: The 'Re-Hire' feature gives you the flexibility to re-engage candidates for new opportunities, helping you fill positions quickly and efficiently.
- Improved Record Keeping: Candidate records are automatically updated to reflect their accurate employment status, making it easier to manage and track their journey within your organization.
- Streamlined Processes: This feature simplifies the re-hiring process, reducing administrative overhead and allowing recruiters to focus on what matters most – finding the right talent.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense TRM
[2] Look Alike feature for matching candidates
Released Date: September 18, 2023
★ What’s New
We have released a "Look Alike" feature to make your candidate search process even more efficient and effective. With "Look Alike," you can easily find candidates who closely match the skills, experience, and education criteria of your current candidate. This feature helps you find hidden gems within your candidate database and make your hiring process more data-driven and efficient.
The ‘Look Alike’ feature is available on:
- Sense TRM > Candidates section.
- Sense TRM > Candidates > Candidates detailed profile.
- Sense TRM > Jobs > Candidates.
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▶︎ Key Highlights
- Discover Similar Candidates: Looking for candidates with profiles similar to your current candidate? "LookALike" is your solution. This feature combs through your candidate database and identifies potential matches based on key criteria.
- Matching Scores: We've made it easier than ever to gauge the suitability of each match. "LookALike" provides matching scores that reflect how closely a candidate aligns with your specified education, skills, and experience criteria. Higher scores indicate a stronger match.
- Streamline Your Recruitment: The “Look A Like" feature simplifies your decision-making process. With a list of matched or similar candidates at your fingertips, you can quickly evaluate and consider adding them to your job openings. These candidates might include individuals you've hired in the past or high-performing employees within your organization.
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▶︎ To access the feature
- Log in to Sense.
- Navigate to Sense TRM > Candidate.
- Click ‘Find Similar’ located on the right side of each candidate's profile.
- After clicking ‘Find Similar,’ a pop-up will display a list of similar candidates along with matching scores based on education, skills, and experience. You can use the ‘Add to a job’ functionality to add any of these similar candidates to available job listings according to your preferences.
➥ NOTE: If there are no matches with the respective candidate's skillset, the system will not display any similar candidates when using the "Find Similar" (Look Alike) feature.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense TRM
[3] Update in Annual Operating Plans (AOP)
Released Date: September 18, 2023
★ What’s New
We have released the "AOP Inheritance" feature, to enhance your Annual Operating Plan (AOP) management experience. This feature allows you to create multiple AOPs at your convenience, customizing plan durations such as half-yearly, quarterly, and more. Additionally, when you create a new AOP plan, all positions from the currently active plan are automatically copied to the new one, ensuring a seamless transition and consistent organizational structure.
This feature streamlines your planning process, saves time, and provides greater flexibility in aligning your AOPs with your organization's specific needs.
To create a new AOP plan;
- Log in to Sense.
- Navigate to Sense TRM > AOP.
- Click + Create New Plan located on the left-side panel.
- Enter the Plan Name and click Create.
- The new plan will be created, and all existing positions from the current plan will be automatically copied to your new plan.
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▶︎ Key Highlights
For newly created AOP:
- Automatic Position Copying: When you create a new AOP plan, all positions from the currently active plan will be automatically copied to the new AOP plan.
- Editing Restrictions: You will not be able to update the older positions that were copied from the currently active plan to the new one until you activate the new plan. However, you can still add new positions to your newly created plans even before activating the plan.
For old AOPs:
- Editing Restrictions: You cannot add or edit the positions in your older AOPs.
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★ Impacted Sense Platform
- Sense TRM