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Updating the List of Categories, Skills, or Specialties

Definitions

A category is a high-level grouping of similar job occupations/industries that can contain sub-categories or specialties.

Skills are the specific competencies and experience a candidate needs to perform a job that can include system, technical, application proficiencies, credentials, languages, etc. Skills must be linked to at least one category.

Specialties are specific jobs associated with a category. For example, Education could contain specialties such as Classroom Teaching, Corporate Development and Training, and School/College Administration.

Notes:

  • Adding a category to a record doesn't automatically add all of the related skills to that record.
  • Adding a skill to a record, does not automatically add it's category or other related skills to that record.

Managing Categories, Skills, & Specialties

  1. From your Bullhorn Menu select Admin, then Categories.
    • S-Release: From your Tools menu select Categories.
  2. Click on Add Category.

    • Editing a Category? Click on the category Name.
    Note: When you change the name of a category, the records with that category selected are automatically updated. So it’s important not to make a change that would result in incorrect data being on a record.
  3. Fill out or update the Name, if applicable.
  4. Add any relevant Skills.
    • If you can't find the skills on the Skills picker, add them to Additional Skills.
    • Add any Additional Specialties.
  5. Click Save.