Evaluate (rank) a candidate

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• Ranking criteria are used to provide general feedback about a candidate’s ability to perform for your organization and scored on a 1 to 5 scale.
• Ranking criteria are general (not job specific). If you provide ranking criteria feedback during the candidate review process, you can edit your ranking criteria feedback at any time. Ranking criteria is defined by the SilkRoad Recruiting administrator.

1. From the Select an Action drop-down list, click Evaluation Ranking.

   The Evaluation Rankings window opens.

   

2. For each respective ranking, select the ranking value from the following options:
   • Excellent – worth 5 points
   • Good – worth 4 points
   • Average – worth 3 points
   • Below Average– worth 2 points
   • Poor – worth 1 point
3. Enter comments beneath each criterion to further elaborate on the ranking selection.

   Note: All possible criteria do not need to be acknowledged. You can choose to only select criteria that pertain to a specific instance.

4. Click Modify to store the values and calculate the ranking score. The system calculates the average of all the selected values. If multiple users have ranked a candidate, the system incorporates those numbers into the calculation. The Ranking Score is visible in the Evaluations tab of the candidate profile screen.