Roles
Roles control what users can do in SilkRoad Recruiting. Roles control:
- Access to SilkRoad Recruiting functionality
- Availability of navigation menu items and command buttons
Users are assigned to a role when they are added to the system. The number of users that can be added to each role is controlled by product licensing.
An administrator or recruiting manager can assign or change a user's role.
Role
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Description
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Functions
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Recruiting Manager
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This role is for users who need the highest level of system access.
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- Access/manage all jobs, requisitions, and candidates in the system
- Create requisitions
- Post jobs
- Create and run reports
- Perform administrative functions
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Recruiter
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This role is for users who perform recruiting duties and only need access to the data assigned to them.
Note: Some customers use a Hybrid Hiring role. It's a customized role that has the same permissions as the Recruiter role except there is no job positing or editing access. The role is used when there is a central recruiting group that controls job postings, and hiring managers recruit and manage their candidates autonomously for the central recruiting group.
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- Access/manage jobs, requisitions, and candidates assigned to them
- Create requisitions
- Post jobs
- View some reports
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Hiring Manager
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This role is for users who perform hiring duties (candidate review, interview feedback) but need minimal system access otherwise.
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- View own candidates, jobs
- Create requisitions
- View some reports
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Administrator
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This role is for users who should not have access to candidate data but may assist the recruiting department with program administration.
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- Create requisitions
- Post jobs
- Create and run reports
- Perform administrative functions
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Executive/Reports
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This role is for users who need full visibility to review the status of jobs and run reports. The role does not provide access to individual candidate records and provides no editing capabilities.
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Employee
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This role is for users who are not involved in the day-to-day recruiting and hiring process of candidates but are involved in the approval process.
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- Have requisition and offer approval
- No other system access or functions
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For more information about user roles and what they can do, check out the user permission matrix.
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