Candidate sourcing with ThisWay Global

Candidate sourcing with ThisWay Global bridges the gap between AI and recruiting with its job matching algorithms. Using unbiased matching technology, you can access a unique network of over 8,500 online diverse communities to connect you to the right candidates.

Connecting to Candidate sourcing with ThisWay Global

Important:
- A credential type must be set for apps that are a part of team skill sets and AI assistants. Skill-based actions in AI assistants support only shared credentials.
- If a credential type of an app is not specified, an error message is displayed when users attempt to run the skills of the app. To resolve the error, an admin must set the credential type for the app. For more information, see Managing connections.

An app can be connected either through the skill catalog or through the watsonx Orchestrate chat. Use the method that suits you to connect to an app.

Connect to the app through the skill catalog when you add that skill to your skill set:

  1. On the watsonx Orchestrate chat page, click Add skills from the catalog.
  2. Search and click the app tile.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Otherwise, connect to that app through the watsonx Orchestrate chat when you use the skill:

  1. Open the watsonx Orchestrate chat.
  2. On the chat, start the skill.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Configuring the connection

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Candidate sourcing with ThisWay Global, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Connect app.
  2. Specify the Username and Password:
    • Username: The email to log in to your ThisWay Global account.
    • Password: The password for the specified username.
  3. Click Connect app.
Note: The icon A green check icon appears to show that the app is connected. indicates that the connection was successfully established.

What to do next

After you connect to the app, you can use the app’s skills. For more information see, Using the chat. To know what skill you can use, see the skills and skill flow column of List of prebuilt apps, skills and skill flows.

General considerations for skills

Before you start to use watsonx Orchestrate with Candidate sourcing with ThisWay Global, take note of the following general considerations:

  • Find candidates for a job skill: For the 'Location of the candidates' parameter, specify a city and state (abbreviation) separated by a comma; for example, Boston, MA for Boston, Massachusetts. Do not specify a generalized area name like Orange County or a state by its full name; the AI cannot recognize such location values.

  • Job descriptions: When you create a job description template, consider the following tips to help the AI work with the job descriptions:

    • The job description must have only the requirements and qualifications the company is looking for in a candidate.
    • The job description must identify real skills for candidates, and not use personality traits such as “rock star” and “team player”. Such traits can confuse the AI.
    • Avoid information that the AI cannot use to find candidates; for example, a list of benefits, a history of the company, or culture information.

    Also, you can create job description templates in Box that can be used by the Create a job skill in watsonx Orchestrate (see the corresponding limitation). When you create a job description from the template in Box, consider the following tips to help the AI work with the job descriptions:

    • A job description file must be a text file. (Box notes and binary files such as PDF or Word are not supported.)
    • The first line of the text file must be the title of the job.

Finding candidates for a job and sending email

You can use watsonx Orchestrate to search for job candidates and send them emails through Microsoft Outlook or Gmail in a sequence. After you run the Find Candidates for a Job skill, the next best action involves Send email to candidates with Microsoft Outlook, if you added this skill to your skill set.

Find candidates for a job

Applying filters to your results

You can apply filters to get more specific results by clicking the filter icon Filter icon in the results table.

When you choose one or more criteria to apply to your search and refine it, watsonx Orchestrate employs fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is an artificial intelligence and machine learning method for identifying similar but not identical elements.

Downloading the skill results

To download the skill results to your system as a .csv file, click the download icon Download icon in the results table.

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