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CONFIGURATION

Fluid is simple to configure, requiring activation of 1 user type permission, “Access Fluid Recruiting”.  Once activated, users will see a new link, “Fluid Recruiting”, on their Welcome Center’s Quick Access links OR Table of Contents page, depending on which you have configured.   

NOTE: Currently Fluid is not configurable; it adopts the same user permissions, languages, list formats, etc. from Recruiting. Hopefully, the next release will offer some more configuration options.

A

UI

Fluid’s UI is dramatically different from Recruiting, but the layout is pleasing and easy to use. The most significant change is the large Filter that allows users to navigate their data.  We tested this on IOS & Android devices and was able to access the system with no issues.

NOTE: There is a default blue background and Oracle logo that are present, and not configurable at this time. For clients who have branded Taleo, seeing an Oracle-branded site could be an issue.

B

Search

The search field is limited to Submissions, unlike in Recruiting where you can search for Candidates, Requisitions, and Specific Search (Fluid is in blue, Recruiting in red).

You can search for Requisitions, but must use the Filter panel, like Recruiting’s Quick Filters.  This may require some change in thinking, but the filters are easy to use.

F

Branding

Fluid comes branded with an Oracle logo regardless if a client logo is loaded in Recruiting, and the color scheme defaults to Blue. Both of these areas do not port from Recruiting.    

NOTE: For clients who have branded Taleo with a unique name, the Oracle logo may present some challenges in branding and training materials.  Hopefully there will be a fix in the next release to port over the Recruiting logo.  There is also a known bug associated with correspondence logos not displaying on offers in 17.2; this could be a related issue. A date for a fix has not been communicated as of this writing.

B

UI

When you log into Fluid, there is no longer a landing page like in Recruiting; instead you are brought directly to the Requisitions tab.  Users can still navigate to OBI and Transitions, etc. but will need to use the Home dropdown menu to do so.

NOTE: For users who need to access OBI and Onboarding or any other Taleo modules, those aren’t currently configured for mobile.  So there needs to be a consideration for Fluid users accessing other modules using a desktop.

A

Mobile Responsiveness

We tested Fluid using mobile phones to see how the screens would render on a smaller device.  We used both iPhone (6, 7 and X) and Android (Google Pixel) devices.  Both were quick to access the URL, easy to sign in.  When you begin to enter your username and password, that portion of the screen immediately enlarges, which is a nice feature.

B-

Mobile Responsiveness: Filters

When you land on the Fluid Requisitions tab. the screen renders differently on mobile. The Filters drop down arrow must be clicked to access the menu and clicked again to collapse it. The latter part was not immediately apparent.

A-

Mobile Responsiveness: Resume Attachments

We were concerned about how an attachment would display on a phone screen.  We tested a resume.  It was clear, mostly well formatted, and easy-to-read.  We found some formatting appeared distorted – example, bullets and indents seemed to be a bit off - but the resume itself was easy to see and read.  Users can pinch the screen to enlarge the view and click the phone’s back arrow to go back to the candidate’s submission.

NOTE: on the Android devices, you may be asked to install a program to read the document.  If you’ve already installed it, the resume should open with no issues.

A-

Mobile Responsiveness: Sending Correspondences

Sending a correspondence was easy to do.  You can select paragraphs and preview the message before sending, just like in Recruiting.  We did find that depending on your message template names and volume of correspondences to choose from may require some extra scrolling.  

NOTE: the message preview seems to have a lot of spaces in it; and we are not able to confirm the message was sent because there is no history tab on the candidate file.

B

Mobile Responsiveness:

Navigation

Navigating between the Requisition and Submission tabs on mobile requires use of a menu. It’s not intuitive, but easy to adjust to once you’ve done it. Click the menu to access the list > choose the required tab > click the menu button again to refresh your screen.

A

Single Sign On (SSO)

We did not test the setup for SSO; however, since Fluid access is a link on the Welcome Center or Table of Contents, the impact to SSO is somewhat minimal.  

• If your SSO is SP-Initiated, which most clients are, there is nothing to change in your SSO.  You simply need to give users a link to Fluid, which could be loaded on your intranet and/or Favorites.

• If your SSO is IDP-Initiated, this will require changes to your SSO setup to include an embedded link to Fluid.