in version 8.0.3

The Vacancies form is now divided into Tabbed pages instead of a single scrolled form.

The Candidate Activity section has been moved to Page 1 because it is the recruitment process’s most viewed and used section.

Page 2 contains vacancy skills, activity, notes, invoicing and billing, and linked documents. The Vacancy type tabs have been moved to a separate sidebar on the right-hand side of the form where they are always visible.

in version 8.0.3

Use the new PRS Tools→Import Outlook Contacts… menu command to create new PRS Personnel and Site records from your Outlook Contacts. It checks for duplicate Personnel names and Email addresses and you can edit and select the contacts you want to import.

in version 8.0.3

You can now set the time that PRS Reminders to the Outlook Calendar are scheduled:

in version 8.0.3

You can now customise the color of Top Note text using the new Top Note Color command button to the Appearance tab of the Tools→Options dialog.

in version 8.0.3

When sending multiple SMS text messages using Message Merge you now have the option of also sending the message in an EMail.

in version 8.0.3

You can now set the contract timesheet units of work on a per timesheet basis:

The default vacancy Billing Units are set in the Contract tab on the Vacancies form.

The selected units are automatically displayed on related invoices:

in version 8.0.3

Incoming Email messages containing PRS Mail Data are recognised by the InBox Tool — the data is extracted automatically and can be used to create and update personnel records and process job applications. When a message containing Mail Data is detected the body of the InBox Mail Message is displayed in blue text:

This feature could be used to process job applications sent from your website. The PRS Mail Data formatting conventions are detailed in the PRS Administration Guide.

If you are viewing vacancies in datasheet view (Window→Toggle Form View) you don’t have to revert to form view to manage candidate activity, just click in the plus sign next to the vacancy to expose the Candidate Activity sub-form.

Creating a separate template for personalised one-off messages is unnecessary, just use the Dear or Hi message templates. These simple templates are great for ad hoc mail merge messages.