in version 8.1.5

In PRS 8.1.5 we have introduced a Candidate Vacancy Ranking system that makes reviewing and managing per vacancy candidate rankings a breeze.

A three tier ranking can now be applied to vacancy contenders on a per vacancy basis. The color coded rankings are viewable at a glance from the Vacancies form (unranked candidates can be hidden using the Hide unranked candidates checkbox):

Rankings can be assigned when you edit candidate activities:

You can also assign a ranking when you generate a candidate vacancy application from the PRS InBox Tool:

Rankings are also displayed on the Vacancy Activity Manager and Personnel Candidate Activity forms:

in version 8.1.5

You can now choose a specific note type when printing Personnel reports (either from the Reports→Personnel menu command or the Print button on the Personnel form). If you leave the Note type blank all notes types will be displayed.

This feature allows you to answer questions like “which clients have not been visited for the last six months” — the above example reports all Client Visit notes since March 2014, clients with no reported notes have not been visited. Another example: If you want to see just the last note of a particular type use the Last 1 notes only report option.

Press the F1 key to open the PRS online help — the online documentation is fully searchable just click on the Search tab and type in the word you’re looking for. All our User Guides along with previously published newsletters can be found online.

Many buttons and text boxes on the forms have popup tool tips — just hover over a control and wait for an explanation to pop up:

If you use the PRS a lot keyboard shortcuts are well worth learning, here a few of our favorites:

Our Support web page explains how to get answers to PRS questions and includes links to articles on Maintaining Database Reliability and Performance and PRS Best Practice Deployment.