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Calibrate a job profile in Smart Sourcing

Step 4 in the process to setup and use Smart Sourcing for Recruiting.

This article is for administrators.

 

Overview 

This is Step 4 in the process to set up and use Smart Sourcing for Recruiting.

Smart Sourcing analyzes your job description and provides candidate profiles that closely match your description. 

This article describes how administrators and Smart Sourcing Managers calibrate a job to fine-tune the unwritten qualities that identify the best potential candidates.

When a job is ready to calibrate, the Smart Sourcing Manager assigned to that job receives a notification.


Calibrate job profiles in Smart Sourcing 

  1. After receiving a notification, the Smart Sourcing Manager logs into Paycor and goes to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking. Paycor Recruiting appears.

Tip:

  • If you have not received a notification, verify your notification settings in Paycor Recruiting by clicking the settings (gear) icon at the top-right of Recruiting, then click Notification Settings.
  • You can opt to receive the calibration status notifications in the Recruiting Notification Center, by Email, or both.  
  1. At the top-left, click Calibrations. The job that needs calibration opens. 
  2. At the top-right of the job description screen, click Calibrate.
  • This launches Smart Sourcing, and you might see a notification when it loads the Smart Sourcing Summary screen. 
4. On the Smart Sourcing Summary screen, Smart Sourcing Managers are presented with at least seven (7) candidates to evaluate.
  • Candidates are evaluated as:
    • Qualifying: Prefer candidates with these qualities.
    • Disqualifying: Don't want candidates with these qualities.   
  • Note: To get the best candidates, managers must rate at least 7 profiles.
  1. After you finish, you can then select a sourcing method for candidates.

Smart Sourcing Qualify and Disqualify Reasons

Job Title

Qualify/Disqualify candidates because of their job title: 

  • Qualify candidates who are currently in this position -or-
  • Disqualify candidate to exclude the job title from search -or-
  • Add more relevant job titles.

 

Current Company

Qualify/Disqualify candidate because of their current company. 

  • Qualify candidates who are currently working at this company -or-
  • Disqualify candidates to exclude this company from your company search -or-
  • Select candidates who work at a specific company.

 

Job Tenure
  • Qualify candidate because of their average job tenure -or-
  • Disqualify candidate and select a value from the list which represents candidates whose tenure is lower than that value you select.

 

Location
  • Qualify candidates because of their location -or-
  • Disqualify candidates and refine your search criteria to adjust or add location.

 

Industry
  • Qualify candidates because they worked in a specific industry -or-
  • Disqualify candidates and refine your search criteria to exclude candidates who work in that industry -or-
  • Add industries if lacking an industry.

 

Matched Skills
  • Qualify candidates based on matched skills, like Data Entry, Reports and Word or Excel.
  • Select all the match skills you want to apply from list.  
  • Disqualify candidates and apply missing skills to qualify candidate.

 

Years of Experience
  • Qualify or disqualify candidates based on their relevant years of experience.

 

Education
  • Qualify or disqualify candidates based on their education.

 

Managerial Experience
  • Qualify or disqualify candidates based on their years of managerial experience.

 

Seniority
  • Qualify or disqualify candidates based on your preferred seniority range.

 

 

Updated: March 12th, 2026 10502 views


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