What are Skill Sets in Zoho Recruit?  

A skill set is a group of related skills. In Zoho Recruit, you can create skill sets and associate them with job openings. This allows you to easily match candidates to job openings based on the skills they possess.

Availability

Plan Required: This feature is available for the Professional and Enterprise plans of both the Staffing Agency and Corporate HR editions of Zoho Recruit.

Permission Required: Only users with the Administrator profile or an Administrator-cloned profile can access this feature.

​Note: Users with an Administrator-cloned profile must have Customize Zoho Recruit permission to access the feature.

Create Skill Set

To create a skill set:

• Go to Setup > Customization > Modules > Job Openings > Skill set and select Create New Skill Set.

• Enter a Name for your skill set and add the relevant skills.
  

• You can search and select skills. After you select a skill, you need to mark them as either Primary or Secondary.
  

• This indicates how crucial the skill is for the job opening you associate it with. If a candidate does not have a primary skill for a certain job opening, they will not be considered as a potential match.

• Once the skill set is created, you can use it to select all the skills in the Required Skills field of the job opening.
   

Edit Skill Set

To edit a skill set:

1. Navigate to Setup > Customization > Modules > Job Openings > Skill set.

2. Find and select the skill set you want to edit, then click Edit.
   

3. Make the necessary changes, and click Update to save your edits.
   

Tip:

You can create Skill sets and associate them with Job Templates. Using this trick, you can fill-in most fields with a single click while creating a job opening. You now have a template that contains not only field data, but a job description and attachments for a role, specific to a client (or) department.

How are skills used in Zoho Recruit?  

In Zoho Recruit, skills are used to provide additional depth to Candidates and specify requirements for Job Openings. To make the process easier, you can use default or custom skill sets to associate multiple skills to a job opening at once.

Adding Skills to Job Openings  

Follow the steps given below to add skill requirements to a job opening record.

1. Create a new job opening or Edit an existing record.

2. Look for the Required Skills field under the Job Opening Information section.
   

3. Upon entering a skill keyword, relevant skills from our back-end skill library will be displayed. Search and select the skill(s) you wish to add.
   

4. You can browse and select one (or) more skills that are part of a skill set by using the Skill Set sub-tab.
   

5. After you're done click Save. The skills you selected can then be viewed under the job opening's Required Skills field.
   

Adding Skills to Job Templates  

Similar to adding skills to Job Openings, you can also add them to Job Templates and save your hiring team a lot of time.

Follow the steps given below to add skills to a job template.

1. Go to Setup > Customization > Templates > Job Templates. Select the Job Template you wish to add skills to and click Edit.
   

2. Search and select skills in the Required Skills field.
   

3. Upon entering a skill keyword, relevant skills from our back-end skill library will be displayed. Search and select the skill(s) you wish to add.
   

4. You can browse and select one (or) more skills that are part of a skill set by using the Skill Set sub-tab.
   

5. Click Save. The selected skills will then be added to your skill set.
   

Adding Skills to Candidates  

Follow the steps given below to add skills to a candidate record.

1. Go to the details page of the candidate record.

2. Click the Skill Set field under the Professional Details section.
   

3. You will see all of the candidate's skills listed along with related data. Click Edit to make changes to the table. 
   
   

   

   Note:
   System Skills refer to the skills that are automatically extracted when a candidate's resume is parsed in Zoho Recruit. 

4. Click Add Skills. A new row will be created.
   

5. Upon entering a skill keyword, relevant skills from our back-end skill library will be displayed. Search and select the skill you wish to add.
   

6. Once you're done selecting the skill, specify the following by selecting a value from the respective drop-down lists;
   

1. Proficiency: How proficient the candidate is with the selected skill.

2. Experience: Years of experience the candidate has with the selected skill.

3. Last Used: How recently the candidate has put the skill to use.  

7. Click Save. The skill and all related details you selected will then be added to the candidate record.

8. To remove a skill, hover over the skill and click the Delete () icon.

9. You can then browse and select one (or more) skills that are part of a skill set by using the Skill Set sub-tab right from the candidates module.