# Filter Applications

The goal of application filtering is to sift the applications based on their statuses, categories or even how the applicants are rated against a position’s job profile. These ratings could be the applicant’s original personal rating or the rating as adjusted by HR.

## <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>Filter the applications

<div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-click%C2%A0system-adminis"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-step-uuid="41380fd4-66b2-4d84-a1ce-0147dc9bdb3a"><div>- Click ***System Administration** on the **Administration Menu.***
- Open the **Application Received** page from the main menu by navigating ***Modules | Recruitment | Specific Advertisement | Edit/View Applications.***
- Locate and click the **Filter the Applications** as shown below.
- The **Filter Applications** section opens revealing the first phase of search and filter criteria for the selected advertisement.
- Any number of criteria can be provided and wildcards can be used.
- Click **Search** to apply the filter criteria on the applications.

</div><div>![](http://media.screensteps.com/images/signify/496043/1/rendered/fea09f7b-ac4b-4f55-b1cd-bd1e94358713_display.png)</div><div></div></div><div data-step-uuid="8fad0624-5868-40bd-ad52-ac92628ea617"></div></div></div>## <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>Use these criteria to even further narrow down the search

<div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-the-second-phase-of-"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-step-uuid="8fad0624-5868-40bd-ad52-ac92628ea617"><div>- The second phase of search and filter criteria is opened by locating and clicking **Use these criteria to even further narrow down the search** to open filter criteria based on job profiler sections.
- These criteria refer to the ***Job Profiler*** sections against which an applicant is expected to have rated himself in terms of the job’s essential requirements.
- This is shown in the example below.

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- From the lookup in each ***Job Profiler*** section, an applicant gets the opportunity of rating himself.
- An example of this section is shown below.

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<div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-step-uuid="8fad0624-5868-40bd-ad52-ac92628ea617"><div data-step-uuid="4a90806c-b4ed-405a-9f08-59bd199ac5a8"><div></div><div></div></div><div data-step-uuid="8726ac21-f72f-4c51-9806-993ff402447a"></div></div></div></div>### <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>The following is possible in this filtering section:

<div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk-click-a-rating%E2%80%99s-rad"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-step-uuid="8fad0624-5868-40bd-ad52-ac92628ea617"><div data-step-uuid="8726ac21-f72f-4c51-9806-993ff402447a"><div>- Click a rating’s radio button to include it in the filter.
- Click **Show / Hide...** next to a section to display the requirements from the Job Profiler module.
- If a random selection of criteria is applied, the filter looks as follows.

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<div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-article-id="496043" data-workflow="false"><div data-step-uuid="8fad0624-5868-40bd-ad52-ac92628ea617"><div data-step-uuid="8726ac21-f72f-4c51-9806-993ff402447a"><div></div><div></div></div></div><div data-step-uuid="a134a57c-1382-48a9-8b00-9a03b9747413"></div></div></div>## <svg aria-label="Heading anchor" enable-background="new 0 0 20 20" height="16" role="img" viewbox="0 0 20 20" width="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg>Applications Summary Report

The following report gives a summary of all current advertisements together with the number of applications submitted against them.

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- From the main menu, navigate to the **Advertised Positions** page (***Modules | Recruitment| Administration| Advertised Positions***) and select **View Report**.

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