Help topics
For employers:
For job seekers:
General:
1. For employers:
- The employer's first step in the RP website. Top
Our website, www.rp-egypt.com, is a recruitment website made specially for employers, who are seaching for qualified candidates for their vacancies, and for candidates who are looking for the job that suits their qualifications and expectations.
All you have to do is to sign up to our website, by adding your company profile with all of your company's information. This information will be stored in our database and will be used to identify your company to candidates whenever you post a new job. Your company's information will be stored confidentially. You can sign up for a new account by entering the top 'Company' menu and clicking ‘Add company profile' on the left side menu.
In the signing up process, you'll fill in a form about your company profile. The fields with red asterisks beside are required and cannott be left blank. You will find information to be filled such as company name, field of activity, company size …etc
You will also be able to choose your user name and password. These will be used to log you in to your account afterwards.
The hot jobs is a list of jobs displayed in the Personal Page of the job seeker.
This list contains the latest jobs posted by you on the website and approved by the administrator. The administrator has the right to block a specific job from being displayed in the hot jobs list if it doesn't meet the editing requirements.
- Your Personal Data page. Top
The Personal Data page appears after entering your username and password to the website. It contains all the features that you will use in the website according to your membership type. In the personal page you will find the following:
1) An indication to inform you about the type of membership you have. Another one to display the last login date, which is the date when you last entered the website.
2) Under 'My Profile' you have the option to View or Update you company's profile. By clicking View my company profile you enter a page with all relevant information that you submitted about your company. By clicking Update company profile you will open an editable form with your company profile, to update any items you want.
3) Under 'My Jobs' title you have other two options: to View your jobs by clicking ‘View my jobs', which shows you the list of jobs you have already posted. By clicking on the title of each job you will be able to open the homepage of each job individually.
4) The second option is to add new jobs by clicking ‘Add new job': a new form will be opened to add your new job description. Your new job will not be published on the website until being approved by the administrator.
5) Under the Messages title, you have a counter which informs you about the number of messages you have in your inbox, and the option to view/send/reply to your messages by clicking the ‘Click here' link.
6) Under the Membership title, you find a short description and an invitation to apply for the Gold Member status, which will add to you beenfits of using this recruitment site. By clicking ‘Click here' you will inform the administrator that you want to subscribe to the golden membership. Afterwards you will be contacted with further information about account settlement.
- What's in your Job's Personal Page? Top
Your job's personal page alows you to handle everything concerning the jobs you have posted. You can access it by clicking on any job that appears on the My Jobs list. Each job has it's independent page which includes the following:
1) An indication to know the status of the job: not confirmed, first confirmed or second confirmed (by the administrator of the site)
2) An option to see your job profile, by clicking ‘click here' link under the ‘View job profile' title.
3) An option to update your job profile by clicking ‘click here' link under the ‘Update job profile'. .
4) Information about the number of candidates who applied for this job, the number of candidates posted by Hire RP and about the number of candidates you requested yourself to see on interviews for this job. By clicking on any of those links you will be able to see more details about them.
If youare not hiring RP, the link will send a request to the website administrator to register to the Hire RP service other than viewing the candidates hired by RP.
5) Gold members will be able to access the advanced search page. it includes powerful and specific search criteria for golden members to facilitate their search for the needed candidates.
6) You can build your own time schedule for interviews for this job by clicking ‘Add schedule' link under the ‘interviews' item.
- How to get your golden membership. What advantages do you get? Top
Getting your Gold membership requires you to click on the link for gold membership, under the Membership title on your Personal Data page. Once you clicked on the link a notification will be sent to the RP website administrator informing him with your request to upgrade your membership. Afterwards a message will be sent to you informing you how and when can you settle your account.
- Posting and updating job profiles. Top
One of the most important services that are made for the employer is being able to post his own jobs and has candidates applying for it. To post your job profile you click ‘Add new job' either on the left side menu or under the ‘My jobs' title in the Company's Personal page. The most important items when filling the job profile are the following :
1) Position title.
2) Department. ( where the job position will be)
3) Working hours. (number of working hours per week)
4) Location of work. (country, city and district)
5) Type of work. (full time or temporary)
6) Job description. (write briefly the job responsibilities and concerns)
7) Category, sub-category and field of work required by the job.
8) Special area to write skills and degree required for the job.
9) Most important is the contact data: the contact person's name, email, phone and fax.
10) You have to check terms and conditions before submitting the job. if you did not check the terms and conditions check box you will not be able to submit your job.
You are able to update the job profile you entered at anytime. For this you have to go to the job that you want to update by clicking ‘My jobs' from your Personal Data page and then choose the respective job title.
- Candidates applied for your jobs. Top
After posting a job all you expect is finding new candidates that apply for your jobs. In the job's home page you will find an indication under ‘candidates applied' that indicates the number of candidates who applied for that job. If you click on it, a list of the candidates who had applied is displayed. You will be able to click on each candidate to view his CV.
- Building your interview schedule . Top
The interview schedule facilitates the process of setting interview dates to the candidates requested. To build the interview schedule you have to access CLICK HERE, under the ‘Interviews' title on your job's page.
This link will open a form by which you will enter your interview's specifications. The most important fields that should be filled in the interview schedule are date, number of days, time, session period and address where the interview will be held.
This interview schedule will be displayed for the requested candidates where they can choose the appropriate date and time for themselves. Once a certain time has been registered no one else can register for the same time. The employer will be able to cancel any interview date registered by any candidate.
- Your advanced search. Top
The advanced search is only available for the Gold members. It's a powerful tool which facilitates the search for very specific candidates, that's why it is designed with a special criteria in order to narrow down the search as much as possible.
- Searching for candidates. Top
Searching for candidates can be done in two ways: through our data bank, by clicking 'Search Data Bank' on the left side menu, and through the Hire RP service.
For Job seekers:
- The Job seeker's first step in the RP website. Top
Our website, www.rp-egypt.com, is a recruitment website made specially for employers, who are seaching for qualified candidates for their vacancies, and for candidates who are looking for the job that suits their qualifications and expectations.
All you have to do is sign up for a new account by filling in all the relevant professional information. This information will include the personal data, qualification, degrees obtained and details about your working experience.
Your data will be stored in our database for employers review. You have the option to set your data as confidential so that non of our employers will be able to view your CV unless you apply for the job they posted. Your data will be used by RP and our clients to direct you towards the job that best fits your qualifications and requirements. Your account information will be treated as trusted and will not be published to employers unless being approved by RP administrator.
You can sign up for a new account by clicking ‘Sign up' in the left side menu on the homepage, or same item in the ‘Applicant' top menu.
- Signing up as a seeker. Top
When signing up as a job seeker you fill in different types of forms in order to collect the most required data needed for the employer's decision making.
You can sign up for a new account by clicking ‘Sign up' on the left side menu on our homepage or same item in the ‘Applicantr' top menu. You will have three different forms to fill in through the signing up process.
Note: Any field marked with red asterisk is required and cannot be left blank.
2.1) The personal page form.
In this form you will supply the username and password by which you will be able to login to your account. You will also have to enter mostly all of your information including the following:
2.1.1) Places which you are applying for.
Here you either choose places inside Egypt or you choose specific other countries. These are two lists, one for cities in Egypt and anotherone for foreign countries. In both lists you have the ability to make multiple choices, for example you can choose 2 cities in Egypt and 3 countries other than Egypt. You can do this by holding down the ‘ctrl' key and clicking on different items you want. Note that you are not able to select more than 3 items in each list.
2.1.2) First, middle and last names are all required.
2.1.3) Birth date. (required)
2.1.4) Nationality.
2.1.5) Gender. (required)
2.1.6) Address: street address, city district and zip code. All are required except district and zip code.
2.1.7) Home, work and mobile phone numbers: Only the home phone number is required but it's recommended to put your mobile number.
2.1.8) Marital and military status: Military status is required.
2.1.9) Salary and type of work are required.
2.1.10) Category, subcategory and field of work: these is the classification of the qualifications you have. You can select up to two Category, subcategory and field of work separately knowing that you have two lists to choose from.
2.1.11) Confidentiality mark: yon can mark your CV as confidential where the employers will not be able to check your CV unless you apply for their jobs.
Note: In most of the lists of the form you have a field beside where you can enter any other value that is not found in the lists.
2.2) Education data form:
This is the form where you enter your education data. Most important fields found in this form are:
2.2.1) Year graduated.
2.2.2) Major subject and the obtained degree.
2.2.3) University and its nationality.
You are able to add multiple records for the previous three fields by clicking the ‘Add' button on right side.
When we click the add button all the information you entered in the previous fields or lists are added to the following list as one record. This list displays all your educational history starting from the most recent one. If you double clicked any of these records, the fields above are filled with the record data to be updated. You can update in any of those lists or fields and click update button on the left to update the main record.
2.2.4) Skills.
This is a wide text area where you can add any additional skills, information, notes and qualifications hat you have not written in the main fields. You can also add special equipments or tools that you are able to use.
2.2.5) Language skills.
You can enter up to three different languages that you can enter. You can also grade yourself by how much you are able to write, speak and read in the opposite list.
This list include poor, fair, good and excellent.
2.2.6) Practice licence. Check box if you have any kind of practice license.
2.3) Working experience form.
This is the form where you enter your work experience data. you are able to insert multiple records for your employment's history. The most important fields found in this form are:
2.3.1) From - To: set the data when you started the job and when you left it.
2.3.2) Employer name.
Where you will state the current / previous employer name where you last worked. Note that your last / current employer name will not be displayed to any employer viewing your CV.
2.3.3) Type of employer: this type could be one of the types listed in the list box such as government, private, international…etc.
2.3.4) This is the activity of the employer. You can also select from the list where you can find items such as Engineering, IT, Accounting…etc. If you didn't find the required field of activity of your previous employer you can select other from the list and write the activity itself.
Note that any other field will be checked by the administrator for validity and might be added to the main list in the site to be used by other people.
2.3.5) Size.
Number of working employers in the company. You do not have to state the number of employers exactly, you only have to select from the list a range such as > 50 - 200.
2.3.6) Position Held.
The position you held in the company, for example IT manager, Accoutant, Network administrator…etc. You are able to add multiple records for the previous fields by clicking the ‘Add' button on the right side.
When we click the add button all the information you entered in the previous fields or lists are added to the following list as one record. This list displays all your employment's history starting from the most recent employer. If you double clicked any of these records, the fields above are filled with the record data to have updated. You can update any of those lists or fields by clicking the update button on the left to update the main record.
2.3.7) Duties and responsibilities for the mentioned positions.
This is a large text field where you enter all the tasks, duties, and responsibilities that were assigned to you in each of the mentioned positions in the previous list. This text field can also be used to enter any additional information you want to mention in your employment history.
2.3.8) Paste CV (optional).
This is a large text field where you can paste all of your CV to be a complete reference to your employer.
2.3.9) Three more options are found which help us and the employers to match a job specifications that may fit to your requirements. The first is where you accept to work on single status contract. Second whether you worked abroad before or not. Third whether you own a private business or not, if yes you have to specify it. Filling your work experience was the last step in the signing up process. If you finish all of the previous steps with no errors found then you are done successfully.
Now, you are a member in the RP recruitment website. And you are able to login with your username and password when you signed up the first time.. If you have any problems signing up please do not hesitate to contact our website administrator at: rrp@rp-egypt.com
As a member of our website you have the right to use our powerful search engine which will match your search criteria with the available job postings present on the website. You can Search for jobs by accessing the 'Search Jobs' button in the left side menu, on the 'Applicant' page.The most important fields in the search form are as follows:
3.1) Position held.
This is a keyword by which you find jobs that that have it in their description. To make this field active, please see the check box besides it. No results will be displayed if the word you entered in this field is not found in the description.
3.2) Job qualifications.
This is a list where you only choose the category, sub-category and profession that best suits your requirements. No jobs will be displayed if they are not part of the same category, sub-category and profession, as entered by the employer. This item is not required, i.e. you can select ‘ALL' in the category and check all the jobs available for all categories.
3.3) Salary and experience.
You can search for jobs with the minimum salary you can accept. You are forced to write your required salary in the US dollars by default but you can also choose the currency that will be paid to you in the next item which is payable in.
The experience item is where you specify the range or number of years of experience.
3.4) Address.
Here you can specify the address including country, city and district, where you would like to have your job in. No job will be displayed in the search if there are no posting in the region you specified.
After signing up to the RP web site your main objective will be getting results from employers or from us.
Here we supply you with some tips that might increase your chance on having employers knocking on your account's door.
4.1) Fill the signing up forms completely and precisely as much as you can. This will help employers evaluate the information supplied.
4.2) Update your working experience and qualifications whenever they need update. For example, if you succeeded in new courses or certificates you have to add them to your skills. You have to update your personal data if your address, telephone number or email has changed
4.3) Apply only for the jobs that match your qualifications and for those whose working conditions fit your needs.
4.4) Check the web site account frequently. You may find some job matching your qualifications sent to you by our matching engine.
4.5) Make a new search for jobs with your search criteria using our powerful search engine. We always have new jobs posted everyday.
4.6) Check your message inbox also you may find employers requesting you for an interview.
4.7) Check the jobs you applied for, you might find yourself called for an interview by the company you target.
4.8) Check your email frequently, some employers may prefer sending directly to your private email address.
4.9) If these tips did not help you, you can register to our unique ‘Hire RP' service.
This will give us the chance to search for the best jobs for you in and outside our database and you will get our results and soon as possible.
- What's in your personal page? Top
You sign in your Personal age with your username and password and you will find all the features you will use in the web site. You are able to do the following:
1) An indication to display the last login date, which is the last date you entered the site, and another one that shows the date when you last modified your CV.
2) Under 'My Resume' title you can View your CV in a special format, with all the information you entered in the signing up process.
3) Also under 'My Resume' you can update your personal data, educational data and working experience, each one separately by accessing the respective links. By clicking, you will open the same form that you filled in the signing up process and you can make all the changes you need and then submit the form.
4) Under the 'Matched Jobs' title, you can see all the jobs that might have been matched with your CV by the system. Accessing the Click here link will open a list of the matched jobs. By clicking on any of these jobs you will be able to open it's job description page and apply for it.
5) The 'Apply/Requested Jobs' title allows you to see your previous job applications. It opens a list of the jobs including the applying date, job title….etc. you will also be able to check if any of those companies have requested you for an interview or not. If you were requested for an interview you'll find a link ‘reserve time' in the same record of the job under the ‘Requested for interview' column. If you would like to reserve time for this interview you can easily click on this link and reserve the desired time.
- Checking jobs you applied for. Top
The 'Apply/Requested Jobs' title allows you to see your previous job applications. It opens a list of the jobs including the applying date, job title….etc. you will also be able to check if any of those companies have requested you for an interview or not. If you were requested for an interview you'll find a link ‘reserve time' in the same record of the job under the ‘Requested for interview' column. If you would like to reserve time for this interview you can easily click on this link and reserve the desired time.
- How are you going to be matched? Top
You may be matched for a job either by the matching engine of the website or by being directly selected by an employer. An automatic match for candidates is done through the web site according to the qualifications entered in your CV during the signing up process. You can also be selected when you apply for certain jobs found through the search engine.
You might also be recommended by RP for a certain position if you are qualified enough it, this is made through our recruitment specialists.
- How do you know you are requested for interview. Top
You might be requested for certain jobs, either by those that you applied for yourself, either by an employer that found your CV by searching in our databank.
To view the companies/jobs that have requested you for an interview you have to login to your account and click on ‘Click here' link under ‘Applied/Requested jobs'.
This link will open a list including the jobs you applied for plus the jobs you are have been requested to by the employers.
If you are requested for an interview by any of the companies you will find a ‘yes' under the ‘Requested for interview' column plus a link called ‘Reserve time' in the same place. To reserve a time for interview you have to click on ‘Reserve time ‘ link and choose the desired time.
All you have to do to apply for a job after viewing it's profile is clicking on the apply button found at the bottom of the page. This way you will send a message to the employer stating your interest in his job vacancy.
General:
- Monthly newsletter, what to expect? Top
The newsletter is a monthly issue that contains lot of different interesting topics. It may contain topics about recruitment and the jobs market and a lot more. This newsletter is only sent to the email address of all it's subscribers at the beginning of each month.
All you have to do to subscribe to the newsletter is enter your email address in the field found under ‘Monthly newsletter' title in the Applicant or Company page before login.
To unsubscribe you can easily click on the link for un-subscription found in the newsletter.
- Losing your account / password. Top
If you forgot your password, you have the facility to retrieve it in our web site. You can click on 'Forgot password' in the left side menu. A new page will open requesting you to enter your email address. Now you are done and you will receive your account information in 24 hours.
If you forgot your password at the time you forgot your email account information then you have no way to solve it through the web site. You have to directly call RP, the web site administrator, to get it for you. The administrator will ask you several questions about your account and has the right to either accept and give you the password or not. You can choos to call us (see Contact us page) or send an email to rp@rp-egypt.com
- Updating your information. Top
After loging to your account you have the facility to change your information stored in your account. As a job seeker you can change your personal data, educational information and working experience from the links found in your personal page.
As an employer, you can change your company profile from your personal page, and also the job profile from each of your job's home page.
Sometimes you will receive your messages on your own email address. Also you have your own inbox in your account through which you will receive any correspondences between the Administrator, employer and the job seeker. You can also send messages and reply to received messages.
Hiring RP is a very simple process, all you have to do as an employer is to click on the ‘Click here' link under ‘Hire RP' title in the job's home page. Hire RP will be only for this job. For seekers you will click on the same link found in the candidate's personal page.
In both cases, the employers and job seekers, a message will be sent to the web site's stating your desire to subscribe to the Hire RP service. Afterwards the administrator will either send you a message or contact you by phone to tell you the rates.
Employer Scenario:
1: After Registration, the Company can login directly with “Non confirmed account” title then after taking RP admin confirmation the title will change to “ Silver member Account”.
Features for Silver member Accounts
a) Free search for candidates & viewing free 3 CVs. “Juniors only”.
b) Posting Jobs.
c) Requesting to be a golden member “requesting is not allowed for not confirmed accounts”.
When posting a new job Without confirmation
a) Posting 3 CV in applying candidates bank.
b) Search for candidates based on job criteria.
With first confirmation
a) Candidates can view the job on the site & apply for it.
b) Gold members can use advanced search.
c) Can request to hire RP as an agent.
With second confirmation
a) Viewing full details for applied & requested candidates.
b) Making online interviews “only for hired RP jobs & gold members”.
Job seeker Scenario:
1- Before Registration:
The site gives the seeker some links:
a) The seeker can search for jobs just to view it's description without the company name and contact information.
b) Forget password : the seeker enters his email and the site sends him/her the user name and the password on the mentioned email.
c) Search for jobs: you can view it's description without the company name and contact information.
d) Signup: this includes 3 sections (Personal-Educational-Work History) and the seeker must complete the 3 sections to enter his personal page.
2-After Registration:
a) The seeker can modify his/her password
b) Use his personal page
c) Search for jobs, see their details and apply for them. Here the the seeker can apply for a job just once.
Note: BUT his activities are hidden until he/she receives confirmation from RP administrator.
3-Seeker Personal page:
a) My Resume:
Seeker can here view his/her resume and modify any part of it (personal, educational, work history).
b) Messages:
Here the seeker can view received messages and reply to it in addition to send messages to RP administrator or any company that requested him/her for an interview.
c) Matched jobs:
It's an updated search for each seeker to find the jobs matching his background.
d) Applied/Requested jobs:
- Here the seeker can review his history on the site by seeing all the jobs he/she applied for and also the ones RP recommended him/her for.
- And if the seeker is called for interview and the job has the facility of interview schedule he/she can reserve time in the schedule online.
Note : If the seeker is called for interview, he/she can view all details of the job including company name and contact data. |
