Positions and people
Create positions, assign people, and manage staffing changes.
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How it works
- Understand positions and people
Learn how positions, employees, and assignments fit together, and how dates and FTE describe your staffing.
- FTE, assignments, and vacancy
Learn how full-time and part-time work, assignments, vacancies, and employee counts fit together.
Manage positions
- Find and review positions
Find a position, see who fills it on a chosen date, and open its details, requests, and history.
- Create a position
Create a position or copy an existing one, enter its details, and send it for approval.
- Change position information
Change a position's department, job classification, FTE, or other details from the right date.
- Suspend, reactivate, or eliminate a position
Stop using a position temporarily, bring it back, or end it permanently while keeping its history.
- Org chart and reporting lines
Explore the published organization chart, review staffing and reporting lines, and compare structures across dates or proposed changes.
Manage people and assignments
- Manage employees
Add employees, update their details and status, and find their assignments and pay.
- Assign employees to positions
Place an employee in a position, enter how much of it they fill, and choose their start and end dates.
Fix a problem
- Cannot create a position
Check your access, plan limit, and required setup when you cannot create or submit a position.
- Fix a staffing or assignment issue
Find why staffing or vacancy looks wrong, then correct the assignment, dates, or missing information.
Related topics
- Understand position requests and approvals
Learn what a position request contains, who reviews it, and when approved changes are saved and take effect.
- Position settings and assignment rules
Choose how external IDs work and whether employees and positions can have more than one assignment.