Differences Between Different Editions of Talenture RS

Summary
Talenture RS comes in different product editions to cater to multiple team sizes, processes and automation requirements. This article explains the features available in each edition as well as the overall purpose and differences among these to enable users to select the edition most suited to their requirements.

1. Editions
Talenture RS provides the following editions:

• Standard
• Professional
• Enterprise

1.0  Talenture RS Standard Edition
The Standard Edition is the entry-level edition of Talenture RS. It is targeted at small teams of 1 to 10 users with limited collaboration requirements.

Edition Highlights

• Enables implementing a public shared candidate database from all important candidate sources with full search facility.
• Tools for organizing candidates in database
• Built-in email communication features using pre-defined system email accounts.
• End-to-end recruitment process workflow for single role work assignment to recruiters.
• Vendor management in Internal Hiring version for managing placement vendors
• Basic reporting to track and monitor day-to-day work

Table 1: Feature set in Standard Edition

S.No	Functionality	Details
1. CANDIDATE DATABASE MANAGEMENT
1.0	Candidate Sourcing	Add candidates from multiple sources such as computer hard disk, email, Job Boards, Social sites etc. into a public database in Talenture RS.
1.1	Resume Parsing	Automatic detection and extraction of candidate details from resumes added from varied sources including computer hard disk, email, Job Boards, Social sites etc.
1.2	Candidate Management	Tools to manage your candidate database including Quick editing of candidate details, mailing candidates, flagging candidates, organizing candidates into folders and categories etc.
1.3	Candidate Search	Talenture RS's high-performance Candidate Search tool for searching out candidates from the database using a wide range of criteria such as simple/Boolean keywords, location, work experience, employment, education, job roles etc. Limitations Following search features are not available: Search based on Job Functions (Job Roles) is not supported Smart display of search results by prioritizing candidates on the basis of Resume Freshness, Availability etc.
1.4	Functional Classification	Enables organizing your candidate database by functional job roles of candidates.
2. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
2.0	Job Processing	End-to-end job workflow from raising job order, candidate sourcing till placement and invoicing.
2.1	Single Role Workflows	Recruitment workflow supporting assignment of work to a single recruiter.  Limitations Jobs can be assigned to single recruiters only. No sharing of work among multiple recruiters.
2.2	Flexi Workflows	Flexible recruitment workflow supporting skipping of intermediate steps if required for more dynamic and fast-paced recruitment scenarios.
2.3	Vendor Management (Internal Hiring)	Vendor management features to manage placement vendors and share job requirements with them.
3. COMMUNICATION FEATURES
3.0	Send Mail	Support for direct sending of mail to candidates/clients etc. from Talenture RS.
3.1	Email Templates	Library of pre-defined email formats for common recruitment situations such as notification about a new job requirement, submittal of resumes to client, interview scheduling notification etc.
3.2	SMS Integration	Support for direct sending of SMS to candidates/clients etc. from Talenture RS.
3.3	Mass Mail	Integrated automatic scheduled mass mail service – enables automatic sending of mass mail for resume updation, birthday greetings etc. to all candidates in the database. Keeps auto-refreshing your database with zero manual effort.
4. TEAM MANAGEMENT
4.0	Team Management	Organize your recruiters into different teams such as client-based, industry/domain-based etc. to enable efficient management, monitoring and work assignment.
4.1	Recruitment Teams	You can create recruitment teams in which to group & manage recruiters.  Limitations Allows creating up to 2 recruitment teams only.
5. REPORTING
5.0	Basic Reports	Supports generation of core reports for regular work tracking and management of recruitment activity.  Limitations Provides basic reports such as Daily/Weekly work reports etc. Advanced reports for performance analysis, revenue tracking, gap analysis etc. not available.  Automatic reports are also not available in this edition.
6. CUSTOMIZABILITY
6.0	UI Customization	Enables you to custom design important module screens, list views etc. by re-positioning fields, adding your own custom fields, making fields mandatory/read-only etc.
6.1	Data Customization	Add your own user-defined fields to store additional data for modules such as candidates, jobs, clients etc.
7. EXTERNAL APPLICATION INTEGRATION
7.0	Chrome Addin	Integrates with Google Chrome browser to enable direct downloading of resumes from Job Boards, Social sites etc.
7.1	Outlook Addin with Automatic Transfer	Talenture RS Addin integrates with Microsoft Outlook for automatic parsing of resumes from your incoming email.
7.2	LinkedIn Integration	Chrome addin with support for direct parsing and download of candidate profile information from Linked In.
7.3	Job Board Integration	Chrome addin with support for direct parsing and download of full candidate details including resume file and profile details from popular Job Boards such as Monster.com, Naukri.com etc.
7.4	Resume Submission from Company Website	Integrates with your corporate website for direct submission of resumes to Talenture RS database.
7.5	Resume Inbox	Special email inbox facility to enable parsing and transfer of resumes from any email application such as Thunderbird, Gmail etc. Talenture RS automatically parses resume content from any email that your forward from an external email application to the ResumeInbox email-id.

1.1 Talenture RS Professional Edition
The Professional Edition is the middle level edition of Talenture RS. It is targeted at medium to large sized teams of 5-50 users. 

This edition supports all features available in the Standard edition and includes additional features as listed below:

Edition Highlights

• It enables implementing a public shared candidate database from all important candidate sources with full search facility.
• Basic as well as Advanced Search functions: additional search options using job functions classifications and smart ranking of candidates in searches.
• Additional email communication features- option to configure external email accounts
• Enhanced recruitment process workflow for with support for multiple role assignment and work sharing.
• Supports multiple recruitment teams for work assignment and management
• Open Recruitment Framework (ORF) for collaborative recruitment with vendor associates, freelancers etc.
• Includes client invoicing and revenue tracking.
• More report categories available: performance analysis, revenue reports 

Table 2: Differentiating Features in Professional Edition 

S.No	Functionality	Details
1. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
1.0	Multiple Role Workflows	Allows assigning multiple roles on job requirements to recruitment team members such as candidate sourcing, screening, client submittal etc.
1.1	Job Role Sharing	Enables assigning multiple recruiters for a single role in job requirements. For example you can assign the candidate sourcing role on a job to multiple recruiters.
1.2	Work Sharing	Enables sharing of work on a job requirement among multiple recruiters to balance work load and allow optimal use of manpower resources.
2. CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT
2.0	Customize Functional Classification	Customize the pre-defined library of functional job roles for classifying candidates in your database. Add your own domains and related job roles for more accurate candidate classification.
2.1	Functional Role based Search	Apply candidate search using job roles of candidates rather than only keywords – enables faster and more accurate searches.
2.2	CrystalBall Prioritization	Enables smart display of search results by prioritizing candidates on the basis of Resume Freshness, Last Active date, Overall Employability etc.
3. REVENUE MANAGEMENT & INVOICING
3.0	Targets and Revenues	Set revenue targets for your recruitment team and track revenue generation and target achievement.
3.1	Commission Rules	Defined multiple types of commission rules for calculating any type of commission from clients for placements done.
3.2	Invoicing	Financial Module for managing the revenue and account management part of your recruitment business.
4. REPORTING
4.0	Advanced Reports	A wide array of in-depth analytical reports including summary and performance reports, Gap Analysis, Ratio Reports for doing quick review, Turn Around Time (TAT) analysis reports for team etc.
5. COMMUNICATION FEATURES
5.0	Email Addon	Enables integration with different versions of Microsoft Outlook. Supports both Automatic as well as Batch transfer of resumes
5.1	Custom IMAP, POP3 and SMTP Email Accounts	Configure your own email accounts for use via Talenture RS. Supports standard SMTP, POP3 & IMAP compliant email accounts. Limitations You can configure up to only 2 email accounts per user.
5.2	Integrated Email Client	Talenture RS's integrated Email Client offers complete email functionality from within the system adhering to standard SMTP, POP3 & IMAP protocols.
6. COLLABORATIVE RECRUITMENT
6.0	ORF	Open Recruitment Framework (ORF) support for external access to the system for your recruitment collaborators such as vendors/business associates/freelancers etc.
6.1	ORF Clients	Open Recruitment Framework (ORF) support for external access to the system for your corporate clients to track and monitor recruitment activity.
7. TEAM MANAGEMENT
7.0	Recruitment Teams	Supports creation of recruitment teams for managing your team members. Limitations Allows creating up to 5 recruitment teams.
7.1	Transfer Work	Allows single-click transfer the work of a user to another team member. For example when a team member leaves the organization all of the active jobs they were working on can be transferred to another team member.

1.2 Talenture RS Enterprise Edition
The Enterprise Edition is the highest edition of Talenture RS. It can support hundreds of users.

This supports all features available in the lower editions and includes additional features as listed below:

Edition Highlights

• In addition to a public candidate database it also supports maintaining a private candidate database for each recruiter.
• Exclusive locking of candidates for each recruiter
• Provides candidate lead tracking & management for headhunting and walkins
• Offers extended recruitment process workflow with job approval process support
• More recruitment workflow options to implement strict processes within teams.
• Enhanced Open Recruitment Framework (ORF) features for implementing data isolation across external recruitment collaborators.
• Automatic scheduled reports for zero-effort management of own as well as teams’ work.
• Support for controlling access to Talenture RS from remote locations.

Table 3: Differentiating Features in Enterprise Edition 

S.No	Functionality	Details
1. CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT
1.0	Locking of Public Candidates	Enables exclusive locking of candidates in the public database for individual team members.
1.1	Headhunting Leads	Enables managing candidate leads sourced via headhunting, (for e.g. referrals, from websites or other sources).
1.2	Walkin Leads	Enables you to manage candidate lead information generated via direct walk-ins, public events such as job fairs etc.
2. RECRUITMENT PROCESS
2.0	Strict Workflows	Includes workflows that enforce a strict sequence of workflow steps to be followed by recruiters.
2.1	Job Approvals	Supports approval workflow for creating and assigning jobs - enforces requirements for approval by authorized users before jobs can be processed by recruiters.
3. COLLABORATIVE RECRUITMENT
3.0	Vendors	Provides Vendor module to manage/track vendor/partners that you work with for providing recruitment services.
3.1	Freelancers and Rec. Associates	Supports creation of external user logins for collaborative recruitment by freelancers and your recruitment associates.
3.2	ORF Candidate Data Isolation Control	Provides controls for enforcing isolation of candidate sourcing done by users from external recruitment collaborators in the system. Isolation makes sure that candidates sourced by a user from one organization are not visible to users from another organization.
4. REPORTING
4.0	Automatic Reports	Generate key reports automatically at pre-specified times based on the work status for the entire team with zero "push" efforts.
5. TEAM MANAGEMENT
5.0	Recruitment Teams	Create recruitment teams to manage and assign work to your recruiters. Allows creating unlimited recruitment teams.
6. COMMUNICATION FEATURES
6.0	Max. 5 Custom Email Accounts per User	Supports configuring a maximum of 5 user-specific email accounts per user. These email accounts can be existing accounts of users that can be used via Talenture RS.
7. INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY SUPPORT
7.1	Multiple Currencies	Supports defining multiple currency formats for tracking CTC, revenues etc.
8. REMOTE ACCESS CONTROL
8.0	Network Restrictions	Supports enforcing IP restrictions for controlling access to Talenture RS from remote locations. You can define rules based on IP address ranges to restrict access to authorized users.
9. DATA MANAGEMENT
9.0	On Demand Data Export	Allows scheduled bulk export of resume data stored in Talenture RS to a folder on the local computer hard disk.

1.3 Choosing a Talenture RS Edition
Follow these guidelines in order to choose a Talenture RS Edition suited to your requirements:

a. Talenture RS Standard Edition

• Small team size of 1 to 10 recruiters
• Work sharing on job requirements is not needed
• External collaboration not required

b. Talenture RS Professional Edition

• Team size of 5 to 50 recruiters
• Work on job requirements to be shared among multiple recruiters
• Need fine grained role assignment; recruiters doing specialized work for different stages of recruitment. For e.g. back-end work such as Candidate Sourcing, Screening etc. to be kept separate from client facing roles.
• External collaboration with associates, freelances etc. required
• Need to implement invoicing and revenue tracking

 c. Talenture RS Enterprise Edition

• Large team of 100 or more recruiters with multiple team managers at different levels.
• Customized database management features with segregation of candidates across recruiters, maintaining confidential candidates.
• Require support for candidate lead management/headhunting process.
• Geographically dispersed team members in different roles where remote access needs to be controlled.
• In-depth reporting tools required such as scheduled reports for managing large teams  with minimum push efforts
• If more control is required on external collaborators such as business associates, freelancers etc.
  
  

1.4 Upgrading/Downgrading Your Talenture RS Edition
Once you’ve opted for a specific Talenture RS edition if you later on feel it is not suited to your requirements you can always switch to a different edition.

a. Upgrade
Upgrading allows you to enhance your current edition to a higher edition of Talenture RS opening up access to additional features. For example, upgrading from the Standard Edition to the Professional Edition will automatically enable the additional features available in the latter.

b. Downgrade
You can also come down to a lower edition of Talenture RS in case you find that you do not need the features available in your current edition of Talenture RS. In this case the features available in the edition you were using will be disabled in the lower edition.

Note that:

• You will also lose all data related to features that get disabled
• You will lose all User Interface Customizations done in module screens such as Candidate detail screen, Job Details screen etc. prior to the downgrade.
  
  However any User Defined Fields that you’ve added in customized screens will remain in the database and can be added to a screen after the downgrade.

So, for example, if your current edition of Talenture RS is the Enterprise Edition and you downgrade it to Professional then all Enterprise level features will get automatically disabled. 

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