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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

General Questions

What is PICMI?

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How does the straight-through hiring process work?

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What should I do if I can't log into my account?

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Who do I contact for technical support?

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How do I force a refresh my view?

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How can I write better emails to help us help you faster?

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Users

Can a business user also apply for opportunities using the same email address?

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What’s the difference between a user with an email and one with provisional access?

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Can I turn someone with an email login into a provisional user?

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Can I switch a provisional user to an email-based login?

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Emails

What is an email sub-alias?

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What if someone has no email?

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I can't find emails from PICMI, what to do?

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Do applicants receive a signed contract in their confirmation email?

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Invites

Why did Check Configuration appear when I tried to send invites?

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How do I cancel a job invite for people?

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Can I invite a jobseeker to a job if they already have an invite to a job?

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I invited a jobseeker to two jobs, but one job is now closed. What should I do next?

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What can I do when the invite bounced as no such user?

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What can I do when the invite has delivery status notification failure?

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What should do when the person I have invited doesn't receive an email?

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I cancelled an invite and tried to send it again, but PICMI says the person application is already completed. What should I do?

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Are there restrictions on emails that can be used when sending invites?

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The individual emailed back after an invitation explaining, how did they get the email address?

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The individual emailed back after an invitation explaining, can I hold the position? What should I do?

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Applications

How do I view and manage applications?

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I can't find an application that I'm sure exists, what happened?

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What should I do if a person reports that they don't have the correct pay rate? (and have personal overrides)

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What should I do if a person reports they can't complete an application?

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What should I do when an individual applying reports they cannot sign and can only Cancel/Refresh?

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There is 'No Intake Availability', what should I do?

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Someone can't complete (In Progress) because there are 'No Positions Left', what should I do?

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What should I do if a person reports a different status to your view?

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Why is the jobseeker being asked to complete the application again?

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What should I do if a person reports 'This contract still needs information from your application'?

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Jobseeker (or business user) reports the error 'Business cannot apply for a job', what to do?

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How do I update a staff member’s pay rate if their application was accepted with the wrong rate?

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I have a person who I terminated their contract who said they were unavailable to work, but now they are

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I have accepted an applicant but now realise they aren’t suitable. How can I stop them from working or

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I have accepted an applicant on a job but now realise they need to be on another job?

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I have a person who has accepted but will require changes to be made, what do I do?

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Why can't businesses directly update contract answers or employee details?

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How can I change the dates of a job on an accepted application?

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I want to send out an application and am still negotiating pay rates (e.g., salary), what to do?

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The photos need to be improved, what to do?

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How can I change the date format when exporting application details?

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I have reissued and no email was received?

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Can I Reissue for a provisional user?

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A jobseeker/worker wants their employment agreement (contract) sent to them by email

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Notifications

Why am I receiving multiple notifications saying there is no intake availability?

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Jobs/roles

What is the process when someone changes their role and their contract needs to be updated?

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I want to remove a position/role (job) from the active list, what should I do?

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I want to close a job, what should I do?

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Intake, capacity models, and invites only

What happens if the capacity limit is blank?

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What happens if the capacity limit is zero?

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What is the difference between Fixed Capacity and Active Allocation?

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Does an invited person consume intake capacity?

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Does an in-progress application consume intake capacity?

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Does an offer consume intake capacity?

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Does an accepted person consume intake capacity?

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Does a completed person consume intake capacity?

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Can I change the capacity limit later?

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Can I increase the capacity limit later?

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Can I use Invites Only with unlimited intake?

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Is Invites Only the same as a capacity limit?

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Which capacity model should I use for a fixed seasonal intake?

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Which capacity model should I use for ongoing recruitment or service delivery?

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How do I temporarily close intake?

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Can intake have start and end dates?

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Changing Jobs, Roles, Contracts, and Applications

Can I send invites for a new role while people are still working in their current role?

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Can a worker have an application for a new job before their current job is completed?

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Do current and new roles need separate jobs when they use different workflows or contracts?

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Can two jobs overlap in PICMI?

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Does PICMI have roles, or should I think in terms of jobs?

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Can the same person apply to the same job twice?

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Do I need to create a new workflow or contract for every role change?

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If someone changes roles, what does PICMI need to know?

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Why does a new job require a new application?

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What does contract mean in PICMI?

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Can anyone have multiple applications?

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What if someone just gets a pay rise?

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How do I decide whether to create a new application or reissue the agreement?

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What if I'm unsure whether to create new application or reissue?

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Why can't I invite a worker back to the same job?

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The role is the same. Why do I need a new job?

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What is the easiest way to create the new job?

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Do I need new agreements for returning workers?

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Should I include dates in job names?

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Can a worker have multiple applications?

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Integrations

Why do some integration fields fail Check Configuration?

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How can I setup a new integration?

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How can I update an existing record in an integration system?

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How can I make an integration automatic?

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How can I can I turn off an automatic integration?

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How can I create a record if the person is already Completed?

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How can I bulk upload?

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How can I download for a CSV import into another system?

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Why did my payroll integration bank account format change to include dashes?

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Why is the leading zero missing from a bank account in my payroll CSV or upload spreadsheet?

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Why has PICMI changed a three-digit bank account suffix to two digits?

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Why is KiwiSaver employer contribution exporting as 3% instead of 3.5%?

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How can I download data from an API integration?

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Integration Events

Why was a new employee record not created?

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I thought Staff IDs were randomly generated. How can they match an existing employee?

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What happens if an existing employee’s details have changed?

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How can I update an existing employee’s information?

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Can this process be changed so that updates are applied automatically?

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How do I ensure all necessary updates are transferred for an existing employee?

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What should I do if I still believe this is an error?

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Billing

What should I do if I mistakenly send an application to the wrong person (or the wrong application to someone),

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What should I do if I mistakenly send an application to the wrong person, am I charged?

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I don't think I should be charged, what should I do?

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PDFs

Where are the PDFs in PICMI?

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Where are the PDFs in PICMI?

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How do I create a PDF using the browser print function?

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Which browsers support printing to PDF?

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Why don’t I see the ‘Save as PDF’ option?

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How can I remove headers and footers from the PDF?

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How do I adjust page size, margins, or orientation?

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Can I print only selected pages?

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Can I include background images and colours in the PDF?

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My PDF is missing content or formatting looks different. What can I do?

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Can I password-protect the PDF?

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How do I merge multiple PDFs after saving?

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Troubleshooting

There are faults that occur in integrations (downstream systems). Remember that integrations can only occur after an accepted application.

I can't see a person in my integration system

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Note: these test do not apply for incorrect/unexpected data in the downstream system :::

A person's 'ID' is wrong

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A person's data is missing

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What can I do when an integration event has an error?

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Contacting us

How can I write emails to get help fast?

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PICMI is the simple hiring tool that helps make your job their first choice