Refers to:
Maintenance menu → Temp Setup item → Temp Desks tab
Temp desk form (top menu)
The Temp Desk system is a way to arrange work for the convenience of individual consultants. They use a Temp Desk to get at active Temp Vacancies for filling, processing and completing time sheets, in the timeframe of a week or a month. You can create as many Temp Desks as you require to fulfil your business requirements.
Applicants can be attached to several Temp Desks to make groups of skills easy to search. Consultants can work with any Temp Desk but should have a primary attachment to one. Temp Desks can be seen in Monthly or Weekly views. For example, if you have 4 consultants all working in one department you could have:
For initial configuration consider how your consultants work – individually or in teams – and list the potential Temp Desks that will be needed. The IQX installer will also be able to advise.
To create a Temp Desk
Maintenance menu → Temp Setup item → Temp Desks tab
For each Temp Desk you need to add the following:
Name | Enter an appropriate name for the grouping |
Default View | Select the view from Monthly Contract which displays by vacancy a month at a time |
Weekly Contract which displays by vacancy a week at a time | |
Weekly Shift which displays by shift states a week at a time | |
Department | Selects the department |
Division | Selects the division |
Current Year | Enter the code for the current Temp Year. This should correspond with a year in the Temp Years table |
Current Week/Month | Enter the year and month number. This will set the first ‘Current Date’ setting |
Default Payroll Company | Enter as appropriate for your back office. For LSM Back Office enter A |
Default Analysis Code | Available if required for extra report functionality |
Timesheet Period | Weekly or monthly |
Default check timesheets | Alters the behaviour of the Vacancies tab: colours reflect whether placements or timesheets are completed for the vacancy |
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