Adding Recruiting Agencies

Ø Note: All new recruiting agencies must be set up at the Employment Unit or Station level not the Group level.

1. PRONG 1: These are recruiting sources you voluntarily decide to notify for your job openings. You have several Prong 1 agency lists available to you in the portal. If your state is a member of Broadcast1Source, they have already added many Prong 1 agencies. In addition, you are welcome to add agencies from the National list.

2. PRONG 2 agencies: Any recruiting agencies that have specifically requested to be notified of your job opening should be added as Prong 2 agencies.

From the main menu, highlight Recruiting Agencies and select Add Recruiting Agency as shown below.

Ø You will be taken to the Add Recruitment Agency page.The top section, Recruiting Agency Details is shown below:

Ø Note: The FCC requires the name of a contact person and phone number for each agency. Also please pay careful attention to Prong 2 agency explanation and acceptance. (Prong 2 agencies are those that request to be notified of all vacancies and you are required to notify them without fail.)

Ø As you can see, there are 4 list from which to choose from when adding your agency.

Ø We recommend that you choose All List to maximize your outreach effort. However if you choose to add the agency to your national list, it will be added to the list of national recruiting agencies.

Ø If you wish to add the agency to your market list, it will be added to to the agencies in your market area. Choosing your state list will add the agency to all recruitment agencies in your state.

Ø To suspend temporarily does not notify the agency now to any list at this time but will require you to add the agency later or at your earliest convenience.

The Contact Person Details section requires you to list the first and last name of the contact person, as well as their position and phone number. An example of this section is shown below:

Ø The Future Notification By section determines how notification will take place in the future. You may choose to notify by fax, email or both. If you will be making no future notifications, choose none. An example of this section is shown below:

Ø Note - You may always change notification procedures in the future by going to the Edit Recruiting Agency section from the main menu

The final section, Prong 2 Notification is shown below. When any agency asks to be notified of all vacancies, they need to know they will get ALL notifications. If that is explained and accepted then check the appropriate boxes and select the date of the addition.

Ø When finished, click Submit located at the bottom of the screen. This action will refresh the window and you will be able to add more agencies.

Ø From the Select Agency Option page you may add an agency by selecting it from a national list, select that option and click OK.

Ø Note - Further explanation of searching options can be found in the Search For a Recruiting Agency section of the help file.

From the results, you are able to select which list you would like to add the agency to. Check the box located to the left of the agency you would like to add and it will be highlighted:

Ø Then select which list you would like to add it to and click Add Agencies: