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Reports! Reports! Reports!
100

This is what a perfect score in Textio will get you.

What is a Purple Squirrel?

100

This is what Viacom uses to create a new position and to kick off a new search.

What is a HAF (Headcount Approval Form)?

100

This is what iCIMS calls the web pages where we post our jobs.

What are portals?

100
This is the "online resource for all things Talent Acquisition" in iCIMS.

What is the TA Zone?

100

We use this report to capture monthly TA stats. 

What is the MMR?

200

Ad Solutions has been using this AI-driven behavioral based assessment tool for their CSR candidates.

What is Pymetrics? 

200

This is the name for Project-Based employees converted into staff who are processed by the TA Ops team.

What are direct hires?

200

This is the name of the in-house marketing team that provides us with our creative materials.

What is Catalyst?

200

This is the number of years of criminal history we check for background checks.

What is 7 years?

200

This dashboard and analytics platform will join TA & HR data. 

What is Visier?

300

CRM stands for this.

What is Candidate Relationship Management?

300

A diverse slate at Viacom includes candidates in these two groups.

What are females/gender diversity and underrepresented minorities/racial/ethnic diversity?

300

These are the two words on our Viacom and Paramount email headers.

What are Talent + Careers?

300

On which day of a new hire's employment is s/he eligible for benefits?

What is the first day?

300

This is a report used to show applicant to candidate to employee movement.

What is a pipeline report?

400

*DAILY DOUBLE*

As of October 2019, this is the system we use to collect SSN & DOB's.

400

This is the process for clearing background checks in a "Needs Review" status. 

What is adjudication?

400

Both Viacom and Paramount have a paid contract with this website where current and former employees anonymously review companies.

What is Glassdoor?

400

Besides a fully executed MSA, you need this in order to begin a contingency agency search.

What is a job order?

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

Not quite automated, not quite manual.

500

These are the three most recent background check providers used or currently in use at Viacom & Paramount.

What are Accurate Backgrounds, HireRight, Sterling?

500

These are three systems involved in hiring your finalist and triggering their New Hire Setup form.

What are iCIMS, PeopleSoft, and ServiceNow?

500

You will find the Logo Library here.

What is the Greenroom?

500

This is the system we use to pay our vendors. 

What is Ariba (or S/SMART)?

500

This group of "nerdy" (ahem) TA people have grown by 111% since 2014

What are talent analytics professionals?