Overview
The Good Faith Efforts (GFE) tool provides you and your team with the ability to track and document all of your organization’s GFE events, outreach efforts, and general activities in an easy-to-read format. By default, the Good Faith Efforts tool includes recommended fields that are commonly used to track outreach efforts. The list of available fields is below.
GFE Fields
| Value | Description | Required | Default |
| Establishment Location | City, state, or unique identifier of the establishment where the activity is intended to fill positions. | Yes | Yes |
| Start Date | Start date of logged activity | Yes | Yes |
| End Date | End date of logged activity | No | Yes |
| Description of Activity | Brief description of the activity or event, such as duration of job fair, number of jobs posted, type of jobs targeted (e.g., engineering, finance, manufacturing, etc.). | Yes | Yes |
| Targeted Group | Name of group(s) targeted by this outreach activity | Yes | Yes |
| Evaluation | Brief explanation for effectiveness rating (e.g., 10 of 25 candidates met minimum qualifications and 2 of 10 were hired). | Yes | Yes |
| Source | Name of the Organization, College, or University, Association, Outreach Center, State Job Center, etc., where the activity was conducted. | No | Yes |
| Activity Type | Type of activity or event, such as a job fair sponsor, onsite outreach event, onsite recruitment event, sent job listings, sent outreach letter, internal outreach event, etc. | No | Yes |
| Effectiveness | Five-level star rating of how effective you found the activity | No | Yes |
| Requisition Number | Requisition number of outreach effort | No | No |
| Number of Candidates | Number of candidates received from this activity | No | No |
| Number of Hires | Number of hires that originated from this outreach activity | No | No |
| Hours Spent | Total hours spent on this outreach activity | No | No |
| Cost | Total cost of outreach activity | No | No |
Functionality
Entries can be manually added into the GFE one at a time, or multiple entries can be added by importing an Excel document.
Add/Edit Entries
Click [Add Entry] to create a new entry, or select the edit option next to an existing entry to make a change.
A window will appear where you can add new information or edit an existing entry. Click [Save] when done, or [Cancel] to undo any changes.
Import
Click [Import] to import entries from an .xlsx, .xls, or .csv file. When the Import Good Faith Efforts window opens, use the [Browse Spreadsheets] action to locate the file you wish to import. Once the file is selected and validated, the import process will begin automatically. If the file contains errors and needs to be corrected, users will be prompted to download the error report, make the appropriate changes, and upload the corrected file.
Export Selected
Individual or multiple GFE entries can be exported into an Excel file by first selecting the entry on the left-side checkbox column. Once the desired rows are chosen, the [Export Selected] action will begin the process.
Configure Columns
Additional columns can be moved, selected, hidden, or created from the main GFE display by first selecting the [Configure Columns] settings option.
From the window shown below, individual columns can be moved within the list through the left-side drag-and-drop action. Use this action to move the fields into the desired display order.
Additional columns can be added to the GFE tool by clicking the gray show icon on the right side of each entry. Existing columns can also be hidden from view through the same action by selecting the blue hide icon.
If additional fields are needed, the [Add Custom Field] action will open a text box where the new field(s) can be added. The maximun number of custom fields that can be entered in 10 per account.
Click [Save] when done, or [Cancel] to undo any changes.
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