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PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool

Score7 out of 10

27 Reviews and Ratings

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What is PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool?

The PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform is a talent management platform designed for Higher Education and Government organizations, now from PowerSchool (acquired August, 2018). Modules include analytics, applicant tracking, position management, onboarding, records management, and performance management.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 27 ratings of PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool's features
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Top Performing Features

  • New hire portal

    New hire portal eliminates printing and mailing with a personalized portal of all required reading, corporate information, and all forms and other paperwork, online.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Candidate search

    Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Reporting

    Standard reports on key recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Rater nomination workflow

    Ability for nominated raters to accept or reject their nomination.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Workflow restrictions

    Workflow restrictions ensure that employee can only see finalized official review once completed.

    Category average: 7

  • Reporting

    Reporting capabilities provide dashboards, ad-hoc reports and custom reporting capabilities.

    Category average: 6.6

Reviews

What users are saying about PeopleAdmin Higher Ed Platform, from Powerschool.
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Streamlined and Unified Position Management and Job Postings

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PeopleAdmin is used for [the] submission and tracking of applicants for employment at the institution. The product ensures all HR functions related to hiring are tracked and that the search committee can make the best choice possible when hiring. By using PeopleAdmin, the applicants have a consistent portal for entering their materials, no one person is responsible for distributing the materials to the search committee and everything is tracked consistently.

Pros

  • Consistency
  • Secure
  • Collaboration
  • Communication

Cons

  • Navigation is a little wonky[.]
  • Switching between roles is tricky for many.
  • The platform is a little bit slow at downloading materials if the batch of materials contains many documents.

Most Important Features

  • Portal for job openings.
  • Single place for applicants to submit materials.
  • Communication to applicants.
  • Consistency in the hiring process.

Return on Investment

  • Streamlined hiring[.]
  • Single portal for all applicant housing[.]
  • Tracking of hiring process[.]

Other Software Used

Brightspace, Ellucian Colleague, Zoom

PeopleAdmin - a good choice.

Incentivized
Stephanie Gigliotti, PHR
HR Generalist in Human Resources at National Louis University (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Customer Service.
  • Customized to our needs.
  • They understand HR and the processes.
  • Easy to use for all users.

Cons

  • Internal hiring is difficult but not impossible.
  • Only one user group can manage an area in the workflow, proving to be difficult for search committee/chairs.

Return on Investment

  • Better customer service.
  • Less time to fill.
  • Increased awareness in open positions at all levels, ie. President.

Recruitment Solutions through PeopleAdmin SelectSuite

Shannon PhillipsView profile
Assistant Director of Technology & Compensation Specialist in Human Resources at University of Arkansas (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Customizable
  • Constant updates and fixes
  • Always looking for ways to make the system better.

Cons

  • Performance Management - more flexibility
  • Reclassification (ability to move a position from one position type to another)
  • More support for large media files for musical performance and portfolios

Return on Investment

  • We are now able to track our recruitment sources to determine our ROI on university paid subscriptions.
  • We have reduced our recruiting approval review times by 50%
  • We have identified areas for improvement substancially by having robust reporting available at our fingertips.

Other Software Used

SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server, Microsoft Access, Adobe Acrobat DC

PeopleAdmin - From a Screener's Perspective

Tamara ToonView profile
Recruitment & Selection Manager in Human Resources at California State University, Chico (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • PeopleAdmin is very user-friendly. We have very few applicant issues or items that require PeopleAdmin Customer Support to intervene.
  • The ease of use in screening and in allowing search committee's confidential access to application materials from any internet source is one of the best features - as it allows for more freedom for our users.
  • The Customer Support is great. They are responsive and very helpful - not only to us and our system issues but when we have applicant issues that need to be addressed quickly.

Cons

  • PeopleAdmin lacks basic editing features when building job postings. To add bold or underline you must use textile markup language which is foreign to most non-tech folks and adds a layer of diffulty that seems unnecessary.
  • Functionality is limited in that users cannot re-arrange lists within the system (even via the Admin section) in the sections such as "Posting Docs". Whatever order they are added is the order they have to stay in unless you want to delete them all and re-add. That just seems silly and counterintutive to me.
  • Would like the ability to move from one applicant to the next when screening with a "Next" button on the bottom of the screen rather than having to back out to the applicant list and going that route. Seems like there has to be an better way to move from one applicant to the next.

Return on Investment

  • This product has increased our ability to post jobs faster and for repeat applicants to submit applications and for new applicants to build appliacations and submit them.
  • PeopleAdmin saving applicant data and documents in their system is a real timesaver. This allows applicants to upload documents and know they will be there, secure when they return for another position.
  • PA allows us to better serve our committee's and quickly provide them with applicants so that the process can move faster and we can get positions filled faster. It saves manpower overall in the Employment Services unit.

PeopleAdmin review

Incentivized
Kelsea BolinView profile
Administrative Coordinator in Information Technology at Ohio University (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Does well at tracking compliance with anti-discrimination laws which is a particular issue for higher education.
  • Has built in screening tools that allow you to assess and compare candidates using said assessment results and supplemental questions.
  • Offers the generation of defensible audit trails and reporting of all changes, classifcations, employee certifications, and requirements etc.

Cons

  • There is room for improvement with customization for on-boarding process.

Return on Investment

  • Better customer service
  • Increased employee efficiency
  • More qualified candidate pools

Usability

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