SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2270687 - Field gender not appearing in candidate search criteria - Recruiting Management

Symptom

Unable to search by gender in candidate search.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Recruiting -> Candidates
  2. Unable to locate search criteria "Gender"

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Cause

Gender is a special standard field and due to the legalities around discriminatory hiring it will not appear under search criteria

Resolution

This is an expected behavior and even customizing the candidate profile template will not show it in search criteria due to the discriminatory hiring.

This behavior applies to all sensitive fields in Recruiting, as confirmed in the following section: Quick Facts About Candidate Search

Keywords

Candidate search, Search by gender, Gender, Search criteria, Gender Field , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM , Recruiting Management , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions