0. INTRODUCTION
This specification provides the definition of the Job order
confirmation message (JOBCON) to be used in Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
administration, commerce and transport.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Functional Definition
The message intent is to confirm the receipt of information of
a Job Order Message related to a vacancy or vacancies. The
message is transmitted from an employment agency to an
employer. The information is related to age, sex, profession,
salaries, experiences, education, work and contract conditions.
1.2 Field of Application
The Job order confirmation message may be used for both
national and international applications. It is based on
universal practice related to administration, commerce and
transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or
industry.
1.3 Principles
The intention of the message is the confirmation by the
employment agency of the detailed information for one or more
jobs or vacancies offered by an employer. A Job Order
Confirmation Message is transmitted from the employment agency
to an employer. A Job Order Confirmation Message may contain
detailed information about the requirements of an applicant for
the job, e.g. age, sex, occupation or occupation type, location
of the job, education, knowledge, experiences. A Job Order
Confirmation Message may also contain detailed information of
the salary offered, a job application and/or arrangements for
an interview.
2. REFERENCES
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 1.
3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1 Standard terms and definitions
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
Section 2.
4. MESSAGE DEFINITION
4.1 Data Segment Clarification
This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment
Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating
requirements.
The following guidelines and principles apply to the whole
message and are intended to facilitate the understanding and
implementation of the message:
All specified dates and times should be in the format 'yymmdd'
or 'hhmm' unless all parties involved in the transaction agree
that there is a functional requirement for an alternative
format.
Periods should be specified as whole numbers representing the
required period as indicated in the format qualifier (weeks,
months, etc.)
Where a choice of code or text is given only the code element
should be used wherever possible. Conditional data that is not
required in the message should not be included.
Care must be taken that the segment qualifier in dependent
segments do not conflict with the segment qualifier of the
trigger segment of a group.
4.1.1 Header section
Information to be provided in the Header section:
0010 UNH, Message header
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
The message type code for the Job order confirmation message is
JOBCON.
Note: Job order confirmation messages conforming to this
document must contain the following data in segment UNH,
composite S009:
Data element 0065 JOBCON
0052 D
0054 97B
0051 UN
0020 BGM, Beginning of message
A segment which the sender must uniquely identify the job order
confirmation by means of its type and number and, when
necessary, its function, e.g. change, deletion, addition.
0030 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying general dates and, when relevant, times
related to the whole message. The segment must be specified at
least once to identify the document date. The Date/time/period
segment within other Segment groups should be used whenever the
date or time or period requires to be logically related to
another specified data item.
0040 Segment group 1: PNA-ADR-LOC-DTM-SG2
A group of segments identifying the parties with associated
information.
0050 PNA, Party identification
A segment identifying names of the parties, in coded or
clear form, and their functions relevant to the Job Order
Confirmation Message. Identification of the enterprise and
the job administration parties is mandatory for the Job
Order Confirmation Message. It is recommended that, where
possible, only the coded form of the party identification
should be specified, e.g. where the enterprise and the job
administration are known to each other, thus only the coded
identification is required, but a job center or a job
application address (interview) may vary and would have to
be clearly specified, preferably in structured format.
0060 ADR, Address
A segment giving the address of the relevant party.
0070 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment giving more specific location information of the
party specified in the ADR segment, e.g. internal site or
building number.
0080 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the relevant date or time.
0090 Segment group 2: CTA-COM
A group of segments giving contact details of the specific
person or department within the party identified in the PNA
segment.
0100 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department and their
function, to whom communications should be directed.
0110 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communications type and number
for the contact specified in the CTA segment, e.g.
telephone-number, fax-number, telex-number.
0120 Segment group 3: RFF-DTM
A group of segments for giving references and, where necessary,
their dates, relating to the whole message.
0130 RFF, Reference
A segment identifying the reference by its number related to
the whole message.
0140 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the date or time related to the
reference.
0150 Segment group 4: GIS-FTX
A group of segments specifying general processing indicators
and, when necessary, additional textual information relevant
for the whole message.
0160 GIS, General indicator
A segment specifying general indicators for the whole
message.
0170 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information, in coded or clear
form, used when additional information is needed but cannot
be accommodated within other segments. In computer to
computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
4.1.2 Detail section
Information to be provided in the Detail section:
0180 UNS, Section control
A mandatory service segment placed before the first user
segment in the detail section to avoid segment collision.
0190 Segment group 5: RFF-DTM-QTY-SG6-SG7-SG8-SG9-SG10-SG13-SG17
A group of segments providing details of the individual job
offered and/or confirmed. There must be at least one occurrence
of Segment group 5 within a Job Order Confirmation Message.
This Segment group may be repeated to give information about
several other jobs offered and/or confirmed. The Segment group
5 gives information about the required profession and may give
additional requirements of the job, the remuneration and the
arrangements for an application or interview.
0200 RFF, Reference
A segment identifying the job offered and/or confirmed by a
number given by the enterprise, e.g. job order or job
confirmation number of the enterprise.
0210 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying date and, where relevant, time relating
to the job offered and/or confirmed.
0220 QTY, Quantity
A segment identifying the number of vacancies.
0230 Segment group 6: PNA-DTM-LOC-RNG-NAT-PDI-DOC
A group of segments identifying personal information
regarding a job order.
0240 PNA, Party identification
A segment identifying type of identity of a requested
person for a job.
0250 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment indicating requested limits regarding date of
birth.
0260 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment specifying the country and/or place of
residence requested for a person related to the job
ordered.
0270 RNG, Range details
A segment to identify a range of age for the required
person, identified in the PNA segment.
0280 NAT, Nationality
A segment indicating requested nationality for a job.
0290 PDI, Person demographic information
A segment indicating requirement for a person's gender or
marital status.
0300 DOC, Document/message details
A segment indication which type of document(s) an
applicant must have in his possession.
0310 Segment group 7: GIS-FTX
A group of segments specifying general processing indicators
and, when necessary, additional textual information,
relevant for the job offered and/or confirmed.
0320 GIS, General indicator
A segment specifying general indicators related to the
job offered and/or confirmed, e.g. change, deletion,
addition. The code may indicate that in Segment group 5 a
change or a deletion was given. The change or the
deletion must be recognized by the receiver's application
program.
0330 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information, in coded or clear
form, used when additional information is needed but
cannot be accommodated within other segments. In computer
to computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
0340 Segment group 8: RFF-DTM
A group of segments for giving references and, where
necessary, their dates, relevant to the job offered and/or
confirmed.
0350 RFF, Reference
A segment for specifying references relevant to the job
offered and/or confirmed, e.g. order number of the job
administration.
0360 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the date or time related to the
reference, e.g. order date of the job administration.
0370 Segment group 9: RCS-RFF-DTM-FTX
A group of segments identifying requirements or conditions
for the job offered and/or confirmed.
0380 RCS, Requirements and conditions
A segment to give, in coded form, the requirements of a
job offered.
0390 RFF, Reference
A segment identifying the referenced document by its
number and, where appropriate, a line number.
0400 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment indicating the date and/or time details
relating to the references.
0410 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for the requirements
of the job offered and/or confirmed, in coded or clear
form, used when additional information is needed but
cannot be accommodated within other segments e.g.
advertisement of the job. In computer to computer
exchanges such text will normally require the receiver to
process this segment manually.
0420 Segment group 10:EMP-LOC-SG11-SG12
A group of segments identifying the qualification for the
required job and attributes, such as education and
experience for this job offered and/or confirmed.
0430 EMP, Employment details
A segment to identify the related area or sector of a
qualification, in coded or clear form, related to the job
offered and/or confirmed.
0440 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment indicating the location, where the job should
be performed.
0450 Segment group 11:ATT-FTX-PTY
A group of segments giving coded information about the
requirements for the profession or job offered and/or
confirmed regarding educational qualifications and
experience and, when necessary, priority of the
information and additional textual information.
0460 ATT, Attribute
A segment identifying, in coded form, the requirements
for the profession or job offered and/or confirmed.
The codes are related to education, job experience,
special knowledge and required qualifications.
0470 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for special
knowledge, in coded or clear form, used when
additional information is needed but cannot be
accommodated within other segments. In computer to
computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
0480 PTY, Priority
A segment identifying the priority of requirements for
a job offered.
0490 Segment group 12:LAN-GIS
A group of segments giving information about languages
and experiences of languages.
0500 LAN, Language
A segment specifying a language in coded or clear
form.
0510 GIS, General indicator
A segment specifying general indicators of the
experience of a language.
0520 Segment group 13:SAL-FTX-DTM-SG14-SG15-SG16
A group of segments giving information about the type and
the basic conditions of the remuneration offered and/or
confirmed. It may contain a remuneration amount or a
remuneration range offered and additional remuneration
benefits.
0530 SAL, Remuneration type identification
A segment identifying the type of the remuneration
offered and, if required, the name of the remuneration
type or contract.
0540 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for the remuneration
type or contract, in coded or clear form, used when
additional information is needed but cannot be
accommodated within other segments. In computer to
computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
0550 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the dates and/or times related to
the remuneration offered.
0560 Segment group 14:ATT-FTX
A group of segments giving attribute information in coded
form for the remuneration offered and, where necessary,
additional textual information.
0570 ATT, Attribute
A segment identifying, in coded form, additional
remuneration information and other benefits offered.
The codes are related to working conditions, working
time, employment contract, piece work and remuneration
benefits.
0580 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for additional
remuneration benefits, in coded or clear form, used
when additional information is needed but cannot be
accommodated within other segments. In computer to
computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
0590 Segment group 15:GIS-FTX
A group of segments specifying general processing
indicators and, when necessary, additional textual
information, relevant for the remuneration offered.
0600 GIS, General indicator
A segment specifying general indicators related to the
remuneration offered.
0610 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information, in coded or
clear form, used when additional information is needed
but cannot be accommodated within other segments. In
computer to computer exchanges such text will normally
require the receiver to process this segment manually.
0620 Segment group 16:MOA-RNG-FTX
A group of segments specifying the type and the amount of
the remuneration or a remuneration range offered.
0630 MOA, Monetary amount
A segment giving information about the type and the
amount of the remuneration offered.
0640 RNG, Range details
A segment to identify a remuneration range for the
offered job, when an exact remuneration amount in the
MOA segment is not available. The remuneration range
is related to the type of remuneration in the MOA
segment.
0650 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information, in coded or
clear form, used when additional information is needed
but cannot be accommodated within other segments. In
computer to computer exchanges such text will normally
require the receiver to process this segment manually.
0660 Segment group 17:PNA-ADR-GIS-LOC-FTX-SG18-SG19
A group of segments identifying the parties involved with an
application or interview of a person for the job with
associated information.
0670 PNA, Party identification
A segment identifying names of the parties, in coded or
clear form and their functions relevant to an application
or interview. It is recommended that, where possible,
only the coded form of the party identification should be
specified, e.g. where the enterprise and the job
administration are known to each other, thus only the
coded identification is required, but a job center or a
job application or interview address may vary and would
have to be clearly specified, preferably in structured
format.
0680 ADR, Address
A segment identifying the address of the relevant party.
0690 GIS, General indicator
A segment specifying an indicator related to an
application or interview of a person for the job, e.g.
personal, written.
0700 LOC, Place/location identification
A segment giving more specific location information of
the party specified in the ADR segment, e.g. internal
site or building number for an interview.
0710 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for arrangements for
an application or interview, in coded or clear form, used
when additional information is needed but cannot be
accommodated within other segments. In computer to
computer exchanges such text will normally require the
receiver to process this segment manually.
0720 Segment group 18:DTM-FTX
A group of segments for giving date and time information
for the application or interview and, when required,
additional textual information.
0730 DTM, Date/time/period
A segment specifying the date and/or time for the
application or interview of a person for the job
offered.
0740 FTX, Free text
A segment with free text information for the date and
time of the application or interview, in coded or
clear form, used when additional information is needed
but cannot be accommodated within the DTM segment. In
computer to computer exchanges such text will normally
require the receiver to process this segment manually.
0750 Segment group 19:CTA-COM
A group of segments giving contact details of the
specific person or department within the party identified
in the PNA segment, e.g. person in the personnel
department.
0760 CTA, Contact information
A segment to identify a person or department, and
their function, to whom communications should be
directed.
0770 COM, Communication contact
A segment to identify a communications type and number
for the contact specified in the CTA segment, e.g.
telephone-number, fax-number, telex-number.
0780 UNT, Message trailer
A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
segments in the message and the control reference number of the
message.
4.2 Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)
ADR Address
ATT Attribute
BGM Beginning of message
COM Communication contact
CTA Contact information
DOC Document/message details
DTM Date/time/period
EMP Employment details
FTX Free text
GIS General indicator
LAN Language
LOC Place/location identification
MOA Monetary amount
NAT Nationality
PDI Person demographic information
PNA Party identification
PTY Priority
QTY Quantity
RCS Requirements and conditions
RFF Reference
RNG Range details
SAL Remuneration type identification
UNH Message header
UNS Section control
UNT Message trailer
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