{"id":618,"date":"2018-05-04T01:42:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2021-04-21T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T16:25:14","slug":"h-set-emp-positions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/h-set-emp-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Each Employee&#8217;s Positions (Jobs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Employee needs to be set as to what Positions they can work (which types of shifts they can be assigned to).<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to set these is by using the Employees Positions Grid, but you also can use the Edit Employee page to set them for each employee.<\/p>\n<p>Optional &#8211; you also can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/h-sub-positions\/h-rate-emps-pos\/\">set which Positions\/Locations you prefer to have each employee to work<\/a>. \u00a0Only managers with permission to update employees can set Position Preferences.<\/p>\n<h2>To Set which Positions Each Employee can work:<\/h2>\n<p>From any page:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the top menu, hover over\u00a0<strong>EMPLOYEES<\/strong>\u00a0and choose\u00a0<strong>Positions Grid<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Check off the Positions<\/strong>\u00a0in the corresponding columns for each employee (or click the checkbox to the left of the employee to Select All, or click the checkbox at the top of the column to select that Position for all employees)<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/sscheckpos.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4834\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/sscheckpos.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/sscheckpos.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/sscheckpos-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>OR you can Edit one Employee&#8217;s Positions on their Edit Employee page:<\/h2>\n<p>From any page:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the top menu, choose\u00a0<strong>EMPLOYEES<\/strong> to go to the <strong>Employees List<\/strong> page<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Pencil Icon<\/strong>\u00a0<img class=\"noborder alignnone wp-image-1735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/icon_pencil.png\" alt=\"pencil icon\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/> next to an employee name to open their Edit Employee window\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Check the boxes next to the Positions that this employee can work\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0button (or\u00a0<strong>Save &amp; Next<\/strong>\u00a0to edit the next employee)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/ssposselect.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4836\" src=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/ssposselect.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/ssposselect.png 700w, https:\/\/when2work.com\/help\/mgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/ssposselect-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>OR you can access the Edit Employee window from anywhere in the system:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the employee name to bring up their Employee Details window\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Edit this Employee<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0link in the upper right of the window\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Employee needs to be set as to what Positions they can work (which types of shifts they can be assigned to). 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