To successfully initiate the Onboarding process from SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management (RCM), the candidate's job application must be in a status that is configured under the "Hireable" status category. This system category acts as a prerequisite, signifying that the candidate has been vetted and is ready to proceed to the hiring stages. When a candidate is in a "Hireable" status, the "Initiate Onboarding" action becomes available to authorized users, allowing the transfer of candidate data from Recruiting to the Onboarding module to begin the necessary paperwork and compliance tasks.

A. Hired: The "Hired" status category is typically used after the Onboarding process is complete and the candidate is ready to be converted into an employee record in Employee Central. Initiating Onboarding from this status is too late in the standard process flow.

B. None: The initiation of Onboarding is a controlled process that requires the candidate to be in a specific, pre-configured status within the recruitment pipeline. It cannot be triggered from an arbitrary or null status.

D. Initiate Onboarding: "Initiate Onboarding" is the name of the action taken by a recruiter or a potential name for a pipeline status. It is not the underlying system status type or category that the system requires to enable this action.

1. SAP Help Portal

Implementing and Managing Recruiting

"Job Application Status Settings": This official guide details the configuration of job application statuses and their mapping to system status categories. It explains that the "Hireable" category is intended for statuses where a candidate is considered ready for hire

which is the trigger point for processes like Onboarding. (Reference: SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management Documentation

section on Application Status Configuration).

2. SAP Help Portal

Implementing Onboarding

"Setting Up the Integration with SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting": This documentation outlines the integration prerequisites between the modules. It implicitly confirms that the Onboarding process is triggered for candidates who have reached the "Ready to Hire" stage in the recruiting pipeline

which corresponds to the "Hireable" status category. (Reference: SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding Documentation

section on RCM-ONB Integration Setup).