Offer letter templates simplify the offer-letter-preparation task and ensure consistency among offer letters. An offer letter template determines the basic structure of an offer letter and contains document settings such as text entries, page layout, and special formatting.

iRecruitment supplies the following predefined documents to generate offer letters:

• IRCESOLDD_SD.xml: A data definition source file that contains all the data tags that offer templates can use.

• IRCESOLT_en.rtf: A sample RTF offer template that you can use to generate offer letters.

Oracle iRecruitment provides these predefined templates as an example reference. You must modify and create new templates according to your business requirements. For example, the predefined template uses Pounds as the default currency value. To use a different currency value, you must create your own offer letter template.

To customize the offer letter details, you can create your own templates. You customize the XML version of the offer template using Oracle XML Publisher.

   To customize the offer templates:

1. Create a new rich text or PDF format template.

   Using the predefined offer template as a sample, create a new offer template and save it as a rich text or PDF format file.

   See: Creating an RTF Template and Creating a PDF Template in the Oracle XML Publisher User's Guide

2. Create a new template definition.

   Using the predefined template definition as a sample, create a new template definition in the Template Manager for your template design file. When you create the template definition in the Template Manager, you register and upload your template design files.

   See: Creating the Template in the Oracle XML Publisher User's Guide

To use the custom templates for offer letter generation, associate the custom templates with your business group, organization, job, or position using the Offer Templates Associations page.

See: Defining and Maintaining Templates for Offer Letters