Postcode Column in Potential Matches
We would love a postcode column in the Potential Matches column please.
We do a lot of work close to London and the Dartford Crossing. It is very rare that we will find a candidate who will travel over the Dartford Crossing (or indeed through the Blackwall Tunnel) due to traffic congestion. A 10 mile journey over the crossing could take them an hour to do. It is also very rare to have a client that will take candidates from either side of the crossing.
If i do a search within a 10 mile radius of Dartford, I could have 175+ CV's to sort through. This is very, very time consuming. If i could see a candidates postcode, i could exclude probably 3/4 of those CV's in one hit.
We also have the same problems with the London postcodes. A 5 mile journey in London can take in excess of an hour in rush hour, so again it would cut our time drastically if we could remove all candidates with that kind of journey time. We know what reasonable distance can be commuted from what postcode.
It would also be nice to have more control over the results in Potential Matches and have the option to sort by the column we're most interested in, not by how the system thinks they should be sorted. This would go hand in hand with the request above as we could then easily sort the candidates by postcode to bulk discard them.
I have attached screen shots of the results FF gives me based on a 10 mile radius search of Dartford, and then screenshots from Google Maps showing journey times and distance.

Hi All
You'll now see the Postcode column alongside the Miles/KM column in the Job Potential Matches.
Thanks for voting!
Ross
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Stacey Hunt commented
I wish for this to be reopened. It's a valid suggestion and just because we're not a big organisation with a lot of users to vote for our ideas, it doesn't mean it shouldn't be looked in to being implemented. It would drastically reduce time wasted and would allow us to contact relevant candidates quicker instead of sitting sieving through hundreds of potential matches that aren't relevant.
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[Deleted User] commented
Please add this Postcode Column it would be absolutely brilliant to have this facility and save loads of time.
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[Deleted User] commented
Wow what an idea
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[Deleted User] commented
Great idea and will save loads of time
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[Deleted User] commented
Great idea
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Stacey Hunt commented
Please, please, please can this be implemented? It's such a simple addition and would speed up our work 10 fold. It's so time consuming having to sieve through hundreds of candidates to see what side of the Dartford Crossing they live, and we're missing out on placements as other recruitment agencies are getting to people quicker than we are!