SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors is UNL’s system for recruiting, onboarding, and performance management.  Initial implementation in September 2025 includes recruiting and onboarding processes. 

Access SuccessFactors
  1.  On the Firefly home page, select the Recruitment & Position Management SAP SuccessFactors tile. 
Recruitment and Position Management tile
  1. Select the SuccessFactors tile. 
Success Factors tile

To request access to the SuccessFactors system, please contact a member of the UNL SuccessFactors System Admin team:

Susan Wendling, swendling2@unl.edu 

Marcy Studsdahl, mneeman2@unl.edu  

Stephanie Hanson, shanson12@unl.edu  

Roles in SuccessFactors
Role Definition Examples of Users 
Initiator 

Can: Start the requisition process. 

  • Complete all requisition fields 
  • Complete background check details 

Cannot: 

  • Edit job profile/description 
Department administrative support 

Facilitator 

Facilitator Team 

Can: Start and manage the requisition process. 

  • Complete all requisition fields (if created the requisition) 
  • Move candidates through the pipeline 
  • View job profile/description 
  • Manage requisition process 
  • Move candidates through the review process 
  • Initiate offer approval and send final offer 

Cannot: 

  • Edit job profile/description 
  • Move candidates out of “Pre-Employment Checks” 

HR/Payroll Business Center Staff 

 

Dept staff assigned 

HR/Compliance 

HR/Compliance Team 

Can: Approve and oversee requisitions, post job postings.   

  • Edit all fields in requisitions 
  • Move requisitions and candidates to all steps 
  • Edit approvers 
UNL or IANR HR  
 
IEC  
Hiring Official (Supervisor) 

Can: Approve requisitions and offers.  

  • View requisitions 
  • View applicants after Facilitator or HR releases them 
“Reports To” or Supervisor of position 
Search Committee Chair (if used) 

Can: View and move applicants through the process on requisitions assigned to them. 

Note: If you don’t want the Search Chair to move applicants in the system, leave this field blank and add them to the Search Committee Team field instead.  

Supervisor, Search Chair 
Search Committee Team (if used) 

Can: View requisition, applicant materials, and job profile on requisitions assigned to them. 

Note: External search committee members can be entered in an open text box but will not have access to the system to view applicants. 

Members of Search Committee 
Approver  

Can: Approve requisitions.   

  • View applicant materials after released by HR. 
  • View job profile. 
Department Head, Director 

Senior Approver  

  

Can: Approve requisitions.   

  • View applicant materials after released by HR.  
  • View job profile.  
Vice Chancellor 

Ad Hoc Approver  

  

Used to add additional approvers based on department approver structure. 

Can: Approve actions sent to them.   

Other Approvers required by unit