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Admin | Customize workforce types

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I. Intro
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Who can perform these steps: Primary administrators or administrators with Field Management permissions.
As an administrator, you can configure member types in the Lark Admin Console, facilitating the management of members in scenarios such as creating department groups or user groups.
You can use the default workforce types of Regular, Intern, Outsourcing, Contractor, and Consultant, or create custom types as needed.
Note: You can also refer to this article for how to create a custom field with options, which is suitable for information such as role, office location, or status.
II. Steps
Add Workforce Type options
  1. Open the Lark Admin Console, and click Organization > Field Management > Field settings.
  1. In the Default field list, go to Job information > Workforce Type and click Details.
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  1. In the prompted Field details pane, click Edit in the lower-right corner.
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  1. Click Add or Batch Add to add custom options. The custom option names must be unique.
  • Add: Add an empty field option to the end of the list. When you enter the option name, you can click the Multilingual settings icon next to the text box to add names in other languages.
  • Batch Add: Open a pop-up window where you can enter multiple option names. Each row corresponds to one option. Use the Enter key to change rows. Click Confirm when you enter all the options you need.
  • Note: The new options are enabled by default. You can disable them by turning off the switch under Status.
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  1. Click Confirm.
Manage Workforce Type options
You can activate or deactivate options, and delete unnecessary options.
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To enable or disable options, go to the Workforce Type details page and turn on or off the switch of that option under Status. If you deactivate an option, it becomes invisible when you select workforce types for other features, and a tag of "Deactivated" appears on members' profile pages where the corresponding option of Workforce Type was displayed. The "Deactive" tag will disappear if you activate the option again.
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To delete custom options, click Delete under Actions. Then this option will not be available when you select workforce types for other features.
Note: You can't delete custom options that are already associated with members. If you want to delete such an option, change the member's Workforce Type to another option first.
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Set the default workforce type
When a member's workforce type is not specified, the default option will be applied. On the Workforce Type details page, click the dropdown menu next to Default option at the bottom to set the default workforce type.
Note: You can't select a deactivated option as the default option.
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III. FAQs
What can Workforce Type do?
When the administrator creates a department group or the all-staff group, they can limit the workforce types that are allowed to join the group. For example, only full-time employees can join the group while interns and contractors can't. Members can be automatically added or removed from the corresponding group if their workforce type changes. For more information, see Admin | Create departments and department groups.
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How can administrators set a new member's workforce type?
  1. Open the Lark Admin Console and click Organization > Member and Department > Add Member.
  1. Click Add more info (optional) at the bottom of the pop-up window to show the Job details section.
  1. Select an option for Workforce Type, then click Done.
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How can administrators modify an existing member's workforce type?
  1. Open the Lark Admin Console and click Organization > Member and Department.
  1. On the Members tab, find the member in the list and click Details.
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  1. Go to Job details and click Edit Job Details.
  1. Select an option for Workforce Type, then click Save.
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Written by: Lark Help Center
Updated on 2024-11-22
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