What is the difference between the Suffix and the FTE on a job form?
Suffix
The Suffix field is the number of times a person has worked in a specific PCN, starting at 00 and increasing by 1 each time the employee holds a new assignment under that same PCN (01, 02, 03, etc.). If an employee starts in a new PCN, no matter what their suffix was in their old PCN, the suffix will restart to 00 in that new PCN.
As an example:
- PCN: 987001 Suffix: 00 Dates: 01/01/20 - 05/01/20
- PCN: 987001 Suffix: 01 Dates: 05/02/20 - 08/01/20
- PCN: 987001 Suffix: 02 Dates: 08/02/20 - 10/01/20
- PCN: 987002 Suffix: 00 Dates: 10/02/20 - 05/01/21
FTE
The FTE field is used specifically for Adjuncts (FT/FW) and shows the number of prior full semesters taught. Adjuncts will start with an FTE of 0.000 and increase each semester after that (0.001, 0.002, etc.). All other employee types set the FTE field to 1.00.
If you would like to read more on FTE, please see our article "What is the FTE field used for?" linked below.
What is the FTE field used for?
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