This article will show you how to list a student as 'Start Date Deferred' for ABA Reporting purposes. Per NALP / ABA reporting guidelines, if a student has accepted a job but will not start until after March 15th of the year following their graduation, they will be classified as Employed - Start Date Deferred.
Start Date Deferred is not an option on the Report Status pop-up window when submitting an outcome for a student:
This is because the system does the calculation to avoid any errors and to prevent students from selecting 'Start Date Deferred' when they don't know the ABA definition (such as when they are starting after graduation or after taking the bar exam).
To report a graduate as 'Start Date Deferred' enter their start date in the Outcome Survey as normal. If the start date is after the March 15 deadline, the graduate will automatically be calculated as 'Start Date Deferred.'
To find students listed as Start Date Deferred, run a Custom Outcome Report and filter for Start Dates after March 15th of the year after the student's graduation date.