Add a candidate
Add someone by hand, with or without a job, and attach a CV.
You can add a candidate yourself, for example someone who was referred to you. Put them forward for a job, or keep them in the talent pool for later.
Who can do this
Owners, admins and members. Viewers do not see the Add Candidate button.
Steps
- Open Recruitment and choose Candidates.
- Click Add Candidate. The Add a candidate form opens.
- Fill in Full name (required). You can also add Email, Phone, Headline, Location, Skills (separate them with commas) and Source.
- Choose a Job, or leave it at No job yet.
- With no job, the person goes into the talent pool as Available. They do not appear on the board until you add them to a job.
- With a job, the form shows For this application. Here you can add a Cover note, a CV link and a CV file (PDF, up to 5 MB).
- Click Save.
If someone with the same email is already on file, Recruitment does not add them twice. With a job, it adds the application to the person you already have.
Common problems
- Enter the candidate's name. The name is required.
- Enter an email address like [email protected].
- Without an email, this person can't be matched if they apply online later. This is advice, not an error. You can still save.
- Pick a job to attach a CV. A CV file can only be added with a job.
- Choose a PDF file. Only PDF files can be uploaded.
- This file is … Choose one under 5 MB.
- Enter a link that starts with https:// The CV link must be a web address.
- List at most 20 skills. Or Keep each skill to 40 characters or fewer.
- Only an open or paused job can take a new application. Only open and paused jobs are offered in Job.
- … has already applied for … Nothing was changed. This person already has an application for that job.
- CV files cannot be uploaded right now. Add the candidate without the file, or try again later. Nothing was saved. Save again without the file, or try later.
- The CV could not be attached. The candidate and application were saved, but not the file.