Who can do this: Owners and Admins.
Product: Job Board
Where: Settings → Jobs → Applicant statuses
Statuses are the stages applicants move through. They're the same for all your boards and jobs, and you start with five:
New | Where every confirmed applicant lands. |
In review | Your team is looking at them. |
Submitted to client | Put forward to the client. |
Hired | Placed. |
Rejected | Not going further. |
The five starting statuses
New applicants land on the status at the top of the list.
Change the order
New applicants start on the status at the top of the list.
Go to Settings → Jobs → Applicant statuses.
Drag the handle on the left of a row to move it up or down.
The new order is saved right away.
Add a status
Click New status.
Type the name.
Click the color square and pick a color.
Click Save changes.
You see Status created.
Delete a status
Click the status.
Click Delete status.
Click Delete to confirm.
If applicants are on the status, pick the status they move to and click Delete and move.
You see Status deleted. Applications keep their history. You always need at least one status.
Choose what candidates see
Your status names can stay internal. Candidates see your own wording in their portal, like "Application received" instead of "New".
Click a status.
Click Customize labels per language.
Enter the wording candidates see.
If your board also runs in German, click Add language and enter the German wording.
Click Save changes.
You see Status saved. Every language you add needs a label before you can save.
When you change an applicant's status, Candidate sees shows the wording in their portal.
What the candidate sees after a status change
Candidate sees shows the wording the candidate gets in their portal.
Good to know
Statuses stay in Candidately. Moving an applicant to another status doesn't change their submission in Bullhorn, and changes in Bullhorn don't come back. Bullhorn gets one status, when the applicant is pushed: your Default submission status. See Connect Bullhorn to your Job Board.
Changing a status doesn't email the candidate. They see it when they sign in.
Your team changes an applicant's status from the Status menu on the applicant. See Review and manage applicants.
Pro tip: Add a status that matches your own process, like Interview, and give it a candidate-facing label right away. Candidates then see a clear step in their portal instead of your internal name.
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