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Draft, Active and Inactive candidates

Each candidate on a list has a status. Only Active candidates are visible to clients.

Written by Jan Alexander Jedlinski

Who it's for: anyone who adds candidates to marketing lists.

Product: Talent Marketplace

Where: Marketing lists → your list → Review & Update on a candidate

Each candidate on a list has a status. Only Active candidates are visible to clients.

Status

Clients see it

Use it when

Draft

No

You've added the candidate and want to check the profile first

Ready

No

A colleague has checked the profile and it's waiting for approval (only with the review step turned on)

Active

Yes

The candidate is ready to be marketed

Inactive

No

The candidate is placed or no longer available. Requests and messages are kept

AE Rejected

No

A reviewer turned the profile down (only with the review step turned on)

The filter buttons at the top of the list (All, Active, Draft, Ready, Inactive, AE Rejected) show how many candidates are in each status.

Make a Draft candidate active

  1. Click Review & Update on the candidate.

  2. Check the profile and change what's needed.

  3. Click Set active. Or click Mark as ready if a colleague should approve it first.

The Review & Update screen

Check the profile, then click Set active, or Mark as ready if a colleague should approve it.

Screenshot of the Review & Update screen with Mark as ready and Set active highlighted

Change an active candidate's status

Click the green Active button on the candidate and choose Inactive, Set back to "Ready" or Set back to "Draft".

Choose how new candidates arrive

In List configuration → General, under Candidate upload status:

  • Draft (need to be activated): new candidates stay hidden until you set them active.

  • Active (immediately visible to clients): new candidates go live straight away.

Good to know

  • Setting a candidate inactive is the safe way to take them off a list. Deleting removes their requests and messages for good.

  • The review step (Ready and AE Rejected) is a company setting. An Owner or Admin can turn it on under Settings → General settings.

Pro tip: Before you share a list, click the Draft filter button. It shows how many candidates are still hidden from clients.

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