Exploring the Candidates List
The Candidates page is your central workspace for reviewing and managing candidates throughout the hiring process. From this page, you can quickly locate candidates, monitor their progress, and access their profiles.
Access the Candidates List
To open the Candidates List:
- Select Candidates from the left navigation menu.
- Review the list of candidates available to you based on your permissions.
Navigate the Candidate List
The Candidates List provides a high-level view of your hiring pipeline.
From this page, you can:
- View candidates across all openings or within a specific opening.
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View candidates in a specific hiring stage.

- Search for candidates.
- Filter candidate results.
- Open any candidate profile for additional details and actions.
Search for Candidates
Use the search field to quickly locate candidates by information stored in their profile,including:
- Candidate name
- Resume content
- Profile information
- Other searchable candidate data
For more advanced searches, select Advanced to build searches using additional filters and Boolean operators.

Filter Candidates
Use the filters on the left side of the Candidates page to narrow your results.
You can apply one filter or combine multiple filters to build highly targeted candidate lists.
Available filters include:
- Opening
- Stage
- Labels
- Candidate assignment
- Application responses
- Candidate source
- Pending tasks
- Evaluation ratings
- Time spent in the current stage
- Additional candidate attributes depending on your account configuration

Use Preset Filters
Several preset filters are available to help you quickly access commonly used candidate lists.
These views can be used as-is or combined with additional filters.

If you regularly use the same filter combination, you can save it for future use.
When saving a filter, you can also choose to make it your default Candidates view. Click on Save Filter Group.

You can also make a filter or filter group your default filter so this is automatically applied every time you visit the Candidates section.

You can update your default view at anytime by:
- Going to Settings.
- Selecting App Preferences.
- Choosing your preferred default Candidates List view.
You can also configure a default Openings List view from the same location.
View Additional Candidate Information
By default, each candidate row displays a condensed summary.
If additional information is available, such as pending interviews or reviews, an indicator appears beside the candidate's current stage.
Hover over the indicator to view the additional details.

Expand the Candidate List
If you'd like these details to remain visible without hovering over each candidate, select Expand to display the additional information directly within the list.

Open a Candidate Profile
Select a candidate's name to open their profile.
From the profile, you can:
- Review application information
- View resumes and attachments
- Send emails
- Schedule interviews
- Leave feedback
- Move candidates through your hiring workflow
- Complete other recruiting tasks based on your permissions.
Other questions?
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