Candidate Actions for the Classic Recruiter Experience

Recruiting Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-12-01
Candidate Actions for the Classic Recruiter Experience

- Classic Recruiter Experience -

The following actions are available in the Classic Recruiter Experience for general candidate profiles and job application profiles. They are also available in candidate lists for job requisitions and in Candidate Management. From the lists, you can select multiple candidates and perform applicable actions on them.

Some of these actions are available only in job application profiles (that is, profiles that are associated with a job requisition), and not in general candidate profiles. Others might not be available because of your organization's configuration or your role feature access.

Candidate Actions for the Classic Recruiter Experience
Action Description

Add Tags

Click the Add tags field and Dayforce opens a drop-down list containing all available tags. Select one or more tags in the list to add them to the candidate’s profile. If you want to remove a tag after adding it, click the X to the right of the tag word or phrase.

See Candidate Tags.

Add to Shortlist/ Remove from Shortlist

Click Add to Shortlist or Remove from Shortlist to add or remove the candidate from the shortlist.

See Shortlist Candidates.

Add to Talent Pool

Click to add the employee to a talent pool.

See Add Candidates to Talent Pools.

Assign to Requisition

Click Assign to Requisition and Dayforce opens the Assign Candidates dialog box in which you can assign the candidate to one or more job requisitions.

See Assign Candidates to Job Requisitions.

Contact

Click Contact and Dayforce opens a drop-down list with all available contact options. Select an option to initiate the selected form of contact with the candidate.

Decline Candidate

Click Decline Candidate and Dayforce opens the Decline Candidates dialog box, in which you can enter and submit a reason for declining the candidate.

If you select multiple candidates for a job requisition in candidate lists, the Decline button changes to a list with two options, when mass decline is configured:

  • Decline Candidates where you choose one reason for all selected candidates.
  • Mass Decline Candidates where you can tailor the reason and note for candidates you select.

See Decline Candidates (Classic Recruiter Experience).

Do Not Hire /
Remove Do Not Hire

Click Do Not Hire or Remove Do Not Hire to add or remove the don’t hire icon ( ) from the candidate’s record.

See Add the Do Not Hire Flag for Candidates.

Hire Candidate

Click Hire Candidate and Dayforce opens the Candidate Hire form which you can complete and submit to hire the candidate.

Your organization might use more than one Candidate Hire form. In this case, the Hire Candidate button is displayed as a drop-down list so you can select the appropriate form.

See Candidate Hiring.

Note: Depending on configuration, the Hire Candidate option might not be available for candidates who have completed a right to work verification survey and were found to have no work rights or limited work rights. See Configure the Restrict Hiring Based on Right to Work Status Client Property.

Link to Employee Record

Click Link to Employee Record and Dayforce opens a dialog box in which you can link the selected candidate to their former Dayforce employee record with the organization.

See Link Candidates (Classic Recruiter Experience).

Mark as Unviewed / Mark as Viewed

Click Mark as Unviewed or Mark as Viewed to change how the candidate is displayed in the Candidates tab of the requisition slide-out panel. This is useful, for example, if you open a candidate’s profile but don’t have time to look at it thoroughly. You can mark the profile as unviewed, so you remember to look at it again later.

See Mark Candidates as Viewed or Unviewed.

Pin Candidate/Unpin Candidate

Click Pin Candidate or Unpin Candidate to add or remove the candidate from the Pinned list under Candidate Management in the Recruiting side panel.

See Pin and Unpin Candidates from the Side Panel.

Schedule Interview

Click Schedule Interview to schedule an interview with the candidate.

See Schedule Candidate Interviews.

Screen Candidate

Click Screen Candidate and Dayforce opens a drop-down list with the available screening options for the candidate. Select an option in the list to initiate the screening process.

See Candidate Background and I-9 Screening.

Depending on configuration, this list might also include the Send Assessment option or the Resend Assessment option. Select the displayed options to send candidates the assessment that was selected for the job requisition when it was created.

See Send or Resend Candidate Assessments.

Send Offer Letter

Click Send Offer Letter and Dayforce opens the Create/Edit Offer dialog box in which you can create, and then submit, an offer letter for the candidate.

See Default Offer Letter Functionality.

Send Resume

Click Send Resume to send the candidate's resume via email.

See Send Candidate Resumes by Email.

Update Candidate Status

Click Update Candidate Status and Dayforce opens a drop-down list with all available statuses for the candidate. Select an option in the list to move the candidate to that status. The drop-down list shows all available statuses depending on your role's access.

See Update Candidate Status.