Candidate Indicators Used in Talent Pools

Recruiting Guide

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Candidate Indicators Used in Talent Pools

Candidate indicators are used in the Talent Pools to provide information about each candidate's status. You can hover the cursor over any of these icons to see a description.

Note: In Recruiting > Job Requisitions, this information is displayed in the candidate profile or in columns. See Candidate List Columns.

Candidate indicators
Icon Name Description

Candidate is a current employee

Indicates that the candidate is internal (that is, they applied for a job through Careers).

Click the icon to view a tooltip with a summary of the employee's profile, including the employee's current work assignment details.

Candidate is a former employee

Indicates that a recruiter has linked an external candidate to their former Dayforce employee record. See Link Candidates to Their Former Employee Record.

Click the icon to view a tooltip with a summary of the employee's profile, including details of the former employee's most recently work assignment, along with a red flag indicating that they aren't eligible for rehire, if that is the case.

Candidate manually assigned to job requisition by recruiter

Indicates that a recruiter assigned the candidate to the requisition (that is, the candidate didn’t apply for the job themselves). See Assign Candidates to Job Requisitions.

Candidate has applied for other jobs

Role feature access: Recruiting > Recruiting > Candidates > Jobs Applied For Tab

Indicates that the candidate has applied to other job requisitions.

Click the icon to open the Candidate Applications dialog box, which displays the job requisition title, Dayforce date, and the status of the candidate's other job applications.

Candidate has reapplied to this job requisition

Indicates that the candidate reapplied to an evergreen (that is, continuously open) job posting of the job requisition.

See Candidate Reapply Feature.

Post-application questionnaire sent Indicates that the post-application questionnaire was sent to the candidate. See Send Post-Application Questionnaires .
Post-application questionnaire completed Indicates that the post-application questionnaire was completed by the candidate.
Post-application questionnaire has expired Indicates that the post-application questionnaire sent to the candidate has expired.

Voluntary form sent

Indicates that the invitation message to submit a voluntary form, such as the Post Offer VEVRAA form, was sent to the candidate. See Voluntary Forms

Click the icon to view more information about messages that were sent to the candidate.

Voluntary form completed

Indicates that the candidate submitted the voluntary form.

Voluntary form expired

Indicates that the link to the voluntary form has expired. This happens automatically after 30 days.

Pre-hire questionnaire has been sent Indicates that the pre-hire questionnaire was sent to the candidate. See Send Pre-Hire Questionnaires.
Pre-hire questionnaire has been completed Indicates that the pre-hire questionnaire was completed by the candidate.
Pre-hire questionnaire has expired Indicates that the pre-hire questionnaire that was sent to the candidate has expired.

Candidate record includes notes

Indicates that the candidate has one or more notes.

Click the icon to add or view notes for the candidate in the Add/View Notes dialog box. See Candidate Notes.

Add a note to the candidate's record

Indicates that there are currently no notes for the candidate. Click the icon to add notes in the Add/View Notes dialog box.

Offer approval workflow has failed

Indicates that the offer letter workflow failed to complete, because the candidate's email address didn’t exist or was invalid.

The candidate's status is now Offer Workflow Failed. Verify the candidate's email address before submitting another offer letter.

Note: The system doesn't display this icon or allow you to resubmit the offer in the case where the workflow failed as a result of not being configured correctly by the administrator.

Candidate isn’t eligible for rehire

Indicates that the candidate isn’t eligible for rehire.

Do not hire this candidate

Indicates that the candidate was flagged with the Do Not Hire button. This candidate shouldn’t be considered for the job. See Add the Do Not Hire Flag for Candidates.

Candidate is a member of a talent pool

Indicates that the candidate is a member of a talent pool.

Added through Candidate Import Indicates that the candidate was added to Dayforce using the Candidate Import. See Import Candidate Data Using Interfaces.

Added through Mass Resume Import Indicates that the candidate was added to Dayforce using the Mass Resume Import.

Shortlisted

Indicates that the candidate is shortlisted for a job requisition. See Shortlist Candidates.

Candidate has limited work rights

Indicates that the candidate has completed right to work verification and was found to have limited work rights.

Candidate has no work rights

Indicates that the candidate has completed right to work verification and was found to have no work rights.

Candidate has normal work rights

Indicates that the candidate has completed right to work verification and was found to have normal work rights.

Pinned Candidate

Indicates that the candidate is pinned to the Pinned list below the Candidate Management tab in the Recruiting side panel. See Pin and Unpin Candidates from the Side Panel.