You can delete job requisitions as long as they don’t contain postings or candidates. When you select a requisition that contains at least one posting or candidate, the Delete button is grayed out. This is in place to prevent accidental deletion of requisitions that contain data. You should only delete requisitions that were created in error or never used.
In all other cases, you should assign requisitions that are no longer in use the Filled, Cancelled, or Closed status. Doing this provides a similar user experience to deletion, because requisitions with the above statuses are automatically hidden from the Job Requisitions tab, by default. However, users can still access these requisitions by changing the default filter settings. See Filter the Job Requisition List.
If your organization uses Position Management, deleting a job requisition that is tied to a position also deletes the associated vacant positions. Dayforce deletes vacant positions that were created when the job requisition was created. The original position that was created in Organization Designer isn’t deleted.
Notes:
- This rule applies to all requisitions, regardless of the status of any candidates or postings belonging to them. For example, a requisition cannot be deleted even though its postings have a status of Deleted, and its candidates have a status of Declined.
- For a job requisition to have only candidates and no postings, it would mean that a recruiter had assigned candidates to a requisition without any postings. For example, a recruiter already knows which candidate they want to hire for a job requisition, and so they assign the candidate to the requisition and hire them. See Assign Candidates to Job Requisitions.
To delete a job requisition:
- Go to Recruiting.
- In the Job Requisitions tab, select the job requisition that you want to delete.
- Click Delete. It will be grayed out if you can't delete.
- Click Save.