Note: We've released this special feature in response to COVID-19.
Pausing applications can be turned on for every individual active job opening. How does it work?
Let candidates find you. People are spending more time on their phones and laptops now. Keep the door open to candidates so you can be found, and they can learn more about your job(s).
Build a talent pool without hiring yet. Even though you’re not ready to hire right now, it’s still smart to build a talent pool. Give candidates the opportunity to share their basic info, without applying.
Notify candidates when you’re ready. Whenever you decide to resume hiring for your role(s), just send a notification to an entire pool of talent that’s interested and ready to apply.
Pausing applications is only possible for active jobs, which means it will still be seen as an active job.
Pausing applications
Via the sidebar on the left, click on a job opening under 'Your jobs' or head to the 'Jobs' page to navigate to the job you want to change the hiring stages for.
Click on the gear icon in the top right corner to navigate to the job settings.
Under job settings, click 'Pause applications'.
Turn on the toggle to pause applications for the job.
When you're ready to continue hiring again, simply disable the toggle.
As soon as you pause applications for a job, the 'Apply now' button will be replaced by a Notify me button where talent can sign up to be notified when the hiring for that job resumes.
Candidates
Talent and candidates that have signed up to be notified will be shown in the job overview, just like other candidates. Their origin will be "Signed up" which means they've signed up when applications for that job were paused.
Please note:
candidates that sign up to be notified will not receive a confirmation email
team members in the hiring team will not receive a notification about a new sign up
the settings for data retention period in your account will also be applied to candidates that sign up
pausing applications is only possible for active jobs