Adding Candidates to a Job

Modified on Tue, 20 Oct at 10:53 AM

With your job built and its questions ready, it's time to bring in the people you'll actually interview. Adding a candidate places them in this job's pipeline, where you can interview them, track how they move through your stages, and manage their recording consent. You can enter someone from scratch, import a resume, or pull in a candidate you already have on file.

Adding Candidates from a Job

  1. Open the job
  2. Click Add Candidate
  3. Search for candidates by name
  4. Select one or more candidates
  5. Click the Add button

Tip: To find your jobs, click Jobs in the top navigation bar, then search for or select the job you need.

Importing Several Résumés at Once

If you're starting from a batch of résumés rather than candidates already on file, you can create them all in one pass.

  1. Open the job and click Add Candidate
  2. In the search dialog, click Import Résumé(s)
  3. Drag in or select up to 25 PDF or Word files
  4. Click through the import

Lavalier creates the candidates in the background and adds them to this job's pipeline, so you don't have to wait on the dialog—they'll appear in the job within a few minutes.

From a Candidate's Profile

You can also add a candidate to a job directly from their profile page.

  1. Open the candidate's profile
  2. Click Add [Name] to New Job
  3. Search for and select the job
  4. Click Add to Job

What's next?

With candidates in your pipeline, you're ready to talk to them — set up your first conversation, whether you start it now or schedule it for later.

Create and schedule interviews →

Troubleshooting

Error: I don't see the "Add Candidate" button

Make sure your job is in the "Interviewing" stage. The Add Candidate button only appears for active jobs, not jobs that are still in draft mode.

Error: I can't find the candidate I'm looking for

The candidate may not exist in your system yet. If you have permission to manage candidates, you can create a new candidate directly from the search dialog by clicking the create option that appears.

If the candidate exists but was archived, they won't appear in search. Check the Archived tab on your Candidates page and unarchive them first.

Error: I can't add a candidate to the job

You need edit permissions for the candidate to add them to a job. If you don't see the option to add a specific candidate, check with your administrator about your candidate management permissions.

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