The candidate tab is available in Operations as well as User Service (left side tab), based on the permissions you can access the tabs from any of the interface and manage the candidate records.

Create, Edit or Delete View

Create View

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate tab.
   
2. Click the Candidate View dropdown and click Create View.
   
3. Enter the view name.
   
4. Set as default view if required.
   
5. Select the view permission.
   
   

   Setting view permissions will allow applicable employees to view the custom view in the Onboarding service where they can manage the records provided with necessary permissions in Zoho People. For more details, refer to Onboarding - Permission.
   
6. In Select Columns, select the candidate form field names and move to right side.
   
   
   
7. Add criteria to the view to display records defined according to the criteria.
8. Click Save.
   The view will be created and listed to applicable employees.

Edit View

Delete view

You can only delete the custom views. Deleting the view will delete the view to all applicable employees.

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate tab.
   
2. Select the view form the dropdown and click Delete > Confirm.
   
   
   

Add Candidate

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate tab.
   
2. Click Add Candidate.
   
3. Fill in the necessary details and click Submit.
   
   

Click Submit and New to add one after the another.

Actions available Upon Record Selection

Select the candidate record to perform any of the  following actions. To select the record, navigate to Onboarding > Operations > Candidate, and select the check box of the records.

Mass update

This option allows you to mass update the candidate record field values. You can multi select the records and update their form field information at once as provided in the below image.

Trigger Onboarding

To trigger onboarding for multiple records at once, select the record and click Trigger Onboarding.

Convert To

To convert Candidate to Employee or Employee Profile, select the candidate records and click the Convert to dropdown and select the required option listed below:

1. Invite Users: An email invitation will be sent to the user, allowing them to set up the password and log in to the Zoho People application. Once they have logged in, the user will be added to Zoho People user records.

1. Add Users Directly: Users will be directly added to Zoho People user records and based on the password selection, the password will be mailed to administrators who is performing the convert action, which they can share with the candidate to login to their Zoho People account.
   
   
2. Employee Profiles: A user record will be added to Zoho People's Employee Profile record in Settings > Manage Accounts > Users. The employee profile user will not have access to Zoho People.

Send for Signature

To send document for e-signature for multiple candidate, select the candidate records and click Send for Signature, for more information, refer to Sending E-sign Documents from a Form.

Delete Candidate

To delete the candidate, select the required candidate records and click Delete. 

All data related to the selected candidates will be deleted from Zoho People.

Import Candidate Records

Import option allows you to import records of multiple candidates at once. You can define the candidate form field values in XLS file and import them.

To import the candidate record:

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate.
   
2. Click ellipsis icon and click Import.
   
3. Click Download sample template.
   
   

   A Candidate Template.XLS file will be downloaded to your downloads folder.
   
4. Open the template and fill in the candidate details such as Candidate ID, email, First Name and Last Name and other required details to be imported.
   
5. Go to import section in Zoho People and click Upload file and select the candidate template file in which you have added the candidate details.
   
   
6. Select Import data for and Import based on values and click next
   
7. Select the required option to update duplicate values
   
8. Click Proceed.
   
9. Candidate data will be imported to Zoho People and you can view the import details in the import summary section.

Export Candidate Records

To export the candidate record:

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate.
   
2. Click ellipsis icon and click Export.
   
3. Select the file format and other options export options if necessary.
   
4. Click Export.
   
   
   

Candidate view.xls file will be downloaded to your downloads folder where you can find the exported data.

Bulk File Upload

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate.
   
2. Click ellipsis icon and click Bulk File Upload.
   
3. Select the file upload field from Upload data for dropdown.
   
   
   
4. Select upload based on values
   
   

   For example, if you have selected Upload based on values as Candidate Id, your file name should be named with Candidate ID CND 173, CND174 and so on.
   
5. Add files named with Upload based on values and zip them on your computer folder.
   
6. Click Upload File in Zoho People and select the zip file
   
7. Click Submit.
   The files are uploaded to the candidate records and you can use them to send for signature.

E-Sign Documents

1. Navigate to Operations > Onboarding > Candidate
   
2. Click the ellipsis icon and click E-Sign Documents.
   
   
   
   
3. The documents sent for e-signature to the candidates are listed here. Click on a record to view the e-sign Document details.