Managing Candidate and Application Stages
Application Stage vs Candidate Stages
- Single Application
- Multiple Applications
Single Application
Scenario 1: Hired
- Total Candidates: 1
- Jobs : 1 (eg: Software Developer)
- Total Open Positions: 1
Candidate | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
Kevin | Hired | Hired |
Scenario 2: Rejected
- Total Candidates: 1
- Jobs : 1 (eg: Software Developer)
- Total Open Positions: 1
Candidate | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
David | Rejected | Rejected |
Multiple Applications
Scenario 1: Hiring Process for Software Developer
Sub-scenario 1.1: One Candidate Hired for One Position
- Total Candidates: 10
- Jobs : 1 (eg: Software Developer)
- Total Open Positions: 5
Candidate | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
John | Hired | Hired |
Other Applications of John | Archived | Hired |
Now lets see how the remaining applications, i.e unhired applications, are handled for the same role
Sub-scenario 1.2: Remaining Applications/Non Hired After One Candidate Hired
- Remaining Candidates: 9
- Jobs : 1 (eg: Software Developer)
- Remaining Open Positions: 4
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
9 candidates | Engaged | Engaged |
Scenario 2: Five Candidates Hired for Five Positions
- Total Candidates: 10
- Total Open Positions: 5
Sub-scenario 3.1: Candidates Not Applied for Other Jobs
- Candidates: 2
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
Sarah and Michael | Archived | Available |
Sub-scenario 3.2: Candidates Applied for Other Jobs
- Candidates: 3
Sub-case 3.2.1: Candidates other Job Applications Still Open
Job Applications Open: At least one associated application is open.
All the remaining Job openings in which David and Emily had applied are still open,
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
David and Emily | Any one of the application status | Engaged |
Sub-case 3.2.2: All Other Job Applications of candidates are closed
- Job Applications Closed: All associated applications are closed.
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
Jessica | Archived | Available |
Scenario 4: Candidate Rejected
When a candidate applies for multiple jobs and receives a rejection, the user has the option to:
Sub-scenario 4.1: Reject the candidate for a single job:
Tony applies for multiple jobs (Say, Developer and Testing) and he got rejected for one job (eg: Developer) alone while the other job is still in open state, then the statuses will be as follows,
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
Tony | Rejected | Engaged |
Sub-scenario 4.2: Reject the candidate for all jobs:
Candidates | Application Status | Candidate Stages |
Jack | Rejected | Rejected |
Rejected: This status indicates that the candidate is no longer under consideration for any job applications within the system.
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