Candidate Pools

Have great candidates but don’t have the right position for them yet? Find out how to track applicants in Candidate Pools.

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Written by Breezy Team
Updated over a week ago

When you've got fantastic applicants but no role for them at the moment, Breezy's Candidate Pools make it easy to track and manage them over time.

You'll create and manage candidate Pools (and the applicants in them) in much the same way you manage Positions.

How to create a Candidate Pool

You can add and edit Candidate Pools from the Positions/Pools view.

  1. Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.

  2. Click +Add Pool in the top-right corner of the window.

  3. Enter a name for your pool.

  4. Choose a category from the dropdown.

  5. Click + Add a Tag if you’d like to use tags to simplify searching.

  6. Click + Add Information if you’d like to add details that will only be visible to Hiring Managers, such as salary info or internal job codes.

  7. Click Next Step.

  8. Choose whether to enable GDPR consent rules and click Next Step.

  9. Choose a pipeline and click Next Step.

  10. Choose or create a scorecard and click Next Step.

  11. Add your Hiring Team or external recruiters and click Next Step.

  12. Click Save as Draft or Activate Pool.

Creating a candidate pool

How to edit a Candidate Pool

You can make changes to a Candidate Pool at any time.

  1. Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.

  2. Open the correct pool.

  3. Click the gear icon ⚙️ in the top-right corner of the window to open Candidate Pool Settings.

  4. Make changes and click Save Changes.

You can also set the status of a pool to Active, Draft, Closed, or Archived from the Positions/Pools view.

  1. Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.

  2. Open the correct pool.

  3. Click the status dropdown (a colored dot) next to the name of the pool.

  4. Select the correct status.

Changing the status of a candidate pool

💡 Tip: Save time with shortcuts!

Use keyboard shortcuts to manage candidates more efficiently.


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