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Review and Hire Applicants

Complete the hiring process by reviewing all candidates, rejecting unsuccessful applications, and welcoming new hires.

Updated over a week ago

This help guide will discuss the Review and Hire stage of Tanda Hire.

Collect applications for a new role, progress them through the hiring stages, and onboard the right candidate directly into your Tanda account.

This feature is only available for users on the Tanda HR plan.


Permissions

By default, only account Admins have full access to our Tanda Hire feature. To grant managers (or anyone else) access, enable the following settings via Settings > All Settings > Permissions > Show Advanced Settings > Customise access & roles here.

Once on that page, select the role you want to edit from the menu.

To view and progress applications, enable the following permissions under Hire:

To hire and onboard an applicant, enable the following permissions:

To learn more about customising permissions, please see our help guide.


Access Applications

As candidates submit their applications, account admins will be notified via email from noreply@tanda.co.

To view your job ads, navigate to Hire > Job Ads. From here, click on View Applications to manage all applicants.


View Application Details

To view application details, navigate to Hire > Job Ads > View Applications. You will be directed to the following page where you can view all applications for that job:

For a more in-depth view of your candidates, navigate to the Candidate Details tab:

On the left of the page, you will see a filterable list of candidates. When you select a candidate, their details will appear on the right.

Each application will include the applicant's details, whether they've answered the screening questions and their resume and cover letter. If uploaded as a PDF, the applicant's resume and cover letter will be embedded on the page. If uploaded as a .docx file, these will need to be downloaded.

Navigate through the tabs on their profile to see all of their application information.


Add Notes

On each application, you can leave an internal note that's visible to other staff with permission to view applicants. Applicants cannot see these notes.

To leave a note, select the applicant's name from the left sidebar, then click on the 'Notes' tab and select + Add Note.


Managing Job Stages

Users can also manage and customise their job stages (e.g. 'Shortlisted', 'Interviewed', 'Offered', etc.) in Tanda Hire, giving you more flexibility and personalisation options.

To do so, navigate to Hire > Settings > Stages.

From there, you can perform several actions, such as:

  • Creating new stages (via + ADD NEW STAGE). You will be prompted to complete the following form when adding a new stage. Ensure you click CREATE STAGE to save your changes.

  • Renaming stages and changing the colour coding (via the EDIT button). You will be prompted to complete the following form when editing a stage. Ensure you click UPDATE STAGE to save your changes.

  • Nominating whether you can schedule interviews at this stage (via the EDIT button).

  • Nominating whether emails should be sent when a candidate progresses to this stage (via the EDIT button).

  • Nominating whether this stage should show in total "applicant" counts (e.g., you would exclude rejected applications from this count, but users may also want to exclude hired/offered applicants)

  • Re-ordering many of the stages, except for the first and final stages, which are locked. If stages are locked and therefore unable to be re-ordered, you will see the following warning:


Updating an Application's Status

Once you have finished configuring your job, you can adjust an application's status to help internally track a candidate's progress and move them through these job stages. Candidates will not be notified of these internal changes to their status (unless their application is rejected) until you Hire & Onboard them.

To change an applicant's status, either use the dropdown menu or click the Hire & Onboard or Reject buttons in the Candidate Details tab.

Using the dropdown, a candidate's application can be progressed to the following stages:

  • Shortlisted

  • Interviewed

  • Reference Check Required

  • Offered

  • Hired

  • Rejected

Applications can be moved freely between stages and back to a previous stage when required. Applications will be grouped based on their status.

Important: Other than 'Rejected', moving an application between stages will not trigger any additional actions. They are solely for internal communication.

If a candidate is successful and you're hiring them, ensure you use the Hire & Onboard button to use Tanda onboarding.


Rejecting an Application

To reject an application, click the Reject button on the candidate profile.

This will send an Application Rejected email to the candidate, notifying them of the outcome.

All rejected applications are still kept stored in the system. You can view rejected applications by updating the 'Stage' filter on the right to Rejected.

If necessary, you can move the application back to the applicant pool. However, the candidate will not be notified of this change.


Scheduling Interviews

Tanda Hire also makes it straightforward to set your availability and schedule interviews. To do so, navigate to Hire > Candidates > View Profile > View Application, then, progress the applicant to the 'Shortlisted' stage and click on the 'Interview' tab.

Next, select MANAGE INTERVIEWER AVAILABILITY > + ADD INTERVIEWER AVAILABILITY. You will see the following screen:

Input the appropriate information, then click CREATE to save your changes.

To allow a candidate to self-schedule an interview, use the link in the Interview tab.

Adding interviews to your personal calendar

To add an interview to your own calendar, navigate to the Job Ads page, open the dropdown and select Interviews:

On the Interview Schedule page, click the Subscribe button next to the date selector.

This will copy a link to your clipboard, which you can add to your personal calendar. Then, when interviews are scheduled, they will come through to your own calendar.

Note that it can sometimes take a few hours for the interview to sync through.


Hire & Onboard Staff

Tanda Hire is designed to seamlessly link to Tanda's onboarding feature. If you do not use Tanda's onboarding feature, you can keep track of hired candidates by updating an application's status.

If you use Tanda onboarding, invite successful applicants to your Tanda account by clicking the Hire & Onboard button.

To Learn more about Onboarding staff in Tanda, see Send an Employee Onboarding Invitation.


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