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Indeed Candidate Sync integration

Candidate Sync allows you to transfer (pre-apply) positive connections from Indeed Smart Sourcing into Greenhouse Recruiting.

Note: While Smart Sourcing as a product is available in international markets, Candidate Sync as an integration is limited to US-only.

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Create a Harvest API key

To configure the Indeed Candidate Sync / Greenhouse Recruiting integration, you’ll need to create a Harvest API key.

Follow the steps in this article to create the key, and verify that the permissions below are selected when configuring the Indeed Candidate Sync integration.

Credentials

In the Create New Credential box, make the following selections:

  • API Type: Harvest
  • Partner: Indeed
  • Description: Indeed Harvest API Key

Permissions

Verify that the following permissions are selected for the Indeed integration:

  • Applications
    • Patch: Update Application
    • Post: Add Attachment to Application
  • Candidates
    • Get: Retrieve Candidate
    • Get: List Candidates
    • Patch: Edit Candidate
    • Post: Add Candidate
    • Post: Add Attachment
    • Post: Add Application
    • Post: Add Education
    • Delete: Delete Education
    • Post: Add Employment
    • Delete: Delete Employment
    • Post: Add Prospect
  • Jobs
    • Get: Retrieve Jobs
    • Get: List Jobs
  • Tags
    • Delete: Remove tag from candidate
    • Get: List tags applied to candidates
    • Get: List Candidate Tag
    • Post: Add New Candidate Tags
    • Delete: Remove Candidate Tags
    • Put: Add a candidate tag
  • Users
    • Get: Retrieve User
    • Get: List Users
  • Sources
    • Get: List Sources
  • Prospect Pool
    • Get: Retrieve Prospect Pool
    • Get: List Prospect Pools
  • Education
    • Get: Get degrees
    • Get: Get disciplines
    • Get: Get schools
  • Rejection Reasons
    • Get: List Rejection Reasons
  • Job Stages
    • Get: List Job Stages

When finished, click Save.

Your Harvest API key for the Greenhouse Recruiting / Indeed Candidate Sync integration is created and configured. Copy the Harvest API key to provide to Indeed in the next step.

Provide your API credentials to Indeed and complete setup

Note: Users will need Employer Home administrator access assigned within Indeed to enable Candidate Sync.

After creating your Harvest API key for the Indeed / Greenhouse Recruiting integration, you'll need to provide the key to Indeed. These steps need to be completed by a user with Indeed Employer Home administrator access.

Navigate to Indeed Employer Home and select Greenhouse Recruiting.

Next, click Get started and select Install candidate syncing for Smart Sourcing.

Enter the information from your Greenhouse admin:

  • Email
  • Harvest API key

Agree to the terms and conditions, click Continue.

Next, you'll need to use the Selected Source dropdown to select a candidate source. The source you select will be the source attributed to candidates when they're created with Candidate Sync. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Additional resources

For additional information on how to use the integration after installation, please reference Indeed's employer help center.