Permissions: Job Admin and above

Product tier: Available for all subscription tiers

With the follow candidate or prospect feature, a user can elect to receive email notifications every time a specific candidate or prospect is moved to a new stage or rejected from a job. Users who follow a candidate or prospect will also receive email notifications if they are transferred to a job where the user has permissions.

Note: To deactivate the ability for users to follow candidates/prospects, please contact your Customer Success Manager.

Follow a candidate or prospect

To follow a candidate or prospect, navigate to their profile in Greenhouse Recruiting by selecting or searching for them on the Candidates page or the Job > Candidates tab.

From the candidate's or prospect's profile, click Follow.

Once clicked, a green checkmark followed by the word Following will appear and indicate that the user is following the candidate or prospect.

The candidate or prospect is now followed and the user will receive an email notification when the candidate or prospect is moved to a new stage, rejected from the job, or moved to a job where the user has permissions. The user will receive an email indicating these changes, for example:

Note: For privacy reasons, Greenhouse Recruiting will not send a notification to followers when the candidate is moved to the Offer Stage or is marked as hired.

Unfollow a candidate or prospect

To unfollow a candidate or prospect, and no longer receive email notifications about their progress, navigate to a candidate's or prospect's profile. From the candidate's or prospect's profile, hover over until Unfollow appears.

Click Unfollow.

Filter by followed candidates or prospects

To quickly view a list of all candidates and/or prospects being followed, navigate to the People I'm Following panel on My Dashboard.

For a complete list of all candidates and prospects being followed, click the People I'm Following to expand the results.

You'll be directed to the Candidates search page, filtered by the candidates and prospects currently being followed. Use the provided filter panel to apply any additional criteria to the populated list.