Permissions: Job Admins, who can create, edit, and delete job posts, and Site Admins

Product tier: Available for all subscription tiers

With Auto-Tag, you can set up application rules that will automatically assign a certain tag to a candidate based on their answers during their application. You can then use these tags to filter the All Candidates page to get a more specific view of your available candidates.

Example: For the custom job post question, "What cities are you available to work in?", you can configure auto-tagging so candidates who answer Boston are automatically tagged with Available for Boston

Create custom candidate tags

Note: To create custom candidate tags, Job Admin users must also have the user-specific permission Can manage company metadata.

Navigate to the Custom Options page and select Candidate Tags. (Configure icon Icon_-_Configure__redesign_.png > Custom Options > Candidates Tags

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Click Create New Candidate Tag.

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Enter a label for your tag and click Create Candidate Tag

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Create a custom job post question

After you create a custom candidate tag, you'll need to add a custom job post question that will be associated with your application rule. 

Note: Auto-Tagging can be configured only for questions of the following type:
  • Yes/No
  • Single select
  • Multi select

Navigate to the Job Posts tab for the job where you want to assign tags. (Jobs > select a job from the list > Job Setup > Job Posts)

Click the Edit icon edit.png next to the job post.

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Scroll down the page to the Custom Application Question section and click Add Custom Question.

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Enter your question in the text field and choose the question type.

Note: Remember, auto-tagging rules can only be used on Yes/No, single-select, and multi-select question types.

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If you chose a single-select or multi-select question, list the response choices in the Options field. When you have finished, click Add.

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Scroll to the bottom of the Edit Job Post page and click Save to confirm the changes.

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Create an auto-tag application rule

After you create a custom tag and define an application question, you'll create an application rule that will automatically tag any matching candidates.

To create a new rule, stay on the Job Posts page on a job, and click Manage Rules in the Application Rules column. 

Note: This button will have a different label (such as 2 Rules) if you previously added application rules.

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Click Add a Rule. If you want to modify an existing rule to auto-tag candidates, click the Edit icon Edit   instead.

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Select your job post question and the candidate's response in the top half of the page. Then, select the Tag checkbox.

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Select the correct tags from the dropdown menu. You can select more than one tag.

When you're finished, click Save.

View auto-tagged candidates

You can view any automatically tagged candidates by selecting the tag in the Candidate Tag filter on the Candidates page. 

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For more detailed information on filtering candidates, click here.