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System default fields vs. custom fields

For your convenience, Greenhouse Recruiting pre-populates certain default fields for your jobs, candidates, and offers. Before creating a custom field, make sure that the field does not already exist as one of Greenhouse Recruiting's pre-populated defaults.

In this article, we cover what default fields are available to you and how you can customize additional fields for Jobs, Candidates, and Offers. Additionally, we provide resources for Advanced and Expert customers at the end of this article for those interested in customizing application fields. 

 

Job Fields

By default, Greenhouse pre-populates the following job fields: 

  • Internal Job Name
  • External Job Name (as seen on job board)
  • Department
  • Office
  • Number of Openings
  • Requisiting ID (Req ID)
  • Opening IDs
  • Employment Type

Using custom job fields, you can further customize this default form to include other information you would like to include. In the following example, the job form was customized with additional job fields that was not included in Greenhouse Recruiting's pre-populated defaults.

For more information about how to customize job fields, click here.

 

Candidate Fields

By default, Greenhouse pre-populates the following candidate fields:

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Current Company
  • Current Title
  • Candidate Tags
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Social media links
  • Websites
  • Address
  • Education
  • Employment (Enterprise only)
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Use custom candidate field to record any additional candidate information.

For more information about how to customize candidate fields, click here.

 

Offer Fields

By default, Greenhouse pre-populates the following offer fields:

  • Start Date
  • Employment Type

Using custom offer fields, you can further customize this default form to include other information you would like to include. In the following example, the offer form was customized with additional job fields that was not included in Greenhouse Recruiting's pre-populated defaults.

For more information about how to customize offer fields, click here.

 

Custom Application Fields

Note: Custom Application Fields are available for organizations with an Advanced or Expert subscription.

There are no system defaults for application fields. However, Advanced and Expert customers can customize their own application fields which they can subsequently link to specific questions on job applications.

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For more information about how to customize application fields, click here.