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Edit candidate profiles

Edit a candidate's name, contact info, tags, source tags, and cover letter

Updated over 9 months ago

Each candidate in Recruitee has all their data organized in a candidate profile.

The main tabs of a candidate profile

  • Overview: All of the candidate's data such as CV, tags, source tags, contact details, social profiles, and activity logs with your recruiting team.

  • Emails: All emails between the candidate and your recruiting team.

  • Evaluation: All ratings and assessment notes for the candidate.

  • Files: Where you can upload candidate-related files like contracts and briefs.

  • Activity: All activity logs between the candidate and your recruiting team.

Edit profile fields

These are custom fields for you candidate profiles and can be used to collect the candidate information that you need such as salary expectations and notice period. They can be setup as templates and applied to all candidates who are applying to a job. 

Edit a candidate's name

1. Go to a candidate's profile.

2. Click the pencil icon next to the candidate's name.

3. Edit the name as you want.

4. Click Save.

Add tags and source tags to a candidate

1. Go to a candidate's profile.

2. Under the Overview tab, click the "+" button next to Tag or Source.

3. Select the tags or source tags you want to add.

4. To create a new tag or source tag, type the tag name and then click Create new.

Edit a candidate's email, phone number, and social link

1. Go to a candidate's profile.

2. Under the Overview tab, click the Edit button in the top right corner of the each field.

3. Edit the information as you want.

4. Click Save.

Add a candidate's cover letter

1. Go to a candidate's profile.

2. Under the Overview tab, scroll down to Cover letter > Click Add.

3. Fill in the cover letter.

4. Click Save.

Edit a candidate's cover letter

1. Go to a candidate's profile.

2. Under the Overview tab, scroll down to Cover letter > Click Edit on the top right corner.

3. Edit the cover letter as you want.

4. Click  Save.

You can see which job the candidate applied for and what's their preferred work location if they chose it.

Edit a candidate's preferred location

Under the Job’s title, the candidate's work location is listed. Click on the pencil to edit.

If a candidate didn't choose anything, you can see a "No location assigned" label instead.

⚠️ For job with one location, the job location is automatically assigned as the candidate’s work location.

Select an additional or different location and click Confirm.

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