How to Archive Job Candidates: A Workwisely Step-by-Step

Archived

ARCHIVAL WORKSPACE

Archived

Keep a clean active pipeline by archiving candidates who are no longer moving forward — without losing any history.

Hygiene
person WHO USES THIS
Recruiters closing out rejected candidates
Ops owners tidying stale pipelines
Compliance reviewing disposition records
target WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE
Archive candidates with a clear reason
Preserve full history for audits
Restore or re-engage when relevant

The Archived status in the Job Candidates section refers to candidates who are no longer active in the current recruitment process for a specific job post but are retained in the system for future reference or potential opportunities. Archiving helps maintain a clean and focused view of active candidates while still preserving valuable profiles.

  • Navigate to Recruitment → Job Candidates, click the three-dot menu next to the appropriate candidate, and select Move Candidate to Archive.

  • A pop-up window will appear where you can select the reason for archiving, such as Not Qualified, Candidate Not Reachable, etc.

  • If you want to notify the candidate, enable the Notify Candidate toggle and choose the desired email notification time (e.g., Now, After 2 Hours, After 24 Hours). Click Preview Email to review the message, then click Send.

  • You can also enter any remarks in the Comments section before clicking Submit. The candidate will then be archived and moved to the Archive folder.

To perform additional actions on archived candidates, you can delete the candidate profile, blacklist the candidate, or rollback their profile to the active candidate list.

  • Navigate to Recruitment → Job Candidates → Archived, and click the three-dot menu on the right side of the candidate entry to access these options:

  • Rollback – Restores the candidate’s profile back to the active candidate list.

  • Delete – Permanently removes the candidate’s profile from the system.

  • Blacklist Candidate  – Moves the candidate to the blacklist, restricting future consideration.



Fig: Archived


Fig: Archived Actions

Fig: Move Candidate to Archive

Fig: Email for the Candidate Archive



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