New Candidate List: Saved Searches and Recent Searches

This article covers saved and recent searches in the New Candidate List. The New Candidate List gives you quick and easy access to both saved and recent searches, helping you stay efficient and organized as you work through your database.

The new Candidate List will be enabled for all customers by the end of 2025.

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Accessing Saved and Recent Searches

To view your saved and recent searches:

  1. Open the Candidate List.

  2. Click the Quick Search bar at the top.

    • Recent Searches appear on the left, and Saved Searches appear on the right.

You can also click the Saved button at the top of the Candidate List to view your saved searches.

Recent Searches

Recent searches show the criteria used and how long ago the search was run. This lets you quickly return to previous results without rebuilding your filters. The New Candidate List offers more detail than the legacy version, making it easier to identify the search you're looking for.

Recent Searches in Legacy Candidate List:

Recent Searches in New Candidate List:

Saved Searches

What used to be called “Favorite Searches” are now called Saved Searches in the New Candidate List. Saved searches appear in the order they were added, with the most recent at the top. In addition to your own, you’ll also see any public saved searches created by other users.

Saved searches now include more context, such as who created them and what filters were used, so you can understand each one at a glance.

Favorite Searches in Legacy Candidate List:

Saved Searches in New Candidate List (Quick Search view):

Saved Searches in New Candidate List (List view):

Editing a Saved Search

While in a saved search, you can refine the criteria and filters to find the desired results.

To update a saved search, open it in Advanced Search, adjust the filters, and click SAVE SEARCH. You’ll be able to update the current search or save it as a new one.

If you make changes and try to navigate away, you’ll be prompted to update, save as new, or continue without saving.

You’ll see this prompt when taking any of the following actions:

  • Clicking CLEAR ALL inside the Advanced Search screen.
  • Clicking CLEAR search or filter, or CLEAR search or filter from the list.
  • Clicking the Back to Quick Search button from the Advanced Search screen
  • Clicking X on the Advanced Search screen.

Public and Private Saved Searches

Saved searches can be public or private. Public searches are visible to everyone in your corporation, while private searches are only visible to you. New icons help you tell the difference between public () and private () saved searches.

You can adjust visibility when updating a search you own.