Candidates
The Candidate entity can be leveraged throughout the Automation platform.
Automations
See the Automation Steps article for more information about each step.
The following steps are supported in candidate-based automations:
- Add Wait
- Add Branch
- Send Email
- Send Text
- Send Engagement
- Send Notification
- Add Task
- Add Note
- Update Candidate
- Webhook
- Anonymize Candidate
- Onboarding365 - with integration
- Onboarding Talent Edition - with integration
- End Automation
List & Search
See the documentation on Lists for more information.
The following criteria categories are supported with candidate-based lists and advanced search:
- Candidate standard & custom fields
- Activity
- Placement
- Submission
- Note
- Education
- Tearsheet
- Skills
- Specialties
Merge Tags
Review the Merge Tags Explained article for more information.
The following standard fields can be found in Candidate-based automations:
| Merge Tag Name | Tag ID |
|---|---|
| Candidate Address 1 | %STREET% |
| Candidate Address 2 | %STREET2% |
| Candidate Address Link | %ADDRESSLINK% |
| Candidate Appointment Date | %APPOINTMENTDATE% |
| Candidate Appointment Time | %APPOINTMENTTIME% |
| Candidate ATS ID | %ATSCANDIDATEID% |
| Candidate Category | %CATEGORY% |
| Candidate City | %CITY% |
| Candidate Company Name | %COMPANYNAME% |
| Candidate Country | %COUNTRY% |
| Candidate Date Available | %DATEAVAILABLE% |
| Candidate Email | %EMAIL% |
| Candidate First Name | %FIRSTNAME% |
| Candidate Herefish ID | %HEREFISHCANDIDATEID% |
| Candidate Last Name | %LASTNAME% |
| Candidate Phone Number | %PHONENUMBER% |
| Candidate Position | %POSITION% |
| Candidate Source | %SOURCE% |
| Candidate State | %STATE% |
| Candidate Zip Code | %ZIPCODE% |
| Candidate Owner Calendar Link | %OWNERCALENDARLINK% |
| Candidate Owner Email | %OWNEREMAIL% |
| Candidate Owner First Name | %OWNERFIRSTNAME% |
| Candidate Owner Full Name | %OWNER% |
| Candidate Owner Last Name | %OWNERLASTNAME% |
| Candidate Owner Phone Number | %OWNERPHONENUMBER% |
| Candidate Owner Position Title | %OWNERPOSITIONTITLE% |
| Candidate Status | %STATUS% |
| All custom fields associated with Candidates are supported as merge tags. | |
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