How to Import Candidates

Do the following to import candidatesClosed A person looking for a job. A candidate can also be referred to as a Job Seeker, Applicant, or Provider.:

  1. Select one or more candidates from the search results.
  2. Click the Actions button and choose Import Profile.
  3. The import status can be monitored using the widget in the lower right corner or in the TKClosed An abbreviation for Textkernel CandidateClosed A person looking for a job. A candidate can also be referred to as a Job Seeker, Applicant, or Provider. Import Request object records.

When an import is started, Textkernel returns the candidate’s resume from the selected external jobClosed A job (vacancy, position, role) is an opening for which a customer's client needs a placement. board, along with an XMLClosed Used to create custom markup languages in order to display information on the Internet. We use XML when sending jobs to Indeed for syndication. document that is used to create a contact in the Org. The resume parser built into Bullhorn for Salesforce uses the resume and XML document to create the contact record, along with corresponding employment history, education history, skill, and contact document related records.

The import uses the resume parsing logic to create a contact and related records. If a duplicate contact is found, the existing record will be updated with the values from the resume, otherwise a new contact will be created.