When you close a job posting, you have two options:
- Deactivate applicants who applied to the job
- Keep applicants active (and transfer them to another job)
If you choose to deactivate applicants when you make a job inactive, you will have the option to set a rejection reason for each applicant and send each applicant a rejection letter.
Note: You have the option to deactivate applicants without sending a rejection letter, but we strongly recommend informing applicants if you plan not to move them forward in the hiring process. It's always better to hear a "no" than nothing at all.
Finding and activating inactive applicants
Any applicants you deactivate are now considered "inactive." To view inactive applicants, navigate to your Applicants page and click the Inactive tab.
Need help finding an applicant? Click the " X" on the right edge of the Job Status: Active filter to remove it. This filter — which is on by default any time you log into CareerPlug — hides applicants from your closed, passive, and draft jobs from view.
To make an inactive applicant active again, click the Reactivate button in the Actions column on your Applicants page.
Finding active applicants from inactive jobs
If you choose to keep your applicants active after closing your job posting, you can find them on your Applicants page in two different ways:
- Enter their name in the Search field on the Active tab.
- Click the All tab and remove any applied filters (especially the Job Status: Active filter).
- If you only want to see active applicants from closed, passive, or draft jobs, select all of your Inactive Jobs from the Jobs drop-down menu.