Suggested candidates: a ranked list for every job, one click from the board

What changed

A job’s Candidates board now has a Suggested button just left of the search field. It is there on every job, whether or not the job has strong fits, and opens the Suggested candidates page.

The Suggested column that sat at the start of the board has been removed, so the board starts with your first workflow stage again. The Recommended section that used to sit at the bottom of the job page is gone too; its list lives on the Suggested candidates page.

The Suggested candidates page

The page lists up to 50 suggestions in three groups: Strong fit, Good fit and Worth a look. Each row shows the person’s initial inside a score ring that fills to their match score, their name with city and distance underneath, and the score as a percentage on the right, so you can scan straight down the list. Rings fill in once when the page opens. Choose a row to open a panel beside the list. Drag the divider between them to resize it; your width is remembered in this browser. On a phone the panel opens full screen.

The first time you open the page for a job that has no suggestions yet, the list is built while you wait, and you see a short loading state.

Why this person

The panel starts with a larger score ring and the person’s name and place. The round resume button next to the close button opens their resume without leaving the page. Close the panel with the close button or the Escape key.

Right under the name, four lines explain the score, each with a thin colored bar and a short fact. Experience shows how closely their work history matches this job. Skills shows which of the job’s listed skills appear on their profile. License shows whether they hold the licenses the job asks for. Distance shows how far they live. The bars grow when the panel opens and glide to the next person when you move on.

Below that, “Now” shows their current role and when it started, a few short points say why they fit the job, and “Recent work” lists up to three earlier roles with their years, all taken from their resume. A separate “Worth checking” section, shown only when there is something to check, says what to confirm before you reach out. If you have asked your computer to reduce motion, rings and bars show their final values without animating.

Pass and Add

On a light bar at the bottom of the panel, Pass removes the person from this job’s suggestions, and the green button adds them to the first stage of the job’s workflow. Both move straight on to the next person, and both show their result right away. If a request fails, the person comes back and you see an error. People who are already in the pipeline show “In pipeline” instead of the green button.

Boundaries to know about

Suggested candidates is not a pipeline stage and does not change your stages. People without a processed resume cannot be ranked and do not appear. Passing on someone only affects this job. Once a list is built it stays as it is; it does not rebuild on its own when the job or your candidates change. The list is a starting point for your search and does not replace your own judgement about who to contact.

The breakdown needs no rebuild and also appears on lists you already have. A line shows no bar when it does not apply, for example when the job requires no license, and just states the fact instead. The breakdown reflects the job as it is described now. Experience is an estimate drawn from resume text, so check it against the resume. Lists built before these explanations were added can show a person without points or without the breakdown.