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Source types

Laura Dominoni
Laura Dominoni
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Recruit allows you to define the type for each of your sources. Defining the correct type triggers the correct actions in Recruit and allows for accurate reporting and analysis of source quality to inform your talent acquisition strategy.

đź’ˇ Tip: Learn more about managing candidate sources.

Agency

Source: Paid recruiting services

Color in Reports: Red

  • After opening a new position, you can easily request added Agencies to submit candidates by navigating to the Position > Sources tab, clicking on the envelope icon in the Agencies row, and selecting Request candidates.

  • To request candidates from a specific Agency, click on the envelope icon next to the Agency’s name.

  • When receiving a candidate’s resume from an Agency without contact details, you can easily request the candidate’s details by clicking on the agency name on the candidate card and selecting Request candidate details.

  • When closing a position, Recruit will ask you whether to notify Agencies that submitted candidates to the position about the closing of the position.

Campus

Source: Universities and colleges through referrals and events

Color in Reports: Yellow

Internal mobility

Source: Employees taking new jobs in the company

Color in Reports: Teal

Employees who apply for positions within the company by clicking on “Apply as an employee” on the company’s website, will be attributed to a source called Employees under Internal mobility.

Job board

Source: Free and paid job postings on job boards

Color in Reports: Orange

Referrer: uncompensated

Source: Employees who are not compensated for successful referral hires

Color in Reports: Dark green

Learn more about referral programs and weekly updates to referrers.

Referrer: compensated

Source: Employees who are compensated for successful referral hires

Color in Reports: Light green

Social Network

Source: Free and paid traffic to social media

Color in Reports: Dark blue

Web

Source: Websites that refer candidates to the careers website

Color in Reports: Light blue

  • When candidates reach your careers website from another website and apply, they will be attributed to a source named after the site that they came from (e.g., Google.com).

  • Learn more about tracking candidates’ sources.

Other

Source: Any other channel that doesn’t apply to the previously listed source types

Color in Reports: Yellow

Have more questions? Contact us at recruit.support@sparkhire.com

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