1345 | Zoho Recruit | Recruiter Experience | Adding Candidates to your database

1345 | Zoho Recruit | Recruiter Experience | Adding Candidates to your database


Here are all the ways to get candidates in Zoho Recruit and/or associated to jobs

Candidate applies for a job

When a candidate applies for a job through your career site or a linked job board, a profile will automatically create in Zoho Recruit. An application will be added for the relevant job.

Candidate registers on your database

You can make sure of the candidate portal or a webform to allow candidates to register their profile on your database should there be no available position to apply for.

Manually create candidate record (type in the details

Like with all types of records in Zoho Recruit, simply click on the +
Or, Open the relevant module (in this case candidates) > Click on the +



Import from spreadsheet / document





Migration from another ATS / database


To migrate your data from another ATS / database, certain requirements must be met.


Parse through email



Parse resume in one of 2 ways :

1 Create a candidate on your database. Find your system parsing email address :
Settings > Resume Management > Resume Inbox > Email Accounts > Email address

You can simply forward a resume to this address via email and Zoho will extract the data, create a profile, and attach the resume.


2 Create a candidate on your database AND associate them to a live job. Find the job's unique parsing email address :
Open job > Sourcing Summary > Job Mailbox
You can simply forward a resume to this address via email and Zoho will extract the data, create a profile, attach the resume AND associate candidate to job



Resume Extractor    


 Associate candidate from your Recruit database to a job



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