ATS settings

ATS settings is where administrators define the building blocks that recruiters work with every day — the status labels on candidate and job cards, the reason codes on closure and decline actions, the custom fields that capture information unique to your organization, and the automation rules that keep your pipeline moving without manual nudges.

Changes made here take effect immediately across the ATS. Add a new job status and it appears in the job editor straight away. Rename a decline reason and the updated label shows everywhere it was already in use.

Note

ATS settings is available only to organizations with the ATS feature enabled. If you do not see the menu item, contact your Nextal administrator.

Settings in this section

Candidate custom properties Define the extra fields collected on every candidate record to capture information specific to your hiring process.

Candidate statuses Configure the pipeline status labels that describe where a candidate stands in your recruitment process.

Job custom properties Add organization-specific fields to job postings so recruiters capture the right information at the source.

Job statuses Manage the lifecycle labels that track a job from draft through to closure.

Job reasons Maintain the open and close reason codes attached to job lifecycle events.

Job hierarchy level Manage the seniority or hierarchy tiers available when classifying a job posting.

Job shift type Define the shift schedules (day, evening, night, rotating, etc.) recruiters can assign to a job.

Job schedule type Configure the work-schedule options (full-time, part-time, on-call, etc.) available on job postings.

Job contract type Maintain the employment contract categories (permanent, contract, internship, etc.) used across your jobs.

Job automation Set up rules that automatically advance, notify, or tag applications when a job lifecycle event occurs.

Application workflow Build and maintain the stage-by-stage workflow that governs how applicants move through your hiring pipeline.

Application declined reasons Maintain the list of reasons a recruiter can provide when declining an applicant.

Application denied reasons Maintain the list of denial reasons used when an application is formally denied.

Client custom properties Add organization-specific fields to client records so business-development and recruiting teams capture the same data.

Client statuses Configure the lifecycle status labels that describe a client relationship from prospect through to active or closed.