Hire candidate

Mark the candidate as hired — short sidebar with one toggle: do you want to close the job at the same time?

Where to find it

Kanban → applicant menu → Hire

Who can use it

Anyone with edit access to applications.

Direct URL

https://app.nextal.com/jobs/<ID>?tab=applicants

🔒Requires permission:Application Edit

“Hire” marks the candidate as hired for this job. The sidebar has a single decision to make: do you want to also close the job at the same time?

Screenshot pendingThe Hire Candidate(s) sidebar showing the hired candidate names as badges, a "Close job" toggle (on by default), and one footer button — either "Close job" or "Save" depending on the toggle state.

The Hire sidebar — short and to the point. Pick whether to close the job and save.

When to use this

Use Hire when an offer has been accepted and the role is filled. This is the final positive state on the kanban; once hired, the candidate stops moving through the workflow.

How to open it

1. Find the candidate on the kanban.
2. Open the applicant menu on the card.
3. Pick Hire. The sidebar slides in from the right.

What you fill in

Field

What it does

Hired candidate(s)

Read-only list of who you’re hiring — shown as badges. Multi-hire is supported (rare, but possible for shift-based or volume hiring).

Close job toggle

On by default. When on, saving also marks the job as filled and closes it. When off, the candidate is marked hired but the job stays open.

Note

What’s NOT in the sidebar. That’s the whole sidebar. There’s no start date, salary, offer letter or onboarding info captured here — those live in other tools or on the candidate’s profile if you’ve configured custom fields.

What happens when you save

If the Close job toggle is on, you’ll see one footer button: Close job. Clicking it marks the candidate(s) as hired and closes the job — the job stops accepting new applications and moves into a closed state.

If the toggle is off, you’ll see one footer button: Save. Clicking it marks the candidate(s) as hired but leaves the job open. Other candidates remain in their statuses and can still be moved.

Hiring multiple candidates

You can multi-select candidates with the kanban checkboxes and use the bulk Hire action — all selected candidates are marked hired at once. Useful for batch hires (call-center cohort, retail seasonal, etc.).

Who can do what

What you want to do

What you need

Hire a candidate

Edit access to applications on this job

Close the job

Edit access to the job itself

Tips

• Close the job when you hire, unless you’re still actively considering candidates for the same role (open backfill scenarios are rare).
• Hiring doesn’t send the candidate a notification by itself. Send a welcome / start-date confirmation email separately via Send candidate email.
• Want to reverse a hire? Move the candidate back to an earlier kanban status. The hire is undone; if the job was closed, you’ll need to reopen it via the job detail page.