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Tag candidate on application

Add free-form tags to a candidate from the kanban — for cross-job sourcing and kanban filtering. Tags live on the candidate, not the application.

Where to find it
Kanban → applicant menu → Add tag
Who can use it
Anyone with edit access to candidates.
Direct URL
https://app.nextal.com/jobs/<ID>?tab=applicants

Tag adds free-form labels to a candidate, scoped to the candidate (not the application). Tags are useful for sorting, filtering on the kanban, and grouping candidates across jobs by attributes you care about — “senior”, “remote-ready”, “speaks Spanish”, whatever your team uses.

The tag sidebar. Type to find an existing tag or create a brand-new one.

When to use this

Use it to:

  • Mark candidates who fit a specific niche (e.g. French-bilingual, night-shift).
  • Flag standouts across many jobs so you can find them later in the candidate list.
  • Group candidates for a future role: tag everyone “data-eng-pipeline” and your next data role can filter on it.

How to open it

  1. Find the candidate on the kanban.
  2. Open the applicant menu on the card.
  3. Pick Add tag (or the equivalent in your workflow). The sidebar slides in from the right.

What you fill in

Field

What it does

Candidate(s)

Read-only list of who you’re tagging. Multi-select from the kanban is supported.

Tags

A multi-select with auto-complete. Type to filter existing tags; if there’s no match, you can create a new one inline. Pick as many as you want.

What happens when you click Update

The selected tags are appended to the candidate’s existing tags — your selection doesn’t replace what was already there. To remove a tag, open the candidate’s profile and edit the tag list there.

Filtering by tag on the kanban

Once tagged, you can filter the kanban by tag from the filter button at the top. Useful for “show me everyone tagged ‘senior’” or “everyone tagged ‘interview-ready’”.

Who can do what

What you want to do

What you need

Add tags to a candidate

Edit access to candidates

Filter the kanban by tag

Read access to applications

Tips

  • Agree on a tag vocabulary. “senior” and “Senior” and “sr” are three different tags. Decide as a team on naming conventions early.
  • Tags are powerful for cross-job sourcing. Hiring data engineers? Filter the global candidate list by the “data” tag instead of resifting old applications.
  • Removing tags happens on the candidate profile, not here. This sidebar only appends.