Are you looking to screen and control communications to any app-referred candidates who live overseas?
It is possible (but optional) to ask candidates if they live and have the right to work in the country they are based when they express interest in a role. You can also select if candidates should be auto-rejected if they do not live and have the right to work in the country.
These two options are customisable for each job so if you would like to allow overseas candidates for one role but not another you can!
It’s effortless to set this up for your current jobs; this step-by-step guide will show you how.
Step 1: Head to the jobs area of the portal. Then click jobs at the top of the page:
Step 2: Search for the job you wish to edit in the search box, click the three-dot menu icon, and click edit:
Step 3: Click next until you reach page ‘4’ on the top step-by-step graphic:
If you would like to add the question: ‘Do you have the right to live and work in the UK?’ to the expression of interest form, select the option 'Right to Work?' from the drop-down menu:
For organisations based in the Republic of Ireland or Australia, the question will reflect this.
The new screening question will then appear on the expression of interest form seen by potential candidates and they will need to answer 'yes' or 'no' to submit the form:
If you would like to auto-reject any candidate who answers no to the question ‘Do you have the right to live and work in the UK?’ please select the 'Right to Work? (Auto-reject) option from the drop-down menu instead:
Selecting auto-reject will ensure that:
The candidate will not come through to your candidate area - saving your recruiters' time
The referrer will not receive any points for the expression of interest - so you only pay points for eligible candidates
The candidate will receive a friendly email to inform them that only applicants who are living and have the right to work in the country can progress. Select plan clients can update the content of this email - click HERE to find out more, or contact us at [email protected] if you're interested in upgrading to our Select Plan.
❗Please Note: If auto-reject remains OFF, even if a candidate answers that they do not live and have the right to work in the country the application will appear in the candidate list as usual and the referrer will receive the expression of interest points.
NB: If you have candidate verification switched on, the points will not be awarded until the candidate is progressed to 'Suitable to progress' or 'Contacted- unsuitable to progress'
Step 4: Click Next, then Finish:
If you have chosen not to auto-reject a candidate, you will be able to see how a candidate has answered the additional question on the expression of interest form by heading to the candidate area and clicking on the contact card:
The above steps can then be repeated for any of the other job roles.
💡Helpful hint: For any roles where the auto-rejection option has been turned on, we recommend including a sentence in your job description to inform candidates that a role is not accepting overseas candidates.
To do this, repeat the above step 1 and then click on next until you reach page 3 at the top of the edit job screen. This will take you to the description and media page and you can use the description box to add the additional point. Once done click ‘Next’ and then ‘Finish’. The job description will then be updated.
We hope this helps. If you have any questions regarding the management of your overseas applicants, just click the green chat icon in the bottom right of your screen and we will be happy to support you.
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