In addition to being able to update candidate hiring stages one by one, you can also perform bulk updates through Mekari Talenta Recruitment. This way, dozens to thousands of hiring stage updates can be done at once simply by using the checkbox feature.

Important
Make sure the candidates are already registered in Talenta Recruitment.

Here are the steps.

A. Moving Candidate Stages by Checking Checkboxes

1. Go to the “Candidates” menu.
   

2. Then, select one pipeline stage, for example, Assessment. Next, check the checkboxes next to the employee names.
   

3. Click “Move to”, then choose the candidate’s target stage, for example HR interview. Specifically for Assessment and Interview stage types, you can select the option Move only (move without setting up invitations) or Move and Invite (move the stage and set up invitation details). This option does not apply to other stage types.
   

   You cannot move candidate stages in bulk if the candidates have different Job positions. Use the “All filter” feature to filter candidate names by the same Job position. If there are employees with different Job positions, the following pop-up will appear. Click “OK, got it” to reselect the candidate names.
   

4. If you select the Interview stage type, you must fill in the candidate interview invitation details as follows. Click here to learn how to invite candidates to the Assessment stage.
   

5. If the invitation details are correct, click “Save”.
   

B. Moving Candidate Stages by Exporting Excel Document

1. On the Candidate page, click “More” then click Bulk update candidates.
   

   You can also import candidate historical logs in Excel format by clicking Import & export logs.

2. You will be directed to the following page. Click “Select candidates” to choose the candidate names whose hiring stages will be updated.
   

3. Here, you can use filters based on Job position (required), Hiring stage (required), and Applied date (optional). Once the filters are set, click “Apply filter”.
   

4. You can also search for a specific candidate by typing their name in the Search candidate field.
   

5. Check the names of the candidates whose hiring stages will be updated. Then, click “Select candidates”.
   

   You can select up to a maximum of 2,000 candidates at once.

   Important
   At the Assessment stage, if you move candidates from different positions, for example, Account Manager and Sales simultaneously, the system cannot include their assessment data because they come from different job postings. Therefore, make sure to filter first so that the selected candidates come from the same position to ensure their scores remain synchronized, as shown in the example below.
   

6. You will be directed to this page to review the candidate names. Click “Next” to continue to the next step.
   

   If there are any candidate names that are incorrect, you can remove them by clicking the “-” icon.

7. At this stage, you can download the template to update the hiring stages of the selected candidates by clicking “Download template”. After filling out the template and saving it on your computer, upload the template again by clicking “Browse”.
   

   Here is an example of the Bulk update candidate template you need to complete. You can hover your pointer over the column headers to see instructions for filling each column.
   

8. Make sure the file has finished uploading, as shown below. Click “Upload” to complete the bulk update candidates step.
   

   You can click the “-” icon to delete the uploaded file.

9. You will be redirected back to the Candidates page, and a notification like the following will appear if the update process was successful.
   

That concludes the guide on how to update candidate hiring stages in bulk on Mekari Talenta Recruitment. Next, you can learn about how to archive candidate data here.