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How to Mark and Manage Restricted Candidates in the Recruitment Process

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Learning Center Mekari
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In the recruitment process, there is a possibility that there are candidates who need to be blacklisted or in Mekari Talenta it is called restricted. The reasons for candidates being blacklisted are various factors, such as their qualifications and experience not matching the role requirements, to performance issues during interviews or assessments. Other common factors also include cultural incompatibility with the team or organization, incompatibilities found during background or reference checks, or salary expectations that exceed the allocated budget.

Therefore, Mekari Talenta Recruitment provides a Restricted Candidate feature which can help HR to more easily mark candidates who are blacklisted. Here are the steps.

  1. Go to https://recruitment-new.talenta.co/, then go to the Candidates menu.
  2. Select the employees you want to mark for restriction.
  3. Then, you need to move the employee recruitment stage by clicking “Move stage”, then click Rejected.
  4. Then, the following sidebar appears. You can tick “Add as restricted candidate”.
  5. Then, you can complete the columns that appear after checking the option.
No. Button/Column Name Explanation
1 Rejection reason Fill in the reasons why this candidate is restricted.
2 Start date Fill in the date the restriction rule will start to be implemented .
3 End date Fill in the end date of the implementation of the restriction rules .
4 Restrict without end date Check if the rule is applied without an end time limit (permanent).

  1. If the data entered is correct and appropriate, you can save and send an email to the candidate by clicking “Save & send email”.

    - The system will not send an email to the candidate if you do not check “Notify candidate via email”.
    - Make sure you have filled in the Rejection reason columns.

  2. Therefore, the candidate's name that you restrict will be labeled with “Restricted” as follows.

That is the guide to marking and managing blacklisted candidates with the restricted candidate feature on Mekari Talenta Recruitment. Next, you can learn the guide to monitoring candidate pages and moving candidate stages here.