This article is for administrators.
Sometimes you may get too many applicants for a job. You may want to remove the job from your website but still keep the job open in Recruiting. This is also known as pausing a job.
When you do this:
- The job stays open and active in Recruiting.
- The job no longer shows on your Careers page or on job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor.
Follow these steps to stop accepting resumes for an active job posting:
- Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking.
- Select the job title to stop accepting resumes for, and the job details screen opens.
- Select the blue More Info icon (
). A popup appears. - Select the Job Promotions tab.
- In the Company Careers Page section, select the vertical ellipses icon.
- In the popup, select End Promotion.
- This occurs:
- A success notification displays briefly.
- The green Active label is changes to a blue Promote label for the Company Careers Page.
- The promotion is also removed from the Free Job Boards (Indeed, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor).
Updated: March 16th, 2026 7078 views 1 likes
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