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Manage notifications in Recruiting

Recruiting delivers Notifications in real-time via email or directly in the system, so you never have to miss another comment, follow-up, or action item again.

This article is for administrators.

 

Set up notifications

  1. Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking.
  2. At the top-right, select the Gear icon and select Notification Settings.
  3. For every notification, choose to receive it in Recruiting, by Email, or both. 
    1. These settings apply to jobs the user is assigned to as a Recruiter or Hiring Manager. 
    2. If the user is assigned to an Executive or Team Member job, they do not receive notifications for that job. 
    3. To learn more about Roles and Permissions, refer to Define user types and permissions in Recruiting.

Shows notification settings screen in Recruiting.


View notifications

  1. Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking. 
  2. At the top right, select the bell icon.
    1. To mark all Notifications as Read, select Mark All As Read
    2. You can also select See All for longer lists.

Shows notifications along with a mark all as read and see all function.


Filter notifications

Notifications can be searched and filtered to help users track what is important. Users can quickly find all the items related to a candidate, hiring manager, job, stage, and more. 

  1. Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking
  2. At the top right, select the bell icon.
  3. At the bottom of the notifications list, select See All. A search bar and a filter appear to search for keywords and filter by notification status (All, Unread, Read). 

Shows the notifications screen highlighting the Show All dropdown with notification status selections.


Edit notifications for other employees

Only Administrators can change notification settings for other Recruiting users, while Staffing Users can change notification settings for Standard Users only.

  1. Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking.
  2. At the top, select Admin, then Users
  3. In the User List, select a user. 
  4. Select Notification Settings.
  5. Update settings as needed.
  6. Select Save.

Shows the Notification Settings screen for a user.


Edit new candidate notifications 

Only administrators can override the Notify Standard Users of new candidates setting for all existing and new Standard Users.

  1. Go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking.
  2. At the top, select Admin, then Company Settings
  3. Select Standard User New Candidate Alerts.
  4. Update settings as needed.
  5. Select Save.

Shows the Standard User New Candidate Alerts screen.

Updated: April 3rd, 2026 7470 views


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