Recruitment Marketing Public

When you create a new form field using the form builder, you have the option of having that field represented in the platform’s Advanced Search feature as an additional data type around which you can construct your candidate search. This means you can search for, view, and segment into a list, all candidates according to the information they entered into a custom form field.

For example, in the form below, the custom field asks candidates to indicate which departments they are most interested in.

Assuming the Show this field in Candidate advanced search & Workflow checkbox has been selected at the form building stage, this field will appear as a data type in Advanced Search, with users then being able to search for candidates based on their response to the question, i.e., all candidates for whom "Department preferences" equals "Marketing or Engineering or Administration & Support".

Configuring the form field

To include a custom form field as a data type in Advanced Search, the relevant setting must be checked in the form builder. It is recommended to always select this option. You can do this retroactively as follows:

1. From the side menu, under Content, click Calls-To-Action.
2. Next to the relevant CTA, click the hyperlinked number of Fields.
   
3. Next to the relevant form field, click the Edit icon.
   
4. Ensure that the Show this field in Candidate advanced search & Workflow is selected.
   
5. Click the Save button to keep the setting.

Candidate search by custom form field input

1. From the side menu, under CRM, click Candidates. Alternatively, from the Home Dashboard, click Candidates.
2. At the All Candidates list, from the right side, click the Columns button.
3. Click the toggle icon next to the field to include or exclude it from the column list, e.g., Form-type CTA demo.
4. On the left side, click the Filter button.
5. Expand the Form submissions section.
6. Look for and tick the field, then define the filter criteria by it to either Equals or In list.
7. In the Filter text field, enter the term to filter by. The term value will be directly related to the information the candidate enters in that form field, e.g., Department preferences.

The candidate list updates as matching results are found.