Application Limits

you can set application limits to prevent candidates from excessively applying to multiple roles and repeat applications from rejected candidates application limits are available on the legacy plus, plus and enterprise plans foundations legacy plus plus enterprise ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ application limits overview candidates may apply to the same job multiple times after being rejected or apply excessively to multiple open roles before a decision is made, resulting in lost time for recruiters who must review superfluous applications https //app ashbyhq com/admin/application limits/configurations will allow your team to configure rules that will automatically block excessive applications you can also opt to include a message to candidates on the application page to inform them of these limits before they apply again what types of rules are currently supported? rule type description throttling applications limit the number of times a candidate can apply to any job within a scope over a certain number of days repeat applications for the same job block rejected candidates from re applying to the same role within a certain number of days repeat applications for any job block rejected candidates from re applying to any role within the scope within a certain number of days configure application blocking rules create a new rule navigate to https //app ashbyhq com/admin/application limits/configurations to build a rule click + new application limit configuration in the top right corner to start creating a new rule configure a new rule you have the following options for configuring a rule description scope (filtering to establish the jobs that this configuration will apply to) blocking rules throttling applications repeat applications for the same job after a rejection repeat applications for any job after a rejection display message to candidate (what the candidate will see if they apply and their application is blocked) application form callout (displaying a message at the top of the application form explaining the application limit to the candidate) ordering and editing rules if you have multiple rules, then you can sort them in order of preference if an application applies to multiple limiting rules, then the rule that is highest on the list will be applied to edit an application limit configuration, you can click on it to open up the right hand panel and make amendments from there hit ‘save’ to ensure the changes are applied to the rule example rules global rule you can leave the scope section empty for the application limits you configure to be applied to all jobs department rule if you’d like to set up application limits for a specific department or team, click the + add field to match option and search for and select the department option from there, you’ll be able to use the search for team… drop down to select the department in question you can select multiple departments if you’d like the application limits to apply to more than one using application blocking rules candidate view of blocked application application form callout should you choose to add an application form callout to your rule, the message entered will display above the application form for the candidate to read prior to submitting their application application form callout blocked application message if the candidate’s application is blocked by your application limits, they will see the message you add in the display message to candidate field as part of configuring your rule if this field is left blank in your rule setup, the candidate will see the message added in the after candidate submits application field on the https //app ashbyhq com/admin/organizational settings/theme message for a blocked application view blocked application submissions you can click the https //app ashbyhq com/admin/application limits/blocked application submissions tab on the application limits page to pull up a list of blocked applications candidate the name of the applicant click on their name to view their profile job the role they applied for click on the job title to be taken to the job settings source the application limit that caused the application to be blocked click on the source listed to pull up the details of the rule that was activated blocked at the date and time the application was blocked status the current status of the application unblock an application submission if a candidate’s application was blocked and you’d like to add it back to the pipeline for review, there is the option to unblock it unblock option in the blocked application submissions section, the option to unblock the candidate is available in the status field of the application in question click this option and confirm the unblocking to remove the application’s blocked status once unblocked, the candidate will then be added into the application review stage of the job’s pipeline faq are application limits applied to applications submitted via indeed? no, currently application limits are not applied to applications submitted via indeed can i see blocked applications on the candidate profile? if you have organization admin access, then you will be able to see blocked applications in the views section of the candidate’s profile the three most recent blocked applications will be listed but the total number of blocked applications will be displayed