Suspend a Job Requisition

You can suspend activities associated with a job requisition and indicate that the requisition is currently on hold.

You may want to do that when there's a hiring freeze, or you want to postpone the hiring of candidates, or you want to put an approved requisition on hold and reopen it without having to get a second round of approvals. Suspending a job requisition prevents further actions on job applications until the requisition is resumed.

You can suspend a job requisition when it's in the Open phase. However, you can't suspend a job requisition when:

The requisition is already on hold.
The requisition is closed (Open - Canceled or Open - Filled).
There are active job applications on the requisition which are on Offer - Draft status or later, but not in the HR phase.

Before you start

You need the privilege Update Job Requisition (IRC_UPDATE_JOB_REQUISITION).

Here's what to do

On the Job Requisitions page, click on a job requisition.
In the Actions menu, select Suspend job Requisition.

Results:

When a job requisition is suspended:

The requisition is moved to the Open - Suspended status.
Current or scheduled posting on career sites are canceled. If the requisition is posted on job boards, you're asked if it should be unposted from job boards or not.
The option Allow Candidates to Apply When Not Posted is deselected.
A notification is sent to the Hiring Team.

What to do next

Here's a list of actions you can and can't do when a requisition is suspended.

Actions you can do	Actions you can't do
Redraft the job requisition. This action is only available when there are no job applications on the requisition.	Add candidates to the requisition.
Close the job requisition.	Create an offer for a job application.
Move a job application to the Rejected by Employer or Withdrawn by Candidate state.	Move a job application to any state other than Rejected by Employer or Withdrawn by Candidate.
Collect feedback for a job application.	Schedule an interview.
Send emails to candidates.
Add interactions on job applications.
Automated actions defined in the candidate selection process for job applications are performed as usual.