Candidate Statuses and Activities
Candidate statuses appear on the candidate card and indicate where a candidate is in the outreach and hiring process.
You can update a candidate’s status in two ways:
- Click More actions on the candidate card and select Update status
- Click the candidate’s name to open the expanded candidate card and edit the status there
Important: Updating a candidate to any status past the Sourced stage will stop all messaging and follow-ups for that candidate.

Sourced (Pre-Messaging)
These statuses indicate that a candidate has been sourced but outreach may not yet be complete.
Candidate Review
Based on the Campaign settings, the candidate is being reviewed by a Team Member or by the Campaign Owner.
Humanly at Work
Humanly is processing the candidate's information and validating the candidate identity, details and email address.
Draft - The email is currently sitting in the Sender’s Inbox Drafts folder ready to send.
Awaiting Next Sendable Day - The candidate email will go out on the next business day or day based on the Settings > ‘Send On’ days in the Campaigns.
Intro Requested - A team member has requested an introduction for a referral request from a current employee on your team.
Sourced - Stopped
The candidate email thread was not processed and not reached and all subsequent campaign follow ups will not go out.
Stopped - Rejected
During Candidate Review, the Reviewer rejected the candidate.
Stopped - Couldn’t Process
Humanly could not find a valid email or stopped the messaging due to GDPR or privacy/opt-out protections.
Stopped - Bounced
Humanly reached the candidate but the email was not valid.
Stopped - Draft Deleted
The email was deleted in the Drafts folder.
Stopped - Intro Failed
A introduction for a referral request was not successful.
Reached
Humanly has found a valid email for the candidate and reached them successfully.
Awaiting Reply
The candidate has not responded yet, but the messaging sequence is still ongoing.
No Reply
All messaging (including follow-ups) has been sent and the candidate has not replied.
Stopped - Messaging Stopped
The follow ups thread has been completed and/or the subsequently follow ups have been stopped.
Intro Sent
A team member's referral request has been sent.
Responded
Categorizing
Humanly is processing the reply as positive, negative, or unclear
Unclear Reply
Humanly has determined the reply may need further review by the Sender
Follow up Later
The candidate is currently unavailable to respond and would like to connect later
Not Interested
The candidate is not interested in the position
Not Interested - Do Not Contact
The candidate has expressed that they do not wished to be contacted. This status will prevent further outreach from going to the candidate.
Interested
Replied Positive
The candidate is interested in chatting
Accepted Application
Your team has accepted the inbound candidate's application.
Declined Application
Your team has rejected the inbound candidate's application.
Applied
An inbound candidate has applied to your team's job requisition.
Interviewing
The candidate is in the interview process.
- Interviewing
- Failed Interview
Hired
The candidate has been hired!