You can manually add a candidate into the CEM from the Candidate Inbox to ensure your candidates are quickly captured, maintaining a centralized and accurate talent pipeline.

Use cases

• Offline Recruitment: Capturing high-potential talent met at in-person career fairs or networking events to initiate an immediate candidate profile.
• Referral Management: Creating a record for a candidate whose details or physical resume were provided directly by an internal employee.
• Data Consolidation: Manually migrating candidate details from legacy systems or non-integrated job boards into Paradox.

Manually add a candidate

To manually add a candidate:

1. Navigate to the Candidate Inbox.
2. In the lower-right corner of the left panel, select + Add Candidate.
3. In the Add New Candidate drawer, update the following details for the candidate:
   • First Name: The candidate's first name.
   • Last Name: The candidate's last name.
   • Phone Number: The candidate's phone number.
   • Email Address: The candidate's email address.
     • Note: A phone number or email address is required when manually adding a candidate.
   • Location Name: A searchable list of all active locations associated with the account.
   • Job: A searchable list of all live, active job postings within the account.
   • Job ID: The unique ID for the role (used for Conversational ATS Jobs).
   • Job Req ID: The unique Job Req ID for the role (used for Integrated Jobs).
   • Language: The preferred language for the candidate.
   • Candidate Type: Defines the candidate as Internal or External (if Job Posting Types and Candidate Type (Internal/External) are enabled for the account).
   • Source: Defines the origin of the candidate record.
   • Communication Preference: The preferred channel for Paradox interactions (Text Message Only, Email & Text Message, or Email Only).
     • Note: If WhatsApp is enabled, it may appear here as an option. Contact your CS Representative regarding compliance risks.
4. (Optional) Drag and drop a resume or profile image into the upload area, or click to browse files. 
   • Supported formats: .pdf, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .rtf.
   • Max size: 10 MB.
5. In the lower-right corner, select Add Candidate.

The candidate is then manually added to the sytem. You can view the new record in the All Candidates list of the Candidate Inbox.