The Candidate sources report shows how many candidates were added from each source, such as job boards, LinkedIn, referrals or your career site. Use it to compare recruitment channels, see which ones bring in the most candidates, and decide where to focus your hiring budget.
Before you begin
Check your access. Administrators can open every report. Other users need the Candidate sources report on their role (see Give access to the report below).
Make sure candidates have a source. The report groups candidates by the Source field on their profile, for example LinkedIn, Job boards, Referrals or Career site. How the source gets filled in depends on how the candidate was added:
Candidates who apply through your career site or a connected job board get their source automatically.
Candidates you add manually (by uploading a CV or filling in the form) get Added manually by default. Change the Source field before saving if the candidate came from somewhere else.
Imported candidates get the source from the Source column in your file. If a source in the file doesn't exist yet, a new one is created.
Open the report
Go to Reports → Recruitment → Candidate sources.
What the report shows
At the top, three tiles give you a quick summary for the selected period:
Candidates: how many candidates were added in total.
Sources with candidates: how many different sources brought in at least one candidate.
Top source: the source that brought in the most candidates, with the number of candidates.
Below them are two charts:
Candidates over time: a line chart showing how many candidates each source brought in week by week. Each source has its own colour, so you can spot trends, for example a spike after posting a vacancy on a new job board.
Candidates by source: a pie chart showing each source's share of all candidates. Sources with no candidates in the period are not shown in the pie.
At the bottom, a table lists every Source with its number of Candidates, including sources with zero. Click a column heading to sort the table, for example to rank sources from most to fewest candidates.
Filter the report
The report opens on the current month. Choose a different date range, or pick one of the quick ranges. Candidates are counted by the date they were added.
Click Add filter to narrow the report by Vacancy, Source, Department, Division, Legal entity (if your company uses legal entities), Recruiter or the person who added the candidate.
A candidate with several applications is counted once, even if more than one application matches the filters.
Export the report
Click Export to.
In Format, choose Excel or CSV.
Click Export.
The file includes the number of candidates per source for your current filters and date range.
Why the numbers might look different
Candidates without a source are not counted. The report can show fewer candidates than the candidate list. You can set a source on the candidate's Overview tab.
Deleted sources are not counted. If you delete a source, its candidates disappear from the report, although their profiles still show the old source name.
Each candidate has one source. Similar sources, for example LinkedIn and Linkedin Jobs, are counted separately. Review the list in Settings → Recruit → Sources from time to time.
Give access to the report
Go to Settings → Roles & permissions.
Open the role you want to change.
On the Company tab, open Reports and select Candidate sources in the Recruitment group.
Click Save.
Everyone with this role can now open the report in Reports → Recruitment → Candidate sources.