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What Is a Talent Pool?

Group and nurture candidates outside a job pipeline — pool types, the list, and following pools.

A talent pool is a group of candidates you want to keep and nurture outside any single job — silver-medalists, future hires, people you met at an event, or a bench for a department. When a role opens, you move them from the pool into the job.

Where to find talent pools

Open Talent pools from the sidebar. (It's a plan feature — if you don't see it, it isn't on your plan.)

The talent pools list

The list shows your pools as cards, with:

  • Active / Archived tabs

  • An All / Followed scope, search, and filters

  • Each card's name and a subtitle (its department or event), and a menu to open, edit, archive, follow, or copy its form link

The Talent pools list

Pool types

  • Department — a pool tied to a department (e.g. a bench of engineers).

  • Event — a pool for people from a specific event (named after it).

  • General Application — a system pool that collects general applications from your career site (see The General Applications Pool).

💡 Follow the pools you care about to keep them under the Followed scope for quick access.

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