Source library

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SmartStart
SmartRecruit

SmartRecruiters organizes its source library in a three-level hierarchy.

Source Structure

Each source is organized first by type, then by sub-type, and finally source name.

Types generically classify groups of sources by the way they add candidates to SmartRecruiters, e.g., Paid sources. All sources have a Type.
Sub-types more specifically classify groups of source, e.g., Job Board, when necessary. Not all Types have sub-types.
Source names uniquely identify specific sources, e.g., LinkedIn. This name is displayed on the candidate's application. All sources have a name.

For example, the full definition of the LinkedIn source, which is a job board that charges for each job posting, is:

Type: Paid
Sub-type: Job Board
Name: LinkedIn

Default sources

The default library, which is available on all Editions, includes the following Standard sources.

Organic

Organic sources are unpaid job postings, and include the following sub-types:

Free Job Aggregators. Each job aggregator can be tracked as a separate source by name.
List of Free Aggregators
Here's a full list of the free job aggregators that SmartRecruiters will post your job ads to.
Career Page. If you have multiple career pages, they're identified by name, and you can track each as a separate source.
the SmartRecruiters Job Widget. As with Career Pages, if you have multiple Job Widgets, you can track and name them separately.
The SmartRecruiters Facebook Career App.
Social shares from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Each network share has a separate source name:
- LinkedIn Share
- Facebook Share
- Twitter Share
Candidates with an Internal sub-type applied via an Internal job ad, and have one of the following sources:
- Contract to perm
- Direct Link
- Intern to perm
- Internal Career Page
- Internal Transfer
Candidates who were manually added have a source of Manual Upload.
Candidates who found a job though Google Jobs Search will have a source of Google Search.

Paid

Paid sources come in two sub-types:

Job Boards like LinkedIn and Glassdoor that charge for each posting.
Pay per click boards (such as Indeed) that charge by the click, view, or other event.

Each board is a separate source, and can be identified by its name.

Referrals

Referrals sources come from current employees and managers in SmartRecruiters, the LinkedIn Referral integration, and from social networks.

Referrals sub-types include:

A candidate added through the My Referrals portal has a source of Employee Referral. Each existing user in SmartRecruiters can be selected by name as a Referrals source in order to track their personal referrals.
A candidate who applied after referring them using "Refer a friend" button in the job ad has a source of Referrals Portal.
LinkedIn Referrals are those that were added through the LinkedIn Referrals integration. Please note that LinkedIn sun-setted their LinkedIn Referrals product in 2018. Therefore, the integration was also removed from our platform. However, there may be some remnants of it left from applications that had that source.
Social Referrals can be used to track candidates who are referred by other people external to SmartRecruiters. These can be tracked to specific people by name.

Agency

Agency sources include recruiters and other contracted sourcing agencies, particularly those whose services can be purchased through the Marketplace. Agencies can be tracked separately by name.

CRM

All CRM (candidate resource management) have the sub-type Sourcing Tools, and one of the following source names:

LinkedIn Recruiter
Entelo
yBorder
Job Alert
Talent Pool

API

Candidates added directly to SmartRecruiters using the Apply API have an API type, sub-type, and source.

Other

All Other sources have an Other sub-type and a source name.

There are three default source names:

Event
Campaigns
University