# Follow your candidates on the stages board

> Move a card, read what it shows, and understand the warnings before a move.

Source: https://help.shyfter.com/en/recruitment/follow-your-candidates-on-the-stages-board  
Category: Recruitment  
Updated: 2026-08-25

The **Team → Recruitment → Stages** screen shows your candidates in columns, one column per stage, like a physical board.

## Choose the job

The **Job** selector at the top picks the advert on display. Select a specific job in order to be able to drag the cards: that is what the message "Select a job to drag candidates between stages" reminds you of.

## What a card shows

- the candidate's name and the job applied for;
- how long they have been waiting in their stage ("In stage...") and how long ago they applied;
- the state of their interview or of their trial: **proposed, waiting for confirmation**, **confirmed by the candidate**, **cancelled, needs a new date**, or **arranged outside Shyfter**.

A click on the card opens the candidate record on the side, without leaving the board.

## Move a candidate

Drag the card from one column to another. Depending on the column it lands in, Shyfter follows on:

- to an **interview** stage: the scheduling window opens. It is sending the proposal that moves the card, so closing the window leaves everything as it was.
- to a **trial** stage: the trial proposal opens, on the same principle.
- to a **Hired** stage: the creation of the Shyfter account opens.
- to a **Rejected** stage: the rejection window opens, with the reason and the email to the candidate.
- to a **standard** stage: a simple confirmation.

## The warnings

The board protects you from two missteps:

- **Moving someone back** always asks for confirmation: "Move Sarah back to the Shortlist stage?"
- **Moving someone who has an interview or a trial planned** warns you what that implies, in so many words: "The interview on 12/09 at 14:00 will be cancelled and Sarah will receive a cancellation email."

So before you confirm, you see the email the candidate is going to receive.

## Take a card off the board

From the record of a rejected candidate, **Remove from the pipeline** takes the card out of the Rejected column. The application is not lost: it stays available through the **Archived** filter of the candidate list, and the person stays in your talent pool if they had consented to it.