Controlled Vocabulary

The terms HiSci uses, and what each one means.

People

Applicant: A person who has applied to a specific requisition and entered the hiring pipeline.
Candidate: Any person under consideration for a role — an applicant or a sourced prospect.
Prospect: A person sourced by the team who has not yet applied.
Recruiter: The owner of a requisition's pipeline, responsible for moving candidates through stages.
Sourcer: A team member who finds and engages prospects for a role.
Coordinator: A team member who schedules interviews and manages logistics.
Hiring manager: The person the role reports into, who makes the final hiring decision.
Interviewer: A team member on the interview panel who submits a scorecard.
Approver: A person whose sign-off is required to open or fill a requisition.

Requisition: An approved request to hire for a specific role, with its own fields and pipeline.
Requisition type: Why the role exists: New, Backfill, Conversion, or Evergreen (pipeline).
Headcount type: How the role is funded: Budgeted, Unbudgeted, or Replacement.
Remote type: Where the work happens: On-site, Hybrid, or Remote.
Confidential: A requisition that is not shown publicly or to most internal users.

Pipeline: The ordered set of stages a candidate moves through for a requisition.
Stage: A step in the pipeline: Applied, Screening, Interview, Offer, or Hired.
Status: The candidate's disposition: Active, On hold, Rejected, Withdrawn, or Hired.
Score: A 0–100 match score estimating fit between a candidate and a requisition.
Screening: Early review of a candidate's resume and a recruiter phone screen.
Offer: A formal proposal of employment extended to a candidate.

EEO category: The Equal Employment Opportunity job category used for reporting.
FLSA status: Whether a role is Exempt or Non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Pay transparency: The disclosed pay range and related statement required in some jurisdictions.
Visa sponsorship: Whether the employer will sponsor a work visa for the role.