The job of this console
Draft, send, track accept/decline, then create Employee on accept. Do not run pay from the offer row.
People · ATS
Offers
Offer letters on candidates — compensation drafts with masking — not Purchase Orders and not salary structures until they are Employee.
Scroll to Flowcharts. Scenario: Issue an offer to a candidate.
Offer desk
Letters to candidates, not customer POs
Offers sit on the ATS candidate. They are not purchase contracts and not live payroll. Mask package fields.
People → Offers
Route
/recruiting/offers
Org flag recruitingEnabled
HR Admin · Admin
Seat at the table
HR Admin and Admin. Hiring managers may see limited package fields. Candidates receive the letter, not this register.
The working rhythm
Open from candidate, draft, send, wait, convert or close.
Moments that bring you here
Verbal yes. Competing offer. Compensation exception. After a declined letter.
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Masked compensation
Do not persist raw offer salary in AI audits or graph metadata. PO remains the customer contract.
Flowcharts
1 — Issue and accept
Draft offer, send, convert hire to Employee.
flowchart TD
A[Open Offers] --> B[Draft on candidate]
B --> C[Send]
C --> D{Accepted?}
D -->|Yes| E[Employee + onboarding]
D -->|No| F[Candidate stays ATS]
E --> G[Salary structure / payroll later]
- 1OpenPeople → Offers.
- 2DraftMasked compensation.
- 3DecisionAccept or decline.
- 4HireEmployee is the source going forward.
Overview
Offers are ATS commercial-to-candidate. Purchase orders are customer contracts. Salary structures apply to employees.
How to use
1. Mask compensation
Persona and graph rules.
2. Accept ≠ active worker
Onboarding and Employee still required.
3. Decline
Keep the candidate history.