Talent Directory

The talent directory is a page on your board where employers browse candidate profiles. It can support a two-sided marketplace: employers post jobs to reach candidates, and candidates who choose to be visible can be found.

Prerequisites

Enable Candidate profiles and create a verified test candidate. Enable Employer accounts before choosing Employers only, and use an employer with an approved company membership to test that mode.

The three visibility modes

You choose who can browse the directory with a single setting that has three modes:

• Off: the directory page is hidden and its navigation link is removed.
• Public: anyone can browse candidate profiles, including signed-out visitors.
• Employers only: the directory is reserved for verified employers. Everyone else sees a sign-up prompt instead of the candidate list.

Employers only requires employer accounts, since there has to be an employer account type to gate against. If you later turn employer accounts off, an Employers only directory automatically falls back to Public.

Who appears

Candidates control their own profile visibility: public, logged-in users only, or hidden. Only candidates who make themselves visible appear, and new profiles default to hidden. So the directory fills out as candidates choose to be seen, rather than exposing everyone by default.

How employers search

The directory uses the same AI-powered search as your job listings. Employers type a free-text query and your board ranks candidates by overall relevance across their profile (headline, skills, experience, education, languages, and location), not just exact keyword matches. Search never reads private details such as email or phone, and hidden profiles never appear in results.

The employers-only gate

When the directory is set to Employers only, anyone who is not a verified employer sees a sign-up prompt instead of the candidate list. "Verified" means the employer has an approved company membership on your board (by matching email domain, work-email verification, or your approval). Different visitors see:

• Signed-out visitors: a sign-up prompt to create an employer account.
• Signed-in candidates: an explanation that browsing is for employer accounts.
• Employers without an approved company: a prompt to add their company.
• Verified employers: the full directory.

The same gate applies to individual candidate profile pages. A visitor who cannot browse the directory sees a redacted preview of a profile rather than the full page, and if the candidate set their profile to logged-in only or hidden and the visitor is not allowed to see it, the page returns a not-found instead.

Individual profile pages (the /p/... URLs) sit behind two gates, and both must pass. First, the directory must be on (Public or Employers only); if it is Off, every profile page returns a not-found, even your own test candidates. Second, the candidate's own visibility must allow that viewer. If a profile 404s while the directory is Public, the candidate is set to hidden (or logged-in only and the viewer is signed out).

Turn it on

1. Go to Settings in your dashboard sidebar.
2. Open the Features tab and make sure Candidate profiles is on.
3. Set Talent directory to Off, Public, or Employers only.

The setting saves instantly. Employers only is available only when employer accounts are also on. You can rename the directory's navigation label (the default is "Talent") in your navigation and footer settings to fit your niche.

Availability

• Plan: All paid plans. The talent directory is available on every paid plan.
• Setting: Settings, then Features, then "Talent directory" (Off / Public / Employers only). Requires "Candidate profiles" on; Employers only also requires "Employer accounts" on.
• Setup required: Candidate profiles enabled. To charge employers for contacting candidates, set up a talent access plan.

Limitations

• Candidates default to hidden, so the directory only grows as candidates raise their own visibility.
• Employers only depends on employer accounts. Turning employer accounts off falls the directory back to Public.

Verify each visibility mode

Use a test candidate whose profile is Public and an employer with an approved company membership. In a signed-out window, confirm Off returns no directory, Public shows the candidate, and Employers only shows the employer prompt. Sign in as the approved employer and confirm the directory and permitted profile are visible. Set the candidate to Hidden and verify the profile disappears in every mode.

Example

For example, a Public candidate appears to signed-out visitors when the directory is Public. Change the directory to Employers only and the same signed-out visitor sees the employer gate, while an approved employer can still open the profile.

If a profile returns not found

Check both gates: the directory cannot be Off, and the candidate's visibility must permit the current viewer. For Employers only, also confirm the employer's company membership is approved. Do not make a candidate Public merely to repair an employer-approval problem.

Troubleshoot a missing profile

If a profile does not appear, test the directory mode and candidate visibility separately. A hidden profile should remain absent even for an approved employer; that is the candidate's intended privacy state.

Next steps

Read Candidate profiles for candidate-controlled visibility. If employers will pay to unlock or message profiles, configure and test a Talent access plan.