Candidate Submission Review: Structured Scorecards Instead of Resume Stacks
When candidates arrive with structured scorecards — skills match, comp alignment, recruiter assessment, and AI-assisted fit signals — hiring managers make better decisions faster. TAL.co's submission review system replaces the inbox-full-of-PDFs with a structured evaluation workflow.
AI-generated ranking signals. Recruiter-reviewed — never an automated reject.
Submission Review Capabilities
Structured Candidate Scorecards
Every submission includes a scorecard: skills match against the brief, comp alignment, availability, recruiter assessment, and AI-assisted role-fit signals — before the hiring manager opens the resume.
- Fit signals are decision support, not replacement for human review
- Recruiter notes contextualize every submission
- Compensation alignment reduces downstream offer-stage surprises
Centralized Submission Inbox
All submissions from all active recruiters land in one structured inbox — no email threads, no shared Google folders, no recruiter portal logins.
Structured Feedback Loop
Advance or decline decisions come with structured feedback — skill gaps, comp miss, level mismatch — that feeds directly back to recruiters for calibration.
Collaborative Review
Multiple hiring stakeholders — hiring manager, HR partner, team lead — can review submissions and leave notes inside the platform, replacing forwarded email threads.
Scorecard-First Review
Hiring managers review structured fit signals before reading the full resume — improving review speed and decision consistency.
AI-generated ranking signals. Recruiter-reviewed — never an automated reject.
Feedback That Closes the Sourcing Loop
The most common reason searches stall is a broken feedback loop: recruiters submit candidates, hiring managers advance or decline without explanation, recruiters re-submit variations of the same profile hoping to guess what's wrong.
TAL.co's structured feedback mechanism closes that loop explicitly. Decline reasons — comp miss, level mismatch, skills gap, team fit concern — are captured in structured form and delivered to recruiters immediately, enabling real-time calibration without a call.
From Submission to Decision
- 01
Submission Lands
Recruiter submits candidate with scorecard, assessment, and resume. Hiring manager receives structured notification — not a forwarded email.
- 02
Scorecard Review
Hiring manager reviews fit signals, comp alignment, and recruiter notes before reading the full resume — cutting review time and improving focus.
- 03
Advance or Decline
One-click advance moves the candidate to interview stage. Decline prompts for a structured reason that goes back to the recruiter immediately.
- 04
Recruiter Calibration
Structured feedback enables recruiters to calibrate the next submission batch without a call — reducing cycles and time-to-right-candidate.
Submission Review Efficiency
Questions, answered
Can hiring managers still see the full resume?
Yes. The scorecard surfaces first, with the full resume always accessible. The goal is to reduce decision time, not hide candidate information.
How is feedback delivered to recruiters?
Structured decline reasons are delivered to the recruiter in-platform immediately after the hiring manager's decision. No email required.
Can submission review be delegated to a coordinator?
Yes. Coordinators can do a first-pass triage — removing obvious mismatches — before submissions reach the hiring manager, reducing review volume.
Review Candidates With Clarity, Not Chaos
Structured scorecards, centralized submissions, and instant recruiter feedback.