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# Applicant Status Definitions

***Interested:** *Primary stage for any applicant that applies to a project.

***Contact Made:*** Account has successfully connected with an applicant either via email or phone call. Pending further review from a hiring manager, project manager or key stakeholder.

***Qualified:*** Typically after a phone or in-person interview, an applicant has successfully met all qualifications and necessary requirements and is ready to begin an account’s onboarding process. 

***Onboarding:*** Actively gathering all paperwork, documents and necessary information to ensure an applicant can be hired.

***Hired:*** An account has successfully gathered all information and has permitted an applicant to be assigned work or a project.

***Declined:*** An applicant who is no longer considered for onboarding or to be hired according to an account’s qualifications or standards.

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