When something occurs that makes filling a job no longer necessary, a job can be closed to prevent further candidates from applying. This article will help guide you through the steps to close a job that is no longer needed.
First, you will want to navigate to the Job Profile of the job which you wish to close. Once on the Job Profile, in the left hand pane that has the pertinent information regarding the job, there will be a section titled Status.
Note that there is a small pencil Icon next to the current status displayed. (in the image above the status is Open, but the status may be something else) To change the job status, click on this pencil icon and select Closed from the drop down menu that appears.
Click Save and you have just successfully closed this job.
A candidate applied for a closed job. How do I stop this from happening?
There is a setting you can enable that prevents applicants from being able to apply to closed jobs. In your Settings menu, go to Company Preferences. The preference you are looking for is Disable Closed Job View. Make sure this is turned on to prevent applicants from applying to closed jobs.
Another possible cause is to make sure the job has been removed from the web. Navigate to the Job profile, specifically the Web Description Tab. Make sure the button in the top right of this tab reads "Publish to Web". If it reads "Remove from Web", click this button to remove it.