Hiring Got Paused. Relationships Didn’t.

Last month, we had to cancel three open roles—after weeks of interviews. Painful. We've all been there.

Here’s how we kept candidate relationships intact (and even stronger):

Custom GPT-powered messaging: Automatically generated personalized notes explaining the situation and thanking each candidate sincerely.
"Warm pipeline" tagging: We logged detailed notes and feedback into our ATS to build a searchable warm candidate pool.
Engagement drip: We set up automated check-ins—sharing company updates, hiring signals, and team stories to stay top-of-mind.

📈 When a similar role reopened two months later, we filled it in 9 days—entirely from our warm pipeline.

Curious—how do you handle it when roles get pulled unexpectedly?

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