Can I Send Money to a Candidate Without Creating a Shift Job?

At the moment, Enginehire does not support sending money to a candidate directly through the platform unless it is associated with a shift job.

What Are the Available Options?

If you need to pay a candidate without linking the payment to a shift job, you have two options:

1. Use Stripe Directly (via Stripe Connect)

While this cannot be done inside Enginehire, you can send money to a connected candidate by logging into your Stripe Dashboard and using the Connect tab to initiate a direct payment to the candidate’s connected Stripe account. You can contact Stripe support directly for more information.

2. Create a Shift Job for Record-Keeping (Recommended)

If you’d prefer to keep a clear record within Enginehire, consider creating a temporary or internal-use shift job, even if the job itself isn’t “real.” You can then follow the usual steps to manually pay the candidate via that job.

For more on this process, check out:
How To Manually Charge Clients And Send Money To Candidates For Shift Jobs