This article provides a comprehensive guide to the various email template triggers for candidates and clients. It explains how each trigger works, ensuring you understand when and why specific emails are sent automatically.
What are Email Template Triggers?
We first need to understand what email template triggers are. Email template triggers are automated actions that send specific email templates based on certain conditions. These triggers are tied to events or actions within the platform, allowing you to set up pre-configured emails that automatically reach the right recipient at the right time.
There is a dedicated area in your dashboard where you can manage all of your email templates. To access this navigate to More → Email Templates
Note: There are some email templates that are built into Enginehire and may not be visible here but are sent automatically based on a certain event. If you wish to edit such default built-in email templates, you can create a new email template and use the relevant trigger, which will essentially override the default/built-in email template.
To create a new email template
1- Click on the "Add Template" button
2- Label the email template, this is for your own reference so that it is easier for you to find this email template when needed.
3- Select Audience: If you want it to be sent to the Candidate or Client (The list of available triggers will change based on this selection)
4- Click on the dropdown to see a list of all the available triggers relevant to your selected audience Candidate/Client
Candidate email template triggers
Below is a list of the different email template triggers that appear once "Candidate" is selected as the audience.
1. Status Change Notification
This trigger is used to send an email to candidates once they are moved to a certain status. (e.g., from "Applied" to "Hired").
After selecting the trigger, use the dropdown to select the relevant status that this email should be triggered for.
2. Second Status Change Notification
This is similar to the status change notification but specific to "Secondary Statuses"This trigger is used to send an email to candidates once they are moved to a certain secondary status.
3. Status Reminder
This trigger is used to automatically send an email if a candidate stays in a certain status for X amount of hours.4. Second Status Reminder
This is similar to the status reminder trigger but specifically for candidates who have a secondary status assigned to their profile
5. Resend Status Reminder
6. Share Client Profile
This trigger is used to send an email to candidates when they are matched with a client.
7. General
This trigger does not automatically send any emails; instead, it serves as a placeholder for the trigger field. You can use it to store email templates that you want to send manually, allowing them to appear in a dropdown list of available templates when sending emails manually.8. Schedule Event Notification
This trigger allows you to customize the default email template used to notify candidates when an event is created directly from their profile.
9. Schedule Event Reminder
This trigger is used to automate reminder emails, which can be sent either before or after scheduled events.
10. Reference Check Form Notification
This trigger is used to send an email notification to the references provided by the candidate, prompting them to complete the reference check forms. The email is not sent to the candidate.
11. Reference Check Form Reminder
This trigger is used to send an email reminder to the references provided by the candidate, prompting them to complete the reference check forms. The email is not sent to the candidate.
12. Send Document To Sign After Client Has Signed
This trigger is used in creating an email template that pops up when you send a document to a candidate after a client has signed it.
13. Repeat Email Blaster
This trigger is used to send repeating email blasts automatically.14. Start Date Follow Up
This trigger is designed to send an email based on the Start Date. This is the start date you select when you match a candidate with a client and select a relationship status as well.
15. Expiry Document Notification
This will automatically send an email notification when a document is expiring so that they can review and update the document
16. Client Mark Interested
This trigger is used to notify candidates when a client shows interest in a candidate by selecting the "I am interested" button.
17. Birthday Notification
This trigger is used to set up emails to candidates on their birthdays. Birthday emails will only go out if you have that question being asked on the application form or on the profile to capture their date of birth.
18. Specific Dates Notification
Use this trigger if you want to send a notification on a specific date or multiple dates.
19. Buy Product
This trigger will send an email when a client purchases a product for the product board.
20. Document to Sign Added
This trigger is used to notify candidates that they need to log in to their profile to sign a newly added document.
21. Client Marks Candidate Favorite
This trigger is used to notify candidates when a client adds a candidate to their favorites.Client email template triggers
Below is a list of the different email template triggers that appear once "Client" is selected as the audience.
1. Status Change Notification:
This trigger is used to send an email to the client once they are moved to a certain status. (e.g., from "Applied" to "Active").
After selecting the trigger, use the dropdown to select the relevant status that this email should be triggered for.
3. Status Reminder
If user stays in certain status for X amount of hours, it will automatically send this email4. Resent Status Reminder
5. Reference Check Form Notification
This trigger is used to send an email notification to the references provided by the client, prompting them to complete the reference check forms. The email is not sent to the client.
6. General
This trigger does not automatically send any emails; instead, it serves as a placeholder for the trigger field. You can use it to store email templates that you want to send manually, allowing them to appear in a dropdown list of available templates when sending emails manually.
7. Schedule Event Notification
This trigger allows you to customize the default email template used to notify clients when an event is created directly from their profile.
8. Schedule Event Reminder
This trigger is used to automate reminder emails, which can be sent either before or after scheduled events.
9. Assigned Candidate
This trigger is used to customize the default email that shares new candidates with clients
10. Bulk Assigned Candidate
This trigger is used to notify clients when you go to the list of applicants for a placement job, select more than one and bulk send.
11. Repeat Email Blaster
This trigger is used to send repeating email blasts automatically.
12. Start Date Follow Up
This trigger is designed to send an email based on the Start Date. This is the start date you select when you match a candidate with a client and select a relationship status as well.
13. Invoice Due Date Reminder
This trigger automatically sends a reminder to the client based on the Due Date of their invoice. You can also define to notify X days before due date of the invoice
14. Unpaid Invoice Reminder
This trigger sends an automatic notification to the client if they haven't paid their invoice in time. You can have it configured to keep on sending these reminders at a certain interval until the invoice is paid.
15. Client Cancels Subscription
This trigger sends an automatic email to the client when they cancel their subscription.
16. Rent Equipment
17. Purchase Gift Card
This trigger is used to customize the email that goes to the person who purchased a gift card
18. Buy Product
This trigger will send an email when a client purchases a product for the product board.
19. Gift Card Code Delivery
This trigger is used to customize the email sent to the recipient, providing them with the gift card code for use.
20. Send Invoice
You can use this trigger to customise the email that goes out to clients when you send them an invoice
21. Recorded Payment
This trigger is used to notify the client when manually add a payment record to a client's profile.
This is for when you record a payment on the system that is not tied to an on system payment processer (Cash, Check, etc...)
22. Children Birthday Notification
This trigger is used to set up emails to clients on their children's birthdays. Birthday emails will only go out if you have that question being asked to capture their date of birth.
23. Specific Dates Notification
Use this trigger if you want to send a notification on a specific date or multiple dates.
24. Document to Sign Added
This trigger is used to notify clients that they need to log in to their profile to sign a newly added document.