Add candidates from resumes without waiting for AI processing

Finish the durable upload first

Candidate uploads from both the Dashboard and Candidates page use the same parser and can recover contact details from image-only PDFs when ordinary text extraction is insufficient. When fallback is needed, an AI Parser status explains that reading the resume may take about 20 seconds. Review the extracted details before saving.

When a recruiter adds a candidate from the Candidates page, RecruitIQ now confirms success as soon as the candidate record, active resume file, content identity, and resume history are safely saved. Common PDF uploads no longer keep the form open while search and AI processing finish.

The initial resume reader still fills supported contact details before creation. It uses the document and filename together for difficult headers, including abbreviated names and common professional credentials.

See the saved candidate without reloading

As soon as RecruitIQ has a durable candidate record, the Dashboard and Candidates views reconcile that exact person into the organization-scoped candidate list. Moving from the Dashboard to Candidates no longer requires a hard refresh to see the candidate that was just added.

The upload control still waits for the resume file and history to be safely stored before it reports the complete upload as successful. A filtered Candidates view continues to respect its active filters, with an Open candidate action available when the new record is outside the current result set.

Continue search and AI work in the background

After the durable save, RecruitIQ adds the resume to organization-scoped search and queues the normal AI candidate-profile process. Recruiters can leave the upload flow while experience, education, skills, categories, and other enriched profile details continue processing.

Search indexing still runs before AI profile generation. If automatic AI generation is disabled for the user or organization, the resume remains active and searchable processing follows the existing account settings.

Keep the existing resume safeguards

Manual uploads continue to accept PDF, DOC, and DOCX files up to 10 MB. Candidate identity checks, duplicate review, active-resume history, and existing-candidate replacement rules are unchanged.

Most ordinary PDFs should finish the interactive save quickly, but legacy Office conversion, a cold service, or a slow connection can still take longer. Background profile completion time remains separate from the initial upload confirmation.