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The employer dashboard is your central workspace on OpenTrain AI. From here you post jobs, review proposals, manage candidate folders, and message your team — all in one place.

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Dashboard layout

After signing in, you land on the employer dashboard. It is organized into tabs:
  • My Jobs — your full job list with status filters (active, draft, archived) and folder navigation
  • Job Details — candidate proposals, contract status, posting details, and messaging for a selected job
  • Inbox — all conversations across jobs, filterable by job messages and proposal messages
  • Folder Messages — messages scoped to a specific candidate folder
  • Reports — summary data across your jobs

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Job lifecycle

Every job on OpenTrain AI moves through a predictable sequence:
1

Draft

You start a job in the 7-step wizard (click Post a Job from your dashboard). The job is saved as a draft after the first step. You can return to drafts at any time from My Jobs → Draft.
2

Published

When you publish, OpenTrain AI sends async notifications to matched candidates. The job is now visible to the candidates the matching engine selects based on skills, experience, and location.
3

Receiving proposals

Candidates complete an AI interview before submitting a proposal. You review their proposals and structured screening answers from the Job Details tab.
4

Hired

You hire a candidate directly from the Job Details view. Hiring immediately creates a contract, funds the first milestone, and opens a Job DM conversation between you and the trainer.

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Folder management

Folders let you group jobs — typically by client or campaign — and review candidates across all jobs in the folder together.
  • Create a folder from My Jobs → New Folder or during the job post wizard (Step 5)
  • Add any existing job to a folder using the job’s action menu
  • Open a folder to see the Screening tab, which shows structured AI interview answers for all candidates across every job in the folder
  • Export screening data as a CSV for client delivery
Assign all jobs for the same client to one folder. The folder-level Screening tab aggregates candidate data across every job, so you can review and compare applicants in a single table rather than job by job.

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Inbox

The Inbox tab surfaces all your conversations in one place. Use the filter tabs to switch between:
  • All — every conversation
  • Job Messages — post-hire conversations tied to active contracts (Job DMs and group channels)
  • Proposal Messages — pre-hire 1:1 conversations with candidates about a specific proposal
You can start a new conversation or create a group channel directly from the Inbox.

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Explore employer features

Posting jobs

Use the 7-step wizard with AI autofill to create and publish job postings.

AI screening

Configure structured interview fields and review candidate answers in the folder screening table.

Managing candidates

Review proposals, use folders, and hire candidates from the dashboard.

Invoicing & payouts

Fund milestones, view invoices, and track payment history.