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Manage a position in the dashboard

Find a position, change its visibility, or close it.

For clients2 min readReviewed October 14, 2026Changed in the week of oct 12

For clients using the dashboard Positions page. Controls depend on whether you have joined the position. Small-business Projects have a separate workspace.

Find your position

The current page uses Active and Drafts; older instructions referring to a separate Closed tab do not match this layout.

  1. Open Positions.
  2. Use Active or Drafts, then Search positions to find the role.
  3. Open the position’s menu for the actions available to you.

Change visibility

Private hides the position from the opportunity board and new candidates. Do not use it as a way to revoke an existing person’s access.

  1. For a position you have joined, open its status control.
  2. Choose Public or Private.
  3. Check the updated status after the change completes.

Close or reopen a position

Only pending and upcoming interviews for the position you close are cancelled. Select Go back to leave it open.

These dashboard status menus apply to standard positions. A small-business position with multiple hires uses Hiring settings, with Close hiring and Reopen hiring. Closing recruiting does not end existing work.

  1. Open its status control and choose Mark closed.
  2. Review Before closing this position, then select Confirm & close. If cancellation is not complete, select Continue when offered. The position stays open until its interview cancellation is confirmed.
  3. Complete the closure details to close the position.
  4. To reopen a closed position shown in the list, open its status control and choose Reopen as public or Reopen as private. Complete the confirmation.

Share a position

Use the position menu’s copy-link action. A copied link does not grant company or candidate access.

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