> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.inploi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> What Talent Bank is and how candidate data flows into it

# Talent Bank

Talent Bank is inploi's store for your candidates and their applications. It holds a durable record of the people who engage with your jobs — their contact details, application history, scores, and interviews — kept together across every role and every visit.

Talent Bank is the system of record behind the [Hiring](/studio/hiring/overview) section in Studio, and it is the data that [Automations](/studio/automations/overview) read from and write to.

## Why it matters

* **One candidate record** — a candidate's activity is tied to a single record, even across multiple devices, sessions, and applications to different jobs.
* **A complete hiring pipeline** — applications, stages, scores, and history all live in Talent Bank, which is what the Hiring views display.
* **Re-engagement and reporting** — because candidate data persists, it can power job alerts, future outreach, and Insights reporting.

## What Talent Bank stores

| Record          | What it is                                                                                                                                         |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Candidate**   | A person, with contact details and the source they first came from                                                                                 |
| **Identity**    | The link between an anonymous website visitor and a known candidate, created once they identify themselves (for example by signing up or applying) |
| **Application** | A candidate's application to a specific job, with its current stage and full history                                                               |
| **Score**       | A score recorded against an application — screening, CV match, interview, or overall                                                               |
| **Interview**   | An interview record and its status                                                                                                                 |
| **History**     | An audit trail of every action taken on an application, with who did it and when                                                                   |

## How candidates enter Talent Bank

| Entry point                          | What happens                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Identifying on your careers site** | When a visitor provides their email — for example by signing up or starting an application — they are identified, and a candidate record is created or matched |
| **Job alerts**                       | Signing up for [job alerts](/sdk/plugins/job-alerts) identifies the candidate and stores their record                                                          |
| **Applying to a job**                | Application records are written to Talent Bank by an [Automation](/talent-bank/syncing-from-automations) that syncs the application after submission           |
| **Migration**                        | Candidates from a previous system can be imported in bulk when you move onto inploi                                                                            |

<Note>
  Applications reach Talent Bank through an Automation that syncs them after submission, rather than automatically. What is synced, and when, depends on your setup. See [Syncing from Automations](/talent-bank/syncing-from-automations).
</Note>

## Data residency

Candidate and application data is stored in the **European Union** by default.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Applications and pipeline" icon="diagram-project" href="/talent-bank/applications-and-pipeline">
    How applications move through stages, and the actions you can take
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    Keep Talent Bank in sync with your hiring activity
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