# Automated recruitment status updates with Slack: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-recruitment-status-updates-with-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Hiring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Hiring#library)

# Automated recruitment status updates with Slack

Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack. 3 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-recruitment-status-updates-with-slack)

**3 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 1 Service 1

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **1. Webhook Trigger (Status Update)** Webhook *Starts it*
- 2 **2. Extract & Prepare Data** Function *Logic*
- 3 **3. Send Slack Notification** Slack *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 3
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Slack account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 3 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 3 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-recruitment-status-updates-with-slack)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

## Workflows like it

Also hiring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Exit interview automation system with Google Sheet and Slack** 6 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/exit-interview-automation-system-with-google-sheet-and-slack)
- [**Automate post-interview feedback reminders with Google Sheets** 7 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-post-interview-feedback-reminders-with-google-sheet)
- [**Automated interview reminder & feedback workflow with Slack** 8 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-interview-reminder-and-feedback-workflow-with-slac)
- [**Detect duplicate candidates from Gmail to Slack** 8 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/detect-duplicate-candidates-from-gmail-to-slack)
- [**Parse resumes and score candidates from Gmail with ATS** 8 steps · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/parse-resumes-and-score-candidates-from-gmail-with-ats)
- [**Summarize candidate CVs in Slack** 9 steps · Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/summarize-candidate-cvs-in-slack)