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ATSJune 27, 2026

Pre-Employee Record

Once a candidate accepts, the pre-employee record carries their details through the gap before onboarding starts. It is the clean handoff point to onboarding and your HRIS, so a new hire's first day never starts from a blank page.

Use the Pre-Employee Record semantic blueprint

/semantius-admin use the architect, analyst and modeler skills to update the semantius platform with the model specified in https://www.semantius.com/blueprints/ats-pre-employee-record-semantic-blueprint.md

Entity summary

Name data_object Description
Pre-Employees pre_employees Pre-employment records covering the window between offer acceptance and start date, tracking paperwork, background checks, and pre-boarding tasks.
Candidates candidates People known to the recruiting organization, with or without an active application, carrying contact details, resume, tags, consent, and source.
Offers job_offers Formal employment offers extended to candidates, with compensation, start date, terms, approval chain, and status.
Right to Work Verifications right_to_work_verifications Pre-hire right-to-work verification events, such as the I-9 or E-Verify check, recording method, status, verifier, and outcome under employment-eligibility law.
flowchart TD
  classDef master fill:#d4f4dd,stroke:#27ae60,color:#0b3d20;
  classDef embedded_master fill:#fff4cc,stroke:#c79100,color:#5b4500;
  classDef platform_builtin fill:#e0e0e0,stroke:#424242,color:#1a1a1a;
  pre_employees["Pre-Employees"]
  candidates["Candidates"]
  job_offers["Offers"]
  right_to_work_verifications["Right to Work Verifications"]
  users["Users"]
  candidates -->|"verified_via"| right_to_work_verifications
  job_offers -->|"spawns pre-employee record"| pre_employees
  candidates -->|"becomes pre-employee"| pre_employees
  candidates -->|"has owning recruiter"| users
  job_offers -->|"has approver"| users
  pre_employees -->|"has owning hr_coordinator"| users
  right_to_work_verifications -->|"has verifier"| users
  class pre_employees master;
  class candidates embedded_master;
  class job_offers embedded_master;
  class right_to_work_verifications embedded_master;
  class users platform_builtin;
  style right_to_work_verifications stroke-dasharray:5 5;