> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.brightmove.com/_mcp/server.

# Applicants API

Applicants are at the core of the ATS and therefore have the most API sections and endpoints.  They are divided up
to help you easily find the operation you need.

> **Aliases**
>
> Applicants are also referred to as Candidates in the BrightMove API.

> Applicant API operations.


## API Docs

- Core [Create an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/core/create-applicant.md)
- Core [Delete an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/core/delete-applicant.md)
- Core [Get an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/core/get-applicant.md)
- Core [List applicants](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/core/list-applicants.md)
- Core [Update an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/core/update-applicant.md)
- Profile [Add a note to an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/add-note-3.md)
- Profile [Add a phone number to an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/add-phone-2.md)
- Profile [Add an education history entry to an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/add-education.md)
- Profile [Add an employment history entry to an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/add-employment-history.md)
- Profile [Assign a tag to an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/assign-tag-3.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's education history](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-education.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's employment history](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-employment-history.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's notes](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-notes-3.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's phone numbers](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-phones-2.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's resumes](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-resumes.md)
- Profile [List an applicant's tags](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/list-tags-3.md)
- Profile [Remove a note from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-note-3.md)
- Profile [Remove a phone number from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-phone-2.md)
- Profile [Remove a resume from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-resume.md)
- Profile [Remove a social link from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-social-link.md)
- Profile [Remove a tag from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-tag-3.md)
- Profile [Remove an education history entry from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-education.md)
- Profile [Remove an employment history entry from an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/remove-employment-history.md)
- Profile [Set a social link on an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/set-social-link.md)
- Profile [Upload a resume for an applicant](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/profile/add-resume.md)
- Search [List searchable applicant fields](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/search/list-fields-3.md)
- Search [Search applicants](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/search/search-3.md)

## OpenAPI Specification

The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at:
- [OpenAPI JSON](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI YAML](https://docs.brightmove.com/public/applicants/openapi.yaml)