What Is a Requisition?
Last updated: April 15, 2026
A requisition is a formal request to hire for a specific role within your organization. Before a job can be posted publicly or an offer extended to a candidate, a requisition ensures the hire is properly approved, budgeted, and aligned with your company's workforce plan.
Think of a requisition as the single source of truth for a hiring need — capturing all the details about a role (salary range, department, work type, headcount) and routing them through the right people for sign-off before any recruiting activity begins.
Once a requisition is approved, it can be associated with an active job posting and with offers made to candidates. When a candidate accepts an offer, the requisition is automatically marked as filled.
What Requisitions Do for Your Team
Hiring control — every new role goes through a documented approval process before sourcing begins.
Budget alignment — salary and headcount details are captured and reviewed upfront, preventing out-of-band hires.
Standardized job details — all openings capture consistent information, making reporting and analytics more reliable.
Audit trail — a complete history of who approved what, and when, for every hire.
Enabling Requisitions in Kula
Requisitions are not enabled by default. An admin must turn them on from Settings before anyone can create or manage them. This is the most common reason users report not seeing the Requisitions section in their account.
Once enabled, you can configure:
Setting | Description |
Requisition ID prefix | Applied to all new requisition IDs for easy identification |
Requisition ID starting number | IDs that overlap with existing ones are automatically skipped |
Mandatory for creating jobs | Prevents job creation without a linked requisition |
Mandatory for offers and hires | Ensures every offer and hire has a requisition attached |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I don't see the Requisitions section in my Kula account. Why?
Requisitions must be enabled by an admin before they appear. Go to Settings > Requisitions and turn the feature on. Once enabled, the Requisitions option will appear under Jobs & Requisitions in the left navigation. This is a common first-touch issue — the feature is off by default.
Q: Can I use Kula without requisitions?
Yes. Requisitions are optional unless your admin has made them mandatory. However, if your admin has enabled Mandatory to create jobs or Mandatory for offers or hires, you will not be able to proceed without associating a requisition at those stages.
Q: Who can create requisitions?
Any user with the appropriate permissions can create requisitions. To be assigned as a recruiter or hiring manager on a requisition, a user must have the create requisition permission enabled on their account.
Q: Can a requisition be linked to more than one job?
No. Once a requisition is associated with a job, it becomes unavailable for other jobs. Similarly, once it is linked to an accepted offer, it is marked as filled and locked from further changes unless the offer is deleted.
Q: What's the difference between a requisition being "Closed" vs "Filled"?
Filled happens automatically when a candidate accepts an offer or is moved to the Hired stage against that requisition. Closed is a manual action used to indicate hiring for the role has been cancelled or put on hold — no hire was made.
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