Give employees a dedicated place to browse, apply to, and track internal openings — separate from the referrals workflow.

Enabling a job on the internal board

On each job's Job Post settings, turn on Internal Job Board and choose how employees can engage with it:

• Apply — the job appears on the board and employees can apply directly.

• Refer — the job stays off the board itself, but employees can still refer external candidates to it.

• Both — the job appears on the board for direct applications, and employees can also refer candidates.

Turning the Internal Job Board off for a job removes it from employee visibility entirely.

What employees see

• Employees browse open internal roles on the dedicated board — separate from Referrals — with search, filters, sorting, and pagination.

• Opening a job shows its details and an Apply button; applying goes through the application form directly on the page.

• A Your Applications tab lets employees track every internal application they've submitted, through stages: Under Review, Interviewing, Offer, Hired, Not Selected.

• A job they've already applied to stays visible on the board with an Applied tag rather than disappearing, and Kula blocks a second application to the same job.

What recruiters see

Applications submitted through the internal board carry the source Internal Job Board, and the candidate pipeline shows an Internal Applicant indicator, so recruiters can immediately tell an applicant came from inside the company rather than externally.

Internal vs. external application forms

• By default, internal applicants fill out the same application form as external candidates.

• Some accounts can configure a separate, dedicated internal application form instead — useful if you want a different set of questions for employees. When a separate internal form is used, note that knockout rules only apply to external applicants, not internal ones.

Good to know

• This replaced the old Referrals-based flow. Before this module existed, internal roles were only reachable via Referrals → Jobs, and internal hiring had to be managed through the referrals workflow. If you see older instructions pointing employees to Referrals → Jobs, that's the pre-June-2026 flow — the dedicated Internal Job Board is now the intended home for this.

• "Refer Only" keeps a job off the board on purpose. If you want employees to be able to refer candidates for a role without letting employees apply to it themselves, set it to Refer rather than Apply or Both.

• There's no automatic notification when a new job is posted internally. Employees have to check the board themselves — an email notification for newly posted internal/referral jobs has been requested but isn't built yet, so if timely awareness matters, you'll need to announce new internal openings some other way.

• A downloadable report of internal job postings and their statuses is available — useful if you want a rollup of everything currently open for internal mobility rather than checking each job individually.

• Referral-bonus visibility on internal postings isn't built yet. If your program includes referral bonuses, there's currently no way to surface that information directly on the internal job board — this has been requested but remains open.

• If you want only one specific job visible for an internal mobility program, you need to explicitly turn off the Internal Job Board setting on every other open job — there's no single account-wide "only show this job internally" switch.

FAQ

• How do employees find internal job openings? Through the dedicated Internal Job Board — a separate module from Referrals, reachable once logged in.

• How do I control whether a job shows up for employees to apply to directly, or only for referrals? Job → Settings → Job Post → Internal Job Board, then choose Apply, Refer, or Both. Refer keeps it off the board while still allowing referrals; turning the setting off removes it from internal visibility entirely.

• Can employees see the status of an internal application they've submitted? Yes — the Your Applications tab tracks each internal application through Under Review, Interviewing, Offer, Hired, or Not Selected.

• Can I use a different application form for internal applicants than for external candidates? Some accounts can configure a separate internal application form; by default, internal applicants use the same form as external candidates. Note that knockout rules only apply to external applicants when a separate internal form is used.

• How do I know if an applicant came through the internal job board? Their application carries the Internal Job Board source, and the candidate pipeline shows an Internal Applicant indicator.

• Are employees notified automatically when a new internal role opens? Not currently — there's no automatic notification for newly posted internal roles. This has been requested but isn't built yet.

Need help?

If a job isn't showing up correctly on the internal board, an employee can't apply, or you need help configuring internal vs. external application forms, contact Kula support.