> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ascern.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to open, close and reopen a job > Move a Job between Briefing, Open, On hold, Filled and Lost, and find closed Jobs again. Every new Job starts in **Briefing**. It opens when work starts, and you close it as **Filled** or **Lost** when it ends. ## Before you start You can edit the Job: you own it, you manage its owner, or you're an Owner or Admin. The owner is the **Owner** field in the Job's Details. Changing the order of its **Consultants** doesn't change who owns it. To hand the Job over, pick someone else in **Owner**. ## Open a job * **By hand.** On a Job in Briefing, select **Start recruiting** at the top. Hire says "\ is open". * **On its own.** Hire opens a Briefing Job when the first candidate moves past Long list, or when you first confirm its ideal candidate. Activity reads, for example, "Opened automatically: first candidate reached Short list", with **Undo**. It happens once per Job. ## Close or reopen a job 1. Open the Job on its **Overview** tab. 2. In **Details**, select **Status**. 3. Pick **Filled** or **Lost** to close it, **On hold** to pause it, or **Open** to reopen it. Closing a Job changes nothing on its applications. Placing a candidate doesn't close the Job either, because a Job can have several openings. ## Find a job by status The Jobs page with the Live, All jobs, Closed, Filled, On hold and Briefing tabs, showing three open Jobs 1. **Live.** Jobs in Briefing, Open or On hold. Jobs opens here. 2. **Closed.** Jobs that are Filled or Lost. **All jobs** lists every Job. **Filled**, **On hold** and **Briefing** show one status each. ## Troubleshooting * **The Status field doesn't open.** You can't edit this Job. Ask its owner, their Manager or an Admin. * **Applications still arrive on a closed Job.** Its Application inbox stays on until you switch it off. The inbox warns "This job isn't Open". See [How to post a job to job boards](/guides/how-to/post-to-job-boards). * **You want it gone, not closed.** Select **⋯** › **Archive job**. An archived Job shows **Restore**. ## Related * [Job statuses](/guides/reference/job-statuses) * [How to set rounds and fee](/guides/how-to/set-rounds-and-fee) This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.