Create tasks

---
title: Create tasks
description: Create tasks for your applicants or internal stakeholders within the Recruitment workspace and assign it to the respective personas.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/recruitment-workspace/create-applicant-tasks.html
release: australia
product: Recruitment Workspace
classification: recruitment-workspace
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Hiring tasks, Use, Recruitment Workspace, Hiring Experiences, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Create tasks

Create tasks for your applicants or internal stakeholders within the Recruitment workspace and assign it to the respective personas.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ta\_hiring\_core.recruiter

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Recruitment workspace**.

2.  In a job requisition record page, select the required application.

3.  Go to the **Tasks** tab of the job application and select **Add new**.

4.  In the Select task pop-up window, pick a task from the available list, and select **Submit**.

    The **Task type** field is automatically selected when you select the **Task**. For more information on task types, see [Configure hiring task types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/recruitment-workspace/config-task-type.md).

    For more information on mapping task types with different tasks, see [Map task types in Recruitment workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/recruitment-workspace/config-task-mapping.md).

5.  On the Applicant task form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Applicant task form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/recruitment-workspace/applicant-task-form.md).

6.  Select **Save**.


## Result

View the new task from the **Lists** view of an application page in a job requisition. The list-view provides a consolidated and efficient task management option.

**Parent Topic:**[Hiring tasks](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/recruitment-workspace/applicant-tasks-recruitr.md)