Get sales job applicants into Lever.

Post a sales jobSee setup steps
Forwarding from your inbox
Automatic
For Lever Support to verify Gmail
24 hours
Résumé on every application
Required
Pipeline section
Applicant

What lands in Lever

All ATS guides
The email
In Lever
Limits

Everything in one email.

  • The candidate's résumé file, attached
  • Name, email, phone, location and LinkedIn when the candidate gave them
  • The job title and answers to your screening questions
  • Candidate name and job title in the subject
  • Reply-To set to the candidate's email address

An opportunity in your pipeline.

  • An opportunity in the Applicant section of your pipeline
  • Source set to Email applicant
  • Candidate details parsed from the attached résumé
  • Forward to lead@hire.lever.co instead to create leads

Know before you start.

  • Lever can't create an opportunity without a résumé. Every Quick Apply application includes one
  • Forwarding sends every message that reaches the mailbox, so use one that only receives applications
  • Lever's guide doesn't describe linking forwarded applications to a posting, so assign the posting in Lever

Set up Lever auto-forwarding

Post a sales job

Steps follow Lever's auto-forwarding help page, checked November 12, 2026.

  1. Pick a mailbox for applications

    Use the Gmail or Outlook mailbox that receives applications, such as jobs@yourcompany.com.

  2. Send applications to it

    In your employer dashboard, open the job's Application settings and put that mailbox in Send applications to.

  3. Gmail: add Lever as a forwarding address

    Go to Settings, See all settings, then Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Click Add a forwarding address, enter applicant@hire.lever.co, then Next, Proceed and OK. Skip the confirmation code: Lever Support verifies it within 24 hours. Then check that forwarding is on.

  4. Outlook: turn on forwarding

    Go to Settings, View all Outlook settings, then Forwarding. Select Enable forwarding, enter applicant@hire.lever.co and click Save.

  5. EU accounts

    If your Lever account is hosted in the EU, use applicant@hire.eu.lever.co instead.

Lever questions

Lever's guides have you send to that address from the email on your Lever account, or forward from a mailbox Lever Support has verified. Our application emails come from our own address, so route them through your mailbox.

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