# Go live, pause or close a role

> Make a Tandem role live from its chat, pause or close it from the ⋯ menu, and what each choice does to your job ads and outreach.

Source: https://tandem.joveo.com/support/roles/go-live-pause-close

## Go live

When the draft is ready, tell Tandem `make the role live`. Your job page goes public, the role starts collecting applicants, and it moves to `Active Roles` with a `Live` badge.

Tandem also runs a first search of the open market for matches. Searches use credits: 3 credits per candidate.

> **First role in a workspace.** A workspace's first role can't go live until someone reviews the candidate policies. Open `Settings → Policy` and click `Mark as reviewed`. You only do this once.

Going live doesn't start job ads. To advertise, use the role's `Advertise` panel.

Related: [Start advertising a role](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/job-ads/start-advertising.md)

## Pause a role

Click `⋯` (top right) → `Pause role` to put the role's pipeline on hold. While it's paused, its candidates on hold show in `Needs review` as `Role paused`, with no decision needed yet. Click `Resume role` to carry on.

[Watch the video: Pausing a role, resuming it, then closing it](https://media.tandem.joveo.com/tandem-04-pause-resume-close.mp4)

> **Pausing doesn't stop ads or outreach.** Job ads and outreach keep running while a role is paused. To stop ads, click `Stop advertising` in the `Advertise` panel.

## Close a role

Click `⋯` → `Close role…` when you've finished hiring. Closing is permanent: the role can't be reopened. Any job ad credits not yet spent come back to your balance.

![The Close this role dialog, listing what stops and what stays on the board](https://media.tandem.joveo.com/28-close-role-confirm.png)

If you ask Tandem to close a role, it tells you what will change and asks you to confirm first.

Stuck in draft? Ask Tandem in the role's chat what's left before going live. More answers are in the [Roles FAQs](https://tandem.joveo.com/support/roles/faqs.md).