Can Candidates with no worker records use company email address to apply for job postings?

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This is for an Educational Institution client where Students have company (college) email addresses but no workers records in Cloud. Can these candidates apply for job postings (on career sites) using their company email (like john.smith@abc.edu)? Will these candidates be treated as external candidates (no worker record) or internal candidates (using company email address)?

These candidates are not receiving verification codes or extended job offer notifications to their company/college email address.

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