diff --git a/recruitment/views/views.py b/recruitment/views/views.py
index 528aa7e5c..121885443 100644
--- a/recruitment/views/views.py
+++ b/recruitment/views/views.py
@@ -1650,6 +1650,7 @@ def candidate_conversion(request, cand_id, **kwargs):
             email=can_mail,
             phone=can_mob,
             gender=can_gender,
+            is_directly_converted=True,
         )
         candidate_obj.converted_employee_id = new_employee
         candidate_obj.save()