No. The candidate life cycle (also known as the recruitment life cycle-https://eddy.com/hr-encyclopedia/employee-lifecycle/) is broken down into stages from writing and posting a job description to onboarding. This consists of preparing, sourcing, screening, selecting, hiring and finally onboarding. The focus of the candidate lifecycle is on what direct steps an employer or recruiter needs to take to hire a new employee, whereas the candidate journey focuses on the quality of a candidate's experience as they go through the hiring process.