diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment.py b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment.py
index 9fc4139f0a4..50ae09f5b71 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment.py
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment.py
@@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ class hr_applicant(osv.Model):
         'stage_id': _read_group_stage_ids
     }
 
+    def default_get(self, cr, uid, fields, context=None):
+        if context is None:
+            context = {}
+        res = super(hr_applicant, self).default_get(cr, uid, fields, context=context)
+        if context.get('active_id'):
+            job = self.pool.get('hr.job').browse(cr, uid, context.get('active_id'), context=context)
+            res.update({'user_id': job.user_id.id})
+        return res
+
     def onchange_job(self, cr, uid, ids, job_id=False, context=None):
         if job_id:
             job_record = self.pool.get('hr.job').browse(cr, uid, job_id, context=context)
@@ -486,7 +495,7 @@ class hr_job(osv.osv):
         'application_count': fields.function(_application_count, type='integer', string="Total Applications"),
         'manager_id': fields.related('department_id', 'manager_id', type='many2one', string='Department Manager', relation='hr.employee', readonly=True, store=True),
         'doc_count':fields.function(_get_attached_docs, string="Number of documents attached", type='int'),
-        'user_id': fields.many2one('hr.employee', 'Recruitment Responsible'),
+        'user_id': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Recruitment Responsible'),
     }
 
     _defaults = {
diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_demo.xml b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_demo.xml
index 68513e3f555..65cdf4dbb96 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_demo.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     </record>
     <record id="hr_case_traineemca1" model="hr.applicant">
         <field name="name">Trainee - MCA</field>
-        <field name="job_id" ref="hr.job_developer"/>
+        <field name="job_id" ref="hr.job_trainee"/>
         <field name="type_id" ref="degree_bac5"/>
         <field name="categ_ids" eval="[(6,0,[ref('tag_applicant_sales')])]"/>
         <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-12 17:49:19')" name="date"/>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     </record>
     <record id="hr_case_programmer" model="hr.applicant">
         <field name="name">Programmer</field>
-        <field name="job_id" ref="hr.job_trainee"/>
+        <field name="job_id" ref="hr.job_developer"/>
         <field name="type_id" ref="degree_bac5"/>
         <field name="categ_ids" eval="[(6,0,[ref('tag_applicant_it')])]"/>
         <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-12 17:49:19')" name="date"/>
diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_view.xml b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_view.xml
index 958865fe0d1..be32d146daf 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/hr_recruitment_view.xml
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@
                     <field name="survey_id"/>
                     <field name="message_summary"/>
                     <field name="state"/>
+                    <field name="user_id"/>
                     <templates>
                         <t t-name="kanban-box">
                             <div t-attf-class="oe_kanban_color_#{kanban_getcolor(record.color.raw_value)} oe_kanban_job oe_kanban_card oe_kanban_global_click">
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@
                                             <field name="name"/>
                                         </div>
                                         <div class="oe_job oe_department oe_kanban_ellipsis">
-                                            <field name="user_id"/>
+                                            <field name="department_id"/>
                                             <span t-if="record.manager_id.value" class="oe_manager_name">
                                                 (<t t-esc="record.manager_id.value"/>)
                                             </span>