diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index 84d0b6192eb..8b16022ec91 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
                     <group col="6" colspan="4">
-                        <field name="state"/>
+                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="recruit,open"/>
                         <button name="job_recruitement" string="In Recruitement" states="open" type="object" icon="gtk-go-forward"/>
                         <button name="job_open" string="In Position" states="old,recruit" type="object" icon="terp-camera_test"/>
                         <button name="job_old" string="Mark as Old" states="open,recruit" type="object" icon="gtk-cancel"/>