Select “Talent Bench” from the top navigation menu
Select the gears icon (to the right of “All List”)
Click “Add Bench Status”
Fill in necessary details and click “save”
Select “is default” if this status should be the default
Select the marketing status radio-button which you want to be active or inactive
Select ‘Trigger Mail’ if you want to notify through the mail for configured users whenever the status is changed to particular status.
Click on Save
Note: To add bench status in Talent Bench, you should need permissions for the particular role. To get permissions, go to Admin Setup > Access Management > Access Control > Action Permission.