Customizing Your Public Job Board
Customers on the Premium and VIP plans have the ability to use our Recruiting features which includes a public Job Board where you can list your open Job Listings. This Job Board can then be shared and publicized on any external site to advertise your open Job Listings: on your Company's website, social media sites and on any print or web advertising channels so that any potential Applicant can visit the Job Board and access and apply for open Jobs.
Your public job portal is available on:
https://[your subdomain].hrpartner.io/jobs
(Note: You will need to have the recruitment module turned on for this job portal to be available).
Customizing your Job Board Layout
Go to Recruitment → Configure → Job Board on the menu to access the configuration page.
Scroll down for details on each section.
Here is a brief description of the fields:
Job Board Branding
| Company Logo | Choose whether the company logo is displayed on your job board. (This is uploaded under the Setup → Company Info section.) |
| Company Name | Choose whether your company name is is displayed. Tip: Turn this off if your logo already includes your name. |
| Font Family | Choose a custom font (or keep it simple with the default one here) |
| Color Options | Choose your colors for the text, background and buttons. Usually it works best if you have a darkish and neutral text color, a background color that's a very light shade of your brand color, and a button color that's a darker or more vibrant shade of your brand color. |
Hero Section
| Here Section Size | This defines the height of the top section of your Job Board. |
| Hero Image Location & Upload | You can choose to have an image on the left, right, or have no image. Upload an image that suits your company's brand. Tip: You use a png image with a irregular shape with a transparent background if you like. Make your the file size is not too large so that your Job Board loads quickly. |
| Hero Text Color | The color of you text in this section. (If your Hero Background colour is dark or strong, choose white text.) |
| Hero Background Color | Often your brand color will work well here. |
| Title Text for Hero Banner | Add your own text which will be the main title or heading for your Job Board. It could be your company slogan, a brief description of your company, something about your company culture, or a call-to-action to apply for a job. |
| Secondary Text for Hero Banner | This text is smaller and sits underneath the title text. Again, it could be more information about your company, what it's like to work with you, or a call-to-action to apply for a job. |
Main Job Listing Section
| Title For Open Job Listings | This is the text that will be displayed above the list of open jobs. You can change the wording to suit yourself (e.g. "Current Jobs" or "Apply For These Now!"). |
| Job List Text Color | The color used for the text in the job listings. |
| Job List Background Color | The color used for background of the job listing blocks. |
| Job List Highlight Text Color | The color for text when a user hovers over the job listing block. |
| Job List Highlight Background Color | The color for the background block when a user hovers over it. |
| Company Description | Here's where you can write a description about your company that will encourage applicants to want to work for you. This section is a full HTML editor, so you can change the fonts, color of text, and even insert pictures of your company or team (just try to keep fonts and colors consistent with other sections). This information is shown on right side of your Job Board. |
| Company Website | If you want candidates to be able to visit your website (or a special employment page on your website), you can enter the address in here. |
| Page Redirect | If you have a 'thank-you' page on your website or other page you want candidates directed to after they submit an application, include this here. |
Job Display Configuration
At the bottom of the page, there are some options for extra information that can be turned off or on, or configured on your Job Board.
| Hide Summary Text | If you choose "Yes", the summary of the job will not be shown on the main Job Board page. |
| Show Duration Until Job Listings Close | If you choose "Yes", the clock and number of days until closing will show until the job title. |
| Show Employment Type | If you choose "Yes", a tag showing the type of employment will show (eg Full Time, Casual, etc). |
| Show Job Location | If you choose "Yes", a tag showing the location will show. |
| Show Job Department | If you choose "Yes", a tag showing the department will show. |
| Sort Job Listings By | Here's where you can decide how the order of jobs is listed. |
| Label for File Upload Box | Enter custom text here for the instructions for uploading files (eg "Upload your resume and a cover letter here". |
Social Sharing
| Show Social Sharing Icons | Choose "Yes" to include icons that makes it easier for users to share your jobs on their social media platforms. |
Security & Analytics
| CAPTCHA | You also have the option of using reCAPTCHA or hCAPTCHA to prevent and guard against any spam or bot submissions on your Job Board. |
| Prevent search engine indexing | You can elect to tell search engine 'bots' (such as ones from Google) to NOT index your page or to include them in their search results. Choosing "Yes" will add invisible code to the header in your job board and job listings advising search crawlers to not index your pages. |
| Job Board Analytics | If you have Google Analytics or another analytics set up to track page visits etc., you can add your tracking code to your Job Board. Simply copy your tracking code into this field. |
At the end of the page, the "Preview" button allows you to see the changes as you make them. Please note that images will not show in the preview mode.
That's it! Once you've made changes, just click "Save" to save your changes and publish your Job Board to the web!