How to create a job posting

How to create a job posting

1. In Recruiting, click on the Job Postings tab on the side menu.

2. To create a new job posting, click + Job Posting.

3. On the Job Description page, select the required job languages and enter General Info about the role such as Position, Department, Job Type, Country, Province/State, and City. Note that fields marked with an * are required.

4. If you'd like to mark the job posting as open to remote candidates, set Mark job posting as remote? to Yes. Note that when you select yes, the job location will include “Remote.”

5. Add a detailed description of the role. The field requires a minimum of 30 characters, but we encourage you to go into detail about the responsibilities, experience needed, and requirements for the role. Once you've filled in all required fields on the Job Description page, click Next in the bottom right corner to continue.

6. On the Requirements page, select which field(s) the applicant will be required to fill out when applying for the role. Once all desired fields have been selected, click Next to continue.

7.  On the Questions page, you can select from a set of premade questions as well as create your own custom questions to ask the applicant during the application process. To add a question to the job posting, click the type of question you'd like to include. Details on each premade question as well as custom questions are provided below.

Note that a maximum of 15 questions can be added to the questionnaire, but each question can be added as many times as desired to ask about different values.

Experience

Include this question to ask the applicant if they have the right amount of experience working with a skill or expertise. Enter the desired skill and use the list box to specify the required number of years.



This will appear as a yes or no question to the applicant.



Education

Include this question to set the minimum level of education required for the posting. From the dropdown, select the desired minimum education level.



This will appear as a yes or no question to the applicant.



License / Certificate

Include this question to specify any required license or certificate required for the role. Enter the name of the license or certificate you want to ask about in the text box.



This will appear as a yes or no question to the applicant.



Work authorization

Include this question to confirm that the applicant is authorized to work in Canada. As this is a yes or no question, no additional input is required.



Visa

Include this question to ask if the applicant will require visa sponsorship.  As this is a yes or no question, no additional input is required.



Custom questions

Custom questions can be used to ask the applicant about anything not covered by the premade questions. To create a custom question, type your question into the text box and use the radio buttons to select whether the question is mandatory or optional for the applicant to answer.



Custom questions will appear as text fields for the applicant to fill out.



Questions can be reordered using the arrows to the left, and can be deleted using the trash can icons to the top right of each question.



Once you've created your applicant questionnaire, click  Next  to continue.

8. On the Sharing & collaborators page, you can assign colleagues as collaborators to facilitate your hiring process. To assign a collaborator, click the dropdown, and select their name. For more information on collaborators, check out our Frequently Asked Questions - Collaborators article and our How to assign a collaborator article.



9.  If you don’t want to post the job just yet, click Save & close in the upper right corner. Your progress will be saved and you can resume editing at any time. To close the wizard and abandon your progress, click Close without saving.

10. To post the job, click Publish in the bottom right corner.

12.  On your careers page, you’ll find the job posting you just created under Open Positions.

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