Jobs
Job adverts in WordPress — and in the jobs box on Google
An advert belongs on your own website — and from there into the jobs box on Google, because that is where people look. So the fields of this module are not freely invented: they are the ones Google Jobs asks for. Title, description, when it was posted and how long it is open, kind of work, the address in its parts, the pay. And the application right next to it.
The advert
- Title, one line for the list, the whole text with headings and lists
- Categories — "Kitchen", "Service", "Office", whatever you need
- Workload as a figure from and to, or in words where a figure cannot say it
- Kind of work, start, valid until, the address in its parts, the pay
- Open or closed, with one click
For Google
- The structured data for Google Jobs goes along automatically
- From the list as well, which is often the only page an advert has
- The screen says which detail the jobs box is still missing
- Nothing is invented: "by arrangement" produces no salary figure
- "Apply here" is only claimed where the form really is
The application
- Name, message, papers attached
- The papers do not lie about in the uploads folder
- They go out through an address that first asks who you are
- They are deleted with the application
- New, seen, done — three figures above the list
Categories and workload
What somebody looking for work would actually pick.
A category is what a person searching chooses: "Kitchen", "Service", "Office". You make them, tick them on the advert, and narrow both the screen and the list on the website by them. The workload stands as two numbers, from and to in per cent, so it can be filtered — up to 50%, 50 to 79%, 80 to 100%. An advert that spans a range appears under both bands it touches: somebody looking for part time wants to see "60–100%" too. For what a percentage cannot say there is still a line in words — "two days a week".
Every application in one place
Everybody who has written in, across all adverts.
Until now an application could only be found through its own advert. Now there is one list for all of them: the advert beside each name, the message, the papers and when it came — and above it three figures: new, seen, done. The papers meanwhile are not where anybody could guess at them. They go out through an address of the plugin that first asks whether you are allowed to see them, and they disappear with the application.
The list clears itself up
An advert that has stood there for six months costs applications.
What is closed, or whose validity has run out, drops out of the list on the website — without anybody having to remember. Google marks down a job that has long been filled, and somebody who applies for something expired does not apply twice. On the page each advert carries the kind of work, the workload and the place in pills of their own, so that in a row of plain words it stays clear where one ends and the next begins.
Questions
Will my job really appear in the Google jobs box?
The plugin supplies the details Google Jobs asks for, in the shape Google expects — and tells you which one is still missing. Whether and when Google takes a job up is Google's decision; nobody can promise that. Without the details it certainly will not.
Do I have to fill everything in?
No. An advert without a town stands on your website exactly as it should, only not in the jobs results. The screen says so without making a fuss about it.
Where do the applicants' papers live?
In a folder that is locked — with a rule for Apache and, because that does nothing on nginx, also under a name nobody guesses. They are handed out only through an address of the plugin, and that address asks first. They are deleted with the application.
Can I leave the application form out?
Yes. Then the advert only says how to get in touch, and Google is not told that one can apply directly here — which is then true.
How many adverts does this take?
As many as you need. The list has a search and three filters, and an advert opens on its own instead of sitting in a table you scroll through.
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