Publishing a Job puts it on your Job Portal, where candidates can find it and apply. This article explains every field in the Publish Job window, how to control how the Job appears in search engines, and how to send a published Job to job boards.
To turn on your Job Portal or job board publishing first, see Enabling Your Job Portal and Publishing Jobs.
What do I need before I publish a Job?
You need an enabled Job Portal and four required fields on the Job: Title, Employer Name, Location, and Description. You cannot publish a Job without all four.
If you post Jobs on behalf of other Companies, the Employer Name drop-down lists the Companies you have vetted. See Job Board Company Vetting.
How do I publish a Job?
You publish a Job from its Job Record in three steps inside the Publish Job window.
Open the Job Record and select the Publish icon in the top right. The Publish Job window opens.
Complete Step 1 - Job Details, and then select Next.
Complete any options you need in Step 2 - Options, and then select Publish. Step 3 - Finished confirms that your Job is published to your Job Portal.
[Screenshot: the Publish icon in the top right of the Job Record.]
What does each field in Step 1 - Job Details mean?
Step 1 - Job Details holds the information that candidates and job boards see first.
Field | What it does |
Title (required) | The title of the Job. |
Employer Name (required) | The Company that is hiring. |
Remote Type | Used by Indeed to determine how Jobs show up in remote searches. |
Location (required) | Where the Job is located. |
Compensation and Salary Range | Compensation details for the Job. |
Description (required) | The Job description. Enter it, or select Copy Description to copy it from the Job Record. |
💡 Pro Tip: Select Copy Description so the published description and the Job Record description start out the same. You can then edit the published version for candidates.
What does each option in Step 2 - Options mean?
Step 2 - Options is optional. It controls how the Job is categorized, who sees it, and how it is reported.
Option | What it does |
Industry | Used by some job boards to categorize Jobs. |
Tags | Categorize Jobs on your portal. See Portal Tags for Published Jobs. |
Portal Visibility | Choose Shown, Featured, or Hidden to determine how the Job is shown on your portal. Hidden means the Job is not shared to the portal or to job boards. |
Post To | Choose where the Job is published. Public publishes to your Job Portal and is the default. Internal and Both publish to the Employee Portal, which is available only to organizations with certain Crelate Hire subscriptions. |
EEOC Job Category and EEOC Job Classification | Used for reporting. See EEOC and OFCCP Compliance Tracking. |
Advanced SEO Options | Control how the Job appears in search engines. See the next section. |
💡 Pro Tip: Choose Hidden under Portal Visibility while you finish a Job. It stays out of your portal and off job boards until you change it to Shown.
How do I control how a Job appears in search engines?
Use the fields under Advanced SEO Options in Step 2 - Options. Each Job has its own settings, and every field is optional.
Field | What it does |
Portal Url | Adds a readable slug after jobs.crelate.com/portal/[orgname]/[jobcode]/, which can help boost the visibility of your listing. See What is a Portal URL? |
Custom Title | Changes the title of the Job on the browser tab and in search engine results. |
Description | The text that appears under the title in the search engine result. This is the field that shapes your search result. |
Keywords | A comma-separated list of words or phrases. Search engines give this field limited support, so it is unlikely to affect ranking. Use Description instead. |
Noindex | Off is the default. Setting it to On helps prevent search engines from indexing the Job, so it does not appear in search results. |
For tips on getting your Jobs found, see Google SEO and Google for Jobs.
💡 Pro Tip: Put the role and the city in the Custom Title and write one clear sentence in the Description. Search engines show these two fields, so they matter most.
How do I send a published Job to job boards and share it?
After you publish, Step 3 - Finished gives you the next steps. Select Post Now to send the Job to the free or sponsored job boards, or share it with the social media toolbar.
Free job boards: See Job Board Syndication.
Sponsored job boards: See Enabling Sponsored Job Posting.
To see how the Job looks to candidates, open your portal at https://jobs.crelate.com/portal/YOURORGNAME, replacing YOURORGNAME with your organization’s name.
Your published Jobs appear on your Job Portal, which has a refreshed design and loads faster. For details, see Enabling Your Job Portal and Publishing Jobs.
💡 Pro Tip: Check the Job on your portal first, and then select Post Now. That way, any typo is fixed before the Job reaches the job boards.
How do I refresh or reset a published Job?
Use the steps in Refreshing/Resetting a Job Post. It explains how to refresh or reset a Job that you already posted.
Troubleshooting
Why is the Publish button not working?
One of the four required fields is empty. Complete Title, Employer Name, Location, and Description in Step 1 - Job Details, and then try again.
Why is my Job published but not visible to candidates?
Portal Visibility may be set to Hidden, or Post To may be set to Internal, which publishes only to the Employee Portal. Change Portal Visibility to Shown and Post To to Public or Both.
Why is my Job on my portal but not on a job board?
Job boards decide which Jobs to list. See Why are my jobs not showing on some of the job boards?
Why is my Job missing from search engine results?
Noindex may be set to On. Set it to Off and publish again. Search engines can also take time to find a new Job.
Why does my search engine result show a different title or description than my Job?
A Custom Title or Description is set in Advanced SEO Options. Clear the fields to remove them.
What to share if it still does not work: the Job name, a screenshot of the Publish Job window, your portal address, the job boards you are posting to, and any message you saw.
What's Next?
Looking for integrations with your website or more information about job boards? Check out additional content below!