Job Postings for Employers

Accurately defining the job can make a big difference in the number and types of candidates who will apply. Make sure the title reflects the job description. If you’re looking to fill a spot in a certain location, include it to avoid confusion.
Example: “Logistics Coordinator in Pittsburgh, PA.”

Provide a clear, concise description of job duties (bullet points work best).
Distinguish between “must haves” and “would like to haves.”

Get Specific

• Does your position require working outdoors in all kinds of weather? Let applicants know this.
• Use one city/state or ZIP code for each job posting so candidates searching for jobs in a specific location will find you.
• Include a salary range. You do not have to include a specific salary, but keep in mind that positions in the military are based on pay grades.
• Make the most of keywords and tag relevant work categories to boost matches.
• Include your organization’s name on the job posting. After all, would you consider hiring a candidate without a name?

Proofread

Once your job is posted, make sure to read through the listing. Are there any spelling or grammatical errors? Ask yourself, “If I were a candidate, would I clearly understand the job requirements and next steps to apply?”

Tell Your Story

A job posting is a unique employee advertisement that provides an opportunity to sell candidates on why your position and company are awesome. Do you offer unique perks? Do you have a veterans’ employee resource group? Communicate why your organization is a great place to work!

We are fully optimized to connect with veterans searching for jobs on mobile devices. Your job postings will be seen by both registered veteran candidates and unregistered users since our job search does not require registration, meaning more job views for your opportunities.

There are several options for getting your jobs posted:

• Manual Job Posting: This is the standard methodology for job posting credit options using our web user interface. Clicking on all relevant “categories” relating to the job posting will increase candidate views and applications.
• Standard XML API: Implement programming to post jobs via our API.
• Custom XML Feed: Choose this option if you need us to support a feed format other than our standard XML, such as JSON or RSS. You provide a web endpoint, and we crawl nightly, or you can push it to us via FTP.

*Though the above are the primary ways we receive job feeds from clients, if you have alternative methods you use with another outlet, please provide us with as much detail as possible. We will evaluate whether we can make that work in our environment.

Tracking Your Jobs

Tracking tags and source codes may be included in the feed or file sent to us, or you can provide one for us to append. You can also track job posting and database activity daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Our setup allows us to provide reports to you, or you may pull them directly.