The "Categories" tab allows you to enter categories that will be used to define each job post to help you identify which job posts the hiring managers have access to. The categories can match the departments that the job will be dedicated to, or can be a subcategory.
For example, you can have a Job Category by name of "Administrator". If you create a job for an Office Assistant, you can apply the "Administrator" category to said job. If you have restricted managers to their specific categories, then only that manager will be able to view the actual job post.
Another way to use categories is to think about your hiring locations. If you have multiple locations with different managers in each location, you can have a “Sales – Los Angeles” and a “Sales – Phoenix” category. This is helpful if you have different managers in each of those two locations and would like to restrict the job posts to them by location.
- Expand Settings and click Applicant Tracking from the menu.
- Click Advanced Settings from the top menu bar.
- Click the Categories tab.
The "Categories" tab provides the following columns:
- Edit
- Job Category
- Job Postings Assigned - The number of job postings the category is assigned to.
The Actions dropdown menu allows you to:
Adding a Category
- Enter the name for the category.
- Click Save. It will be added to the list of categories.
Editing a Category
- Click the pencil icon
to the left of a category.
- The name of the category will populate the "Job Category" field at the top. Adjust the name of the category.
- Click Save when finished.
Deleting a Category
A category cannot be deleted if they have been assigned to a job post. The job post would need to be reassigned to a new job category before the original category can be deleted.
- Select the categories to delete with the checkbox to the right that are not assigned to a job posting.
- Go to the Actions dropdown menu and click Delete Selected Records.
- Confirm the deletion.