What the Heck is a Job Posting Slot?
Just when recruiters, hiring managers, and others who post jobs on-line thought that they were beginning to understand the various options being thrown at them by leading job boards such as CollegeRecruiter.com, along came some additional options that have created more confusion. In an effort to eliminate that confusion, let's talk about the differences between nationwide job postings, standard job postings, and job slots.
Whether you purchase a nationwide job posting or a standard job posting, it will be distributed across our network of 15,000 niche career sites. The job posting will appear in any relevant searches performed by candidates across our network of sites. So if you post an entry level nursing position for your facility in Philadelphia, then your job will appear on CollegeRecruiter.com because it is an entry level position, it will appear on network partner PhillyJobs.com because the position is in Philadelphia, and it will appear on networking partner Nursing.com because the position is for nurses. But it will not appear on network partner ManhattanJobs.com, our accounting sites, etc.
Nationwide job postings appear in searches where candidates select industry categories and keywords that match those identified in your job description, regardless of the geographic location the candidate specifies. Nationwide job postings are ideally suited for companies offering the same position in multiple locations, work-at-home positions, or other positions offered on a national scale because they run under all cities in all states.
Standard job postings, also known as local job posting ads, appear in searches where candidates select industry categories, keywords AND geographic locations that match those identified in your job description. Standard job postings are ideal for companies recruiting for positions in a single geographic location because they run under one city and one state.
Job posting slots, also known as concurrent job posting ads, allow you to post and take down a job as often as you need within a given time period. For example, if you purchase one job posting slot for a term of 90 days, you can post your job description and, when that position is filled, you can post a new position. You can do this as many times as you like before the 90 day term is over. With nationwide or standard job posting ads, you can change the requirements and description in the posting as much as you want and as often as you want, but you cannot change the job title or location so if you post that nurse in Philadelphia position today and fill it tomorrow, you cannot change it to accountant in Philadelphia, nurse in Chicago, or accountant in Chicago. But if you purchase a job posting slot and fill the position tomorrow, you can change it to anything you want.
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