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What is an unsolicited job opening?

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Applicants who cannot find a suitable job posting can apply through unsolicited job openings.

Configuration

See Create unsolicited job opening.

System behavior

  • Available fields
    When selecting unsolicited application, only the sections Properties, Unsolicited Job Oopening, Application Form, and Permissions are available. The sections Details (e.g., where the location is maintained) or Additional Information (e.g., where you can display form fields) are not shown.
  • Using multiple unsolicited applications
    It may be useful to create multiple unsolicited applications, e.g., per organizational unit, so that each group can manage its own unsolicited job opening and each company you work with in your system gets its own.
  • Extra application form
    We recommend creating an extra application form tailored to the needs of applicants without a suitable job.
  • Job opening without job publication
    The unsolicited job opening is your opportunity to create a job opening and directly link to the application form, so no job advertisement needs to be displayed in between.
  • Publishing the unsolicited job opening
    When you access a created unsolicited job openings, no job publication can be generated. Instead, you will see an application form per job publication channel on the right side, corresponding to the organizational unit of your posting.
    If a job ad template is stored in an application portal, the layout of this job ad template will be used.
    The link to the application form can be copied and linked in a suitable place, e.g., in the application portal in the field Additional Information. Example: “Nothing suitable? Then apply unsolicited.” The link to the application form can be embedded in the word “unsolicited.” Alternatively, you can insert a sentence with the link to the application form on your website.
  • Handling unsolicited applications
    • Incoming applications should be moved from an unsolicited jobb opening to other postings so that your colleagues have access to them. Alternatively, you can use the recommendation feature to make an application available to your colleagues without moving it to a posting.
    • If there is no suitable job posting, declined applications will accumulate in the unsolicited job opening. This is normal.

  • Notes on configuration

How our customers use this

Almost all of our customers allow applicants to apply to their company without a specific job through an unsolicited job opening to avoid missing out on good candidates.
If multiple companies use one system, it may also happen that different unsolicited job openings are created for the respective organizational unit to use one link per company.

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