The jobs account
The front-end account where candidates and employers manage applications, alerts, job ads and companies.
The jobs account is the private area for signed-in users at /jobs/account/. It is the same for everyone: candidates use it for applications and alerts, employers for companies and job ads.
Signing in#
Guests see “Sign in to your jobs account” with a Sign in button and, when registration is open, Create a free account. With the News. theme the News. sign-in and sign-up pages are used; otherwise the standard WordPress ones.
Sections#
| Section | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Overview | A greeting, counts (applications, active alerts, live job ads, bookmarks), shortcuts (Find a job, Create a job alert, Post a job or Add your company) and the latest applications. |
| My applications | Jobs the user applied for. |
| Bookmarks | Saved jobs. |
| Job alerts | Create, edit, pause and delete alerts. |
| My job ads | Job ads the user posted, with status and number of applications. |
| Applications received | Applications to the user’s job ads. Shown once the user has job ads. |
| My companies | Company profiles the user owns. |
The sidebar also links to Profile and security (the News. account page, or the WordPress profile) and Log out. On phones the menu becomes a dropdown.
Posting a job ad#
- Add a company first under My companies.
- Click Post a job. Choose the company, enter the title, category, location (or remote) and description. Job type and a photo (JPG, PNG or WebP) are optional.
- Choose an “open until” date — from today up to the Max listing days setting. (Not asked when a paid package sets the run time.)
- Choose how candidates apply: by e-mail (enter the address) or via a link.
- Send it. With review on, the ad waits for review (“Thank you! Your job ad was sent and goes live after a quick review.”); otherwise it is live at once.
Managing job ads#
Each ad in My job ads shows its status — Waiting for review, Live, Filled or Expired — and the number of applications. Actions: view, edit, Mark as filled (candidates can no longer apply), Open for applications again, and delete.
templates/page-account.php to wp-job-core/page-account.php in the theme.