Top Ten reasons for Job Post to Fails when posting to Job Boards.
- No Region Selected - left at default ‘Please Select’.
TO FIX - choose the closest option available. - Postcode wrong format se283wz –
TO FIX - should be SE28 3WZ. - Job Description too long (job board descriptions vary with a maximum of around **5000 characters).
TO FIX - shorten job description. - Job Title too long (try and keep to less than **120 characters)
TO FIX - shorten job description. - Job Title contains illegal characters such as - £, & or * (most job boards prefer plain text in job title field).
TO FIX – remove non-ASCII characters.
- Salary exceeds £1,000,000 per year – *pay frequency not changed to per year on perm roles.
TO FIX - change to yearly.
- Salary less than £500 per year - *hourly rate in upper and lower, but Yearly selected in Pay Frequency.
TO FIX - change to hourly.
- Hyperlinks in the job description – most boards do not like or allow applications to email addresses or website URLs in job descriptions.
TO FIX – remove from the job description.
- Wrong Details in Alt Location Field – job boards do not recognise Building Names, Street or Road Names. Places called National or Work from Home etc.
TO FIX – remove from the job description and enter the correct value.
- Rate Description too long – keep to 120 or fewer characters – G. Excellent Salary plus fully expensed BMW Company Car with Private Healthcare, 26 days holiday and subsidised canteen.
TO FIX – change to something like Excellent Salary, Quality Car and Benefits Package