Creating job categories

Job categories are used to group jobs based on type of work, rank, location, and other categories that help to organize them. Some examples are: Administrative, Human Resources, Entry Level, and Los Angeles. You can also create job levels and job families to classify jobs, but these classifications are not used for job searches. Job categories are used by Talent Acquisition to populate the Recruiting Preferences field for external candidates on Candidate Experience job boards.

  1. Select Administrator > Set Up > Jobs and Positions > Job Components > Categories.
  2. In the Job Categories section, click Create.
  3. Specify this information:
    Effective Date

    Required. Select the date on which the job category becomes effective.

    Category

    Required. Specify the job category name.

    Description

    Specify a description or the job category name defaults as the description.

    Active

    Select this check box to make the job category active. The job category is active by default. Clear the check box to inactivate it.

  4. Click Save.
  5. If applicable, add subcategories.
    See Creating job subcategories.