Commonly Asked Questions And Answers

We have put together the following help section of commonly asked questions and answers to be of assistance to you with some of the questions that you might have. If your question is not answered in the various sections highlighted below or if you need further clarification on anything else, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at –  - and they will be more than happy to be of assistance to you.

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Contents

  • The Candidate Application Process
  • The Candidate Application Journey
  • How You Can Track Your Candidate Applications
  • Our Audience and How We Promote Your Career Opportunity
  • The Difference Between a Job Posting/Advertisement and a Job Description/Specification
  • Job Posting Overview
  • Account Set Up/Editing and Posting of Jobs
  • Payment Terms and Methods
  • Weekly Jobs Newsletter
  • CV Database Access

The Candidate Application Process

1. How do we receive candidate applications from your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network?

Applications via Redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Method 

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Applications by Email Method

When a Job Posting is being set up on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network there are two different and separate ways that it can be set up for you to receive applications via the Apply Now Button that is prominently displayed on each Job Posting, and these are as follows:

Applications via Redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Method (i.e., Applications made via your Website/Applicant Tracking System)

OR

Applications by Email Method (i.e., Applications sent straight to your inbox – This can include a cover letter and CV)

More information about the two Application methods that we have available are highlighted below.

Please note that only one of these options can be chosen for each Job Posting

It is also possible for you to display in the content of your Job Posting other ways that a candidate can apply to your career opportunity by having such things included as a URL link to your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS), an email address that they can make their application to or a telephone number for them to call to find out more information about a role and to begin their application process by that method. Indeed, in a candidate driven and highly competitive candidate attraction marketplace this is a good idea to ensure that you make the candidate recruitment journey as easy as possible and so that you find your ideal candidate for a particular role.

However please be aware that if these are displayed in the content of your Job Posting and that if the tracking of the number of applications that you have received is an important metric for you to measure this will not be possible as the only way to do this with any level of accuracy is for all applications to be made via our – Apply Now – button functionality.

More information about including application methods in the content of your Job Posting is highlighted below.

Applications via Redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Method

If you have specified that you would like applications to be made via your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS), the URL link that you supply us with to the role on your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) will be embedded behind the - Apply Now - Button and when a candidate clicks this button, they will be redirected to a Apply For Job page on our website that asks them to complete some basic information before being redirected to your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to complete the application process. The type of information that they will be asked to complete on this page is as follows:

  • Existing Member of The GreenJobs Network of Websites – The email address and password associated with their Membership Account
  • Not a current Member of The GreenJobs Network of Websites – Their Full Name and Email Address

The main reasons that we need to direct candidates to this Apply For Job page on our website before redirecting them to your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) are as follows:

1) GDPR Compliance – To inform candidates how we manage their data and who will have access to it after they have made their application via our website.

a) “By clicking the Apply Now button you are agreeing to allow GreenJobs Limited to share the information in this application with the Organisation advertising this role”.

  • To get them to confirm their agreement to the following:

- I have read and agree to the GreenJobs Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. (This is a condition of registering as a Member of this website and applying to any Jobs that are advertised on this website).

- I consent to this site storing and processing my personal data as defined by the Privacy Policy.

  • This allows our registered members to keep a record in their Membership Account of all the jobs that they have applied to and for certain types of Jobs (e.g., application to an email address) it lets them apply quicker if they have saved their CV in their Membership Account.
  • We need to capture some basic data about our Members/Candidates in case they request us to delete all their information from our Network of Websites at a future date.
  • This page allows us to track Members/Candidates that have applied for a role so that we can monitor the performance of any role on our Network of Websites in real time.
  • We like to veer on the extremely compliant side when it comes to GDPR as we hold an awful lot of personal data on our Members/Candidates, and we want to ensure that it is managed to the satisfaction of our Members/Candidates and in accordance with all current legislation regarding data protection and privacy.

Applications by Email Method

If you have specified that you would like to receive applications to a particular email address this will be embedded behind the - Apply Now - Button and when a candidate clicks this button, they will be redirected to a page on our website that requests them to upload their CV and gives them an option of completing a cover letter. Once they have completed this, the information that they have uploaded as part of the application process will be sent to the email address that you have specified for the application to go to.

1) Should I include my preferred application methods in the content of the Job Posting?

As well as candidates applying via our - Apply Now - button on our Network of Websites if you have highlighted any of the following types of information in the content of your Job Posting, they will also be able to contact you about the role/apply to the role in the methods that you have highlighted in the content of your Job Posting:

  • Telephone Number
  • Email Address
  • Link to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

However please be aware that if you include any of the information highlighted above in the content of your Job Posting and you are interested in tracking the number of applications that you receive from our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network this will not be accurate data as only applications that go via our - Apply Now - Button can be tracked with any level of accuracy.

Candidate Driven Market - However, as it is very much a candidate driven market at the moment we would advise where possible to include contact details in the content of your Job Posting such as a telephone number and email address of a suitable person within your Organisation that potential candidates can get in touch with to find out more about the career opportunity and if it is the right fit for them before they begin their application process.

If you would like to find out more information about how our application process works, please visit any of our websites and click the - Apply Now - button on some of the Job Postings that are currently being promoted on our Network of Websites to understand the application process from a candidate’s perspective and what they must do as part of that process.

The Candidate Application Journey

1) Are you able to advise us on the best type of application method to use on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network based on the type of information that we need to receive from a candidate as part of our application process?

Yes, we are more than happy to be of assistance to you with regards to this but please ensure that whether you want the - Apply Now - Button set up with an email address or a URL redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that you have considered the candidate application journey. This is to ensure that it makes sense to prospective candidates, that it is as easy as possible for them to follow and that you get the exact type of information (e.g., CV, Cover Letter, Completed Application form(s), Candidate application information uploaded to your Website/Applicant Tracking System etc.) that you require from the candidate as part of your application process.

2) What is the best type of application method to use on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network if for example we need the candidate to do any of the following as part of our application process?

  • Download and read a full Job Description/Specification.
  • Download and complete an Application Form.
  • Send a cover letter, a completed Application Form or any other unique information that needs to be sent to an email address.

If you need candidates to be made aware of any role specific information (e.g., Job Description/Job Specification) or if you need them to download and complete an application form or provide a cover letter as part of your recruitment process the best way to set up your Job Posting on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network is for the - Apply Now - button to be set up so that when a candidate clicks on it (i.e. Type - URL redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System - ATS) they are redirected to your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to complete the application process.

How You Can Track Your Candidate Applications

1) Can you provide us with both the ongoing and final number of applications that we have received for a Job Posting that we are promoting or have promoted on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network?

The ongoing and final tracking of the number of applications that you are receiving or have received for a specific role that you have promoted on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network is not something that is included in our service or that we offer, however it is indeed possible for you to track this from your side if you need to correlate this type of data. The reason that we are not able to do this for you is to keep our Job Posting prices as competitive as possible and that this can be extremely time consuming to do due to the manual nature of compiling this type of information on an ongoing basis and then emailing the results to you.

Our system works in a manner whereby the only way that you can accurately track the number of applications that you are receiving or have received for a particular role can only be done via applications made exclusively by our - Apply Now – button functionality method which is prominently displayed on each Job Posting that is promoted on our Network of Websites and if you also choose to include the application method in the content of your Job Posting (e.g. Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Link, Email Address, Telephone Number etc.) that will mean that the tracking cannot be done with any level of accuracy as candidates will tend to apply using these methods instead of our - Apply Now - Button functionality.

2) How can we proactively track the number of applications that we are receiving on an ongoing and final basis from a Job Posting that we are or have promoted on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network: 

Applications via Redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Method 

Vs 

Applications by Email Method?

If you would like to track the number of applications that you are receiving and have received for any roles that you have promoted on our Network of Websites via our - Apply Now - functionality it will be necessary to do some of the following things that are highlighted below to enable you to do this at your end depending on what type of Application Method that you have chosen to use.

Applications via Redirection to a Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Method

In our opinion this is the best way to accurately track where your applications are coming from

If you have specified that you would like candidates to be redirected to your Website/ATS to make their application after they have clicked on our - Apply Now - button, please set up a specific tracking URL with a tracking code/Urchin Tracking Module (UTM) contained in it (e.g., https://yourwebsite.com/your-job-posting-title/?utm_source=greenjobs) so that we can embed this tracking URL behind the - Apply Now - button on our websites. Also, if you have decided to have a URL Link to the Job Posting on your Website/ATS included in the content of your Job Posting on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network, please ensure that you also use this tracking URL so that you can track all applications that come via our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network.

Applications by Email Method

If you have specified that you would like candidates to make their application via our Apply Now Button functionality to a particular email address, please set up a specific tracking email address for applications that are made via our Network of Websites and our wider Partner Network (e.g., GreenJobsApplications@hosttname or domain name) so that we can embed this tracking email address behind the - Apply Now - button on our website. Also, if you have decided to have an email address included in the content of your Job Posting, please ensure that you also use this tracking email address so that you can track all applications that come via our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network.

The Setting Up of Tracking Email Addresses and Tracking URL’s

As the setting up of tracking URL’s and email addresses is unfortunately not something that we can help you with or organise for you if you are not sure about how to set these up, please see below some suggestions of how this can be done:

  • Use a Search Engine (e.g., Google) to explain how this is done.
  • Contact your IT/Technology Department.
  • Contact your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) provider.
  • Contact your Job Distribution Partner (e.g., Broadbean, Idibu, Jobmate, Logic Melon etc.) provider.

Candidate Tracking Question - Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

If when a candidate is redirected to your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to complete their application process and if part of that process includes a data collection question relating to where candidates were made aware of your career opportunity (e.g., Where did you find out about this career opportunity?). If you would like to track how successful we have been in terms of candidate generation, it would be much appreciated if you could add our various websites to this section. 

As candidates can potentially come from any of the websites in our Network, please find below the list of our websites that can be added to this candidate tracking question on your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

  • ConservationJobs
  • EcologyJobs
  • EnvironmentalJobs
  • GreenJobs
  • RenewableEnergyJobs
  • SolarJobs
  • WasteJobs
  • WaterJobs
  • WindJobs

However please be aware that unfortunately with any tracking drop-down menu there is a certain amount of bias built into its design as you will tend to find that most people will tend to either choose the first or the last option in the drop-down menu.

Please also be aware that if as part of your online application process on your Website/Applicant Tracking System (ATS) you allow candidates to register and apply with their social media account details (e.g., LinkedIn) this may also inadvertently give these Organisations credit for applications that did not necessarily come from them as the candidate was made aware of your career opportunity by another source and not them.

Note of Caution

Unfortunately, regardless of what tracking method is used it is never 100% accurate and quality over quantity tends to be the preferred success metric.

Indeed because of the way and the number of methods that we use to promote your Job Posting to as large a relevant audience as possible you may find that you get applications from any of the following sources – Network of Websites, Talent Finder Network, Social Media Network (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn and X), Weekly Jobs Newsletter, Job Alerts by Email System and Job Board Distribution Partner Network - and although the candidate does not specify that it came directly from one of our Network of Websites it was from our wider Partner Network and through our efforts that the candidate was made aware of your career opportunity and thus applied to a particular role with your Organisation.

Our Audience and How We Promote Your Career Opportunity

1) How do you promote our Job Posting to ensure that the largest relevant audience possible is made aware of it?

To promote your career opportunity to the largest and most relevant audience possible we do the following for you:

  • We display it on all relevant websites that are part of our Network of Websites (Depending on the relevance of the Job Title and content of the Job Posting).
  • We display it on our Talent Finder Network which is a network of popular websites that we have a partnership in place with.
  • We post it onto our Social Media Network. For Facebook and X this is done automatically due to an integration that we have in place with these social media platforms, and we also manually post your Job (i.e. Depending on the relevance of the Job Title and Job Advertisement) onto suitable LinkedIn Groups that we operate and also suitable LinkedIn Groups that we are a member of and that allow us to post suitable content onto their Group so that their members are made aware of it. Please also note that some of the websites that are part of our Talent Finder Network also post your job onto various social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and X but the extent to which this is carried out is dependent on each individual website that is a member of our Talent Finder Network and unfortunately this is not something that we are able to give you exact information about. 
  • Your Job Posting is included in at least one Weekly Jobs Newsletter and on most occasions, it is included in multiple Weekly Jobs Newsletters depending on when the closing date of your Job Posting is.
  • Your Job Posting is distributed via our Job Alerts by Email system to our members for its duration on our Network of Websites.
  • Your Job Posting is manually uploaded and promoted on our Job Board Distribution Partner Network, and this consists of a network of popular and high-profile Specialist and Generalist Job Boards, Job Aggregator websites, Affiliate websites, Social Media Platforms and Search Engines that are relevant to your Job Title, Job Description, and the location of your career opportunity. The purpose of our Job Board Distribution Partner Network is to provide you with high quality Job Seeker Traffic that converts well into relevant candidate applications for you. Unfortunately, with regards to how this Network operates they are not able to give us a breakdown on a Job per Job basis of which Job Boards in their Network that a particular Job Posting will be displayed on.

Indeed because of the way and the number of methods that we use to promote your Job Posting to as large a relevant audience as possible you may find that you get applications from any of the methods listed above and although the candidate does not specify that it came directly from our Network of Websites it was from our wider Partner Network and through our efforts that the candidate was made aware of your career opportunity and thus applied to a particular role with your Organisation.

2) What is the overall size of your Audience?

Unfortunately, with regards to the way that we promote your career opportunity to as large a relevant audience as possible on our Network of Websites, Talent Finder Network, Social Media Network (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn and X), Weekly Jobs Newsletter, Job Alerts by Email System and Job Board Distribution Partner Network it is not possible to give you an accurate figure for the total size of this audience and how many people your role will reach when using our service as accurately compiling this type of data would be pretty much impossible.

3) What is the overall size of your Membership?

As the overall size of our Membership on both our Network of Websites and Social Media Network is growing all the time if you would like to get an accurate current size of our Membership please contact our Customer Service Team at - – and they will be more than happy to provide this information to you.

4) Is it possible to guarantee how our career opportunity will perform on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network?

Unfortunately, it is not possible to give you an accurate appraisal of how a particular role is likely to perform in terms of both the number and quality of applications that you will receive by promoting your Job Posting on our Network of Websites, Talent Finder Network, Social Media Network, Weekly Jobs Newsletter, Job Alerts by Email System and Job Board Distribution Partner Network. The reason for this is that a roles performance will depend on a variety of factors that are not under our control such as the following:

  • Job Title (e.g., It’s relevance to the target audience – will they find it easily online?).
  • Salary and other Benefits offered (i.e., Has this been benchmarked properly and the correct Salary level for the role chosen?).
  • Job Description (e.g., What are the desired responsibilities and experience/skills required?). 
  • The reputation of the Organisation hiring for this role.
  • The Seniority of the role.
  • The location of the role.
  • The time of year that the role is being promoted.
  • How long the role is going to be promoted by us for before the - closing date.
  • The complexity of the application process.
  • The difficulty in finding and attracting high demand candidates.
  • The current unemployment rate in the marketplace.
  • Etc., Etc. 

5) Can you provide statistics on how similar type roles have performed on your Network of Websites?

Yes, we are more than happy to do this type of research for you but as this is a manually based and time-consuming task to do properly and accurately and as our Job Posting prices have been deliberately set to be extremely price competitive and to represent excellent value for money there is a charge of £100 per role that you would like us to provide this type of information for. The reason for this is that to do this type of research properly and provide you with accurate statistics it takes a member of our team between 1 – 2 hours to complete this task which includes reading and thoroughly understanding the role that you have sent to us and then manually going through our Content Management System (CMS) and finding and thoroughly reading and understanding the Job Title and content of similar type roles that we have promoted on our Network of Websites before compiling a report for you on their findings. This task is made harder because in the Green Industry Sectors there is a wide difference in the Job Titles that different Organisations give to similar type roles and thus it is a very manually based and time-consuming process if it is to be done with any level of accuracy. 

Also please be aware that with regards to historical stats for how previous roles have performed on our Network of Websites these are not always completely accurate from a statistical point of view as many of our client’s put information on the actual Job Posting (e.g. email address for applications, link to a Website/Applicant tracking system (ATS), telephone number to contact etc.) and we are not able to track these as we can only track applications that are made via our - Apply Now - button. Furthermore, with regards to the way that we also promote our various clients career opportunities to as large as possible a relevant audience on our Social Media Network, Talent Finder Network and Job Board Distribution Partner Network there is no easy or accurate way for us to compile or give accurate stats from this wider Partner Network on how a particular role has performed in terms of views and applications.

The Difference Between a Job Posting/Advertisement and a Job Description/Specification

1) Is a Job Description/Specification suitable to use as a Job Posting/Advertisement?

Although a Job Description/Specification and a Job Posting/Advertisement are very similar in nature - they are not the same. They are two separate documents. Failing to distinguish between the two can be problematic because the aim of each is different; A Job Posting/Advertisement should entice candidates and a Job Description/Specification should inform candidates. A Job Description/Specification is a feeder into a Job Posting/Advertisement. A Job Posting/Advertisement is an external document that announces a job opening. It is based off the Job Description/Specification but written in an engaging tone to attract job seekers. In addition to sharing abbreviated details from the Job Description/Specification, it also adds:

  • Breakdown of a typical workday or work week
  • Employee perks
  • Company Description

It is where we define the content that can be translated into a Job Posting/Advertisement for the external marketplace. It also helps define the screening and assessment criteria for prospective candidates.

2) What is a Job Posting/Advertisement?

A Job Posting/Advertisement is what you find on Job Boards or Company Career Websites.

First and foremost, the function of a Job Posting/Advertisement is as an external document used by hiring teams in recruiting efforts to attract the best candidates. This is likely to be the very first touchpoint with your company so it’s important to make a great impression. Put on your “marketing hat” and try to do everything possible to encourage the best candidates to apply. This is especially true for passive candidates – those candidates who are already employed but might be looking for a better opportunity (often the best candidates!). It is a holistic collection of the role, the qualifications, and what the company can offer in turn. Once an organisation has identified the need to bring talent into its workforce and the internal Job Description/Specification has been created and approved, talent acquisition teams will use that Job Description/Specification to create an external Job Posting/Advertisement to market the position and attract top talent. 

A Job Posting/Advertisement provides a summary of the requirements of a role, packaged together with the core and fringe benefits that your company offers. For example, long term career opportunities, prospects for promotion, ethical and transparent operations, charity affiliations, volunteering days, community support activities etc. 

A Job Posting/Advertisement translates the essential elements of a Job Description/Specification, with the objective being a re-scripted shorter, copy-written sales tool to attract the widest possible pool of appropriate candidates to sell the role and attract talent. It needs to market the organisation and the position in a positive way. It must grab a potential candidate’s interest to encourage them to find out more.

Your Job Posting/Advertisement should NOT be an exhaustive list of job duties and functions for the role – that belongs in your Job Description/Specification. It should include the job title as well as convey the requirements of the position to sell the company/position while setting the correct worker expectations. Depending on the seniority of the position you’re trying to fill, you should also include some of the key responsibilities, but without going into unnecessary details. Think about the topline skills they may need, as well as personal characteristics. Are they a good team player, and can they operate effectively when working from home? Do they thrive on pressure, and do they have ambition? Would they make a great leader? It should also include keywords that potential candidates will be searching for on public job boards. Include keywords they might know, or ways they might be describing a job they’re looking for. For example, “Wind Farm Site Supervisor”, “Principal Renewable Energy Planning Consultant”, “Senior EIA Project Manager” etc.

3) What is the difference between a Job Posting/Advertisement and a Job Description/Specification?

The key differences between these are as follows:

Job Posting/Advertisement

  • Use: External
  • Type: Advertisement
  • Purpose: Sell the job
  • Info about: Job, Company, Benefits
  • Tone: Upbeat & Engaging
  • Length: Shorter

Job Description/Specification

  • Use: Internal
  • Type: Document
  • Purpose:Explain the job
  • Info about: Job
  • Tone: Formal
  • Length: Longer

4) What should you include in a Job Posting/Advertisement?

The type of information that you should include in a Job Posting/Advertisement is as follows:

  • Job Title
  • Job Location
  • Salary and Benefits
  • Closing date for applications
  • Company Information
  • Job Summary / Position Overview
  • Job Responsibilities and Duties
  • Person Specification
  • Application Process

5) Have you any Tips that you can kindly share with me to help me design an effective Job Posting/Advertisement?

Please find below a few tips that we hope you will find useful:

  • Make Your Job Title Stand Out - This is the most important part of your Job Posting as it is what grabs the initial attention of suitable candidates and ensures that you are making the right type of candidates in terms of their qualifications and experience aware of your career opportunity. A good policy to follow is to use a relevant and popular Job Category followed by a relevant and popular Industry Sector – for example – Project Manager (Net Zero Transition Strategy). Indeed, to make your Job Posting more noticeable and to ensure that you target the right type of candidate it can be a good idea not to use a Job Title on its own that is too generic but instead to put in brackets after the Job Title the Green Industry Sector (s) that the role will be focused on. For example, instead of using a generic Job Title such as – Analyst – call it – Analyst (Renewable Energy) – or whatever Green Industry Sector (s) is appropriate to your Job Posting/Career Opportunity.
  • Use relevant and popular Keywords in your Job Title and the content of your Job Posting that suitably qualified and experienced candidates will tend to use when searching for a suitable career opportunity online or which they will use to set up Job Alerts by Email to be automatically notified by email when a suitable career opportunity first becomes available online. An excellent online tool to help with this process is Google Keyword Planner which is a free keyword research tool where you can discover new keywords and see their estimated search volumes.
  • Salary - As salary level is a good indicator of the career level/seniority of a particular role it is advisable to include it so that you get more relevant candidates being made aware of and applying to your career opportunity. If possible, please ensure that you have benchmarked the salary for your role to ensure that it is competitive with the current market rate for similar types of roles.
  • Salary Description - Make your Job Posting stand out from the crowd and make it more attractive to potential candidates by highlighting the other benefits associated with this role.
  • Advertise Your Job Posting for as long as possible - Where possible it is always advisable to have the Job Posting displayed on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network for the maximum duration of 6 Weeks/42 Days that is allowed for a Job Posting credit as the longer that the Job Posting is displayed on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network the more suitable applications that you will receive and there is a greater chance of you finding the perfect candidate and also building your Talent Pool for future career opportunities that you have available.
  • Make sure the Candidate Application Journey makes sense - Please ensure that your candidate application process makes sense to prospective candidates, that it is as easy as possible for them to follow and that you get the exact type of information (e.g., CV, Cover Letter, Completed Application form(s), Candidate application information uploaded to your Website/Applicant Tracking System etc) that you require from the candidate as part of your application process. Also please visit any of our websites and click the - Apply Now - button on some of the Job Postings that are currently being promoted on them to understand how our application process works from a candidate’s perspective and what they must do as part of that process so that the whole candidate application journey works as seamlessly as possible.
  • A Job Posting/Advertisement is not a Job Description/Specification - Please remember that they are not the same: they are two separate documents. Failing to distinguish between the two can be problematic because the aim of each is different; A Job Posting/Advertisement should entice candidates and a Job Description/Specification should inform candidates. A Job Description/Specification is a feeder into a Job Posting/Advertisement. A Job Posting/Advertisement is an external document that announces a Job opening and it is based on the Job Description/Specification but written in an engaging tone to attract Job Seekers. First and foremost, the function of a Job Posting/Advertisement is as an external document used by hiring teams in recruiting efforts to attract the best candidates.

Job Posting Overview

1) Can I have more than one logo on a Job Posting or a Company Profile?

Only one Logo can be used on your Account with us, and this must be the same logo for your Company Profile and all your Job Postings. The reason we do not allow additional logos to be displayed in the contents of a Job Posting is that they do not always display properly on mobile and tablet devices.

2) Can I add a video to the content of a Job Posting?

The best way to do this is to have a link in the content of your Job Posting so that interested parties can open the link in another Browser window to view the video. The reason that we prefer this method is that videos that are embedded in the contents of a Job Posting do not always display properly on mobile and tablet devices.

3) How do I get the best response from my Job Posting? 

Your Job Posting needs to encourage the best matching candidates to apply, whilst minimising the number of candidates that may not find the role suitable for them. To achieve this the following needs to be provided:

  • A Job Posting/Advertisement is provided to us and not a Job Specification/Description.
  • A clearly written and relevant Job Title that candidates will find easy to find online due to the familiar keywords included in it.
  • A Job Description that highlights the exact nature of the role, the full responsibilities of the role and what qualifications, skills, and experience that the candidate should have to be suitable for it.
  • A competitive salary that has been benchmarked correctly.
  • A closing date that ensures that your Job Posting is displayed for as long as possible on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network.

4) Why is the maximum length of a Job Posting set at 6 Weeks/42days?

The reason that we have chosen 6 Weeks/42 days as the maximum period that each Job Posting can be displayed on our Network of Websites is that we feel that this is a fair amount of time that covers most of the eventualities that our clients require when promoting their career opportunity.

5) How does the length of a time that a Job Posting is promoted on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network effect the number of relevant applications that I can expect to receive?

Where possible it is always advisable to have your Job Posting displayed on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network for the maximum duration of 6 Weeks/42 Days that is allowed for a Job Posting credit as the longer that your Job Posting is displayed on our Network of Websites the more suitable applications that you will receive and there is a greater chance of you finding the perfect candidate and also building your Talent Pool for future career opportunities that you have available

6) Can we get a reduction in price if we do not want to have our Job Posting live for the maximum period of 6 Weeks/42 days?

This is not possible as we do not charge based on the amount of time that your Job Posting is displayed on our Network of Websites but on the size of the relevant audience that your career opportunity will be promoted to and the amount of time and effort that it takes our Customer Service team to promote your career opportunity to as large a relevant audience as possible for you.

Indeed, to ensure that your Job Posting is promoted to as large a relevant audience as possible there are quite a few manual tasks that our Customer Service Team have got to do to ensure that this is done properly such as:

  • Setting up your Account.
  • Posting Your Job – In order to do this properly so that it displays correctly online on multiple types of browsers and devices our Customer Service Team must take the Job Posting content from the Word Document that you have provided, copy it onto an unformatted notepad and then add it to our content management system (CMS) to add any formatting that is required (e.g., Bold Type, Bullet Points, Italics, Links to Emails/Websites and Underlining).
  • Any edits to your Account or Job Posting that need to be done within 24 hours of your Job Advertisement going live on our Network of Websites.
  • Designing the Invoice for your booking.
  • Writing an email to you to confirm that your Job Posting is now live on our Network of Websites.
  • Adding your Job Posting to our Weekly Jobs Newsletter.
  • Manually adding information about your Job Posting to our Job Distribution Partner Network. 
  • Manually promoting your Job Posting on LinkedIn to all the suitable Groups that we operate and other suitable Groups that we are a Member of and that have agreed that we are allowed to do this.

7) If I purchase a Discounted Job Posting Package, do I have to use all the Job Posting credits that I have purchased at the same time?

No this is not necessary, and you can use any of the Job Posting credits that have been purchased as part of a Discounted Job Posting Package at any time within 12 months of the purchase date.

8) Can I use one Job Posting credit to advertise multiple roles at once?

This is not allowed by the terms of the service that we provide and each Job Posting that is promoted on our Network of Websites must have just one Job Title and the content of the Job Posting must only be about one role. Furthermore, it is not advisable to do this as from a successful online candidate generation perspective Job Postings that are generic and unspecific in nature do not perform as well as those that focus on a specific Job Title and role due to the way that candidates search for suitable career opportunities online (i.e., Setting up Job Alerts By Email etc.).

In order to ensure that your career opportunity performs as well as possible on our Network of Websites, Talent Finder Network, Social Media Network and Job Board Distribution Partner Network it is important that each Job Posting only has one Job Title associated with it and thus it is not possible or indeed advisable to combine two different roles into one Job Posting as this will mean that it will not work as well online in terms of the number and quality of responses that you can expect to receive for any role that you promote on our service.

Account Set Up/Editing and Posting/Editing of Jobs

1) Are there any specific times during the week that you set up/edit Accounts and post/edit Job Postings?

The setting up/editing of Accounts and the posting/editing of Job Postings is only done during the following periods each week and will not be done at the weekend or on public holidays when we are closed. The reason for this is that we want to ensure that you are completely happy with how your Job Posting is displayed and because no changes can be made outside of our normal working hours when our Customer Service Team is not available to make any changes that you have requested.

Monday – Thursday (Until 4pm): This will only be done by our Customer Service Team until 4pm on these days and any requests for Accounts to be set up/edited or the posting/editing of Job Postings after this time will not be made until the next working day. 

Friday (Until 3.30pm): This will only be done by our Customer Service Team until 3.30pm on this day and any requests for Accounts to be set up/edited or the posting/editing of Job Postings after this time will not be made until the next working day. 

2) What are the busiest days for your Customer Service Team to set up/edit Accounts and post/edit Jobs?

These are Thursday afternoon and all-day Friday so if you can get us what we require on other days of the working week this would be greatly appreciated by our Customer Service Team.

3) If we need a Job Posting to go live on a particular date or time on your Network of Websites is this possible?

This is not a problem, however, to facilitate your request please ensure that any information that our Customer Service Team have requested from you to get this organised for you has been fully completed and sent to them as early as possible prior to this date and no later than 24 hours before you want your Job Posting to go live on our Network of Websites.

4) Can I see how the Job Posting will look prior to it going live on your Network of Websites?

Due to the way that our Website Technology works we cannot show you the Job Posting before it goes live but we will email you links to it on our various websites when it goes live and then we will make any changes that you request immediately after this if you want us to change anything for you.

5) Will my Job Posting automatically expire from your Network of Websites on its closing date?

Yes, that is correct and as a reminder 7 days before it is due to expire on our Network of Websites our system will send you an automatic system generated email to remind you the date that your Job Posting is due to expire on our Network of Websites.

6) If we do not send you all the information that your Customer Service Team has requested from us at the same time, are they still able to get everything organised for us with regards to what we have requested?

We are more than happy to help but unfortunately if our Customer Service Team does not receive everything that has been requested from you at the same time, under no circumstances will they set up/edit your Account or post/edit a Job Posting until they receive exactly what they have requested and in the correct format.

7) What happens after I have sent you all the information that your Customer Service Team has requested to set up/edit our Account and post/edit our Job Posting and get it live on your Network of Websites?

Once our Customer Service Team have received all the information that they have requested they get your Account set up/edited and your Job Posting live for you on our Network of Websites as soon as possible and then they will email you when this has been done with links to your Job Posting on our various Websites along with the Invoice for your booking with us.

8) I am in a bit if a rush – how quickly can your Customer Service Team get everything organised for me?

We aim to have your Account set up/edited and Your Job posted/edited as soon as possible after receiving the fully completed booking confirmation information from you but please be aware that during busy periods this can take up to 24 hours for bookings received between Monday – Thursday and the next working day for bookings received on a Friday to get this done. 

9) I need your Customer Service Team to get a few Job Postings live for me on your Network of Websites at the same time – is this possible?

We will do our best to facilitate your request at short notice but ideally if you would like us to post more than 3 Job Postings for you during one working day can you please make our Customer Service Team aware of your request by email at – - at least 24 hours before you would like us to do this for you so that our Customer Service Team can schedule it into their work flow for the day that you would like this done for you.

10) How long will it take for my Job Posting to go live on your Network of Websites and wider Partner Network?

To avoid potential disappointment please do not leave things to the last minute. All Accounts are set up/edited and Jobs are posted/edited in a sequential order (i.e. first booked with fully completed information provided - first set up/posted/edited basis) based on when we receive the fully completed information that we have requested from you, and we aim to have your Account set up and your Job Posting live as soon as possible after receiving all of the information that we have requested from you. Please note that if you do not provide all the information that we have requested from you at the same time this may cause a delay in getting your Account Set Up and your Job Posting live for you on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network. If you need your Job Posting to go live on a particular date, please get us the information that we requested as early as possible prior to this date to avoid any disappointment.

11) How Long does it take for your Customer Service Team to set up a New Client Account on your Network of Websites?

It takes our Customer Service Team between 20 – 40 minutes to do this.

12) How Long does it take for your Customer Service Team to post a Job Posting on your Network of Websites?

It takes our Customer Service Team between 20 – 30 minutes to do this.

13) Which of your Websites will my Job Posting be displayed on?

The number of Websites in our Network that your Job Posting will be displayed on will be dependent on the suitability of the Job Title, Job Description, and location for a particular Website in our Network.

14) When getting a Job Posting live how does your Customer Service Team ensure that it is posted under the most appropriate Websites in your Network, Industry Sectors, Job Categories, Locations etc.?

Our Customer Service Team has significant experience posting Jobs and they always ensure that before they post any Job Posting onto our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network that they thoroughly read and understand the Job Title, the content of the Job Posting and the various facets of the role to ensure that it is posted under the most appropriate Websites in our Network, Industry Sectors, Job Categories, Locations etc. Also, after your Job Posting goes live and if you are not happy with the various Websites, Industry Sectors, Job Categories, Locations etc. that it is displayed under our Customer Service Team are more than happy to make any changes that you want them to make for you.

How our system works is that our Customer Service Team can CHOOSE A MAXIMUM OF 25 of the following options for each Job Posting to be displayed under

JOB TYPE – They must choose at least 1 Job Type.

INDUSTRY SECTOR – They must choose at least 1 Industry Sector. Our advice is to choose between 9 - 11 Industry Sectors per Job Posting (VERY IMPORTANT). 

JOB CATEGORY – They must choose at least 1 Job Category. Our advice is to choose between 9 - 11 Job Categories per Job Posting (VERY IMPORTANT).

EDUCATION LEVEL – They must choose at least 1 Education Level

REGION – They must choose at least 1 Region. 

VICINITY – They must choose at least 1 Vicinity.

A full list of the INDUSTRY SECTORS that they can choose can be found HERE

A full list of the JOB CATEGORIES that they can choose can be found HERE

15) Can I make changes/edit a Job Posting that your Customer Service Team has posted for me?

This can be done at no additional charge within 24 hours of your Job Posting going live on our Network of Websites and wider Partner Network and if you would like any changes to be made, please contact our Customer Service Team by email at – - and they will get any changes that you require done for you as soon as possible. However please be aware that any changes that are made after this initial 24-hour grace period will incur a cost of £50 per set of changes that are requested.

16) If we put a Job Posting live on your Network of Websites and then we want to change it to another Job Title and change the content of the Job Posting is this possible?

This is possible but this will cost you another Job Posting credit as our Customer Service Team need to go through the whole Job Posting process again and more information about what this entails is highlighted under the next section which is called Job Postings.

17) Do we get access to your Recruitment Management System so that we can post/edit Jobs ourselves?

Access to our Recruitment Management System where you can post/edit Jobs yourself on a 24/7 basis is only available to Organisations that have purchased more than 10 Job Posting credits from us at the same time and that are to be used within a 12-month period of the purchase date. Furthermore, it’s usage is only available for Organisations that have specified that they would like to manage the Job Posting process themselves instead of our Customer Service Team doing it for them as online training must be given to the Organisation on how best to use our Recruitment Management System before they will be given access to it. Organisations that choose to use our Recruitment Management System will also be allocated a dedicated Account Manager in case they need any help with anything at any time and they will also be sent a PDF document that highlights how to maximise their Job Postings performance across our Network of Websites when posting Jobs themselves. If you would like to find out more information about purchasing more than 10 Job Posting credits at the same time and getting access to our Recruitment Management System, please contact us at –

18) Can we use a Job Distribution Service such as Broadbean, Idibu, JobMate or Logic Melon to post Jobs directly onto your Network of Websites?

Yes there is no problem doing this for you as we are fully integrated with all of these and please contact our Customer Service Team at - – and they will be more than happy to get this set up for you.

Payment Terms and Methods

1) What is your payment/credit terms and what payment methods do you accept?

On the Invoice that we will send to you we offer 21 days payment terms, and we accept the following payment methods which will be highlighted on the invoice:

  • For Sterling (£) payments via bank transfer to our United Kingdom based Bank Account
  • For Euro (€) payments via bank transfer to our Ireland based Bank Account
  • By Cheque posted to our Accounts Department Address
  • By credit card via a one-off payment request via PayPal. You can either make the payment with your company credit card or if you prefer and it is easier you can pay via your personal credit card and then claim the payment back via your organisation’s expenses claim process.

2) What are your Company Details so that we can set you up as a new supplier?

Company Name – GreenJobs Limited

Company Registration Number – 458825

VAT Number – IE 9695549M

Registered Business Address - Accounts Department, GreenJobs Limited, Ocean Office Share, Church Street, Lahinch, County Clare, V95 YV20, Ireland

If you require any other information to be able to do this, please contact our Accounts Department at – – and they will get this sent to you as soon as possible.

3) Can I pay for my booking using a credit card over the telephone?

We cannot accept credit card payments over the telephone for security and confidentiality reasons however if you wish to pay using this method, we are more than happy to email you a secure one-off payment request via PayPal so that you can pay using your credit card in a secure, safe, and trusted manner.

Weekly Jobs Newsletter

1) When does the Weekly Jobs Newsletter get sent out?

The Weekly Jobs Newsletter is sent out each Monday evening apart from when a Monday is a Public/Bank holiday and then it is sent out on the Tuesday morning instead. Also, for the period between Christmas Day and New Years Day no Weekly Jobs Newsletter is sent out.

As the design of the Weekly Jobs Newsletter is finalised no later than 11.59am on a Monday morning only Jobs that are live on our Network of Websites at that time and that are applicable for the Weekly Jobs Newsletter will be included in it. Any Job that is applicable for the Weekly Jobs Newsletter and that goes live on our Network of Websites after 11.59am on a Monday will be included in the next Weekly Jobs Newsletter that is due to be sent out.

2) What does the Weekly Jobs Newsletter look like?

The best way to see what our Weekly Jobs Newsletter looks like is to sign up to receive them by clicking HERE and please remember that you can unsubscribe from them easily at any time if you no longer would like to receive them.

CV Database Access

1) Do you have a CV Database available that we can access to search for suitably qualified and experienced candidates?

With regards to CV database access although we have 10,000’s of our members (i.e., Registered Users) that have uploaded their information to their Membership Accounts (e.g., Current Version of their CV, Member Profile Information etc.) we do not allow anyone to search this information as we treat our registered users as Members and not merely as Candidates. The purpose of this is so that our members have complete control of the career opportunities that are of interest to them via their ability to search our various websites for suitable career opportunities when it suits them, setting up specific Job Alerts by Emails that means they are informed of specific career opportunities that meet their exact requirements and being able to sign up to our Weekly Jobs Newsletters. The reason we have done this is so that are Members are more in control of their own career aspirations and decision-making process and so that they do not get bombarded with career opportunities that may not be of interest to them or where the timing of the potential career opportunity is not right for them.

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