Posting a Job

This page covers how an employer gets a job live on your board through the public posting flow. The pricing and billing setup behind it lives in the monetization section, which these pages link to; here we focus on the employer's experience and the states a job moves through.

The public posting flow

When you allow public job posts, your board publishes a "Post a job" page where an employer fills in the listing. What happens on submit depends on how you have priced posting.

Posting a job this way creates the company record and the listing, but it does not create an employer login. So a posted job appears under Companies, not Employers, unless that company is also claimed by someone who signs up.

By design, anyone can submit a job without first creating an account. This is intentional, not a gap: every extra step between "I want to post a job" and "it is posted" loses submissions. Requiring a login before posting is not recommended, because it reduces the number of jobs (and paid posts) your board receives.

The three ways to pay

• Self-service card checkout. The employer pays immediately through Stripe Checkout, as a one-time charge or a subscription. Set this up with pricing plans and a connected Stripe account.
• Invoice collection. Instead of collecting a card payment, your connected Stripe issues a payable invoice with net terms, and the job publishes when the invoice is paid. See invoice billing.
• Sales-led plans. Some plans cannot be purchased directly in checkout and instead route the employer to contact you or an external sales path.

If you do not set a price, employers can submit free listings (subject to your job approval settings).

Held drafts and completing them

A job that has been written but not yet paid for is a held draft. There are two kinds:

• Card-abandoned: the employer reached Stripe Checkout but did not pay.
• Invoice-held: an invoice has been issued and its net-terms clock is running.

Either is completed in place by satisfying payment, never by creating a duplicate and never by publishing for free. The employer reopens the same pre-filled wizard from the job's Edit action. A card-abandoned draft shows the plan picker and opens a fresh checkout; an invoice-held draft hides the plan picker (the amount is locked by the issued invoice) and sends the employer to the existing invoice. This is the only way an unpaid employer job goes live.

Featured jobs

If a pricing plan includes featured slots, jobs can be highlighted at the top of listings. In automatic mode every job under the plan is featured on submission while slots remain; in manual mode the employer chooses which jobs to feature. You can also feature any job by hand. See featured jobs.

Availability

• Plan: All paid plans can charge for posts. Native applications on the posted job (Quick apply) require the Starter plan or higher.
• Setting: Board settings, then Features, then "Allow job posts" publishes the "Post a job" page. Pricing is configured in monetization.
• Setup required: To charge, connect Stripe and create a pricing plan. Invoice collection additionally uses invoice billing.

Limitations

• Charging for posts requires a connected Stripe account and a priced plan. Without them, posting is free.
• Invoice-collection jobs publish only when the invoice is paid; the job stays a held draft until then.
• Sales-led plans cannot be completed in self-service checkout; they route the employer to contact you.