Sign-in and Accounts

Job-seeker accounts are what unlock matches, saved jobs, profiles, alerts, and applying behind a registration wall. This page covers how job seekers sign in and verify their email. Everything here also applies to the account types built on it elsewhere in this section. After they are signed in, they manage password, email, and account deletion from Account settings.

Sign-in methods

Your board offers four ways for a job seeker to sign in, and all four work out of the box:

• Email and password.
• Magic link, a passwordless link emailed to the job seeker. The link is valid for 15 minutes.
• Google. Available by default, running on Cavuno's own sign-in.
• LinkedIn. Available by default, running on Cavuno's own sign-in.

You do not need to create or configure an OAuth app for Google or LinkedIn to appear. If you want sign-in branded to your own domain, you can optionally connect your own Google or LinkedIn OAuth app under Settings, then Sign-in methods. See Google sign-in setup and LinkedIn sign-in setup for that optional step.

Email verification

Email verification is required before a signed-in job seeker can reach any authenticated surface (dashboard, saved jobs, alerts, profile, or applying behind a registration wall):

1. After signing up or in, the job seeker is sent to a verify-email step.
2. Your board emails a 6-digit code that expires in 15 minutes.
3. They enter the code and continue to wherever they were headed.

If the code does not arrive, they can request a new one after 60 seconds.

Account settings

Signed-in job seekers (and employers) open Settings on your board to change or set a password, change email, or delete the account. Email change is confirmed at the new address before it takes effect. Deletion is permanent and does not remove companies from the board. See Account settings.

Availability

• Plan: All paid plans. Candidate accounts are available on every paid plan; your board itself is public from the Starter plan upward.
• Setting: Settings, then Features, then "Job seeker profiles" (this is the switch that turns job-seeker accounts on). Turning it off hides sign-in from your board.
• Setup required: None. All four sign-in methods work by default. Connecting your own Google or LinkedIn OAuth app is optional, in Settings under Sign-in methods.

Limitations

• New candidate accounts default to a hidden profile until the job seeker chooses otherwise. The per-board default is hidden and is not exposed as a setting in the dashboard. See candidate profiles.

Example

For example, a job seeker who begins at a registration-wall prompt can choose Google, verify when required, and return to the application path. Their new candidate profile remains Hidden until they change its visibility.

Next steps

Point signed-in people to Account settings for password, email, and account deletion. Enable Job seeker profiles if they are not already on.