Geography Hierarchy Structure
The geography hierarchy structure defines the structure of geography levels from which a geography hierarchy can be built. It also defines the geography levels to be used when searching using locations in areas such as job search and candidate search.
The configuration of the geography hierarchy structure is done in the Setup and Maintenance work area, using the Geography Hierarchy Structure task.
The Geography Hierarchy Structure page lists the current structure for all countries available within the master geography hierarchy. If a new country is added to the master geography hierarchy, it's automatically displayed on the Geography Hierarchy Structure page.
A geography hierarchy structure can have a maximum of three levels. The topmost level represents the country. For each country, a maximum of two geography sublevels can be defined:
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Level 1
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Level 2
It's not necessary to define sublevels for a country. You can define one sublevel, two sublevels, or none. If a hierarchy structure isn't defined for a country, the list of locations presented to candidates when they search for a job in the career site only includes the country with no sublevels. Also, it's not possible to add geographies other than the country in a geography hierarchy.
The table presents the default geography hierarchy structure for the United States and Canada. Customers must define the structure for all other countries.
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Country |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
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United States |
State |
City |
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Canada |
Province |
City |
The geography hierarchy structure is used in the following Recruiting features:
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Geography hierarchies: Within a country, only geographies corresponding to one of the geography hierarchy structure levels for this country can be added to the hierarchy.
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Job search: When candidates are searching for a job and selecting a location, only locations corresponding to one of the geography hierarchy structure levels can be selected.
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Candidate search: When recruiters are searching for candidates and selecting a location, only locations corresponding to one of the geography hierarchy structure levels can be selected.
As a best practice, your Geography Hierarchy should include only those locations where hiring activities occur, such as cities with physical offices. Including only relevant locations helps recruiters and managers to more easily select the desired locations when performing recruiting tasks.