Widget Creation and Sharing
The Widgets feature provides administrators the ability to embed certain Sourcing functionality (such as job searches or Job Alert signups) on other websites.
Search Result (Job Listing)
Search Bar
Sign Up for Job Alerts
Widget Creation
Functionality to create and manage widgets is in the Configuration area, under Widgets. The section lists all previously created widgets; which you can edit, preview and save. You can edit the Name, Notes, Descriptive Text, Width, Height, Header, Button Text and Button Color of a widget. The settings available vary depending on the type of widget.
Search Result (Job Listing) Widget
Use the Job Search to perform a search and generate a search result (list of jobs) based on category and/or location. (Job listing results can only be created from a search.)
Click the Create a Widget button that appears at the top of the page.
This opens the Configuration > Widgets page.
Click the Edit button (Pencil icon).
Check the page layout, the Job Search ID is prepopulated.
Enter a Title, Notes (for internal use), and style features.
Preview and save the widget information. Or you can Cancel.
In preview mode the first few job search results display in the widget.
Upon Save, code for the widget displays in the text field. It is read only and not editable.
The widget code can be copied and pasted (embedded) into HTML code on other web pages.
Search results in embedded widgets update as new jobs meeting the criteria used to create the widget become available.
Users can view and interact with the job list from any web page the code is added to.
When a user clicks on a job in the list, they are redirected to Sourcing to view the job description details.
Search Bar Widget
Use the settings in the Configuration area, under Widgets > Search Bar Widgets.
Click Create New Search Widget button.
Create and style the search bar by editing the Title, internal only Notes, Description, Placeholder Text and Button Text.
Set style features: Width (pixels), Height (pixels), Include Header toggle, Include Button toggle, Button Color.
Preview and save the widget information. Or you can Cancel.
In preview mode the first few job search results display in the widget.
Upon Save, code for the widget displays in the text field. It is read only and not editable.
The widget code can be copied and pasted (embedded) into HTML code on other web pages.
Users can view the widget advertising your company and the job search results.
Users can interact with the search bar. Upon clicking Go they are redirected to the Sourcing host site, and complete the search and view results from there.
Sign Up for Job Alerts Widget
Use the settings in the Configuration area, under Widgets > Email Sign Up Widgets.
Click Create New Email Widget button.
Create and style the widget by editing the Title, internal only Notes, Description, and Button Text.
Set style features: Width (pixels), Height (pixels), Include Header toggle, Include Button toggle, Button Color.
Set the Location and/or Category and/or Company information for the alert.
Preview and save the widget information. Or you can Cancel.
In preview mode the first few job search results display in the widget.
Upon Save, code for the widget displays in the text field. It is read only and not editable.
Widget code can be copied and pasted (embedded) into HTML code on other web pages.
Users see the widget advertising your company and the Job Alerts.
Users can initiate signing up for alerts, and are redirected to a Sourcing modal to register.
Configuration
Configuration settings for this feature are listed in the following table.
| Settings | |
|---|---|
| Name | Location |
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Configuration > Widgets |