Branding

Branding allows the system administrator to customize the look and feel of a Career Section with headers, footers and site navigation.

Branding allows the system administrator to customize the frame surrounding the areas of the Career Section displaying the job listings. The objective is to create a Web page that mimics the customer’s own Web site to create a seamless transfer as the end-user looks for a career/job on the customer’s Web site.

Branding for a Career Section is set up with the Career Portal Brand feature of the Career Section Administration. The Branding file is uploaded into a Career Portal Brand which can be associated to one or several Career Sections.

A base locale must be specified among all branding files submitted. If a Career Section using a brand is accessed with a locale where no file was submitted, the branding file associated to the base locale is used.

An organization branding is submitted via a compressed (zip max of 1MB) file that contains the branding definition, that is a XHTML file and all the required static files (images, JavaScript, CSS, objects). These files create the cast of the Web page which will carry the embedded “job listing” section (that is, career portal pages and application flow). The file (conforming to Oracle Taleo's specifications) can include left and right navigation items as well as heading and footer content, which together enable your organization to create a Career Section that conveys a particular look and feel. The URL of each Career Section that uses the branding must be attached.

There is no dynamic content based on the type of job search performed within a Career Section. For example, with Oracle Taleo hosting the page, it is not possible to display marketing content on a Career Section when candidates search for marketing jobs. Branding can be set per Career Section. If the organization wants marketing jobs to drive marketing content, create different Career Sections for different target audiences. The Career Section Administration module supports the upload of JavaScript files in the form of branding file extensions. However, branding file extensions cannot be enabled without a review and approval by Oracle Taleo.

The compressed branding file is saved in your organization's database zone and is cached by the Oracle Taleo file system. When candidates access the Career Section, the cached files are accessed. Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition is hosting the entire Web page (versus the page being embedded as a frame), therefore eliminating double scrolling for candidates. Since Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition is hosting the page, the Oracle Taleo URL is used. If the organization has more than one brand, a separate compressed file can be created for each of them. The organization can then assign any one of those brands to a single Career Section or can assign a brand to multiple Career Sections.

Organizations should modify their Career Section page (1024 x 768 screen resolution) to account for the 720 pixel size recommended page width.