Permissions: Site Admin, and Job Admin who can manage custom fields

Product tier: Available for Advanced and Expert subscription tiers

A custom opening field allows your organization to record select information on a per opening basis rather than for the entire job. Recording information per opening basis can be useful if you plan to hire multiple candidates of varying attributes, such as experience and location, against the same hiring plan and need to capture information specific to the opening. Click here for more information.  

This article covers how to edit an existing custom opening field for your organization.

To begin, navigate to the Custom Options configure page. (ConfigureCustom Options). 

Screenshot of the custom options configure page.

Click Openings under Company Custom Fields

Screenshot of the openings tab.

The Custom Fields: Openings page lists all of your organization's custom opening fields. Click the custom opening field you wish to edit. 

Screenshot of the custom opening field.

Edit the details of the custom opening field. Refer to the following table for additional information:

Name Description 
Field Name The name of the field.
Description Provide any additional context, direction, and/or summary of this custom opening field.
Only show for openings made in these offices If this custom opening field should only be available for certain offices in your organization, select those offices from the dropdown menu. If none are selected, the custom opening field will default to all offices. 
Only show for openings made in these departments If this custom opening field should only be available for certain departments in your organization, select those departments from the dropdown menu. If none are selected, the custom opening field will default to all departments. 
Mark Private

Field can only be viewed by users with one of the following permission levels:

  • Job Admin who Can view and edit private job fields and approve/request approval on jobs, or 
  • Site Admin who Can see private notes, salary info, manage offers, request approval, and approve jobs/offers
Required Makes the custom opening field a required field when creating any new opening.
Changes to this field require reapproval  When checked, changes to the custom opening field re-trigger any job approval flows your organization has configured. 
Note: The Field Type cannot be changed once the field is created. 

Once you are done, click Save at the bottom of the page to confirm your edits.