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.  

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 your organization's custom opening fields.

To add a custom opening field to the list, click Add Field.

Screenshot of the a dd field button.

On the New Opening Field page, configure the details of your new custom opening field. Refer to the following table for additional information:

Name Description
Field 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 defaults 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 defaults to all departments. 
Type

Select what type of response should be made for the custom opening field. Available types include:

  • Short textbox
  • Long textbox
  • Yes/No
  • Single Select
  • Multi select
  • Currency
  • Number
  • Date
  • URL
  • User
  • Currency range
  • Number range

Once the custom opening field is saved, the field type can no longer be changed. For single-select and multi-select type options, each answer option should be input in a separate line.  

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, a change to the custom opening field re-triggers any job approval flows your organization has configured. 

When finished, click Save at the bottom of the page to create your new custom opening field. 

The new custom opening field can now be added to new and existing job openings, and viewed in the Job Status report.

Note: Once created, responses for the new custom opening field can be recorded for Open, Pending, and Closed job openings.