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Documentation: Careers

The Career post type is, as implied by its name, used for housing information about careers at Cambrian College.

To add a new career item, select Careers › Add New from the menu.

To browse all careers, select Careers › All Careers from the menu (or simply click the Careers item in the menu itself).

To edit career-related settings, select Careers › Career Options from the menu.

General Fields

This post type contains a number of configurable options, some of which are shared with other post types, and some of which are unique to the Career post type.

Title

Located at the top of the page, the title box allows content editors to provide the career item with a simple title.

General Career Fields

The following fields are specific to the Career post type:

Posting PDF – Use this option to set up a link to the PDF of this posting.

Competition ID – Use this option to define the competition ID for this posting.

Department – Use this option to define the department related to this posting.

Campus – Use this option to define the campus related to this posting.

Status – Use this option to define the employment status related to this posting.

Reporting To – Use this option to define who this position will be reporting to.

Salary Range – Use this option to define the salary range (or hourly rate) relating to this posting.

Department – Use this option to define the department related to this posting.

Closing Date – Use this option to define the date on which this posting closes.

Show Closing Date – Use this option to include a closing time along with the closing date.

Closing Time – Use this option to define the time at which the posting will be closed on the closing date.

Close When Filled – Use this option to indicate that this posting will be closed when the position is filled. This will suppress the Closing Date, Show Closing Date Time and Closing Date Time fields.

Direct Email Application – If an email is present in this field, the career page will include an application button. Clicking this button will trigger an mailto link to the supplied email address.

Detailed Career Fields

In addition to the general career settings fields, there are a number of additional detailed settings, most of which take the form of a fully editable rich-text content areas. Each of these areas is grouped together under its own tab. These include:

Position Summary – Use this field to include a detailed synopsis of the position.

Qualifications – There are two fields under this tab, both of which can include a detailed overview of qualifications for the position. These two options include:

Required Qualifications – Use this field to include a detailed overview of qualifications that are required for the position.

Asset Qualifications – Use this field to include a detailed overview of qualifications that would be an asset for the position.

Responsibilities – Use this field to include a detailed description of the responsibilities related to this position.

Additional Information – Use this field to include any additional information related to this position.

Equality Statement – Use this field to include an equality statement for this position. This field will be automatically populated with the default content, as set in the Careers › Career Options settings page. It can be edited, as required.

Application Details – Use this field to include application details related to this position. This field will be automatically populated with the default content, as set in the Careers › Career Options settings page. It can be edited, as required.

Settings

In addition to the options that can be set on a single page, there are also a handful of general options that can be set for Careers at a global level. To modify these settings select Careers › Career Options from the admin menu.

There are four tabs available under this settings page. These include:

Section Headings

The options under this tab are used to define the headings that appear in the main content area. These fields include:

Position Summary – Use this field to define the heading for the Position Summary section.

Responsibilities – Use this field to define the heading for the Responsibilities section.

Qualifications – Use this field to define the heading for the Qualifications section.

Qualifications - Required – Use this field to define the heading for the required qualifications sub-section.

Qualifications - Assets – Use this field to define the heading for the required qualifications sub-section.

Additional Information – Use this field to define the heading for the Additional Information section.

Application Details – Use this field to define the heading for the Application Details section.

Detail Headings

The options under this tab are used to define the headings that appear in the sidebar area. These fields include:

Position Details – Use this field to define the top-level heading for the Position Details sidebar.

Competition # – Use this field to define the heading for the Competition # info block.

Department – Use this field to define the heading for the Department info block.

Campus – Use this field to define the heading for the Campus info block.

Status – Use this field to define the heading for the Status info block.

Reporting To – Use this field to define the heading for the Reporting To info block.

Posting Date – Use this field to define the heading for the Posting Date info block.

Start Rate / Salary Range – Use this field to define the heading for the Start Rate / Salary Range info block.

Closing Date – Use this field to define the heading for the Closing Date info block.

PDF Button – Use this field to define the text for the download button.

Application Button – Use this field to define the text for the application button.

Default Content

The options under this tab are used to define the default values of certain single-post settings.

Equality Statement – Use this field to define the default equality statement. The content in this block will be automatically added to every new Career (though content editors do have the ability to edit this default content on a per-post basis).

Application Details – Use this field to define the default application details. The content in this block will be automatically added to every new Career (though content editors do have the ability to edit this default content on a per-post basis).

Back to Careers

The options under this tab are used to define the behaviour of the Back to Careers button that appears on single pages. The options include

Careers Page – Use this field to select the page that the Back to Careers button should point to. This should be the Careers landing page.

Back to Careers Button Text – Use this field to define the text that will appear in the Back to Careers button.