ExactHire offers the following best practices to advertise, while keeping within the ExactHire ATS framework as well as conforming to the standards of Indeed, that a company is accepting applicants for a remote job.
The following information was provided directly by Indeed here.
There are a few ways you can help job seekers looking for remote work find your role. By taking these steps, we can make sure your jobs show up in relevant searches and have a Remote work available label in job search.
NOTE: As we continue to improve the experience of posting a job, the processes below are subject to change slightly.
To post a new job:
- Log in to your account (not a member? create an account for free here)
- Click the Post a Job button in the upper right corner of your Jobs page
- Fill out your job post information in the prompts
- In the section Can this job be performed remotely, meaning primarily from home?, select the option that best describes your job’s location flexibility:
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To edit an existing job:
- Log in to your account
- Click Edit job on the right side the job posting you want to edit
- Under Additional details, find the section titled Can this job be performed remotely, meaning primarily from home?
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If your job appears on Indeed but is posted on your career site or ATS
Indeed uses specific terms or phrases in your job description to identify your job as one of the three remote job types listed below. Add the corresponding phrases listed below to your job description to make sure we show your role in relevant searches, and label it correctly:
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If your job is... |
Which Indeed defines as... |
include one of these three phrases... |
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Fully remote |
A job that can be performed completely from home, and doesn’t require regular commutes to an office or job site |
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Temporarily remote due to COVD-19* |
A job that’s fully remote for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will eventually return to being office-based |
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Work from home flexible** |
Employees have the flexibility to work from home, but are still expected to report to a local office setting |
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XML file users
If you’re using an XML file, please include a <remotetype> field within the XML, and populate with one of the following values that best describes your job’s location flexibility:
- Fully Remote
- COVID-19
- WFH Flexible
If the job is Fully Remote:
- In addition to including Fully Remote in the <remotetype> field, please make sure to enter a value of Remote in the job’s <city> and/or <state> field. If Remote is only put into either <city> or <state>, the other field must be blank.
- ex. <city>Remote <state>blank <country>US = "Remote,US"
- ex. <city>blank <state>Remote <country>US = "Remote,US"
- ex. <city>Remote <state>Remote <country>US = "Remote,US"
- Jobs should not be sent over with a mix of Remote and an actual location in <city> or <state>
- ex. <city>Remote <state>Texas <country>US = ERROR
If the job is temporarily remote due to COVID-19 and will transition back to a non-remote job after the pandemic has ended:
- In addition to including COVID-19 in the <remotetype> field, please be sure to enter the relevant city/state info in the corresponding <city> and <state> fields in the XML.
- ex. <remotetype>COVID-19 <city>Austin <state>TX = “Austin, TX - temporarily remote”
*Jobs that are temporarily remote due to COVID-19 will transition back to a non-remote job after the pandemic has ended.
**Jobs offering the flexibility to work from home will NOT appear in remote search results, but will still appear in relevant searches for work from home jobs.