Google for Jobs

Google shows jobs in its own job search when the job page carries JobPosting data. Every published job page in Careers Orbit carries it, on hosted career pages and on websites using the Careers SDK. There is nothing to sign and nothing to switch on: under Job boards, Google for Jobs shows Always on, and Test connection tells you how many published jobs carry everything Google needs.

Check a job

Open the job's Publishing & SEO tab. Under Where it's posted, Google's line shows Ready or Missing details, with what Google still needs or would also like. Before the job is published it shows When published.

Google needs:

• a title and a description of a few sentences
• the date the job was posted, which Careers Orbit adds
• your organisation's name, from Career site › Look and content
• a location, or for fully remote jobs, a location in each country remote applicants may live in

Google also likes a salary shown on the job, a closing date, a job type, your logo and your website address (the Website under Career site › Address and website). Jobs without them still appear, but may rank lower.

Remote jobs

Google marks a job as remote only when it is fully remote. Set the job's workplace to Remote, and add a location in each country where applicants may live. Hybrid jobs are shown at their location.

How long it takes

Google usually finds a new job within a few days. Careers Orbit lists open jobs in your career site's sitemap with the time each last changed, which helps Google find changes sooner. Add the sitemap to Google Search Console if you use it.

When a job closes

A closed job's page answers "not found" and the job leaves the sitemap, so Google drops it. If you set a closing date, Google also knows in advance when the job ends.