Glossary
Activation key
Section titled “Activation key”The key you get when you buy JS Jobs Pro. Entered on JS Jobs Update, it activates your site and installs Pro. See Installation.
Application
Section titled “Application”A job seeker applying to a job with one of their resumes and, optionally, a cover letter. Employers see them under Applications on My Jobs; the administrator counts them as Applied Resumes.
Approval queue
Section titled “Approval queue”Where new companies, jobs, resumes and departments (and in Pro, messages and folders) wait for the administrator when they are not approved automatically.
Auto approve
Section titled “Auto approve”Settings such as Company Auto Approve, Job Auto Approve and Resume Auto Approve. Yes publishes new items at once; No sends them to the approval queue.
Category
Section titled “Category”The field of work of a job, company or resume, with sub-categories. Managed under Categories.
Company
Section titled “Company”An employer’s business profile. An employer needs one before posting a job.
Control panel
Section titled “Control panel”The home page of an employer (Employer Control Panel) or a job seeker (Job Seeker Control Panel) on your website. In the administrator, the Control Panel is the dashboard.
Cover letter
Section titled “Cover letter”A short letter a job seeker writes once and can attach to applications.
Cron job
Section titled “Cron job”A scheduled task on your server that opens an address on your site at set times. JS Jobs Pro uses one to send job alerts; the address is under Configurations → Cron Job.
Data directory
Section titled “Data directory”The folder in your site’s root, jsjobsdata by default, where uploaded
logos, photos and resume files are kept.
Department
Section titled “Department”An optional part of a company. A job can belong to a department.
Employer
Section titled “Employer”A user with the employer role. Employers add companies, post jobs, search resumes and review applications.
Featured
Section titled “Featured”A promoted job, company or resume, shown with a Featured tag and in the featured lists and modules (Pro).
Folder
Section titled “Folder”A named group of resumes an employer keeps, such as a shortlist (Pro).
A promoted job, company or resume, shown with a Gold tag and in the gold lists and modules (Pro).
Job alert
Section titled “Job alert”A job seeker’s subscription to e-mails about new matching jobs (Pro).
Job seeker
Section titled “Job seeker”A user with the job seeker role. Job seekers write resumes and cover letters, search jobs and apply.
Job status and job type
Section titled “Job status and job type”Lists you manage under Admin → Job Status and Admin → Job Types. The install’s statuses are Sourcing, Interviewing, Closed to New Applicants, Finalists Identified, Pending Approval and Hold; its types are Full-Time, Part-Time and Internship.
Licence
Section titled “Licence”Your right to run and update JS Jobs Pro on a domain. An expired subscription keeps Pro running but stops updates.
Package
Section titled “Package”What an employer or a job seeker gets, free or paid, that sets how much they may do and for how many days: for example how many companies and jobs an employer may add, or how many resumes and applications a job seeker may have, and how many gold and featured items. Packages only limit users when Package Required For Employer or Package Required For Job Seeker is Yes. There are no credits: everything is counted against the package.
Publishing period
Section titled “Publishing period”The dates between which a job is listed on your site.
Resume
Section titled “Resume”A job seeker’s profile: personal details, addresses, education, past employers, skills, references, languages and files.
Whether a user is an employer or a job seeker in JS Jobs. Every user has one, chosen at registration or on their first visit to a JS Jobs page. The administrator sees roles under User Roles → Users.
Sample data
Section titled “Sample data”Demo users, a company, jobs, a resume and applications that the setup wizard can add.
Shortlist
Section titled “Shortlist”Jobs a job seeker has saved for later, or candidates an employer has marked for a job (Pro).
Visitor
Section titled “Visitor”Someone browsing your site without logging in. Settings decide whether visitors may post jobs, apply or search resumes.