When you’re ready to post an opening on your career portal or third-party job boards, start by creating a position in Breezy.
You can save the position as a draft, if you want to return later to make changes, or activate the position if you’re ready to open it up to applicants.
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How to create a position
You can create a position anywhere you see the + Add Position button, or from the Positions/Pools list.
Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.
Click + Add Position in the top-right corner.
Complete the fields for each section, shown across the top of the screen.
Click Save and Continue to advance to the next section.
Click Activate Position when you’re finished, or just close it to save it as a draft and activate later.
Once your position is activated, it will be published on your career portal. Our team will review the position to make sure it meets requirements, then it will be posted on job boards.
Note: The following fields are required to save a position:
Position Title
Position Type
Location details – even if you've chosen a remote work option
Job Description
How to activate a position
If you save a position as a draft, you can activate it later from the position or pipeline view. Just look for the status dropdown, which shows a colored dot. Active positions have a green dot and draft positions have a blue dot.
To activate a position:
Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar or open the position.
Click the status dropdown (colored dot) next to the position’s name.
Click Active (green dot).
If required, complete the approval request.
You can also set a position to open (or close) automatically.
Position settings
You’ll advance through each section of the position’s settings when you’re creating a position. You’ll see each section along the top of the position view, and can return any time to make changes.
To edit a position:
Click Positions/Pools in the left sidebar.
Open the correct position.
Click the gear icon ⚙️ in the top-right corner of the window to open Position Settings.
Note: Admin or Hiring Manager permission may be required to make changes to a saved position.
Details
Enter the basics of your position, including
Title
Employment Type
Work Arrangement
Location
Department
Category
Education requirements
Experience level
Salary range
Internal ID
Tags
Other Info or Custom Fields
Automatic opening and closing
Job Description
You can also include tags to help you organize and track the position in Breezy, plus custom fields and other internal info.
Note: The following fields in the Details section are required:
Position Title
Position Type
Location
👍 Location, location, location
Get specific! Including a street address helps job boards target the right candidates for your position.
Automatically open or close a position
If you want to put your posting on autopilot, you can schedule it to automatically open or close on a certain date and time.
Automatically opening and closing positions is available to customers on all paid plans.
On the details tab of the position’s settings:
Scroll to Auto Open/Close Position
Click the toggle to enable scheduling for open or closed status.
Select a date and time from the dropdowns.
For auto-closing, choose options for auto-disqualifying a candidate or a reason for closing the position, if required.
Click Next Step or Save Changes.
Note: Positions will open or close according to the time zone associated with your company location.
Description
Enter the job description as you’d like applicants to see it. You can type the description in our rich text editor, or paste it from a document or other source.
You can also choose one of your custom job description templates or one from our job description library. Just click the Find a job description… dropdown in the top-right corner of the text editing window and select the one you need. To search, just start typing the name of the position or template you’re looking for.
And if you need a hand generating or fine-tuning the perfect job description, you can get a little help from our AI-powered writing assistant.
Application Options
Choose the Career Site you’d like the position to appear on, and decide how you’d like candidates to apply and what information to collect on your application form. You can also include a Questionnaire and set preferences for compliance.
Pipeline
Choose a Pipeline to use for the position, and update Stage Actions if needed.
Screening
Choose options to streamline your screening and team feedback.
Scorecards, to collect feedback from members of the hiring team
Applicant Insights, to analyze how well a candidate matches your requirements
Resume Audit, to screen resumes for authenticity.
Interview Analysis, to break down and score transcripts from video interviews
Promote
Choose job boards to promote your position on. All free boards are enabled by default, and you can choose from premium boards to advertise on.
Hiring Team
You’ll assign a Hiring Team to each position you create. This is a group of company members that will collaborate throughout the hiring process for that specific position. You can use the same hiring team for multiple positions, or create unique teams as needed. You can also add external recruiters if you’d people outside your team to submit candidates directly.
Approvals
If your admin requires it, you can choose an approval flow for the position, to get the sign-off you need to start accepting applications.