How to Apply for a Job in WP Career Board

How to apply for a job in WP Career Board: open the job, click Apply now, add your resume, write a cover letter, and send your application from the job page.

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In this tutorial you will apply for a job as a signed-in job seeker, from the job page itself. You need the free WP Career Board plugin, installed and active. It takes about three minutes. There are five steps. Open the job. Open the application form. Add your resume. Write a cover letter. Then send your application. Step one. Open the job. You are signed in as a job seeker. Read the job, and check the date under Apply now. Apply by is the last day the employer takes applications. After it, the button goes away. Step two. Open the application form. Click Apply now. The Apply for this job panel slides in from the right, with the job and company at the top. You stay on the job page. Step three. Add your resume. Without Pro, you upload a PDF, DOC or DOCX file here, up to five megabytes. A resume is required, unless the site owner turns that off. With Pro, Select Resume also lists the resumes you built on the site, so you pick one. Step four. Write a cover letter. It is optional. Tell the employer why you fit the role. With Pro, an employer can also add screening questions to the job. They show here, below the cover letter. Step five. Send your application. At the foot of the panel, click Submit Application. You get a confirmation email, and the employer is told. The job then shows in your candidate dashboard, under My Applications, as Submitted. That is all five. Open the job, open the application form, add your resume, write a cover letter, and send your application. You can now apply for a job. Next in this series: Let visitors apply without an account.