--- title: What to do before posting your first job description: Follow this guide before posting your first job through CareerPlug to help attract the best candidates and make the most out of your CareerPlug subscription. --- [Skip to content](https://support.careerplug.com/what-to-do-before-posting-your-first-job#main-content) [Submit a Request](https://support.careerplug.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![CareerPlug-Logo-2025.png\]](https://support.careerplug.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CareerPlug-Logo-2025.png?width=230&height=40&name=CareerPlug-Logo-2025.png)](https://support.careerplug.com?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Submit a Request](https://support.careerplug.com/kb-tickets/new) - [Get help now!](https://support.careerplug.com/help) [Get help now!](https://support.careerplug.com/help?hsLang=en) How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.careerplug.com/?hsLang=en) 2. 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When you post jobs through CareerPlug, it becomes your single-source. - If you have any active job postings outside of CareerPlug — either directly on job boards like Indeed or through another ATS — you need to close them before posting jobs in CareerPlug. - If you previously posted jobs for your company through another ATS, ensure those postings are closed, too. - Closing old postings helps prevent visibility issues due to violating job board policies. | | **Set up your careers page** | - Your careers page is a landing page [where you can direct applicants to learn more about your company and apply for your open positions](https://support.careerplug.com/promoting-your-careers-page?hsLang=en). - **Applicants who apply from your careers page are 4 times more likely to be hired** than those who found your job through a job board. - [Configure your careers page](https://support.careerplug.com/configuring-your-careers-page?hsLang=en) to stand out from the competition: - Share your mission, vision, values, and culture. - Use real company photos. - Ask employees for testimonials. - Click the **down arrow icon** to the right of the **Careers Page** button on your **Dashboard**, then select **Edit Careers Page** from the drop-down menu. | | **Add Locations and [set up Operating Areas](https://support.careerplug.com/using-locations-and-operating-areas-in-careerplug#setup-oa) where you want to post your jobs** | - To comply with job boards' policies, it's essential that every job posted through CareerPlug is posted to the most specific and accurate location possible. - If your business operates from a fixed physical location (e.g., restaurant, retail store, office, warehouse) where both your employees report to work and your customers visit, you should [use Locations](https://support.careerplug.com/using-locations-and-operating-areas-in-careerplug#use-locations). - If your business operates across a territory and your employees travel to meet and service your customers (e.g., cleaning service, landscaping, pest control), you should [use Operating Areas](https://support.careerplug.com/using-locations-and-operating-areas-in-careerplug#use-oa). - Edit your Locations and Operating Areas by navigating to **Settings (gear icon) \> My Organization \> Locations**. | | **Add teammates to your account and set their access level** | - [Add as many teammates to your account](https://support.careerplug.com/adding-a-user?hsLang=en) as you have employees. There is no additional cost to get your whole team in CareerPlug. - [Set up your hiring managers as Admin users](https://support.careerplug.com/changing-a-users-access-level-permissions?hsLang=en) to help you manage your employees and applicants as a team. - Full and Limited Access users must be associated with at least one location in order to take any action in their account, and they must be associated with a location to view any of its jobs or applicants. - Click the **+ Create New** button on your **Dashboard**, then select **Edit Careers Page** from the drop-down menu. | | **Set up your calendar to use CareerPlug's automated interview scheduling tool** | - With just one easy step, you can [set up Autopilot](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-your-calendar-for-autopilot?hsLang=en)\* and use it to **cut your interview scheduling time by up to 91%** and **get up to 8x more interviews scheduled**! - [Set your availability on your built-in calendar](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-your-calendar-for-autopilot#built-in-calendar) or [connect an external calendar account](https://support.careerplug.com/setting-up-your-calendar-for-autopilot#external-calendar) to CareerPlug. - Once you start posting jobs, let Autopilot do the heavy lifting for scheduling interviews with applicants so you can get back to managing your business. - In the Getting Started widget on your **Dashboard**, click the **down arrow icon** next to **Set up your calendar**. 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