This article will cover common ways of integrating your website with RecMan.
Overview
A common question when starting up with RecMan is how you can connect your website to the candidate portal in RecMan and direct candidates and customers to your landing page.
Each corporation in RecMan can have its own associated candidate portal and customer portal. The candidate page is where published job posts will be displayed, where candidates can register their profile, apply to job posts and register hours if they are registered as an employee (in a workforce solution).
In order to direct traffic to your published job posts, or for registering, this is often done by:
- Adding hyperlinks/URLs to redirect traffic to the RecMan page
- Creating a integration using RecMan API (more advanced)
Redirecting to RecMan page using hyperlinks
Redirecting using hyperlinks is a quick and easy way to direct candidates to your RecMan page. This is commonly done by adding a link to published job posts, a link for signing up, and another for logging in - for existing profiles.
Depending on how you have set up your candidate page in RecMan appearance-wise, or if you are using the old page or the new one with a custom domain name - the RecMan candidate page can feel like an extension of your own website.
Below you will see an example for the candidate page of StaffUp. This page has been set up and verified with a custom domain name, but the example will also cover the URL used for the old candidate page in RecMan:
| Text | URL for custom domain name | URL for old candidate page |
|---|---|---|
| See available job posts | https://www.staffup.com/jobs | https://staffup.recman.no/ |
| Register your CV | https://www.staffup.com/sign-up | https://staffup.recman.no/register.php |
| Login | https://www.staffup.com/login | https://staffup.recman.no/login.php |
| Customer portal | - | https://staffup.recman.no/customer/login |
To learn more about configuring a custom domain name, read more here.
More advanced redirecting
If redirecting to “all” job posts is not desirable, it is also a possibility to create a URL with pre-applied filters. This can be for a certain area, industry, job types, or a combination of several filters. You can create such a URL by applying the desired filters and copying the URL in the browser.
As an example, you can create a hyperlink for “Open positions in Oslo” by selecting “Norway” and “Oslo” as a filter, and get the following URL:
| URL for “Open positions in Oslo” |
|---|
| https://www.staffup.com/jobs?country[]=1®ion[]=3 |
| https://staffup.recman.no/index.php?query=®ion%5B3%5D=3 |
Integrating using RecMan API
A more advanced way of integrating RecMan with your webpage is using RecMan API. RecMan API is something you can find documented at https://developers.recman.no/ and opens up the possibilities to create multiple integrations.
A few examples of what you can do with RecMan API:
- Fetch information about published job posts in RecMan, and create a job post showing on your own website.
- Create your own candidate registration form and insert the candidates into RecMan.
- Insert inquiries into RecMan from a “contact us”-form on your own website.
It is worth to note however, that users are responsible for managing and implementing their own integrations using the API.
How to configure a custom domain name
Setting up your RecMan candidate page with a custom domain name is a great way of taking more ownership of the candidate page, making it a natural extension to your website. Custom domains are most often set up as a subdomain, but it can also be configured as the root domain in case you don’t have a website.
Steps to configure a custom domain name as a RecMan administrator:
- Go to Corporation settings → New settings (BETA);
- Navigate to Domain → Add custom domain;
- Add DNS-records to your domain;
- Wait 1-2 hours and click Verify in RecMan.
By inputting your desired custom domain name, you will in turn get 2 CNAME records that you can add to your domain to complete the set up. As such, a prerequisite for completing this set up successfully is to have ownership of the domain, and be able to access the DNS settings at your domain provider where you can add the new records.
Adding a custom domain name will generate 2 CNAME records that you can add to your DNS settings
If you are unsure what you can add as a custom domain name, we will provide some simple examples using the domain of “staffup.com”. You are free to pick a suitable custom domain name befitting your brand:
- “staffup.com” → If you don’t already have a website set up on this domain address.
- “career.staffup.com” → Set up as a subdomain of staffup.com
- “jobs.staffup.com” → Set up as a subdomain of staffup.com
If you have any questions or require assistance regarding custom domain names, feel free to contact support@recman.no.