Finn.no is a popular Norwegian online marketplace and classified ads website. It allows users to buy, sell, and trade a wide variety of goods and services, including cars, real estate, jobs, electronics, and more. It has become one of Norway's leading platforms for connecting individuals and businesses, offering a vast range of categories to browse, including a job post portal that is fully integrated with RecMan.
Integration setup
Visit the article Job posting settings for additional information on integration setup.
To activate the Finn.no integration in RecMan, you will be prompted to input a Partner ID in System Settings → Job Postings → Add FINN.no.
How to get Finn.no PartnerID
- Register as a Business Partner: Sign up on the Finn.no Partner Portal.
- Request API access: Apply for API or business services access through their website.
- Receive PartnerID: After approval, Finn.no will provide you with a unique PartnerID for your business.
While you may have several Finn.no IDs at once, it is very important that the Partner ID is what you input. Once the ID has been added, you will immediately be able to post job ads to Finn.no.
Recommendations
Tips from Finn.no for publishing on their portal:
- Try to have up to 3 INDUSTRY or 3 OCCUPATION values if you only have posted with 1.
- If the advert text is more than 2000 characters, then we recommend shortening the text, as our data shows that an advert with too long text gives fewer views and applicants.
Note
The current integration does not offer an "ad package" option, which must be added through the "Finn Admin Panel."
Common errors
Posting to Finn.no will sometimes give error messages. Please note that while there is an error message, it may seem insignificant but may cause the job post to be incorrect on Finn.no. Please contact our support if you are having issues with this.
| № | Code | Message / description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Error code: ToDate is too long | |
| 2 | 35 | Occupation is required |
| 3 | Info: APPLICATION_DEADLINE - Invalid date | |
| 4 | The TO date must be after the FROM date | |
| 5 | TODATE - given date is too old | |
| 6 | Email address | |
| 7 | error: USER_REFERENCE - This field's length should be between 0 and 36 |
Possible solution/troubleshooting steps:
- Check that the "End date" is 42 days after the "Start date". Check the Application deadline field, which only accepts the date format (DD.MM.YYYY) or free text.
- Be sure to fill in the Job function field when you create the job advertisement in RecMan under Find on External job portals.
- This error message comes from the fact that the deadline has not been set to 42 days, which is the policy at Finn. Also, make sure that the date has the correct format (MM.DD.YYYY).
- This may occur if the advertising period of 42 days has passed. One solution is, therefore, to go to the job advertisement overview and copy the advertisement to post it again.
- Check that the Application deadline field in RecMan is filled in correctly either as free text or in the date format (DD.MM.YYYY).
- Check whether there is an e-mail address in the ad text field. It is forbidden. But you can enter it as example(at)company.no.
- This error message comes from the Employer field in the job advertisement being too long.
Here, you have ticked to include the logo inside the ad and used your own logo, in addition to having the logo on your Finn profile. This causes the logo to appear twice.
For the image to show up on Finn.no the "attach logo" box needs to be checked before "Save/Publish."
When you publish a job advertisement on Finn, you must meet their specifications in addition to RecMan's. When you press Save/Publish, you may receive an error message from Finn.no.
As long as you receive an error message, whatever it may be, the logo will not be included in the ad.