What is an importer and how can I use it?

XML feeds allow to import jobs in bulk from external sites, and can be hosted by either recruiters or backfill providers. If you decide to go with an importer, an XML feed should be set up according to our structural requirements. Once the XML feed is ready and aligns with our requirements, we are happy to set up an importer for you (setup costs per importer occur).

Depending on the available fields and your requirements, we can connect the jobs to a certain company profile and set up jobs via a certain job type (i.e. template or link). Additionally and if needed, we can prevent jobs from being auto-published, and instead implement a “Needs Review” workflow.

All importers that have been set up for your job board can be found under the backend view “Feeds” (Path: “Content” > “Importer”). When opening the importer you can see information like when a job was created, last updated, its status and its views.

If you are interested in this feature or wish to edit an existing importer, please send us a message in Teamwork. Make sure to include the following information:

Topic	Question	Example
Site	Where should the importer be set up (if you have a multi-frontend)?	www.jobiqo.com
Feed	Link of the XML feed that should be integrated	www.jobfeedtemplate.xml
Size	How many jobs on average are expected in the feed?	600 jobs
Company profile	Should jobs from this feed be linked to one specific company profile, or do they belong to various companies? Do the companies from the feed have a company profile?	map all jobs to the company profile “jobiqo”
Job Type	Do you prefer to set up the jobs via template, link, or file?	job via template
Application workflow	Do you prefer to set up jobs via an internal or external application workflow? Which URL should be used from the feed as an external application URL?	internal application workflow
Publishing options	Should we auto-publish all imported jobs, or should imported jobs come into a “needs review” state?	Auto publish jobs
Mapping	Which tags should be used for which field?	<position> → <employment type> <professional field> → <occupational field>

If the taxonomy terms in the feed differ from the site's taxonomy, you can simply add the feed's wording to the field “Import Mapping” of the taxonomy term.

Example:

Term in XML Feed	Taxonomy in Jobiqo
Half time	Part time
Administration	Assistance / Administration

Please note that we always recommend using a XML feed with less than 5000 jobs, in case the feed exceeds this recommendation, please get in touch with us.

We are happy to provide you with more information and send you our XML interface specifications for further preparation.