Job Workflow

Every job on your board moves through a simple lifecycle: created as a draft, published to go live, and eventually expired or manually removed. Understanding these states helps you keep your board fresh and manage listings efficiently.

Job statuses

Draft: The job exists in your dashboard but isn't visible to candidates. Jobs start as drafts when you create them, when they're submitted through the public form and moderation is enabled, or when you manually unpublish a live job.

Active: The job is published and its expiry date hasn't passed. Active jobs appear on your public board, show up in search results and filters, are included in job alerts, and get indexed by search engines.

Expired: The job was published but its expiry date has passed. Expired jobs are removed from your public board and alerts automatically. They remain in your dashboard so you can extend the expiry date or duplicate the listing.

Publish a job

From your dashboard

1. Create or edit a job
2. Set the Publish date (defaults to today)
3. Click Add job (new) or Save changes (existing)

You can also publish a draft job directly from the jobs list by clicking the three-dot menu and selecting Publish. Cavuno checks your active job limit before publishing. If you've reached your plan's limit, you'll see an upgrade prompt.

From the public form

When an employer submits a job through your public "Post a job" form, the publishing flow depends on the submission type. Paid jobs (one-time, bundles, or subscriptions) publish automatically after payment clears. Free jobs publish immediately unless you've enabled job moderation, in which case they go to draft status for your review.

Unpublish a job

To temporarily hide a job without deleting it:

1. Click the three-dot menu next to the job
2. Select Unpublish

The job moves back to Draft status. It stays in your dashboard and you can republish it anytime. This is useful when hiring is paused or when you need to update a listing before making it visible again.

Job expiration

Every job has an Expiry date field that determines when it stops appearing on your board. The default is 30 days after the publish date. When a job expires, it's automatically removed from your public board, search results, and alerts.

To extend a job's visibility:

1. Click the job title to edit
2. Update the Expiry date to a later date
3. Click Save changes

Regular expiration keeps your board fresh, which is important for both candidate trust and search engine rankings. Boards with a high proportion of stale listings see lower return visit rates and reduced organic traffic over time.