When added, creates a targeted Job Ad campaign on Twitter appearing in a Twitter user’s timeline.

In the job XML

  <JobPosting>
    <InventoryPreference>
      ...
      <SocialAdTwitter desired="true"/> 

 


The DisplayTemplate defines which job template is used to used to format the posting ad. Id value of 1 is for the standard job posting template offered by Monster. Other Id values are for customized job posting templates.
 


When added, refresh provides the ability to do a manual, "one time" refresh on an active job posting. Inventory is purchased only ala carte. Setting the jobPostingAction to "refresh" will require available refresh inventory or else the job will fail to refresh.

In the job XML, Refresh is defined as an enumeration value of the attribute jobPostingAction of the JobPosting element, as shown below:  


When added, auto-refresh provides the ability for a job posting to be moved to the top of the job search results every "auto-refresh interval" days. Valid auto-refresh frequencies are: 7, 14, 30 or 60 days. Auto-refresh inventory exists only as an attribute for standard inventory. Setting the Auto-refresh to "true" will require available auto-refresh inventory for the selected frequency or else the job will fail to refresh.  




When added, allows one to enhance Monster Job Posting with targeted advertising on the Monster network and its diverse partner websites. Monster's Career Ad Network will transform a job posting into a dynamic hiring ad and then strategically place that ad where qualified candidates spend their time online. When interested job seekers click on the ad, they'll be brought to the Monster Job Posting, where they can learn more about the job and easily apply online. Inventory is purchased ala carte for Monster postings only. It is not available on Diversity. Setting CAN on a job will require available CAN inventory or else the job will fail to post.  


If you utilize Monster's candidate management capability, then by specifying Apply Online, the resume is saved on Monster and a copy is emailed to the job contact as set in the posting account's preferences. This is the default apply method. 

If candidates are managed within your own applicant tracking system, an integrated apply solution called Monster's Easy Apply can be used to specify delivery of an applicant's resume and profile information to your platform. 

 Go here for how to implement Monster's Easy Apply.


If circumstances prevent an integrated solution, a basic applicant redirect is available specified by the CustomApplyOnlineURL field.

 


XML requests should be posted to BGW encoded in "UTF-8" (Unicode) characters set.

When text includes special characters in XML, including HTML markup characters, (ex. <li>One<li>) the text should be surrounded with the CDATA tag. If text uses XML/ HTML entities (ex. &gt; &lt; &amp;) then the CDATA tag should not be used.

 
More information about HTML Encoding can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encodings_in_HTML

Updating a job
Posting a request with jobAction="addOrUpdate" will update a pre-existing job with such a jobRefCode under the referred recruiter account.

An alternative way of updating a job posting is by using jobAction="update", but this is not recommended. In the case that a job does not already exist with this jobRefCode, it will return an error in the XML Response.

Deleting a job
There are two ways to delete a job position:

1. Set the job action attribute, in your request (the same XML format as for adding or updating) to delete
2. Post a Delete XML request with RefCode as the job identifier

Monster Delete Schema can be found here: http://schemas.monster.com/Current/XSD/Delete.xsd
 



Updating a posting
Update the posting info on the request setup jobAction to "addOrUpdate" or "Update" and repost it.

Changing one of the key entities (Location/BoardName) on a posting will cause it to be deleted and to add a new posting, or update the existing posting if this combination key already exist under the position.

Deleting a posting
There are two ways to delete a single posting:

1. Omitting a posting from the job request with jobAction set to "addOrUpdate" or "Update" and reposting it will cause this position to be deleted.
2. Posting a delete XML request with postingId as the posting identifier.

Monster Delete Schema can be found here: http://schemas.monster.com/Current/XSD/Delete.xsd
 

Testing

• A Webservices Toolkit, https://integrations.monster.com/Toolkit, is available to validate the XML and post to the Monster's testing or demo board, id 178. It is recommended that this be done in the early stages of development until valid Monster XML can be created on a consistent basis.
• The toolkit cannot be used to post live production jobs on a client's account. Clients need to use their application or a 3rd party tool like Postman.
• Once XML is valid, test posting a job directly to Monster's Business Gateway (BGW) URL https://gateway.monster.com:8443/bgwBroker.
• Monster's BGW uses port 8443; this is not an industry standard port so in some cases it needs to be configured in your firewall. If issues are encountered, be advised that it is not necessary for clients to use port 8443 to exit their systems.
• Test account that can be used to post directly to BGW is username: xrtpjobsx01 password: rtp987654

Test the following activities as part of Real Time Posting (RTP):

1. Create the job XML with the job board set to the Monster demo job board (monsterId = 178).
2. POST the job XML to https://gateway.monster.com:8443/bgwBroker. This can be done via the toolkit, a 3rd party tool like the Fiddler or Advanced REST Client (ARC) in Chrome.
3. Receive and view the response.
4. Be able to parse the XML response and provide feedback to users on job posting status (success or failure).
5. Ensure there's a process in place to fix and resubmit job postings.
6. View the job posting and make adjustments in the XML request as necessary.
7. Jobs can be viewed usually within an hour by using this URL, https://job-openings.monster.com/jv/xxxxxxxx?LogGetJobChannelID=736 where xxxxxxxxx is the postingId from the XML response.
8. View the job search results (job board 178 only) and make adjustments as necessary. This can be done by going to http://jobsearch.demo.monster.com. Note that job search indexing is typically done within 90 minutes.
9. Apply to a job using Monster's Easy Apply
   a. Confirm Apply button is visible on job posting
   b. Apply to a job. 
   c. Confirm receipt of job seeker resume
10. Repeat steps above and post jobs to the Diversity, CAN and VETERANS demo job boards.
11. Note that viewing jobs is not applicable for the Diversity, CAN and VETERANS job boards.
12. Perform an inventory query. Parse the results and provide inventory level information to users.

For each request, the BGW will return an XML response that will contain information about the success or failure of the request.
 
Common Job Errors and Resolutions can be found here.

Deployment

1. Ensure the correct job boards are being used. The job board Id's are located in the Job Board section of this guide.
2. Have your customers contact their Monster Representative for the following:
    a. Request their Real Time Posting credentials or update their existing account to support Real Time job Posting.
    c. Check their current job posting inventory types, durations, levels and purchase additional inventory if needed.
3. Contact the partnership team for other marketing ideas to drive client adoption here.

Frequently Asked Questions