JobPosting - Schema.org Type

JobPosting - Schema.org Type
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JobPosting
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A listing that describes a job opening in a certain organization.
Property
Expected Type
Description
Properties from
JobPosting
applicantLocationRequirements
AdministrativeArea
The location(s) applicants can apply from. This is usually used for telecommuting jobs where the applicant does not need to be in a physical office. Note: This should not be used for citizenship or work visa requirements.
applicationContact
ContactPoint
Contact details for further information relevant to this job posting.
baseSalary
MonetaryAmount
or
Number
or
PriceSpecification
The base salary of the job or of an employee in an EmployeeRole.
datePosted
Date
or
DateTime
Publication date of an online listing.
directApply
Boolean
Indicates whether an
url
that is associated with a
JobPosting
enables direct application for the job, via the posting website. A job posting is considered to have directApply of
True
if an application process for the specified job can be directly initiated via the url(s) given (noting that e.g. multiple internet domains might nevertheless be involved at an implementation level). A value of
False
is appropriate if there is no clear path to applying directly online for the specified job, navigating directly from the JobPosting url(s) supplied.
educationRequirements
EducationalOccupationalCredential
or
Text
Educational background needed for the position or Occupation.
eligibilityToWorkRequirement
Text
The legal requirements such as citizenship, visa and other documentation required for an applicant to this job.
employerOverview
Text
A description of the employer, career opportunities and work environment for this position.
employmentType
Text
Type of employment (e.g. full-time, part-time, contract, temporary, seasonal, internship).
employmentUnit
Organization
Indicates the department, unit and/or facility where the employee reports and/or in which the job is to be performed.
estimatedSalary
MonetaryAmount
or
MonetaryAmountDistribution
or
Number
An estimated salary for a job posting or occupation, based on a variety of variables including, but not limited to industry, job title, and location. Estimated salaries are often computed by outside organizations rather than the hiring organization, who may not have committed to the estimated value.
experienceInPlaceOfEducation
Boolean
Indicates whether a
JobPosting
will accept experience (as indicated by
OccupationalExperienceRequirements
) in place of its formal educational qualifications (as indicated by
educationRequirements
). If true, indicates that satisfying one of these requirements is sufficient.
experienceRequirements
OccupationalExperienceRequirements
or
Text
Description of skills and experience needed for the position or Occupation.
hiringOrganization
Organization
or
Person
Organization or Person offering the job position.
incentiveCompensation
Text
Description of bonus and commission compensation aspects of the job.
Supersedes
incentives
industry
DefinedTerm
or
Text
The industry associated with the job position.
jobBenefits
Text
Description of benefits associated with the job.
Supersedes
benefits
jobDuration
Duration
or
QuantitativeValue
The expected duration of an employment offer as advertised by the employer. Relevant for job postings that have a clearly defined period in mind such as seasonal work, substitutes for maternal leave or any other temporary employment.
jobImmediateStart
Boolean
An indicator as to whether a position is available for an immediate start.
jobLocation
Place
A (typically single) geographic location associated with the job position.
jobLocationType
Text
A description of the job location (e.g. TELECOMMUTE for telecommute jobs).
jobStartDate
Date
or
Text
The date on which a successful applicant for this job would be expected to start work. Choose a specific date in the future or use the jobImmediateStart property to indicate the position is to be filled as soon as possible.
occupationalCategory
CategoryCode
or
Text
A category describing the job, preferably using a term from a taxonomy such as
BLS O*NET-SOC
ISCO-08
or similar, with the property repeated for each applicable value. Ideally the taxonomy should be identified, and both the textual label and formal code for the category should be provided.
Note: for historical reasons, any textual label and formal code provided as a literal may be assumed to be from O*NET-SOC.
physicalRequirement
DefinedTerm
or
Text
or
URL
A description of the types of physical activity associated with the job. Defined terms such as those in O*net may be used, but note that there is no way to specify the level of ability as well as its nature when using a defined term.
qualifications
Credential
or
Text
Specific qualifications required for this role or Occupation.
relevantOccupation
Occupation
The Occupation for the JobPosting.
responsibilities
Text
Responsibilities associated with this role or Occupation.
salaryCurrency
Text
The currency (coded using
ISO 4217
) used for the main salary information in this job posting or for this employee.
securityClearanceRequirement
Text
or
URL
A description of any security clearance requirements of the job.
sensoryRequirement
DefinedTerm
or
Text
or
URL
A description of any sensory requirements and levels necessary to function on the job, including hearing and vision. Defined terms such as those in O*net may be used, but note that there is no way to specify the level of ability as well as its nature when using a defined term.
skills
DefinedTerm
or
Text
A statement of knowledge, skill, ability, task or any other assertion expressing a competency that is either claimed by a person, an organization or desired or required to fulfill a role or to work in an occupation.
specialCommitments
Text
Any special commitments associated with this job posting. Valid entries include VeteranCommit, MilitarySpouseCommit, etc.
title
Text
The title of the job.
totalJobOpenings
Integer
The number of positions open for this job posting. Use a positive integer. Do not use if the number of positions is unclear or not known.
validThrough
Date
or
DateTime
The date after when the item is not valid. For example the end of an offer, salary period, or a period of opening hours.
workHours
Text
The typical working hours for this job (e.g. 1st shift, night shift, 8am-5pm).
Properties from
Thing
additionalType
Text
or
URL
An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the
use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org
style guide
alternateName
Text
An alias for the item.
description
Text
or
TextObject
A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription
Text
A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier
PropertyValue
or
Text
or
URL
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of
Thing
, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See
background notes
for more details.
image
ImageObject
or
URL
An image of the item. This can be a
URL
or a fully described
ImageObject
mainEntityOfPage
CreativeWork
or
URL
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See
background notes
for details.
Inverse property:
mainEntity
name
Text
The name of the item.
owner
Organization
or
Person
A person or organization who owns this Thing.
Inverse property:
owns
potentialAction
Action
Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs
URL
URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf
CreativeWork
or
Event
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property:
about
url
URL
URL of the item.
Examples
Example 1
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Microdata
RDFa
JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.

Example encoded as
Microdata
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
RDFa
embedded in HTML.

Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"baseSalary": "100000",
"jobBenefits": "Medical, Life, Dental",
"datePosted": "2011-10-31",
"description": "Description: ABC Company Inc. seeks a full-time mid-level software engineer to develop in-house tools.",
"educationRequirements": "Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related fields of study.",
"employmentType": "Full-time",
"experienceRequirements": "Minumum 3 years experience as a software engineer",
"incentiveCompensation": "Performance-based annual bonus plan, project-completion bonuses",
"industry": "Computer Software",
"jobLocation": {
"@type": "Place",
"address": {
"@type": "PostalAddress",
"addressLocality": "Kirkland",
"addressRegion": "WA"
},
"occupationalCategory": "15-1132.00 Software Developers, Application",
"qualifications": "Ability to work in a team environment with members of varying skill levels. Highly motivated. Learns quickly.",
"responsibilities": "Design and write specifications for tools for in-house customers Build tools according to specifications",
"salaryCurrency": "USD",
"skills": "Web application development using Java/J2EE Web application development using Python or familiarity with dynamic programming languages",
"specialCommitments": "VeteranCommit",
"title": "Software Engineer",
"workHours": "40 hours per week"
Example 2
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JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
See JSON example.
Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"name": "Mobile App Developer",
"hiringOrganization": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "ACME Software"
},
"relevantOccupation": {
"@type": "Occupation",
"name": "Software Developers, Applications",
"occupationalCategory": {
"@type": "CategoryCode",
"inCodeSet": {
"@type": "CategoryCodeSet",
"name": "O*Net-SOC",
"dateModified": "2019",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/"
},
"codeValue": "15-1132.00",
"name": "Software Developers, Applications",
"url": "https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-1132.00"
Example 3
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JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
A job where one must be in the United States to apply.
Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"name": "Telecommute from anywhere in USA!",
"applicantLocationRequirements": {
"@type": "Country",
"sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30",
"name": "USA"
Example 4
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JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
JobPosting for a position that requires applicants
to have a bachelor of science in computer science
from a program accredited by ABET.
Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"title": "Systems Research Engineer",
"qualifications": {
"@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential",
"credentialCategory": "Bachelor of Science",
"about": "Computer Science",
"recognizedBy": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "ABET",
"url": "https://www.abet.org/"
Example 5
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JSON-LD
Structure
Example notes or example HTML without markup.
Example of Job markup for experience standing in place of formal qualifications.
Example encoded as
JSON-LD
in a HTML script tag.

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.
"@context": "https://schema.org/",
"@type": "JobPosting",
"title": "Software Engineer",
"educationRequirements": {
"@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential",
"credentialCategory": "bachelor degree"
},
"experienceRequirements": {
"@type": "OccupationalExperienceRequirements",
"monthsOfExperience": "60"
},
"experienceInPlaceOfEducation": true
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