FAQs for using Careers Online
How do I use Careers Online to advertise vacancies?
- Begin at the Employer Log On page.
- If you are already registered, enter your username and password or click on Register as a new employer and complete the registration form. You will be asked to choose your own username and password for future use. A confirmation email will be sent to you.
- Once you are logged on to Careers Online, click on Add Vacancy and fill in the details of your vacancy.
Tips and advice
- To maximise the impact of your advertisement ensure that you indicate the discipline/s you wish to target and the selection criteria in the correct order in the Job Description and Selection Criteria field.
- Be specific about which students can apply (eg. Accounting rather than just Commerce)
- If you can offer a specific job on either a full-time or part-time basis, consider lodging the job twice to maximise exposure
- Please do not include vacancy information in the employer registration section
- Additional information is available in Guidelines for Entering Your Advertisements (PDF file / 288KB)
- If you are experiencing any difficulties with using Careers Online, please send an email to careers-online@ unimelb.edu.au
FAQ's
1. What if I have more than one contact that I want displayed on my vacancy?
Although you may only include one set of contact details in the left-hand column of your job advertisement, you can include additional contact information in the Further Information on How to Apply field.
2. I have only made a minor change to my vacancy, but the system won't let me re-submit: I get an error message about maximum characters. What's going on?
There is a limit of 2,000 characters (approx. 300 words) for the Job Description and Selection Criteria field. This is to ensure that such information is kept succinct and able to fit onto our vacancy print layouts.
top of page3. What does 'Views #' refer to on the vacancy preview page?
The number after the word Views refers to the number of times that particular vacancy has been viewed by Careers Online users, which includes C&E staff and the employer who posted the job. Please note that it is not intended to reflect the number of times an individual user has accessed the vacancy.
4. I tried to give feedback on my vacancy, but when I clicked on the link in the Vacancy Results Feedback email, I just got "Page cannot be found".
When a long URL (web link) is sent in an email, your email application may automatically wrap it to the next line and thus break the link, e.g.
http://careersonline.acs.unimelb.edu.au/cae/employerscae/
Em_VacancyFeedBack.aspx?cn=tfd&jbId=7740
So, to access the URL in your email, you will need to copy and paste the entire link text (both lines) into the address line of your web browser, remove any extra spaces, and press Enter/Return.
Note that vacancy feedback may only be entered once per vacancy.