Johnny Oshika

Boost your Facebook "Likes" by Offering Exclusive Access to Jobs

June 23

We now offer you the ability to only show job details to those users who have "liked" your Facebook Page. You may want to enable this to boost the number of "likes" on your Facebook Page, but be warned that if users are reluctant to "like" your Page, then fewer users will see your jobs. To enable this feature, go do "Admin Options" and change your "Like Button Settings" as shown below:Once enabled, users will still see a list of your published jobs, but viewing job details will require them to "like" your Page first:Similarly, jobs will still be visible on your Facebook Page's Wall, but once users request details, they will be asked to "Like" the Page:I hope you find this useful. If you have any feedback or comments, please send……Read More

Deleting Jobs From Jobcast.net's Facebook App

May 20

When the Jobcast.net Facebook App was launched in February, we didn’t offer customers the ability to delete jobs. Jobs could be archived (either manually or automatically when the expiry period passed) and while these archived jobs were no longer publicly visible, you could still view the job applicants and any statistics associated with those jobs from the Admin Panel:With archiving in place, we didn’t think it would be important for customers to be able to delete jobs. Besides, why would you want to lose valuable statistics about your job? Well, it turns out that we were wrong. We received a number of requests for a delete option and here are the reasons:When a lot of our customers first install our Facebook App, th……Read More

Thoughts on Facebook Application Security Issue

May 12

I want to share my quick thoughts on the Facebook Application Security issue that has been publicized by Symantec and picked-up by the media in a frenzy. The Symantec blog post that describes this flaw is here: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/facebook-applications-accidentally-leaking-access-third-partiesAnyone using the Syndicruit Facebook App is not impacted by the security flaw described by Symantec. We've been using the OAuth 2.0 authentication system since November of last year, so the "access token" or "spare key" (as Symantec describes it) is never exposed and never at risk. Also, while Symantec is bringing this security flaw to the forefront now, the problems with the old Facebook authentic……Read More

Customize Your Facebook Wall Post Messages

May 8

This is a quick blog post to let you know that we now allow you to customize the message that gets posted to your Facebook Wall when you publish a new job. You will find this option under “Admin Options”:And this is how it will look on your Facebook Wall:Please note that this “Wall Message” is specific to each Facebook Page. This means that if you have our app installed on multiple Facebook Pages, then you can set a unique “Wall Message” for each one. This also means that if you have multiple users that administers your Facebook Page, then regardless of who publishes a job, this “Wall Message” will be used.I’ve had several customers ask for this feature, so I hope you find it useful.…Read More

Select Multiple Job Categories, Job Types, and Subscribers

March 22

This is another in a series of posts I’m doing that cover some of the enhancements in our updated Facebook App:Facebook Job Recruitment App Redesign (March 8th)Applicant Routing (March 10th)Customize Your Email and Empty Jobs Tab (March 17th)We often heard from our customers that it’s sometimes hard to classify a job posting into a single category (e.g. Accounting, Administrative) or type (e.g. Full Time, Part Time). For those times, we now offer you the ability to select multiple categories and types from the “Create Job” or “Edit Job” form:Also, if you have more than one administrator for your Facebook Page, you can select multiple recipients to receive job applications: I hope you find this feature useful. Also……Read More

Customize Your Email and Empty Jobs Tab

March 16

This is another in a series of posts I’m doing that cover some of the enhancements in our updated Facebook App:Facebook Job Recruitment App Redesign (March 8th)Applicant Routing (March 10th)In today’s post, I’m going the cover 2 important enhancements that our customers have been requesting:Change the email address where job applications are sent.Customize the content of the Jobs tab when you’re not actively recruiting.Both of these requests are now supported.Changing Your Primary EmailBy default, we use the email address that’s stored in your Facebook account when sending you job applications. This was convenient because this email addresses was pre-approved by Facebook and we didn’t need you ……Read More

Applicant Routing

March 10

This is another in a series of posts I’m doing that cover some of the enhancements in the new Facebook App Redesign:Facebook Job Recruitment App Redesign (March 8th)In today’s post, I’m going the cover our new “Applicant Routing” option. In the past, we collected all job applications on Syndicruit so that you can retrieve them at any time from within the Admin Panel of the Job Recruitment Facebook App:We also emailed these job applications to users who have subscribed to receive them. But we’ve heard from some customers that they would like to route users to their own website and collect job applications there. For those circumstances, we now offer you an “Applicant Routing” feature. It’s available when yo……Read More

Facebook Job Recruitment App Redesign

March 7

I’m pleased to announce that we recently completed a redesign of our Facebook Job Recruitment App. The goals of the redesign were:Improve the user experience for both our customers and job seekers;Make it easier for job seekers to find relevant and interesting jobs; andAdd important productivity tools for our customers.You will immediately notice that both the public facing Jobs tab and the Admin Panel where you manage your jobs have been redesigned.Jobs TabAdmin PanelAs you start using our redesigned app, I hope that you will find it faster and easier to use. We know how busy our customers are, so one of the key design goals was to significantly reduce the time it takes to complete tasks. Over the next fe……Read More

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