Hot Jobs: Overview and configuration guide
Updated at August 19th, 2026
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A hot job is a high priority job that needs increased candidate exposure. When users mark a job as a hot job, then it will display at the top of a candidate’s job Search results.
Use cases
- Recruiters and hiring managers who want to increase candidate exposure of higher priority jobs so that they can receive and hire more qualified candidates faster.
- Candidates who want to know a company’s higher priority jobs.
Configuration
Work with your CS Representative to enable this feature on the backend for you and set the percentage of total jobs that can be marked as hot jobs at one time as well as other feature customizations.
Important Note: The title, icon, and description of hot jobs will display in My Jobs for users and during Job Search for candidates. The default options will display in this training article, but these will differ depending on your customizations.
Hot job icon color
Users with full access to Widget Conversations and the Job Posting Page in Web Management have the option to update the hot job icon color displayed to candidates. To do this,
- Select the All Apps menu in the top left corner of the header and then Settings in its drop-down menu.
- When the Settings page opens, select Web Management under the Platform section.
- The Web Management page will open to the Widget Conversations list. Click into the preferred widget conversation.
- Under the Customization section, you will see the Hot Job Label setting. Update the default color selection, if preferred.
- Select Save & Finish.
- Repeat steps #3-5 for all preferred widget conversations.
- From the left panel, open the Job Posting Page.
- Click into the Job Posting page from the list.
- Under the Customization section, you will see the Hot Job Label setting. Update the default color selection, if preferred.
- Select Save & Finish.
Hot job designation
A job can be marked as a hot job as long as it meets the allotted hot job designation percentage set on the backend for your account. This designation can be removed at any time, depending on your hiring needs. Click here to learn more.
Candidate Profile hot job indicator
When a candidate applies to a hot job, the hot job icon will be listed next to the job title in both the Candidate Summary and from the Multi-Application selector (Applications tab title) for easy reference.
Candidate experience
Learn more about the candidate's experience viewing hot jobs here.
FAQs
Where can the hot job and hot job Label Standard Job Attributes be used?
- Workflows
- Applicant Flow targeting - Other stages
- Applicant Flow targeting - Other stages - Flow
- Applicant Flow targeting - Scheduling stage (Builder & UI)
- Approvals
- Chat to Apply targeting
- Set Job Search Parameter
- Offer
- Form
- Candidate Summary/Dynamic Candidate Summary
- Conversation Custom Condition
- Widget JS Parameter
- Talent Community Builder condition
Note: Per original logic, these attributes will not be used in Job Data Packages.
Where can the #hot-job and #hot-job-label tokens be used?
- Messaging Templates
- Workflow
- Candidate Inbox
- Event Builder & Flow
- Rating Builder & Flow
- Conversation Builder & Flow
- Job Alert
- Assistant Messaging -> anywhere that job attribute tokens are available
- Form/Offer