Employer FAQs

How can I learn about job posting specials and keep up-to-date about NonprofitOyster.com?

Click here to join our mailing list. You'll receive our monthly e-zine, which includes job-posting specials and helpful news and articles related to hiring in nonprofits.

How do I post a job?

You must first Create an Employer Account before posting a job. The organizational information you include here will be retained and used for your job listings for convenience (although you will have the opportunity to edit the information on a case by case basis).

Once your Employer Account is created, you'll have access to the following Employer features:

GENERAL

Manage your own account data, including changing your password.
If you have forgotten your password, through the website you can request your password via email if you can answer the security question you created upon signing up.

JOB POSTINGS

Post job openings with easy-to-use pre-populated forms, and reach a targeted audience of nonprofit jobseekers.
Purchase Job Listing Subscriptions for greater savings. (See Posting Rates.)
Update your listing at any time, even while the posting is live. This allows you the flexibility to constantly tweak your listing for maximum effectiveness.
De-activate your listing at any time from within your account.
Store job listings for future re-use.
Renew listings with the click of a button.
Receive a reminder email four days before your listing is scheduled to expire.
Choose how you would like for candidate responses to be received: email, fax, phone, mail or directly online.
View your job posting history.

RESUME BANK

Easily add, update, and delete virtual folders to store potential candidates.
Anytime a candidate is added to a folder, a file that contains all of the candidate's information is automatically created.
Utilize a ranking system that allows you to rank candidates and organize these candidates by rank.
Searching resumes is free for everyone (if you have subscription access, you can also obtain contact information without paying anything for as long as your subscription is active).
Access a candidate's contact information. (How does it work? Before you contact a candidate, s/he must be willing to be to contacted. This is an easy three step process. 1) Submit a summary of your job opening or project; 2) Wait to hear from the candidate whether s/he would be interested in being considered for your position/project; 3) If s/he is interested in being considered and you have an active subscription, the candidate's contact info will be revealed to you. Note: You can purchase a subscription from within your employer account. (Log into your account from the homepage for details, or see our Subscription Rates for subscription fees and what's included.)

CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT

Maintain notes online about a candidate.
Store candidate's cover letter, resume, contact information, job applied for (if applicable), message system communications and notes in the candidate's file.

CANDIDATE PRE-SCREEN FILTERS

Issue filters with your job listing to collect more information from candidates.
Create and store Filter Templates for easy distribution.
Create filters for open-ended questions, multiple-choice questions, multiple answer questions, true-false questions, and rate scales.
Set disqualifier questions to filter out unqualified candidates.
Use a scoring system to help rate candidates automatically.

INTERNAL MESSAGING SYSTEM

NonprofitOyster.com offers use of a secure communication platform.

Communicate anonymously with candidates using Internal Messaging System (without needing to reveal your email address to candidate).

How much does it cost?

Click here to view our posting rates (note: you'll need to sign into your employer account to post a job).

Do you offer discounts for multiple listings?

We offer subscription packages that offer fabulous savings on multiple listings. Choose from 3-month, 6-month, 9-month, or 12-month subscription packages. Click here to view our posting rates, and sign into your employer account to purchase a subscription.

Do you offer agency discounts?

No...our rates (especially subscription rates) are so low already that we do not offer further discounts. However, we occassionally offer coupons for discounts to those on our mailing list. Sign up here to join the NonprofitOyster.com mailing list.

Can we list our job now and request to be invoiced?

Yes! Simply request to be invoiced during the check-out process and you will receive an invoice via email.

Can we use a purchase order?

Yes! Simply request to be invoiced during the check-out process and you will receive an invoice via email with your purchase order referenced.

What is your refund policy?

We handle refund requests on a case by case basis. We generally do not offer refunds since we have so little control over variables that will make your job listing attractive to candidates, such as location of the job, benefits offered, how your ad is written, etc. So, as with a newspaper ad and most other job boards, refunds are not automatic and only issued in extraordinary circumstances. We are confident that our service is worth far more than what we charge for job listings and resume access and have gathered a family of happy and loyal customers since we launched in 2001. We look forward to welcoming you, as well!