Confidentiality in a job or employee search can be one of the most critical issues to get right.   Here’s how to keep your job or employee search confidential while using the Horsejobs/Equimax system.

Employers

If you need to keep your identity confidential when you post a job, set this option at the bottom of your profile page.   Your profile page can be accessed by logging in and clicking on the “My Details” link under “Company Profile” on the “Mane” page.  At the bottom of the first page of your profile there is a “Privacy Settings” drop down box.  To prevent your name and address from being visible to job seekers, select the option that says “Keep My Company Name and Address Confidential.”   This will keep all of your jobs confidential.   However, it will be up to you to be sure you don’t put any information in your job description that will reveal your identity.   Job seekers who are interested in your job, will apply by submitting their resume to you.

Job Seekers/Applicants

To keep your job search confidential there are two settings you need to make sure are set correctly.  First, be sure all your resumes are set to “invisible”.  To do so, log in to your account and click on “My Resume” under “Candidate Profile” on the “Mane” page.  Open any resume that is shown as “visible” by clicking on  the resume title.   On the next page, change the radio button for “visible” to “invisible” and click “Save” at the bottom of the page.   (A resume does not have to be set to “visible” in order to use it to apply for specific jobs.)

The second setting applies only to “featured applicants”.   (Note that if you were an active subscriber to the old Equimax system, when your account was moved to the new system you automatically became a “featured applicant.” )  Even when all resumes are set to invisible, employers can still see some information on featured applicants.  In order to prevent this information from being visible to employers, click on “Feature Me” in the left column of links on the “Mane” page.   On the “Featured Applicant Settings” page there is a radio button option to either make your name visible to employers or not.  Select “No” to make your name invisible to employers, and be sure to click “Save” at the bottom of the page.

All Equimax clients who were transferred to the new system as “featured applicants” were automatically set to NOT show names to employers.   If you are not concerned about confidentiality, you will want to change this setting to “Yes”.