Every published job gets its own public apply page, in your company's logo and colour. Candidates apply there without creating an account: they fill in the form, confirm their email address with a code and attach their CV.

Find and share the apply link

Open the job from Jobs. The Apply link card is on the job's page and again under Channels.

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   Step 1: The link

   The job's public address. Select Copy to put it on your clipboard and paste it anywhere: an email, a chat, your own website.

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   Step 2: Accepting applications

   Switch it off to take the apply page down without closing the job. Anyone opening the link then sees a page-not-found message. Switch it on again and the same link works.

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   Step 3: Listed on your careers page

   Whether the role appears on your public careers page. Switched off, the role is private: the direct link still works. See Private roles, share cards and candidate links.

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   Step 4: Share

   Email opens your own mail app with a ready-made message and the link. LinkedIn opens LinkedIn's share window with the link filled in.

The link only exists once the job is published, and it works while the job is open and Accepting applications is on. Paused, closed and draft jobs take no applications. See Drafts and the job lifecycle.

What candidates see

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   Step 1: Your brand

   Your company's logo and name at the top, with All roles back to your careers page and Share, which opens the phone's share sheet or copies the job's link. Your accent colour runs through the page and its buttons. Without a logo, the first letter of your company name stands in, in your colour. See Branding.

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   Step 2: The job

   The title, location, employment type, minimum years, the date it was posted, your description and the requirements, grouped as must-have, preferred and nice-to-have. The salary range is not shown here. If your careers page has How we hire steps or perks switched on, they appear under the job too. See Build your careers page.

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   Step 3: The form

   The CV comes first: candidates drop the file in or browse for it. Then Full name and Email, which are required, and optional phone, location, current company and years of experience. A headline and links to LinkedIn, GitHub, a portfolio and a website sit behind Add a headline and links (optional). Your screening questions come next, then an optional talent pool opt-in. See Screening questions and knockouts.

On a wide screen the form sits in a column beside the job and stays in view while candidates read. On a phone the job comes first, and an Apply now bar at the bottom of the screen jumps to the form.

A short note above Continue tells candidates that their CV is screened with AI-assisted tools and that a person makes every hiring decision. Applying records their agreement to it. See How AI is used on your application.

The page, the form and every message around your text appear in the job's posting language: English, German, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese or Japanese. See Create a job with the wizard.

No account, one verified email

Candidates never sign up, choose a password or keep a profile. After Continue:

1. A 6-digit code goes to the email address they entered.
2. They type it in and select Verify & submit. The code is valid for ten minutes.
3. Their CV uploads, the application is saved and they see Application received, with a Track your application link to a private status page. See Tracking your application.

Because every address is confirmed with a real code before anything is saved, your pipeline does not fill up with typos or junk, and the address in the candidate's email thread is one they actually read. See Email threads with candidates.

A few things to know:

• One application per person per job. Someone who applies again to the same job with the same address is told they have already applied.
• Limits against abuse. Sending codes and submitting applications are rate limited, so a burst of attempts from one address or one network has to wait a little.
• Screening starts on its own. Each application goes straight into AI screening, unless a screening question rejected it first. See How AI screening works.

CV upload

Candidates attach one CV as a PDF or Word file, up to 10 MB. PDF and DOCX read best; Word's older .doc format is accepted, but its text cannot always be read for screening.

CVs go into private storage and are never publicly reachable. Your team opens them through short-lived links, and every download is recorded. See Viewing and downloading CVs.

Found on Google

Every role listed on your careers page is also prepared for search engines:

• The page carries job data in the format Google for Jobs reads: title, description and requirements, the location with its country, employment type, your company name, website and logo, the date it opened, minimum experience and the must-have skills.
• Google is notified when the role opens, when its title, description, location or shown salary changes, and when it closes. See Job boards, social media and tracked links for where to see it.
• The role is added to the jobs sitemap search engines read when it opens, and drops out when it closes or you take it off the careers page. A closed role's page answers page-not-found.
• Every tracked board link points search engines at the plain apply link, so all your postings count as one page.

Private roles stay out of search entirely. The salary range is part of the job data only when you show it on the job page (see Create a job with the wizard). Whether and where Google shows a role is Google's decision.