How to Create a Recruitment Platform on Webflow

‍Create your recruitment platform on Webflow, which has numerous advantages... Here are a few

You don't pay X euros to register on various recruitment platforms,
You can optimize the SEO of each of your job postings to rank well in searches for future candidates,
It enhances the user experience of your site: showing that your company is thriving and hiring is a good sign!
You have 100% freedom regarding the design, structure, and text of the job listings you want to create

So, now that you understand why to create your career portal on Webflow, here are the steps to follow 👇

Part 1: Create the front-end on Webflow

1.1 Create a collection

The CMS Collection is the feature that will allow you to create and manage your content dynamically (new job offers, new positions to fill, modifications to existing offers, etc.).

Go to your Webflow project and create a collection called "Jobs" with the necessary fields for its development.

Job title (Plain text)
Recruitment date
Job description
Location
Etc....

CMS Collection for job offer in Webflow — CMS Collection in Webflow

1.2 Pages to create

In order to create a career portal on Webflow, you will need to create at least 2 pages. One static page and one dynamic page that will be linked to the "Jobs" collection.

The static page will be the "portal" page, aggregating all the job postings
The "listing" page, which is a dynamic page (template), will transform the data of each new item created in a collection into a job listing with your chosen design!

Static Webflow page with integrated collection — Static page with an integrated collection

Dynamic collection template page in Webflow — Dynamic template page of a "Jobs" collection

1.3 Optimize "on-page" SEO

Here are some tips to optimize the SEO of your job pages

Add a dynamic field for the Title Tag
Add a dynamic field for the Meta Tag
Think about Open Graph Images
Set the job title as H1
Incorporate relevant keywords associated with this position in the job description

SEO settings of a Webflow page with dynamic collection field — Click on Add Field to include a field

1.4 Add structured data

Structured data is essential as it allows Google to identify that this page is a job offer. This will enable your listings to be featured in "Google Jobs." You will find recommendations from Google on integrating enriched "JobPosting" data for your job offers in this article.

Need help developing your job portal on Webflow? Digidop will guide you step by step, from design to development, including the integration of dynamic structured data on Webflow!

Rich results for the search 'Digidop Job' — Enriched job results

Part 2: Create the back-end with Airtable or Coda

Webflow is the ideal tool for creating the front-end of your recruitment platform. In the second part of this article, discover how to create and manage the back-end of this platform.

Manage your application tracking with a CRM specifically designed for your web recruitment platform. Find out in this article how to create this module, no code needed, using Airtable or Coda.