{"id":5253,"date":"2016-03-08T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T19:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/two-minute-tuesday\/blindedresumes-2\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T19:05:26","slug":"referrer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2016\/03\/08\/referrer\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Minute Tuesday: Referrer Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s\u00a0Two Minute Tuesday<\/a> explains the ‘Referrer’ field, which is where PCRecruiter tracks the source of your new candidates as they register via the Web Extensions or your external job postings.<\/p>\n

If you have any comments\u00a0or suggestions for something we can explain in about two minutes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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Video Transcript<\/h3>\n

We\u2019re back for another Two Minute Tuesday, Main Sequence\u2019s series of short videos with tips, tricks, and tutorials to make you a more powerful PCRecruiter user.<\/p>\n

Today we\u2019re going to look at the \u2018Referrer\u2019 field, which helps you determine where new names in your database are coming from. The field is automatically populated by the system, so you probably already have data in it, but you might not be aware of it.<\/p>\n

On the MyPCR screen, clicking the \u2018Web Candidates\u2019 bar searches for people who have recently added their own name to my database via the web extensions. If I click on any name, and then look in the \u2018Details\u2019 area, I\u2019ll often find a \u2018Referrer\u2019 field with a value in it such as \u201cIndeed,\u201d \u201cLinkedIn.com\u201d etc. This tells me where this person first registered from. How does that data get there?<\/p>\n

Well, any time a job link is generated by one of the system\u2019s external posting utilities or job feeds \u2013 scenarios in which PCR knows what site or service that apply link is going to be published on \u2013 the job link is has a source tag embedded in it. When someone clicks the link and creates a name record, the system records that source tag in the Referrer detail field.<\/p>\n

If the candidate just browses their way into your website, or directly loads a job link which wasn\u2019t tagged, then PCR tries to record the last domain name found in the candidate\u2019s browser history prior to reaching the PCRecruiter screen. If there\u2019s no Referrer data, then PCR may simply have been unable to tell where that candidate came from, or the name may not have been self-entered by a candidate.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 what if you\u2019re manually sharing a job link on a website or in an email, and you want to control what appears in the referrer field to track the effectiveness of that posting or campaign? Easy. We start by clicking the \u2018Add Links\u2019 icon in the editing toolbar on the job record. This popup contains the direct links to this job in our job board. The first two links point to the job description page and, one step further, to the \u2018new user\u2019 form for that job. If you use one of these links, PCR will try to guess the referring source based on the browser history. The links at the bottom of this window go to the same screens as the two above, except you can manually alter the source tag. Simply remove the bracketed tag after the equals sign and replace it with the term of your choice when you post it, and PCR will put that value into the Referrer field.<\/p>\n

We should point out that Referrer is not the same as EEO Source. Referrer is only collected when a new name is added to the database and doesn\u2019t change if they apply to another job at a later date. Referrer is a record of where this person initially found you. The EEO Source is a self-reported \u201chow did you hear about this job\u201d answer, which the candidate may answer differently each time they apply. Also, if you want to search the Referrer field or add it to your custom layouts or reports and don\u2019t see it as an option, you may need to go to the \u2018Name Custom Fields\u2019 area under System to define it first.<\/p>\n

For more Two Minute Tuesdays, subscribe to this YouTube channel and watch our social networks or your PCR login screen. If you have any suggestions for future episodes, send an email to twominutetuesday@mainsequence.net.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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