FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I create a job announcement?
To create a job announcment, click on the link to sign in and then authenticate with your ORCID account. After signing in, you will see list of administration tasks at the top of the screen, and just click the link "create" to make a new job announcement. From this page, you will be asked to provide some standard information about the job announcement in a form, and then to also to provide a job description using a text editor. If the job description was already written elsewhere, it should only take about two minutes to publish your announcement.
All job announcments will expire one day after the application deadline. If no deadline was provided, the job announcment will expire after 1 year. The job database will be periodically purged of expired announcments.
How do I modify a job announcement?
To modify a job announcment, it is only necessary to sign in and then click on the "Edit/Delete" link in the adminstration tasks at the top of the screen. From this page you will be able to modify all the fields that you entered previously when creating the announcment. You also have the option to close the announcement, which will keep the announcement in the database, but not show it on the home page. For closed announcements, you can choose to publish them, which will make them visible on the home page. You also have the option to delete the annoucement from the database.
Are any data stored with ORCID?
No. Authenticating with ORCID is used only to allow users to create a new job announcement or to manage their previously created announcements. No data are stored on ORCID servers and ORCID can not access the job announcement database.
Can I see the source code?
Yes! The code that we use is available on Github and everyone is free to inspect it. We encourage users to inform us of any bugs, and we are open to contributions that will improve the functionality of the application.