Workcircle's XML Job Feed Format
The Feed Description
Please ensure all special characters, for instance ampersands and control characters are escaped correctly.
The Workcircle job feed consists of XML tags. Here's an example file, with optional tags in italics:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><jobs>
<job>
<title>Java Programmer</title>
<description>Java programmer required for City Bank. Experience of J2EE essential. Good salary, based in the City.</description>
<url>http://www.myjobsite.com/job/12345</url>
<location>City of London</location>
<jobtype>Contract</jobtype>
<full_part>Full-time</full_part>
<salary>22K to 25K plus benefits</salary>
<salary_from>22000</salary_from>
<salary_to>25000</salary_to>
<salary_per>annum</salary_per>
</job>
<job>
<title>Shop Assistant</title>
<description>Shop assistant required for UK retail chain. Based in Chelmsford.</description>
<url>http://www.myjobsite.com/job/12345</url>
<location>Chelmsford, Essex</location>
<jobtype>Permanent</jobtype>
<full_part>Full-time</full_part>
<salary>22K to 25K plus benefits</salary>
<salary_from>22000</salary_from>
<salary_to>25000</salary_to>
<salary_per>annum</salary_per>
</job>
</jobs>
Detailed Feed Specification:
XML tag | Example | Notes |
---|---|---|
title | C++ Developer | Job title |
description | Developer required for CIty Bank ... | Short description of job, only first 3 lines will be used, but more info helps us classify the job |
url | http://www.myjobsite/job/12345/ | Must directly link to job, no login required |
location | City, London, UK | Free text description of location |
jobtype | Contract | "Contract" or "Permanent" |
full_part | Part-time | "Full-time" or "Part-time" |
salary | 45K + benefits | text |
salary_from | 45000 | numeric |
salary_to | 55000 | numeric |
salary_per | annum | "annum" or "month" or "week" for permanent, "hour", "day" or "week" for contract |
Delivering the feed file to us
All your jobs will be replaced with the jobs in this file, so it must contain all your jobs.
For larger files or regular updates, place the file on your webserver and let us know the URL of your file. We will download it after 2.00am every day.