Jobs vs. templates: what's the difference? – HigherMe Help Center

So you want to update a job posting and you're not sure where to do it. You've come to the right place! Here on HigherMe there are two pages you might go to to create or edit a posting:

🛠️ Templates: broader updates

📐 Jobs: location-specific tweaks

Think of a template as the blueprint for each of your roles. Job templates allow you to update a job posting across all store locations it is deployed to, rather than making changes one location at a time.

Basing your job postings on a template helps keep your jobs consistent across locations and makes your hiring more efficient.

Templates have up to 7 segments: Template Details, Locations, Availability, Questions, Candidate Score, NextMatch AI, and Interview Rounds. Learn to customize and update your templates in this template overview.

If you have template permissions, you'll find your list of templates on your Templates page.

If your company has job editing enabled, your admins will be able to customize jobs on a location-by-location basis – in addition to edits on the template level.

Job-level changes apply only to the specific location that the job is linked to. This can be helpful if you need to update store-specific information, like job requirements or scheduling needs that may only apply to one of your locations. For broader changes, template-level edits will be more efficient.

Jobs have up to 5 segments: Job Details, Questions, Availability, NextMatch AI, and Interview Rounds. Learn to customize and update your templates in your Hiring Hub.

Read on for more info on managing your Templates & Jobs pages.

✨ Creating a new template

On your Templates page, click +New template. This will open a blank template for you to fill out.

Under Template Details, add in key info like job title, description, requirements, salary, and more.
Also under Template Details, you'll be able to decide if you want to create an active job from this template or if you want to leave it in the drafts for now. Scroll down to the question, "Would you like to publish this job?" above the salary section. Select "Yes" to create an active job posting from this template. If you select "No," you'll only be creating a template for now – you'll have to go back in later to activate it into a job.
Next, in the Locations tab on the left, select which of your store locations you would like to deploy this template to.

For example, deploying a template to 5 locations creates 5 jobs (one at each of the locations). Deploying to one location only creates 1 job at that location and none at your other locations. Templates can always be deployed to additional locations later on – scroll down to "Copying a job" to learn how.

Now, in the Availability tab, set your availability requirements for the role.
Under Questions, add any screening questions you'd like to include.
Under Candidate Score, you can adjust your scoring preferences for this role.

Remember to save each page when you're done!

Need more detail? Our templates guide is here to help 💡

✍️ Updating a template

📍 Updating a job

To modify a template, head to your Templates page under the Settings tab. Click on the title of the template you would like to update.

For more information on template sections, check out our template overview.

Remember, template updates apply to the role at all locations it is deployed to, but job updates only apply to the role at a specific location.

To update a job, head to your Hiring Hub under the Hiring tab. Filter by location or company, then locate the job in question. To update, click the three dots on the job card and then click Edit.

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➕ Other template actions

Archiving a template allows you to unpublish it and remove it from your main Templates list (along with any associated jobs) without deleting it forever. On your Templates page, click on the three dots next to a template and click Archive. Your template now lives in the Archive tab at the top of your Templates page. You can un-archive a template (and its associated jobs) at any time.

Duplicating a template lets you quickly clone a template. On your Templates page, click on the three dots next to a template and click Copy. This will open a pop-up where you can select the company and brand you want to copy it to. Once you've selected company and brand, a page will open asking you to select the the location(s) that you want to copy the template over to. Once you select locations, you can proceed to make any necessary edits to the new version without impacting the original.

Deploying a template: Jobs can't be duplicated in the same way templates can, but you can "copy" a job to additional locations by editing where its parent template is deployed to. On your Templates page, click on the three dots next to a template and click Edit. Within the template, open the Locations tab. You'll be able to select additional locations that you want to deploy the template to.

Once you save your changes, your job will effectively have been copied to those locations – you'll see the new jobs listed under those locations in your Hiring Hub.

*Can't access the Templates page or edit a job? You may not have the permissions to do so. If you think you should have access to this, please check with a Company admin.