Rikus Rossouw

Stop paying for expensive hiring software. Rixden Career Manager gives you everything you need to post job listings and manage applications right inside WordPress — beautifully designed, lightweight, and ready in minutes.
Drop a single shortcode on any page and your visitors see a modern, fully filterable careers page with search, department and location filters, favorites, and professional apply modals. No coding, no complex setup, no monthly fees.
<h4>Why Rixden Career Manager?</h4>
Most small businesses don’t need BambooHR, Workable, or Greenhouse. They need a simple way to post open positions, collect resumes, and keep track of candidates. That’s exactly what this plugin does.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Beautiful admin dashboard with stat cards and recent activity overview</li>
<li>Unlimited departments with alphabetical ordering and duplicate prevention</li>
<li>Unlimited locations — create named locations from a dedicated admin tab, used as a dropdown filter and sidebar filter on the frontend</li>
<li>Unlimited job listings with all fields (title, location, salary, type, model, experience, department, expiry, description, logo)</li>
<li>Unlimited applications with resume uploads (PDF or Word, up to 5MB)</li>
<li>Modern frontend careers page via shortcode with search bar</li>
<li>Locations dropdown in the topbar for quick location filtering</li>
<li>Multi-select sidebar filters for departments, job types, work models, and locations with live counts</li>
<li>Active filter pills above job cards with individual remove and “Clear All”</li>
<li>Session favorites — visitors can heart jobs and filter to favorites without logging in</li>
<li>Clickable job cards that open a detail/apply modal with full job information</li>
<li>Apply modal with resume upload form — no account required</li>
<li>Email notification to admin when a new application is received, with resume attached</li>
<li>Job preview modals in admin dashboard</li>
<li>Applicant count per job listing</li>
<li>Customisable card styling — title/body sizes, colors, button styles with hover effects</li>
<li>Automatic job expiry with optional expiry dates</li>
<li>Mobile responsive frontend with collapsible filter sidebar</li>
<li>Lightweight — no external dependencies, no custom database tables, system fonts</li>
<li>Works with any theme — scoped CSS that won’t conflict</li>
</ul>
<h4>Upgrade Path</h4>
Locations created in the free version are fully compatible with Rixden Career Manager Pro. When you upgrade, all your locations, jobs, and applications carry over seamlessly.
<h4>Rixden Career Manager Pro</h4>
Want to take your hiring to the next level? <a href="https://rixden.com/career-manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a> for:
<ul>
<li>Application status pipeline with 6 color-coded stages and styled confirmation modals</li>
<li>Automated applicant emails — styled HTML emails for applications, status changes, registrations, and password resets</li>
<li>Custom email templates with variable support ({name}, {job_title}, {app_id}, etc.)</li>
<li>Application notes — chat-style internal notes with timestamps and usernames</li>
<li>CSV export of all application data</li>
<li>Job view tracking to see which listings get the most attention</li>
<li>Frontend sort — candidates can sort listings by date or salary</li>
<li>Multi-company recruiter system — frontend dashboard for recruiters to post and manage jobs, with approval workflows, decline/resubmit with notes, and per-company application management</li>
<li>Candidate dashboard — logged-in candidates can track their applications, view status history, manage saved jobs, and withdraw applications from a dedicated frontend dashboard</li>
<li>Login, register & password modals — AJAX-powered authentication modals for recruiters with password creation during registration</li>
<li>Login required to apply — optionally require candidates to be logged in before submitting applications, with automatic duplicate prevention</li>
<li>New application badges — badge counts for unseen applications, pending approvals, and pending recruiter registrations</li>
<li>CC emails & date/time — add CC recipients to application notifications, timestamps in site timezone</li>
<li>Account management — recruiters can change password and delete their account from the frontend dashboard</li>
<li>Social share buttons — LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Email, and copy-link buttons on individual job pages using inline SVGs with zero external dependencies</li>
<li>Priority support from the Rixden team</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to Career Manager in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Create your Departments</li>
<li>Create your Locations</li>
<li>Create your first Job listing</li>
<li>Add the <code>[rixden-careers]</code> shortcode to any page</li>
<li>Start receiving applications!</li>
</ol>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin does not connect to or rely on any third-party or external services. All data is stored locally in your WordPress database.

Rixden Career Manager


Exactly what a small-business careers page should be. Installed it, added a few jobs, dropped the shortcode - done in 15 minutes. Clean frontend, proper filters, working apply modal with resume upload. No theme conflicts, no bloat. Nothing to complain about.


Clean, lightweight, just works

Simple hiring & applicant tracking for your website. Post jobs, collect applications with resumes, and manage candidates.

mstdev

Andrew Rothman

PCRecruiter Extensions provides two primary integration methods. The setup is typically done with the direct involvement of a PCR consultant; it is advised that you contact support@mainsequence.net before proceeding.
1. Full WordPress Job Sync 
Sync active jobs from PCRecruiter into WordPress as native custom post types (job). 
Includes keyword and distance search, Google-ready job data (JobPosting), social sharing, automatic handling of filled jobs, instant search and filtering with a sidebar, and full control over styling using native WordPress tools.
Additional Features: 
* Sidebar with checkbox filters that let visitors narrow the results 
* Instant search, filtering, sorting, and paging (no page reloads) 
* Collapsible filter sections, type-to-filter, result-count badges, and removable filter “pills” 
* Sidebar on the left or right, depending on your template 
* Works with the WordPress Site Editor (block bindings, WordPress 6.5+) 
* Search-engine-friendly URLs and optional custom job titles 
* Built-in caching for faster pages 
* Internal-only job boards for private listings 
* Optional removal of inline styles so jobs match your site’s design 
* Accessible pagination 
* Works with older PCRecruiter setups
2. Simple iFrame Embed 
Embed the hosted PCRecruiter job board using a simple shortcode. Ideal for quick and simple installs or sites that prefer PCR-rendered pages, or sites where SEO and link friendliness are of less importance.
Also: PCRecruiter job XML/JSON feed downloading for integrations or imports.
Full documentation: 
<a href="https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/wordpress</a>
Support: 
support@mainsequence.net
<h3>Quick Start</h3>
Iframe Job Board:
No plugin settings are required for iframe installations! Just insert the shortcode into your jobs page:
[PCRecruiter link=”yourdatabase.yourprofile”]
Contact your support representative for your shortcode.
Full WordPress Job Sync: 
1. Create a page and add: 
 [PCRecruiter link=”jobmanager”] 
2. Go to Settings → PCRecruiter Extensions → Job Board Sync. 
3. Generate a Sync Token and enter it into the PCR “WordPress Sync Settings” panel.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Secure, token-based syncing of your live jobs</li>
<li>Jobs stored as normal WordPress posts</li>
<li>Keyword and distance (radius) search</li>
<li>Instant search and filtering, with a sidebar, removable filter “pills,” and collapsible sections</li>
<li>Layout controlled from your PCR search template (sidebar position, collapsible sections, type-to-filter, count badges, and list limits)</li>
<li>Google-ready job listings (JobPosting structured data)</li>
<li>Internal-only job boards for private listings</li>
<li>Social sharing buttons</li>
<li>Accessible pagination</li>
<li>Choose to delete filled jobs or keep them visible with a “Filled” badge</li>
<li>Customizable job titles for browser tabs and search results</li>
<li>Optional removal of inline styles</li>
<li>Automatically redirects old job links to the new, cleaner URLs</li>
<li>Avoids duplicate job data when Yoast SEO is active</li>
<li>Works with the WordPress Site Editor for dynamic templates</li>
<li>Optional XML/JSON job feeds for other integrations</li>
<li>Automatic, scheduled feed updates</li>
<li>Clean uninstall, with options to keep or remove your data</li>
<li>Built following WordPress security best practices</li>
</ul>
<h3>Example Shortcodes</h3>
Iframe Job Board: 
[PCRecruiter link=”my%20data.mycompany”]
Full Sync Job Board: 
[PCRecruiter link=”jobmanager”]
Optional filtering: 
[PCRecruiter link=”jobmanager” jobcategory=”Engineering”]
Internal Job Board: 
[PCRecruiter link=”internaljobmanager”]

PCRecruiter Extensions

Integrates your WordPress site with PCRecruiter (PCR) to embed job boards or sync live job postings as native WordPress content.

Rixden Career Manager vs PCRecruiter Extensions