Searching jobs

I need this too.
I have tried various custom field search plugins but none seem to work (I presume because they’re searching posts, not jobs).

All I want is a dropdown to pick a salary range (defined in the job) and a region (also defined in the job).

I could do with a feature like this too… I need to be able to have a few drop downs defining: Job category, Salary range and Location?

A bit like this site: https://www.timeappointments.co.uk/

hi guys have you figured this out yet? i am dying to have this for my site too? would love to know thanks so much in advance- wendy

search would be great!

Since people are still asking for it I thought I would offer the solution I came up with.

I created my own search page as a template and used the following code to filter results based on a few criteria.

query_posts(array(
	'post_title' => 'LIKE %'.$_GET['keyword'].'%',
	'post_type' => 'jobman_job',
	'meta_query' => array(
		array(
			'key' => 'data8',
			'value' => $salary,
		),
		array(
			'key' => 'data9',
			'value' => $location,
		),
	),
	'posts_per_page' => '10',
));

As you may assume, data8 was the systems salary field which I created (this was a range selection so typing in a figure is not possible) and data9 was the location.

Thanks EdtheDuck, i’ll give it a go

Where should I post that code, Ed?

Hi Mel,

This is to be placed in a template file for your theme.
Just posting this bit of code won’t work though as you will need to create a form and output for the query so an understanding of WordPress and PHP is really needed.

I may write a more in-depth tutorial on how I got this working if anyone is interested?

I am interested in a more in-depth tutorial how you did it. I know basic PHP and I am just beginning to understand WordPress.

Ok, well if I get some time tonight I will put something together and you can be the first test victim ??

Yay!! I would greatly appreciate that. I’m working on a client project that want to search for job locations because they will have a lot of postings. Could that be implemented into a simple widget?

I would think so, although I will only have time to write a tutorial on creating a search page and results page tonight.

hopefully you can work out how to include the form in a widget.

Did you get time to do the tutorial? I was just wondering.

Hi Mel,

I have created a 1st draft but I was simply typing as I was thinking so it’s a little hard to follow.

Feel free to have a go though as it may be a few days before I get chance to re-write it.

https://danmcguire.co.uk/creating-an-advanced-job-search-for-the-jobman-wordpress-plugin/

I got it to work but it doesn’t search for all of the listings, only one shows up.
Below is my code, also the website (https://project.job1usa.com/test/) is what I’m testing on so feel free to test it out for yourself.

<?php
/*
Template Name: Advanced Search
*/
?>
<?php $options = get_option( 'classy_theme_settings' ); ?>
<?php get_header(''); ?>
<?php
//start loop
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
//get featured image
$featured_image = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_post_thumbnail_id(), 'page-header' );
?>
<?php
//if post has thumbnail
if( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<div id="page-header">
<img src="<?php echo $featured_image[0]; ?>" alt ="<?php the_title(''); ?>" width="980" />
</div>
<!-- END #page-header -->
<?php } ?>
<div id="post">
    <h1 class="page-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    <?php
	if(!isset($_GET['keyword'])){$_GET['keyword']="";}
	if(!isset($_GET['location'])){$_GET['location']=0;}
?>
    <form action="#" methond="get">
    <ul>
    	<li>
    		<label for="keyword">Keyword</label>
    		<input type="text" name="keyword" value="<?php echo strip_tags($_GET['keyword']); ?>" />
    	</li>
    	<li>
    		<label for="location">Location</label>
			<select name="location">
			<option value="0"<?php if($_GET['location']==0){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>>Any</option>
			<option value="1"<?php if($_GET['location']==1){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>>Toledo, OH</option>
			<option value="2"<?php if($_GET['location']==2){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>>Delta, OH</option>
			<option value="3"<?php if($_GET['location']==3){?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>>Findlay, OH</option>
		</select>
		</li>
	<input type="submit" value="Search" />
	</ul>
</form>
<?php if($_GET['keyword']!=""||$_GET['salary']!=0||$_GET['location']!=0){ ?>
	<h2>Search Results</h2>
	<ul id="jobs-two">
		<?php //query_posts('post_type=jobman_job&posts_per_page=10'); ?>
		<?php
		$_GET['keyword'] = trim($_GET['keyword']);
		if($_GET['keyword']==""){$_GET['keyword']=" ";}
		if($_GET['location']!=0){
			switch($_GET['location']){
				case 1:
					$location = 'Toledo, OH';
					break;
				case 2:
					$location = 'Delta, OH';
					break;
				case 3:
					$location = 'Findlay, OH';
					break;
			}
		}
		if($_GET['location']!=0){
			query_posts(array(
				'post_title' => 'LIKE %'.$_GET['keyword'].'%',
				'post_type' => 'jobman_job',
				'meta_query' => array(
					array(
						'key' => 'data4',
						'value' => $location,
					),
				),
				'posts_per_page' => '10',
			));
		}
		elseif($_GET['location']!=0){
			query_posts(array(
				'post_title' => 'LIKE %'.$_GET['keyword'].'%',
				'post_type' => 'jobman_job',
				'meta_query' => array(
					array(
						'key' => 'data4',
						'value' => $location,
					),
				),
				'posts_per_page' => '10',
			));
		}else{
			query_posts(array(
				'post_title' => 'LIKE %'.$_GET['keyword'].'%',
				'post_type' => 'jobman_job',
				'posts_per_page' => '10',
			));
		}
		?>
		<?php $count = 0; ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		<?php if(strstr(get_the_title(),trim($_GET['keyword']))){ ?>
		<li>
			<strong><?php the_title(); ?></strong><br />
			<strong>Location:</strong> <?php $location = get_post_custom_values('data4'); echo $location[0]; ?><br />
			<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">More</a>
		</li>
		<?php $count++; ?>
		<?php } ?>
		<?php endwhile;?>
		<?php if(!$count){ ?>
		<p><strong>Sorry but your search returned no jobs. Please try again.</strong></p>
		<?php } ?>
	</ul>
<?php } ?>

    <?php comments_template(); ?>
</div>
<!-- END post-content -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_sidebar('pages'); ?>
<?php get_footer(''); ?>

I took out the salary section since I didn’t need it.