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Creating an Employment Opportunity

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Created on: Feb 08, 2008
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Rev Published: Jul 17, 2009
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1. Visit the Bethel Human Resources web site using your favorite browser

  • http://www.bethel.edu/human-resources

2. Add “/edit” to the site

  • https://www.bethel.edu/human-resources/edit/

3. Click Enter.  You will be directed to the Silva editor (see figure 1).

Human Resources Employment Opportunities

Figure 1

4. Identify the appropriate listing that you wish to use.  These are identified as cas, caps, staff and seminary  (see figure 2).   The listings for each of the specific areas work in the same manner.

Employment Opportunity Listing Categories


Figure 2


5. Select the appropriate listing for which you intend to add a new position.  If the next screen that you will see (see figure 3) contains the message “Note: there is already a published or closed version of this content.  Changes can only be made in a new version”, then:  Click the green “new version” button on the left side of the screen.

Employment Opportunity New Version

Figure 3

If a new version of the content already exits, you will be taken directly to the next screen (see figure 4) where you can open your listing for editing.




A “new version” of the listings page for your selected area will be created if you clicked the green “New Version” button.  You will see all of the listings that are currently on your site.  This page will provide a number of possible actions to manage the employee listing / publication process.  From this page you may create a new Employment Opportunity, move an existing Employment Opportunity, or delete an Employment Opportunity.  There are directions on the top of the page to assist you in the management process  (see figure 4).

6. To create a new Employment Opportunity, click the green “Add New Employment Opportunity” button.

Add A New Employment Opportunity


Figure 4

Clicking on the Add New Employment Opportunity button will bring up the Create Employment Opportunity screen (see figure 5).  The Create Employment Opportunity screen is a series of boxes that will hold information about the position you are going to post.

Top of Create Employment Opportunity Form


Figure 5

7. You may type the information directly into the boxes or copy and paste information into the boxes from a text document ( i.e. Microsoft Word).  Edit boxes on the page include the following:

Position:  Type a short description of the position you are posting

Supervisor:  Department Chair is the default entry in this box, but it can be changed to reflect the position

Qualifications:  Type or paste the qualifications for the position in this box

Responsibilities:  Type or past the responsibilities of the position in this box

Compensation:  The default entry in this box is “Salary and rank commensurate with qualifications”, but that entry can be changed if you need it to change

Position Open:  Type a date string in this box to indicate the starting date for the position (i.e. January 1, 2009)

Comments:  Type any comments about the position in this box.  Comments will be visible on the web site directly under the title of the advertised position.






Bottom of Create Employment Opportunity Form




Figure 6






8. When you are finished entering text data you need to click the ‘save’ button (see figure 6).  If there is an error or if required information (Position text box) is missing, there will be an error message printed on a red line just under the Silva editing tabs (see figure 7).



Create Employment Opportunity Form Error






Figure 7


When you have saved your work and there are no errors you will see your new listing in alphabetical order on the page. 

9. Click the green Publish Now button to complete the process.  Open your browser to the web site you were editing.  You should see the new position you just posted being displayed.



Publish Employment Opportunity Form

Figure  8


10. Now let’s check the listing on the Bethel Human Resources web site.   Open a new tab or start a new session in your browser.  Navigate to:  http://www.bethel.edu.  Click on the Employment link then navigate to the appropriate area for your listing.

You will see the Employment Opportunity that you entered listed alphabetically in the Employment Opportunities on the page (see figure 9).

View Employment Opportunity Links

Figure 9


11. Click on the new listing that you entered.  Note that the link will take you directly to the content of the new Employment Opportunity (see figure 10).  The Add New Employment Opportunity process in the Silva editor has created all the links and properly formatted the content for you.  The link to the appropriate Application for Employment on the last line of the specific opportunity has been added as well.

The comment line reads "A letter of application ... " (see figure 10).  Note its strategic position under the title of the opportunity.  Information that is entered into the Comment section of the editor will appear here.  Use it for specific clarification of the new Employment Opportunity.


View Employment Opportunity Listing

Figure 10


And it is that easy!  ☺