Why You Want to Shorten Tracking Links

Recruiting's default tracking links can be pretty long. If you want shorter links, Recruiting includes a Show short link option to use whenever you generate a Tracking Link.

This gives you a short link you can use anywhere you would normally post a tracking link, like on a job board.

If you put your jobs in newspapers or print ads, we strongly suggest using these short links because they are much easier for people to type in.

Short links are easier to manage, use up less space (which is helpful for social media), and make sharing your jobs easier.

Recruiting lets you make short tracking links, as well as short Gravity referral links that you can share on Twitter.

Steps to Create a Shortened Tracking Link

Prerequisite: You must have already created a Tracking Link for the job post.

1. Log in and go to People > Hiring > Applicant Tracking. Your Recruiting dashboard appears. 
2. Click the job to see the job info screen. 
3. At the top right, click Promote and the promotion popup appears.
4. On the right side in the Tracking Links section, hover over the link and click Copy Link. 
5. In the Tracking Links popup click Show short link., and when the field changes, click COPY.

If your organization uses our Gravity app, we automatically shorten the job links generated for Twitter since you're limited to tweets up to 140 characters long. 

• The shortened link looks something like http://bit.ly/2kkL3uU, shown in this sample image:

Craigslist Alternative to Shortened Links

Craigslist blocks shortened links due to concerns over shortened links potentially leading to spam, malware, etc., so you cannot post shortened links on Craigslist.

However, Craigslist does accept hyperlinking, so if you want a shorter link on Craigslist, use HTML to create a hyperlink to the job.

Example: To apply, please <a href=http://newton.newtonsoftware.com/career/JobIntroduction.action?id=8a3b93ee4867dd5a01487f9b58ad2bd9&source=Craigslist”>click here</a> is changed to this: To apply, please click here.