FAQ

What can I do on the site?

What is jobtrees.com?

Jobtrees.com is a jobseeker focused career site with resources to cover the full career search experience. We’re your everything career site.

Our goal is to provide jobseekers the information they need to make the best career decisions and see this as the best way to improve the search experience for all parties involved (jobseeker, recruiter, hiring manager).

Why is jobtrees.com focused on the jobseeker?

A well informed jobseeker knows what jobs they’re qualified for, what experience they need to add to be qualified, what companies they want to work for, and overall have a good understanding of what jobs they’re a fit for. They use this understanding to focus their time on building skills and targeting specific jobs versus investing that time applying to a high number of jobs hoping to hit the lottery. This leads to a higher success rate on applications, less ghosting from employers, and less frustration around the reasons for an unsuccessful job search.

The result for employers are higher quality candidates and less unqualified ones. Using a common analogy, it’s a smaller hay stack with more needles in it.

This means time saved for both the jobseeker and employer. Less frustration in the search process. Overall, better outcomes for all parties with less stress along the way.

Does Jobtrees have jobs?

We have millions of active open jobs in the United States across almost any industry. There are select companies that have opted in to use our jobseeker focused application process, these jobs come with increased transparency to show applicants automatically when/if their resume is reviewed and when the employer changes their status (no ghosting). Keep an eye out for these jobs (marked with the Jobtrees logo) and if you’re an employer, consider leveraging this platform. We think you’ll love the result.

What if I don’t know what job I want?

A part of finding the right job is knowing it exists. To help you find unique roles you never knew existed or potentially remind you of ones you forgot, Jobtrees offers several different ways for exploring roles in the Find Roles and Career Paths section of the site. You can search through an image based list, search our career database or click through unique career paths to find your inspiration.

Can Jobtrees help me with my career path?

Our Jobtree and Pathfinder career path tools show you the actual career paths our users are taking. Search for a role you are interested in and we’ll build you an interactive career path showing you the most common steps people are taking based on hundreds of thousands of real career profiles in our database.

Use these tools to build context and inspiration on what different career paths are like. They show you connections you didn’t consider and re-calibrate your expectations on the next career step.

What other helpful career tools does Jobtrees have?

In addition to jobs and career information we have all the tools you need to complete the career search process. We will help you build connections (Networking), dial in your Resume, build skills (Training), research companies (Company Reviews), prepare for interviews (Interview Tips), find career advice (Counseling and Advice), explore new search approaches (Alternate Approaches) and stay organized through the whole process (Application Tracker).

How does the site work?

What is the source of Jobtrees' data?

It is a combination of publicly available, proprietary, and user provided career data. It spans thousands of unique roles across many industries, schools, education backgrounds and companies. We aggregate this data together to deliver faster, more meaningful and data driven career insights while preserving the privacy of our users.

With your help we can expand this data source further by adding your career history to your profile. It will allow you to track the roles from your job history while navigating the site and enable you to check your potential fit with any role or job.

The data will also help contribute to creating a more robust experience for you and other users. In order to unlock a new role or filter for a role, we need a minimum amount of data to ensure the data stays anonymous and the paths are representative of a meaningful enough sample. This means the data you provide helps to open up more features for you and other users.

What is a Jobtree and how does it work?

A Jobtree is a visual representation of the most common career steps to and from a central role or starting point. It’s built through the aggregation of hundreds of thousands (and growing) of real people’s career paths. It shows you the most common career paths people are actually taking to and from any given role in our career database. Each Jobtree is unique and often counter intuitive based on the career paths expectations we’ve all built (most people don’t just move up the career ladder). If you see a role that looks interesting branching off from the central role, move it to the center and see how the information changes. These career charts are based wholly on data, not opinion.

What if I just want to search for and apply for jobs. Can I do that?

Of course. We have millions of active job postings for you to search from to find a job that interest you but our advice is that may not be the best place to start. We’ve grouped our tools into the 4 stages of the search process; Explore, Prepare, Close and Re-group. If you haven’t take the time to plan your career path, explore other types of jobs, or start networking for your next opportunity, then applying for jobs likely isn’t the best next step for you in the process. Check out our blog on the steps for a better career search to learn more.

What happens if I sign up?

Does it cost anything to join or use the site?

Jobtrees is free to use. There is no cost to join the site and currently all our content is at no cost to users. We do currently charge a fee to employers related to their job postings and we are working on some premium employment features that will come at a fee but our current core content will always remain free for users. We do encourage you to upload your career profile which we use to aggregate with our current data to provide a more customized and richer experience for you and other users.

How do I access all the features on the site?

You have access to all the jobseeker features for free. We only require you to set-up a profile if there is information we need to save about you or your preferences to complete the action your selected, for example saving a job to view later. Setting up a profile gives you the ability to customize your account, save jobs, set job search alerts, add career experience, save career paths, evaluate your fit with potential jobs and much more.

If I share my career data with Jobtrees what will you do with it?

We only use your career data to aggregate with other career profiles to power the products you use on the site and to perform the role and job evals for which we only share your fit score with you and employers that you choose to share it with. It will not be sold or used to create targeted advertising. If there is ever a change to this approach you will be asked to actively approve new usages of your career data.

I uploaded my career profile but I don’t see my roles on the site. What’s wrong?

Because we need a minimum number of roles to aggregate together before we show them on the site, it is likely that there aren’t enough other profiles to aggregate with yours yet to meet this threshold. This is an opportunity to encourage your colleagues with similar career profiles to add their data to the site to meet the aggregation threshold and unlock the Jobtree for that role.

What if I need help using the site?

What do I do if I can’t remember my password?

Click on the Sign In link in the navigation bar section. On the sign in page, below the password box, click the link for Forgot password. Enter in the email associated with your account and you will be sent instructions to your email on how to re-access your account.

You will need access to your email to reset your password. If you can not access your email, the best thing to do is create a new account.

How do I reset my password?

When signed in, from your user home page, scroll to the Adjust You Account Settings section and click the Customize button. Once on the Your Account page click on the Edit button next to the password box. Enter your new password and click the Save button.

How do I update my personal information?

You can update your personal information on the Your Account page. To access this area you will need to sign in. Once you are signed in, navigate to your home page, scroll to the Adjust You Account Settings section and click the Customize button. From here you will be able to update all your personal info including adding your career history which we can help with through an upload of your resume or LinkedIn profile.

How do I delete my account?

When signed in, from your user home page, scroll to the Adjust You Account Settings section and click the Customize button. Once on the Your Account page click on the Delete Account button and then the Confirm Delete Account button. Enter your new password and click the Save button. Deleting your account will permanently deactivate your profile and delete all your saved info. If you want to instead change your email address, name, or password, you can do that in the Your Account section as well. If you delete your account, you won't be able to reactivate it later.

What should I do if I think information is wrong?

What should I do if I think career information on the site is inaccurate?

We are constantly working to ensure the data on the site is clear and accurate but it’s possible that we missed something or made a mistake. If you think this is one of those cases please contact us (contactus@jobtrees.com) with the error you have identified.

What if I notice something not working on the site?

We appreciate it if you can let us know (contactus@jobtrees.com) as soon as you encounter the issue. It’s possible that refreshing the page will the solve the problem but if it doesn’t, we appreciate any effort you can make alerting us to the problem. We are constantly checking for errors but it does happen that some escape our inspection. We appreciate your partnership in helping us to provide as high quality of an experience as possible.

What if I notice there is a feature or tool that is missing that could help me in my career search?

We love feedback from our users. If there is an idea that you have, don’t be shy, please share it with us (contactus@jobtrees.com). We read and respond to every user provided email we receive.

What does Jobtrees have for employers?

What is the Jobtrees experience like for employers?

Employers can expect Jobtrees to provide better prepared candidates, facilitate a more seamless candidate/employer experience and all at a lower total cost to hire.

We are a jobseeker focused career site as that’s the most effective approach we see to providing the best experience for the jobseeker and employers. Employers generally know what skills and experience they’re looking for but many jobseekers don’t which leads to a high volume of applications and low rates of interviews and hire. We help employers by guiding the jobseeker on what it takes to match for a job and what they need to gain to improve their match. This means less unqualified applicants and better prepared qualified ones.

How much does it cost for employers (pricing)?

There is no cost to open an account or post a job. We take active steps to drive qualified traffic to all job postings especially when they aren’t a natural fit with our normal user traffic. That is provided at no charge. We believe it’s our responsibility to ensure jobseekers see your job postings. We only charge employers when we deliver results. That occurs when potential candidates either 1) complete an evaluation for the job or 2) when they apply for the job. The pricing for each of these actions is below. We do not charge employers for when potential candidates just look at a role (clicks). We do not charge for each day the job is visible. We encourage our users to be curious and believe that employers should only pay for those that are serious about their posted job.

Per Evaluation: $0.25
Per Application: $9.70
Per Click: $0
Per Day: $0
Total cost for an applicant is less than $10

You only pay for positive results. Applicants and for redirecting interested but unqualified applicants (the eval).

Our pricing beats the cost for results on other sites if you choose to compare.

How do I set up an employer account?

It’s free to set up and is linked to a standard Jobtrees account. Click on the Employer link in the top navigation menu and select the Start Hiring Now button. This will prompt you to sign into a Jobtrees standard account. Once signed in you’ll be prompted to provide some basic company info and once submitted, your employer account is ready.

If you want to share the account with multiple users, we suggest you create a Jobtrees standard account using a shared email address. The email and password that is linked to your employer account will need to be used by all users to access the employer account (we don’t have separate account logins currently). There is no limit to the number of users that can use this simultaneously but we don’t yet have the ability for multiple emails to be tagged to 1 employer account log-in. You will have the ability to tag unique email addresses to each job posting but the account log-in is a shared account.

How do I post a job?

When logged into your jobtrees account, simply click on the Employer link in the top navigation menu. If you have an employer account set up, this will take you to your employer home page where you can select the Create a New Job Post button to get started. Simply navigate the 6 info screens (can be done in under 5min) to fill in the needed information about the job, enter your payment information, and select submit for the job to be posted right away.

What kind of applicants should I expect?

A lower volume of applicants that are overall more qualified, better prepared for the process, better informed about the job and more excited about their career path with you.

Why should I post a job with Jobtrees?

If you need help vetting candidates, want to spend less time sifting through resumes, are looking to create a better candidate experience, and/or want to reduce your total cost of hiring, then you should post your jobs on Jobtrees.

Have a question or Comment?

Email us at contactus@jobtrees.com

FAQ’s on the Jobtree Career Path tool

How does the Jobtree work?

A Jobtree is a visual representation of the most common roles in the career path to and from a chosen primary role or starting point. The career path is an aggregation from real people’s actual career steps that is updated over time as users share more career information with us. Each role above the primary role are the most common next career steps taken and each role below are the most common career steps leading to the primary role. If you see a role that looks interesting branching off from the primary role you can move it to the primary role position and see the unique career paths for that role.

How do the role specific calculations like years of experience work?

Each Jobtree is unique. The calculation shown for years of experience, time in role, and avg career steps are specific to the data set of users included which means this value will change depending any filters applied to it. For example, if you apply a filter to see user from a specific place, then the average values will change to represent that subset of users’ experience. The specific calculations for each are an aggregation of the career history we have in our database from real career profiles that continues to grow and evolve as our users share more of their history with us.

What is the source of the data for the career paths?

The source data is an aggregation of publicly available career profiles and those provided by Jobtrees users to populate our career database which covers hundreds of thousands of career steps spanning thousands of unique roles across many industries, schools, education backgrounds and companies. You can help to expand this data by uploading your career profile which will also allow you to receive more customized content across the site. In order to unlock a new role or filter for a role, we need a minimum amount of data to ensure the data stays anonymous and the paths are representative of a meaningful enough sample. This means the data you provide helps to open up more features for you and other users.

Why might I see the same role both leading to and progressing from the primary role position? Is this an error?

the repetition of a role in the lead up and the progression from a primary role is a result of people's careers not following a linear path of role title progression (this is very common). Also, titles aren’t used synonymously at all companies so that the responsibilities, scope, or rank for a role at one company may be different at another so what may look like a downgrade in title is actually a career evolution. There are many other reasons for this to happen with the main takeaway being that if you aren’t having a linear progression in your career, you aren’t alone. Keep exploring.