Add or Edit Employers

You can use the Employers page to manage all the information about the employers with whom your institution has a career services relationship.

The employer can:

• Have multiple entries for contacts, available jobs, and entries in placement history

• Be related to a corporate entity with many other employer entities

Prerequisites

To view the page, you must have Career Services - Configuration - View authorization.

Access Method

Select the Configuration tile > locate Career Services > select Employers.

Procedure to Add or Edit Items

1. If you want to:

   • Add a new list item, select the New button on the toolbar

   • Edit an existing list item, select the name in the list

2. Review, specify, or change the following values.

   Campuses The campus or campuses to which a person or item is assigned. It is filtered to display the campuses to which you have access. In some cases, it is also used to filter a list to only those items for the campus. In some lists, you can select more than one campus or select All. In lists that display columns, if the column contains more than one campus, you cannot sort or filter on that column. Code Indicates a unique code to identify the employer. The Employer Code field can accommodate 16 characters. Corporate Office Location The location address of the corporate office for employers. Employer Groups The name of the employer group.

   Industry Indicates only those records which are active. Locations Specifies one or more locations associated with the employer. Name The name of the employer. Primary Location You can choose the primary location for the employer from the drop-down list. The options available for selection are those locations that are selected in the Locations field and are marked 'Active'.

3. If your institution selected:

   • Global for Enable Duplicate Employer Check, Anthology Student checks to make sure the an employer with the same name does not exist for any campus when you specify Name The name of the employer.

   • Campus Based for Enable Duplicate Employer Check, Anthology Student checks to make sure there an employer with the same name does not exist for the campus when you specify Name and select the Campuses The campus or campuses to which a person or item is assigned. It is filtered to display the campuses to which you have access. In some cases, it is also used to filter a list to only those items for the campus. In some lists, you can select more than one campus or select All. In lists that display columns, if the column contains more than one campus, you cannot sort or filter on that column.

   If either option is selected and it finds a duplicate, Anthology Student displays a dialog. If you have the permission Allow User to Override Duplicate Employer Check, you can select Override and add the duplicate employer. Otherwise, you must select the record for an existing employer in the list by selecting the select the Use Selected Record button.

3. In Company Information, specify or change the values.

   City Name of the employer's city. Country The name of the employer's country. County Name of the employer's county. Email Address Indicates a general e-mail address for the employer. You can enter e-mail addresses for individual employer contacts under the Contacts tab. Extension The employer's telephone extension number. Fax Number The employer's fax telephone number. Note Area that displays, or that you can use, to specify comments or additional information.

   Phone Number The employer's telephone number. Postal Index Number Specifies a 4-digit PIN number that the employer can use when visiting your school's website to enter available jobs. State If within the United States, the name of the state. Street Address The employer's street address. Website Address The employer's website. ZIP Code/Postal Code The postal code for the address. If you are specifying an address, you must specify a value for City or State. If you specify a city or state or both, the list contains the valid zip codes.

4. If you want to save and: 

   • Continue making changes, select the Save button

   • Continue to add another item to the list, select the Save & New button

   • Close, select the Save & Close button

Additional Information for Countries and Employer Phone Numbers

If the record for an employer or employer contact does not have a country selected, Anthology Student automatically formats the phone number for the employer and employer contact as (###) ###-####. If you change the: 

• Country for an employer or employer contact, Anthology Student updates the format of the phone number

• Format of the phone number for a country, the phone number in the records for the employer and employer contact are automatically updated