Title: additional functionality in the dashboard
Last modified: March 30, 2023

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# additional functionality in the dashboard

 *  Resolved [exingin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exingin/)
 * (@exingin)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-functionality-in-the-dashboard/)
 * Perhaps someone has already implemented additional functionality in the dashboard:
    1. Need to search by vacancies (when a user has more than 30 vacancies, it’s inconvenient
       to search through pages)
    2. Filter of vacancies (by status, location)
    3. Grouping of vacancies (according to areas, location)

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 *  Plugin Support [Jay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluejay77/)
 * (@bluejay77)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-functionality-in-the-dashboard/#post-16618822)
 * Hi [@exingin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exingin/),
 * Let me see if I understand you correctly. By “vacancies”, do you mean a job listing
   that’s currently open (i.e., currently accepting job applications, since there
   is a vacancy)?
 * If so, there are several ways to categorize and filter job listings.
 * Pre-select filters on a Job dashboard
 * You can create custom URLs that link directly to your jobs page (the page containing
   the **[jobs]** shortcode), with specific filters already selected. You can preselect
   keywords, location, categories, and job types.
 * For example, if your jobs page is at **[http://yoursite/jobs/](http://yoursite/jobs/)**
   and you want to create a link that will preselect the ‘Medical’ category, you
   can use the following:
 * `http://yoursite/jobs/?search_category=medical`
 * (Where ‘medical’ is the category slug.)
 * You can also use:
    - **search_keyword**
    - **search_location**
    - **search_job_type**
 * To preselect those filters. You can even combine them using `&`. For example:
 * `http://yoursite/jobs/?search_category=medical&search_job_type=permanent`
 * And you can select multiple job types and/or categories (if you have enabled 
   category multiple selection in settings) by comma separating them, for example:
 * `http://yoursite/jobs/?search_category=medical,surgical&search_job_type=permanent,
   temporary`
 * You can find the above instructions in the documentation as well:
    - [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/preselect-filters-on-jobs-page-using-url-query-strings/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/preselect-filters-on-jobs-page-using-url-query-strings/)
 * —
 * You can configure Job Types, Categories, and Location display settings in Job
   Listings Settings, as noted in our documentation:
 * [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/setting-up-wp-job-manager/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/setting-up-wp-job-manager/)
 * You can add Job Categories and Job Types under **WP-admin > Job Listings > Job
   Categories or Job Types**.
 * —
 * I hope that helps! Let us know if you have any other questions.
 *  Thread Starter [exingin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exingin/)
 * (@exingin)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-functionality-in-the-dashboard/#post-16624090)
 * You wrote about something completely different, it’s not about the job search
   page, it’s about the **[job_dashboard] **page.
 *  Plugin Support [lastsplash (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lastsplash/)
 * (@lastsplash)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-functionality-in-the-dashboard/#post-16630674)
 * Hi [@exingin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exingin/) –
 * Sorry for the confusion here.
 * [The Job Dashboard page](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/the-job-dashboard/)
   doesn’t support this functionality by default. However, you may be able to do
   this by overriding the default `job-dashboard.php` template
 * Here’s a general tutorial:
 * [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/)
 * Additionally, the Template Tags may come in handy:
 * [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-tags/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-tags/)
 * That said, we aren’t able to actually write the code for you. You may want to
   look into one of these services if you need help:
 * [https://jobs.wordpress.net/](https://jobs.wordpress.net/)
 * I hope that helps point you in the right direction.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/additional-functionality-in-the-dashboard/#post-16630674)
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