Job schedule type
Schedule type describes the employment time commitment for a role — full-time, part-time, on-call, and similar categories. It is separate from shift type (which describes the time of day) and contract type (which describes the legal employment relationship). Recruiters set a schedule type on every job, and candidates can filter by it on the job board.
How schedule type is used
Schedule type appears on the job creation and editing form and is shown on the public job posting. In reporting, it lets HR and finance teams analyze the full-time equivalent (FTE) composition of open and filled roles — essential data for workforce-planning models.
Adding a schedule type
- Go to Configuration → ATS settings → Job and open the Schedule Type tab.
- Click Add schedule type.
- Enter a label.
- Click Save.
Editing and deactivating
Click the edit action to rename a schedule type or toggle it Active/Inactive. Deactivate types that are no longer used — removed from future selection while historical jobs retain their value.
There is no delete action for schedule types — an entry can only be deactivated or reordered.
Tips
- Separate “Part-time” from “On-call”. They are distinct commitments with different implications for compensation and benefits — conflating them makes workforce analytics unreliable.
- Add “Casual” if your industry uses it. For hospitality, retail, or healthcare, casual (no guaranteed hours) is a common and legally distinct classification that should appear explicitly rather than be approximated by “Part-time”.
- Align with your HRIS. If your HR system tracks schedule type under a specific taxonomy, use the same labels in the ATS so hired-candidate data flows cleanly into employee records.