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How do I transfer vacancies to our FTP server?
Answer
When we have received the necessary information from you to create a FTP account, we will contact you with your username and password. You need to enter these details once you have connected to ftp.jobsite.co.uk using your FTP software.publicsectorjobs will have created a directory for you on our FTP server allowing you to transfer your vacancy files. You will also be provided with a test directory to test the files you upload. When files are uploaded to the test directory, instead of the vacancies being published on publicsectorjobs, we will simply send you a status report so you can see whether there are any errors with the file. The test directory allows you to test your file without:
making your vacancies searchable by candidates on Jobsite
charging your account and using any of your vacancy quota.
Once the file has been processed any contacts you have set up to receive notification of test uploads will be sent an email showing the status of the test file. The notification will indicate any errors or warnings.
The only aspect not checked using the test directory is whether you have sufficient vacancy quota on your contract to publish the vacancies.
When you are happy that your file of vacancies is being received successfully, you can then transfer the file to your main directory for publishing.
When you have transferred your file, publicsectorjobs will:
check for new files in your ftp account every 20 minutes
check the file extension to your file is correct and matches the information given in the account set up
check the contents are well formed and match the relevant template for the given format
process well formed vacancies in the given file
send you a status report, the type will be as requested when you set the account up and will go to the requested email addresses
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