These days, very few people apply for a job by posting their CV off to a company; instead, they search and apply for jobs online. Jobs board sites have become huge, with thousands, if not millions, of people using them to get work and thousands of employers using them to find talent.

This doesn't just apply to full time jobs; freelancers and people looking for short term work also use jobs boards to find work.

The great news is that WordPress makes it easy for you to create your own jobs board. If you're running a blog or site aimed at a specific industry or sector, you can add a jobs board to it as an extra resource for your readers. Alternatively, you can create a site comprised of just a jobs board, maybe to serve a local community or a specific sector.

In this chapter, I'll show you how to do this. We'll install and configure the WP Job Manager plugin and set up a suitable theme. Next, we'll add some jobs both via the admin screens and frontend of the site...