applicantLocationRequirements schema now required for Remote (TELECOMMUTE) jobs

[Strijdhagen]

Google just pushed an update that delists jobs when TELECOMMUTE and not including the applicantLocationRequirements schema.
Would be great if we could implement this as a field!

[bobmatyas]

Another request for this on: 5509949-zen

This issue is coming up due to a change on Google's end as explained here: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/job-posting

Google now expects something like:

"applicantLocationRequirements": [{
    "@type": "State",
    "name": "Michigan, USA"
 },{
    "@type": "State",
    "name": "Texas, USA"
 }],

in the schema to indicate where work can be performed.

[cena]

5562974-zen

Recieving Critical Error "missing field applicantLocationRequirements"

Would you consider including "applicantLocationRequirements" in the job schema for remote jobs. Potentially including a field to list allowed countries.

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[bobmatyas]

Another request on 5684222-zen

[bobmatyas]

Requested on: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-field-applicantlocationrequirements/?view=all

[bharathganji]

hi team, i am getting error, any plan in updating code according to schema..? , pls someone reply

or is there any alternate solutions i can use as remedy for now..!

[bobmatyas]

Another request on 6169128-zen

[bobmatyas]

Requested on: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/location-invalid/?view=all

[theninabird]

We are also running into this issue and would be interested in an update or a fix.

[theninabird]

For anyone else running into this, you can modify the structured data in your own theme/plugin by using the wpjm_get_job_listing_structured_data filter.

add_filter( 'wpjm_get_job_listing_structured_data', 'modify_job_listing_structured_data', 10, 2 );
function modify_job_listing_structured_data( $data, $post ) {
  if ( $post->_remote_position ) {
    $data['applicantLocationRequirements']['@type'] = 'Country';
    $data['applicantLocationRequirements']['name'] = 'USA';
  }
  
  return $data;
}

[yscik]

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[dericleeyy]

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[promptpress]

+1 for us - would be great to fix it

[promptpress]

For anyone else running into this, you can modify the structured data in your own theme/plugin by using the wpjm_get_job_listing_structured_data filter.

add_filter( 'wpjm_get_job_listing_structured_data', 'modify_job_listing_structured_data', 10, 2 );
function modify_job_listing_structured_data( $data, $post ) {
  if ( $post->_remote_position ) {
    $data['applicantLocationRequirements']['@type'] = 'Country';
    $data['applicantLocationRequirements']['name'] = 'USA';
  }
  
  return $data;
}

As I am not a theme or plugin developer - where exactly can I add this code snippet? We are using the Cariera theme.

[theninabird]

As I am not a theme or plugin developer - where exactly can I add this code snippet? We are using the Cariera theme.

You would need to create a child theme which unfortunately does require some coding. First you need to be able to access your site's files on the server via SFTP, and then you need to follow the instructions in the provided link and create some new files on the server. The code snippet would go inside of the functions.php file.

[yscik]

It's also possible to add the snippet without additional coding using the Code Snippets plugin

[promptpress]

@theninabird @yscik many thanks to both of you! We had a child theme already - I was only not sure if the functions.php file was the right one. We made it work and Google already indexed the job postings without any errors.

[Datatech-AK]

I'm actually quite astonished that WP Job Manager has been silently excluding telecommuting positions from Google Jobs by omitting this required field for the past two years. Compatibility with Google Jobs is one of the selling features on WPJM's market page, and this isn't a small issue. It should definitely be a team priority.