Job Quality Grader

Overview

The Job Quality Grader reviews the content and settings of a job while you create or edit it.

Open the grader from the job editor under Careers → Jobs.

Use the links below to jump to a section:

Open the Job Quality Grader

  1. Open Careers → Jobs.
  2. Select Add New or open an existing job.
  3. Find the Job Quality Grader panel in the job editor.

The grader reads the current job fields in the editor. It can update while you enter or change information.

For a new job, the panel may show Not Graded until enough fields have been completed.

Score and Status

The grader displays a score from 0 to 100 and a status describing the current result.

The status reflects the quality checks that have been completed and the issues found in the job.

The score is an editorial guide. A high score does not guarantee search ranking, indexing, or candidate applications.

Summary Checks

The summary area includes:

Google Jobs

This indicates whether the job contains the information needed for Google Jobs structured data.

A Ready result means the grader found the required Google Jobs basics in the current job data. It does not guarantee that Google will index or display the job.

Candidate

This indicates how useful the job is likely to be for candidates based on the available information.

Clear job details, accurate requirements, complete pay information, and readable content improve this result.

Critical Issues

Critical issues identify problems that can prevent the job from being complete or suitable for publication.

Examples include missing required information, invalid job data, or important settings that conflict with the posting.

Major Issues

Major issues identify problems that should be corrected before relying on the job for recruitment or external feeds.

Category Scores

The grader groups checks into these categories:

  • Critical: Required fields, job status, dates, feed readiness, and other core publishing requirements.
  • Consistency: Whether structured fields agree with the written job content.
  • Candidate: Whether the posting gives candidates useful and complete information.
  • Writing: Clarity, wording, formatting, and content quality.
  • Reading: Readability and ease of understanding.

A category can show Not Graded when there is not enough information to assess it.

Issue Groups

Grader issues are grouped by severity:

  • Blocker: A serious problem that should be fixed before publishing.
  • Major: A substantial problem that can affect job quality, accuracy, or eligibility.
  • Minor: A smaller issue that should be reviewed.
  • Suggestion: An improvement that can make the job clearer or more useful.

Open an issue group to read the problem, affected field, and suggested fix.

The grader identifies the issue. It does not change the job fields for you.

Improve a Job

Use the grader alongside the job editor.

When an issue appears:

  1. Read the issue and its suggested fix.
  2. Open the field identified in the issue.
  3. Correct the job information.
  4. Check related fields for consistency.
  5. Review the updated grader result.

Common improvements include:

  • Adding missing job dates.
  • Completing company, location, wage, or hours information.
  • Matching the job title in the written description.
  • Making the work arrangement clear.
  • Explaining duties and qualifications.
  • Removing vague or promotional wording.
  • Checking that pay and hours in the description match the structured fields.
  • Enabling the Google Jobs feed when the job should be eligible for Google Jobs.

Save and Review the Job

The grader updates from the current editor fields, but the job still needs to be saved.

Before publishing, check that:

  • The score reflects the latest changes.
  • Blocker and major issues have been reviewed.
  • The job status and dates are correct.
  • Structured fields match the written content.
  • Google Jobs information is complete when required.
  • The public job page is readable and accurate.

Save the job, then open its public page and review it as a candidate would.

Grader Limitations

The Job Quality Grader is an editorial review tool.

It does not:

  • Guarantee Google or other search-engine rankings.
  • Submit a job to Google Jobs or Indeed.
  • Replace a human review.
  • Decide whether a candidate is qualified.
  • Change job fields automatically.
  • Replace the job’s required validation rules.
  • Test whether email delivery works.

A job can receive a good score and still need an organisation-specific review.

Troubleshooting

The Grader Shows Not Graded

Complete more of the job fields and save the job.

A new job with little or no information may not have enough content for the grader to assess.

The Score Does Not Update

Check that the field changes were made in the current job editor.

Wait for the panel to refresh, then save the job and reload the editor if necessary. Clear cached admin scripts if the panel remains unchanged after a completed save.

Google Jobs Shows Not Ready

Review the Critical issues and Google Jobs summary.

Check the job status, title, description, company, location or remote eligibility, dates, employment type, wage, and other required job information.

Also confirm that the Google Jobs feed is enabled under Careers → Settings → Integrations when the job should be eligible for Google Jobs.

A Job Has a Low Candidate Result

Review the Candidate issues.

Add clear information about the role, duties, qualifications, education, work arrangement, pay, hours, benefits, and application requirements.

The Grader Reports Inconsistent Information

Compare the structured fields with the written content.

For example, check that the title, location, remote arrangement, wage, currency, hours, employment type, and dates do not contradict the Description or other text fields.

The Grader Reports Writing Issues

Use shorter sentences, clear headings, and direct wording.

Remove repeated phrases, vague claims, excessive promotional language, and unnecessary jargon. Keep duties and qualifications in their respective fields.

The Grader Shows a Missing Date

Open the Job Status section and check Date / Time Job Displays, Date / Time Job Closes, and Date / Time Job Expires.

Enter valid dates that match the intended publishing workflow.

The Score Is Good but the Job Is Not in Search Results

The grader does not control search-engine indexing or ranking.

Check the public job page, structured data, job status, feed settings, and search-engine requirements. Allow time for external services to recrawl the updated posting.