Frequently Asked Questions

Register for your Employer account by completing this application.

Please note, you must agree to the following conditions:

✅ I understand that the scope of the Partnership Job Board is jobs related to library and archival work. If the Partnership Job Board determines my posting does not fall within this scope, I understand my posting will be removed and I will not receive a refund. (If you are unsure of whether your job is acceptable, please contact us.)

✅ I understand that failure to include a specific salary amount or numerical range in the compensation field means my job posting will be removed and the fee will not be refunded.

Employer accounts are typically approved within 48 hours. Please expect delays for applications submitted on weekends, national or BC statutory holidays.

Please contact us if you believe this is an administrative error.

Please note that The Partnership Job Board specializes in job postings for library, archive, and information personnel. BCLA reserves the right to refuse employer applications that are not within the scope of the Partnership Job Board. If you are unsure of whether your organization or job meets our criteria, please contact us.

The Partnership Job Board specializes in job postings related to library or archival work. This includes:

• traditional librarian, library technician, and archival jobs;
• other jobs in libraries and archives;
• jobs that explicitly include library/archival degree, library technician diploma, or experience working in a library in the qualifications or education

If you are unsure of whether your job is related to library or archival work, please contact us. Unrelated postings will be removed and no refund provided. Final determination of whether a posting falls within the scope of the Partnership Job Board is at the discretion of BCLA.

Yes. A specific salary or salary range be provided has been required for every job posting on The Partnership Job Board since 2022. Read more about why.

Please note, jobs submitted to the Partnership Job Board without a salary amount or range in the required compensation field, will be removed. Failure to include a salary amount or range in the required compensation field will not qualify for a refund.

The Job Board is a self-serve posting site; we do not assist with posting. 

Yes, you may provide a link in the required Description field of your job posting. We strongly recommend, however, that you include a more complete job description. Not only are Job Seekers far less likely to look at your post if it hasn’t any content, but you also reduce the opportunity for your posting to be found with keyword searches. Employers find the most success when they provide a more detailed job description.

To post a job on the Partnership Job Board, you must have an approved Employer account (please see above for information on registering for an Employer account.)

Your job will become visible to job seekers on the open date that you set in your posting.

Please note, jobs submitted to the Partnership Job Board without a salary amount or range in the required compensation field, will be removed. Failure to include a salary amount or range in the required compensation field will not qualify for a refund.

A confirmation email (subject line: “Your job posting has been approved / Votre annonce d’offre d’emploi a été validée.” is sent to the email address associated with the Employer account. Be sure to add jobboard@bcla.bc.ca to your safe senders.

Many of the required fields (e.g. Job Type, Library Type, Preferred Education, etc.) correspond to the search/filter parameters of the system. By including this information, you increase the findability of your posting and the likelihood of attracting potential candidates.

Please see Pricing.

Yes. You may edit the content of your job posting by logging into your Employer Dashboard:

1. Go to Manage Postings > Postings
2. Select the posting you wish to edit
3. Select Edit and make any changes
4. Select Update

Yes, the Close Date can be changed at any time, as many times as you like, as long as it remains within the active period.

There is no charge to extend the Close Date if it remains within the active period purchased.

If you need your posting to be visible for more than the number of days purchased originally (e.g. 30 days, 60 days or 90 days), you will need to purchase a new posting. 

From the Job Seeker Dashboard

1. Go to My Email Alerts and select Add New Alert
2. Select your desired Frequency (Daily or Weekly)
3. Select Add Search Parameter (you may select as many as you wish*)
4. Select OK and Save Changes

You will receive an email (based on the Frequency selected) alerting you to any new jobs that match the parameters selected.

*Should you wish to capture all postings, create an alert without any Search Parameters (it will show as No Parameters).

Please note Alerts are deleted after one year.

Yes. As an Employer, your account includes both an Employer Dashboard and a Job Seeker Dashboard.

The Employer Dashboard is where you’ll post jobs and manage your account.

The Job Seeker Dashboard is where you can set up Email Alerts, for postings from your library or any others you may be interested in monitoring. Please note, you must subscribe to email alerts in order to receive notice of posted job(s).

No, at this time the Partnership Job Board does not provide public access to previous job postings.

Please feel free to contact us.

Yes. To register, please go to the main page of the Partnership Job Board:

1. Select the Log In / Register button located in the upper right corner
2. Go to Register As and choose Job Seeker

 There is no cost to register.

From the Job Seeker Dashboard

1. Go to My Email Alerts and select Add New Alert
2. Select your desired Frequency (Daily or Weekly)
3. Select Add Search Parameter (you may select as many as you wish*)
4. Select OK and Save Changes

You will receive an email (based on the Frequency selected) alerting you to any new jobs that match the parameters selected.

*One of the features job seekers had identified as most important was the ability to set up personalized email alerts. Should you wish to capture all postings, create an alert without any Search Parameters (it will show as No Parameters).

Please note Alerts are deleted after one year.

If you have registered as an Employer, your account automatically includes both an Employer Dashboard and a Job Seeker Dashboard.

If you have registered as a Job Seeker, you will only see the Job Seeker Dashboard. Should you wish to also register as an Employer, you may do so by using a different email. If your Job Seeker account is associated with the email you wish to use for your Employer account, please contact us.

When logged into your Partnership Job Board account, you have the option to Bookmark any job posting. You may view the jobs you have bookmarked from your Job Seeker Dashboard > My Bookmarks. This is a great way to create a temporary list of jobs you wish to apply for.

• You can access a bookmarked job for as long as the job posting is Active. When a posting expires, the bookmark will disappear from My Bookmarks.
• When an Employer closes a job, or marks it as filled, it will no longer be visible from the Partnership Job Board. The link, however, will remain in My Bookmarks until the job posting expires. In this instance, when you click on the posting from your dashboard, you will get a message indicating the page is no longer available.

It’s a good practice to save a copy of any job you have applied for in your own files. This is especially useful for interview preparation! Please note, at this time the Partnership Job Board does not provide public access to past job postings.

To unsubscribe from a specific email alert:

1. Log in to your Job Seeker Dashboard
2. Under Manage Postings select My Email Alerts > Remove

You may also delete a specific email alert directly via the link included in the email.

If you wish to delete your Job Seeker Account:

1. Log in to your Job Seeker Dashboard
2. Under Account select Delete Account

No, at this time the Partnership Job Board does not provide public access to previous job postings.

Please feel free to contact us.