# Career Categories

### **Career Categories**

Career Categories help you organize job openings into different groups (for example, *Design*, *Marketing*, *Development*, etc.).\
This allows visitors to easily filter and browse careers based on their area of interest.

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#### **How to Add a New Career Category**

1. In your **WordPress Dashboard**, go to\
   **Careers → Career Categories**.
2. You’ll see the **Add New Career Category** section.

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#### **Field Descriptions**

<table><thead><tr><th width="159">Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name</strong></td><td>Enter the name of the category as you want it to appear on your site.<br><strong>Example:</strong> “Marketing” or “UI/UX Design”.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Slug</strong></td><td>The URL-friendly version of the category name. It is usually lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens.<br><strong>Example:</strong> “marketing”, “ui-ux-design”.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Parent Career Category</strong></td><td>Select a parent category if you want to create a subcategory.<br><strong>Example:</strong> The term <em>Design</em> can be a parent of <em>Graphic Design</em> and <em>Web Design</em>.<br>Leave this as <strong>None</strong> if it’s a main category.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Description</strong></td><td>Add a short description for the category. Some themes may display this on the frontend, depending on your layout.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Step 3: Add the Category**

Once all the fields are filled in:

1. Click the **Add New Career Category** button.
2. Your new category will appear in the list on the right side of the page.
3. You can **edit**, **delete**, or **view** the category anytime.

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#### **Step 4: Assign Category to Career Posts**

When creating or editing a Career post:

1. Go to **Careers → Add New**.
2. In the right-hand panel, find the **Career Categories** box.
3. Check the relevant category to assign it to the job posting.
