Mobile recruiting
Mobile recruiting is the design and delivery of recruitment experiences for people using phones or other mobile devices, from finding a role through reading, applying and receiving updates.
A mobile-ready journey lets candidates read the role, use its controls, submit information and understand what happens next on a small screen.
The device can change mid-journey
Mobile recruiting covers how a role is discovered, read and applied for on a phone or tablet. The candidate might reach an ad through a job board, a social post, a link in an email or a search. The source is a channel; mobile describes the device used along the way. A text message or native app may be part of the process, but neither defines the term.
Check the route from listing to confirmation
Open the listing on a small screen, follow the application link, and check that the text remains readable, controls can be reached, field labels and errors make sense, files can be submitted, and a confirmation appears. Zoom should not hide information or function. The W3C’s guidance on reflow explains how content can adapt to a narrow viewport without losing information or functionality; it also recognises that some two-dimensional content has different needs.