BuddyPress Job Manager connects BuddyPress profiles to a job board, so employers post and manage listings and candidates apply, both from their own profile rather than a separate admin screen.
Dependencies You’ll Actually Need
This is the part the original version of this post skipped entirely: BuddyPress Job Manager doesn’t work standalone. It requires three companion plugins, WP Job Manager (the core job-board engine), WP Job Manager Applications (for candidates to actually apply), and WP Job Manager Resume Manager (for the resume tab on candidate profiles). Install all four together, or several of the features below simply won’t appear.
What It Adds Once Set Up
Two new BuddyPress member types, Employer and Candidate, each with their own profile tabs. Employers post jobs directly from their profile and get notified when someone applies; an applicants-per-job widget shows how many responses a listing has received.
Candidates get a resume tab on their profile (via Resume Manager) and manage their applications from the same place. Job search, categories, and tags come from WP Job Manager itself, which BuddyPress Job Manager plugs into rather than duplicates.
Worth Checking First
The plugin’s last update was January 2024, over two years old as of this writing. Not removed from sale, but old enough, and with enough moving dependencies, that a staging test covering all four plugins together is worth the time before rolling this out on a live community.
Pricing
Free. Download it here (and grab the three WP Job Manager companion plugins separately).