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How do I get notified about new jobs and shifts in my area?

Learn how to customize your notifications about new jobs or shifts posted in your area (for job seekers and relief professionals).

Written by Austin Huff

Key things to know about job and shift notifications:

  • There are two main ways to get notified about new jobs or shifts:

    • Follow a practice to receive an email when a new job or shift is posted

    • Enable job alerts or shift alerts to receive weekly summaries of new jobs and shifts matching your preferences

  • The type of notification you receive (jobs or shifts) depends on the job type you selected in your profile:

    • Permanent work = you will receive notifications about new jobs

    • Relief work = you will receive notifications about new shifts

    • If you have both selected, you will receive notifications about both new jobs and new shifts

Follow a practice from the practice directory

1. Click Practices on the menu bar to browse our practice directory.

2. Click the location filter to customize the area you want to search. Start typing the city or state, select the relevant option and the location radius you want to filter by.

3. Click the opportunities filter to view practices with open jobs or shifts only.

5. Click on Advanced to further customize your search with filters.

6. To search by a specific practice name, start typing the name in the practice name field.

7. On the practice profile, scroll down to the Jobs and Shifts section to view any open opportunities.

Click the heart icon to follow the practice

8. Click the heart icon to start receiving notifications about new jobs and shifts from this practice.

View practices you're following or unfollow practices

9. To view practices you are currently following, click the followed tile on the Practices page. From here you can also unfollow practices by clicking the unfollow button.

Update your desired work type to customize your notifications

10. Click your profile icon or user initials to open the hamburger menu, then click on Profile.

11. Click on the pencil icon to edit your profile. to modify your availability and work preferences.

12. Click on the What you want button. On this page, select permanent and / or relief in Job Type to indicate the type(s) of work you're interested in. You will only receive notifications based on this selection.

13. Click Done to apply your changes and return to your profile.

Enable job and shift alerts in your notifications settings

14. Click your profile icon or user initials to open the hamburger menu, then click on Notifications.

15. Click the notification settings icon to customize your notifications.

16. Toggle on job alerts to receive emails featuring relevant jobs based on your profile. Toggle on shift alerts to receive emails featuring relevant relief shifts based on your profile.

17. Toggle on followed job/shift alerts to receive emails whenever your followed practice(s) post a new job or new shift. These will automatically be sent based on your job type preferences (customized in step 12 above):

  • Permanent = you will receive notifications of new job posts

  • Relief = you will receive notifications of new shift posts

You have successfully configured your Hound profile to receive notifications about new jobs and shifts in your area.

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