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Summary of Personio career page language logic

This article explains which parameters define the language of the Personio career page and job description pages.

The default language logic of the following are independent of each other:

  • The Personio career page
  • The language selector in the footer of the career page
  • The job description pages

 

Understand the career page language logic

The default language on the Personio career page follows this logic:

  • User's browser language: If the user's browser language matches that of your career page setup, this is the default language.
  • Fallback to English: If the user’s browser language doesn’t match that of your career page setup, the default language is English.
  • Fallback to company language: If the user’s browser language doesn’t match that of your career page setup and isn’t English, it defaults to your company's preferred language. Check your preferred language in the Company defaults section of Settings.

A language is only "complete" if you fill out all required fields in the career page settings for that language. Only then does the language appear on the career page as a default language or in the footer's language selector.

 

Examples

  • The user browses in German, a job has a German translation, and you fill out all required fields in the career page settings in German. ► The career page displays in German.
  • The user browses in Italian, a job has an Italian translation, but you haven’t filled out the required fields in the career page settings in Italian. ► Everything displays in English. Italian doesn't appear in the footer's language selector, but Italian translations for job descriptions are available.
  • The user browses in English, you fill out the required fields in the career page settings in English, but no jobs have an English translation. ► The career page displays in English. English appears in the footer's language selector, but no English translations are available for jobs.

 

Understand job language logic

You select the default language for a job in the Description tab of the job details. The job displays in that language, regardless of the Personio career page's language.

You can also add translations for a range of European languages. This allows candidates visiting the career page to switch to another available translation.

Learn more about managing languages in the job details.

Companies with jobs in one language

Behavior: 

  • All jobs appear on the career page. 
  • Each job title appears in the language you set as default in the job description. 
  • The footer's language selector depends on translations. You add these translations in the required fields in the career page settings. 
  • The job details (employment type and location) display in the career page's language.

Companies with jobs that have translations (for example, a job in German and English)

Behavior: 

  • All jobs appear on the career page (German and English ones). 
  • Each job title appears in the language you set as default in the job description.
  • The job details (employment type and location) display in the career page's language.


     
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