Reading the posting
Dedicated reader
iCIMS has a dedicated reader: title, company, location, description and requirements are read from the page structure itself, so the match score and the tailored documents start from clean text.
Applicant tracking system
Apply on iCIMS with Jobiko
iCIMS is one of the platforms the Jobiko extension runs on. Here is exactly what it does there, how an application moves from posting to submission, and what stays in your hands.
Filling the application form
iCIMS has a form map: the extension knows where iCIMS puts its standard fields, such as name, contact details, links and the resume upload. Questions specific to the employer are matched to your profile by their label.
Where the extension is active
icims.com
On iCIMS, it runs only on these domains.
What's specific to iCIMS
- iCIMS career sites differ from one employer to the next, and some older ones load the application inside an embedded frame. The extension works inside that frame too.
- Many iCIMS applications span several pages with a Continue button. Jobiko fills the page you are on and leaves moving on to you.
- Because iCIMS forms vary so much, its form map is only a starting point: most fields are filled by AI field mapping, by their label, and anything uncertain is left for you.
- iCIMS's own cookie Accept button is never clicked for you.
How an application on iCIMS goes
Extract the posting
Open the iCIMS posting, open the Jobiko side panel and press Extract. Jobiko reads the role and shows how well it matches your profile.
Tailor the documents
Jobiko writes a resume and a cover letter for that posting from what you have actually done, and shows you both.
Review, then submit
Autofill puts your answers into the iCIMS form. By default nothing is sent until you have checked every field and pressed iCIMS's own submit button, or approved it in the auto-apply queue. If you turn on Auto-approve on the Auto-apply screen, auto-apply submits for you instead, with a short window to undo each one.
Auto-apply uses the same autofill on these platforms. By default it waits for your approval before anything is submitted; you can turn on Auto-approve on the Auto-apply screen. How auto-apply works →
Questions
- Does Jobiko submit applications on iCIMS by itself?
- Not unless you turn that on. By default, on iCIMS as everywhere, every answer and both documents are shown to you before anything is sent. If you turn on Auto-approve on the Auto-apply screen, Jobiko submits for you, and you can switch it off at any time.
- What happens when the iCIMS form asks something my profile does not have?
- The field is handed back to you, highlighted, with the rest of the form filled. Jobiko does not pick the closest-looking option to keep things moving.
- What does Jobiko send to AI providers for an application on iCIMS?
- The posting text and the parts of your profile needed to tailor the documents and map unfamiliar form fields. The privacy policy lists the providers and what each receives.
- Is iCIMS included on the free plan?
- Extracting postings and the tracker are. Autofill and auto-apply are part of the Basic and Pro plans (100 and 200 autofills a month).
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