About

A job board for one county, run by one person.

CherokeeWorks exists because searching for work in Canton shouldn't mean wading through listings in Atlanta, Alpharetta and three states over — or through jobs that were filled months ago.

Every posting here is for work in Cherokee County: Canton, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Ball Ground, Waleska, Nelson, Mountain Park and the unincorporated stretches in between. Businesses submit their own listings, and each one is read before it appears.

That review step is the whole point. It's slower than an automated feed, and it means the board carries fewer listings than the big aggregators. It also means what you're reading is real, local and still open.

How review works

Business profiles: Checked once when created, and again whenever the public details change.
Job listings: Read in full before publishing. Declined listings come back with a note saying why.
Applications: Screened before the employer sees them, so nobody's hiring inbox fills with junk.
Resumes: Stored privately. An employer can only open a resume attached to an application that cleared review.
Directory listings: Read before anyone becomes findable, and read again if the wording changes.

Being findable, if you want to be

Job seekers can ask to be listed in a candidate directory that approved local businesses can search. It is off by default, it is never a condition of applying for anything, and switching it off again takes effect immediately without anyone's approval.

A listing shows a first name, a headline, a town, the kind of work someone wants and the skills they listed. It does not show a surname, an email address, a phone number or a resume, and the search only looks at headlines and skills — never the paragraph someone wrote about themselves. An employer who wants to go further has exactly one option: invite that person to apply for a specific posting, with a note explaining the role.

Accepting an invitation creates an ordinary application, which is reviewed here like any other before the employer sees a name, a contact detail or a file. Declining sends nothing at all. Nobody's resume is handed to anybody because they were searched for — that only ever happens because they chose to apply and the application cleared review.

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What gets turned down

Roles with no actual work location in or near Cherokee County
Commission-only "opportunities" dressed up as employment
Listings that ask candidates to pay for training, kit or a background check
Staffing-agency posts that won't name the actual worksite
Anything that reads like a copy-paste from a national board

Get in touch

Question about a listing, a decision, or hiring on the board? Send a note and it comes straight to the administrator.

Prefer email? Write to hello@cherokeeworks.page.