diff --git a/app/views/employers_view.coffee b/app/views/employers_view.coffee
index 973ebc107..7d154b76a 100644
--- a/app/views/employers_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/employers_view.coffee
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
         that.filters[name] = _.union that.filters[name], [value]
       else
         that.filters[name] = _.difference that.filters[name], [value]
+        
+    for filterName, filterValues of @filters
+      if filterValues.length is 0
+        @filters[filterName] = @defaultFilters[filterName]
+    
   handleSelectAllChange: (e) ->
     checkedState = e.currentTarget.checked
     $("#filters :input").each ->
@@ -95,7 +100,8 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
       locationFilter: ['Bay Area', 'New York', 'Other US', 'International']
       roleFilter: ['Web Developer', 'Software Developer', 'iOS Developer', 'Android Developer', 'Project Manager']
       seniorityFilter: ['College Student', 'Recent Grad', 'Junior', 'Senior', 'Management']
-      
+    @defaultFilters = _.cloneDeep @filters
+    
     
   getRenderData: ->
     ctx = super()
@@ -104,8 +110,9 @@ module.exports = class EmployersView extends View
     ctx.activeCandidates = _.filter ctx.candidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfile').active
     ctx.inactiveCandidates = _.reject ctx.candidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfile').active
     ctx.featuredCandidates = _.filter ctx.activeCandidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfileApproved')
-    #ctx.featuredCandidates = _.filter ctx.featuredCandidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfile').curated
-    #ctx.featuredCandidates = ctx.featuredCandidates.slice(0,8)
+    unless @isEmployer() or me.isAdmin()
+      ctx.featuredCandidates = _.filter ctx.featuredCandidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfile').curated
+      ctx.featuredCandidates = ctx.featuredCandidates.slice(0,7)
     ctx.otherCandidates = _.reject ctx.activeCandidates, (c) -> c.get('jobProfileApproved')
     ctx.remarks = {}
     ctx.remarks[remark.get('user')] = remark for remark in @remarks.models
diff --git a/server/users/user_handler.coffee b/server/users/user_handler.coffee
index 7bd483678..0ed4f6a51 100644
--- a/server/users/user_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/users/user_handler.coffee
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ UserHandler = class UserHandler extends Handler
       @sendSuccess(res, candidates)
 
   formatCandidate: (authorized, document) ->
-    fields = if authorized then ['name', 'jobProfile', 'jobProfileApproved', 'photoURL', '_id'] else ['jobProfile', 'jobProfileApproved']
+    fields = if authorized then ['name', 'jobProfile', 'jobProfileApproved', 'photoURL', '_id'] else ['_id','jobProfile', 'jobProfileApproved']
     obj = _.pick document.toObject(), fields
-    obj.photoURL ||= obj.jobProfile.photoURL if authorized
+    obj.photoURL ||= obj.jobProfile.photoURL #if authorized
     subfields = ['country', 'city', 'lookingFor', 'jobTitle', 'skills', 'experience', 'updated', 'active', 'shortDescription', 'curated', 'visa']
     if authorized
       subfields = subfields.concat ['name']