diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-jobs.list.js b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-jobs.list.js
index e2d74c6c21..874b614952 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-jobs.list.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-jobs.list.js
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ export default ['i18n', function(i18n) {
                 dataTitle: "{{ job.status_popover_title }}",
                 icon: 'icon-job-{{ job.status }}',
                 iconOnly: true,
-                nosort: true
+                nosort: true,
+                awTipPlacement: "top",
+                awToolTip: "{{ job.status_tip }}",
+                dataTipWatch: 'job.status_tip',
             },
             name: {
                 label: i18n._('Name'),
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
index 8f747f34ca..f23a1fe55d 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/portal-mode/portal-mode-jobs.controller.js
@@ -36,6 +36,46 @@ export function PortalModeJobsController($scope, $state, qs, GetBasePath, Portal
     $scope.refresh = function() {
         $state.go('.', null, {reload: true});
     };
+
+    $scope.$on(`${list.iterator}_options`, function(event, data){
+        $scope.options = data.data.actions.GET;
+        optionsRequestDataProcessing();
+    });
+
+    $scope.$watchCollection(`${$scope.list.name}`, function() {
+            optionsRequestDataProcessing();
+        }
+    );
+
+    // iterate over the list and add fields like type label, after the
+    // OPTIONS request returns, or the list is sorted/paginated/searched
+    function optionsRequestDataProcessing(){
+
+        if($scope[list.name] && $scope[list.name].length > 0) {
+            $scope[list.name].forEach(function(item, item_idx) {
+                var itm = $scope[list.name][item_idx];
+
+                if(item.summary_fields && item.summary_fields.source_workflow_job &&
+                    item.summary_fields.source_workflow_job.id){
+                        item.workflow_result_link = `/#/workflows/${item.summary_fields.source_workflow_job.id}`;
+                }
+
+                // Set the item type label
+                if (list.fields.type && $scope.options &&
+                        $scope.options.hasOwnProperty('type')) {
+                            $scope.options.type.choices.forEach(function(choice) {
+                                if (choice[0] === item.type) {
+                                itm.type_label = choice[1];
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                    buildTooltips(itm);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    function buildTooltips(job) {
+        job.status_tip = `Job ${job.status}. Click for details.`;
+    }
 }
 
 PortalModeJobsController.$inject = ['$scope', '$state', 'QuerySet', 'GetBasePath', 'PortalJobsList', 'jobsDataset'];