diff --git a/src/helpers/constants.js b/src/helpers/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0faec5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const constants = {
+  JOB_STATUS_PENDING: 0,
+  JOB_STATUS_PROCESSING: 1,
+  JOB_STATUS_COMPLETED: 2,
+};
+
+export default constants;
diff --git a/src/job.js b/src/job.js
index 5f65d1f..d7f644f 100644
--- a/src/job.js
+++ b/src/job.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import events from 'events';
 import { isPlainObject, omit } from 'lodash';
-
-const PENDING = 0;
+import { JOB_STATUS_PENDING } from './helpers/constants';
 
 export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
   constructor(queue, type, payload, options = {}) {
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
     this.payload = payload;
     this.timeout = options.timeout || 10000;
     this.options = omit(options, [ 'timeout' ]);
-    this.status = PENDING;
+    this.status = JOB_STATUS_PENDING;
 
     this.ready = this.queue.client.index({
       index: this.queue.index,
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
         started: null,
         completed: null,
         attempts: 0,
-        status: PENDING,
+        status: this.status,
       }
     })
     .then((doc) => {
diff --git a/test/src/job.js b/test/src/job.js
index 67401d2..8bbca08 100644
--- a/test/src/job.js
+++ b/test/src/job.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import Job from '../../lib/job';
 import * as elasticsearchMock from '../fixtures/elasticsearch';
+import { JOB_STATUS_PENDING } from '../../lib/helpers/constants';
 
 describe('Job Class', function () {
   let mockQueue;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ describe('Job Class', function () {
     it('should set status as pending', function () {
       new Job(mockQueue, type, payload, options);
       const newDoc = validateDoc(mockQueue.client.index);
-      expect(newDoc.body).to.have.property('status', PENDING);
+      expect(newDoc.body).to.have.property('status', JOB_STATUS_PENDING);
     });
   });
 });