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Stephen Warnham

User guide: help creating your job ad

Below is your step-by-step guide to advertising a job on Totaljobs. Before you get started, be sure that you have:

Getting started

Sign in to your account and click ‘create job ad’ button on the dashboard or ‘job ads’ page. Check you have the correct company name and logo listed.

What to include in your job ad

Job title

Write a clear job title

Job description

Write your job description into this box If you are copying from a document or another website, we recommend you paste your text into ‘Notepad’ and copy the text from there to remove any formatting errors.

What to include in your job description

You can format using bold, italics, underline and bulleted/numbered lists.

Job type

Clarify whether it is a permanent, temporary, contract or part-time job

Job reference

If you have multiple jobs, this option allows you to add a reference to keep track.

Salary

Tell them the salary on offer – be as clear as possible to achieve the best results. Unsure what to offer? Check similar roles on our site.

Job location

The country will be automatically listed as the UK.

Full postcode

Enter a full postcode for the best results. This is how our matching technology works. You can select ‘hide full postcode’ if you would like your exact location to remain private. You will see a preview of this.

Contact details

Enter your name and the email address where you want to receive applications.

Days to advertise

Select the duration of your job ad based on the available options. Choose your template type between Standard and Featured. A featured template typically gets better results but will require you to set up a template in your account.

How people can apply for your job

Show jobs to

Specify who you want to see your job advert Make it visible inside the EU or anyone worldwide.

Application method

Standard

Set up screening questions
Create email

External / Third-party application

Apply offline

Put it live

Simply click ‘post’ to finish – your advert will be live on our site soon. To find out more about how you can get the most from your job ad, read our next guide: 
User guide: getting the most from your job ad
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