Posting Jobs On Craigslist Review: Great Reach & Low Cost

In order to post jobs on Craigslist, you need to have an account. Once you’ve made your Craigslist account, you simply follow these steps to create a job posting:

1. Click “new posting in:” on the right-hand side of your account homepage. Then select the location you wish to post in and click “go.”
2. Select either “job offered” or “gig offered.”
   1. Gigs are smaller, short-term jobs
3. Pick one or more job categories for your job post
4. Choose more specific sub-locations or neighborhoods to target.
   1. This option may not be necessary for your location but it brings more candidates to your posting
5. Post job details such as title, description, compensation, employment type and etc.

Extra Features

Craigslist has an option to hide your email from job posts in order to protect you from spammers and scammers. Instead, using an email relay which creates a unique Craigslist email for your post. Applicants will send their resumes directly to your unique Craigslist email, and all information will be forwarded to you.

You can also opt to display your location on a map. This features allows candidates to see where you are located, making it easier to access near by employees.

Craigslist also has the option to add images. You can use this feature to make your job post more appealing by displaying workspace, culture, or anything else that you deem important.

Before publishing the job post, you’ll get a chance to review the post, verify your email address, confirm pricing and pay for the post. Your job post will then go live for 30 days, or until you pull it from the system.