What Is Jora? (Guide For HR Professionals)

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If you’re in the market for a new job, you may have heard of the website Jora. Jora is one of the world’s biggest free job posting sites and offers an intuitive way for candidates to search for jobs. Its sleek and simple design shows candidates popular searches and allows them to search by role titles, locations, companies, and job types across the globe.

Jora is an important site to understand during your job search. In this article, we’ll discuss what Jora is, who it’s for, and how it all works.

What Is Jora?

Jora is simply a search engine for jobs. Based out of Australia and part of the SEEK group of companies, they aim to make job searching easier across the globe. Jora operates in twenty-five countries and partners with job boards to enable additional access in Africa, Australia, Asia, and Latin America.

Who Is Jora For?

Jora is for both job seekers and employers seeking employees. For job seekers, they aim to make the job-seeking journey as simple as possible. Candidates have the ability to save jobs to apply for later and view their lists of previous searches. Email alerts are also an option to view any new opportunities that may arise and can be removed at any time.

For employers looking to post jobs to seek candidates, Jora offers free job postings. With one of the most intuitive job search engines on the web today, using Jora makes sense. Employers can post up to 100 free job ads a month and have a verified account that they can manage from all devices.

How Does Jora Work?

For jobseekers

Jora is an incredibly intuitive platform that prides itself on being clean and easy to use. Its homepage is simple and easy to navigate for most job seekers. To search for a job, simply:

• Enter a job title. Use the Keywords box to enter a job title you’re interested in seeking, such as Marketing Manager, or Accountant

• Enter your location. In the Location box, let the search engine know which area you’re interested in working in, such as New York City, NY, or San Francisco, CA.

• Click search. That’s it — it’s really that simple. The Jora job search engine will use its intelligence to surface relevant jobs for your search.

Jora’s location is automatically set to find jobs within a 30-mile (50 km) radius of the location you indicate. If you wish to change this field, there’s a button labeled ‘Distance’ which will provide a drop-down list to make a change if you so wish. Additionally, if you’re looking to find jobs that match an exact phrase, use double quotations around those words.

It’s also important to note that Jora searches are not dependent on case or capitalization. You can type in all caps or all lowercase letters, and they will return the same results. Sometimes you may be overwhelmed by the number of results. Luckily, Jora offers a left-hand side navigation that can help you refine your search.

Jora operates with logic, meaning you can narrow down or broaden searches with AND or NOT in your search. For example, if you’re looking for a job in marketing but aren’t interested in anything related to digital, you can search for: marketing manager, NOT digital. Or, if you’re looking for a job with both, you can search for: marketing manager AND digital.

Sometimes you may be looking for a specific company that may have job openings or a recruiter who’s told you about an exciting opportunity. To search for this, enter the following: Company: (Company Name). This will give you the results specific to the company name or recruiter name.

For employers

For employers who are looking to reach a wider, global audience, Jora is a great option to host your job advertisement. They operate across desktop, mobile, web, and native mobile apps. You can find Jora Jobs on iOS and Android stores for download. Job ads are free to post up to a certain number and have sponsorship options to help boost visibility.

Employers have the ability to integrate with Jora with an XML feed with certain requirements. By syncing with Jora, users can gain an efficient traffic source to get additional applications from candidates who apply directly on the company website. They also offer the ability to crawl websites to integrate job ads. This integration is free of cost to users.

In order to place a job posting on Jora, you must have the following information:

• Location. A clear location for where the job is located

• Job title and description. This must describe the true nature of the work being advertised.

• Working hours. Your choices will be full-time, part-time, casual, or temporary.

• Closing date. If this is a temporary job, an indication of when the contract will expire.

• Employer. A clear indication of who the employer is.

Additionally, posters must be certain the advertisement is a true paid position and not a franchise opportunity, training or certification program, business opportunity, marketing scheme, or self-employment via a database. Your posting should be unique, posted on your platform, and not copied or redirected to another third-party site.

Jora has the ability to crawl employer fees between 2 and 24 hours, depending on the number of ads and how often they are updated. They automatically remove expired jobs from Jora if removed from your feed and can also remove them based on an expiry date if one is provided. All jobs will automatically be removed 60 days after they are posted.

Jora Pricing

As a job seeker, looking for jobs on Jora is always free. For employers, they have the ability to post up to 100 job ads per month for free. Jora also offers paid options if employers are interested in increasing their job ad visibility. This feature will appear after you’ve successfully submitted your job advertisement for review.

• Jora Plus. Jora Plus gives you up to three times more search result views than Basic by placing the ad in sponsored slots, increasing the frequency the ad shows up, featuring the ad in direct communications with candidates, and distributing the ads to external partners.

• Jora Max. Jora Max gives employers up to four times more search results than Basic by offering the same benefits as Plus but ensuring your advertisement has a higher priority in order to increase exposure compared to the Plus option.

Jora Competitors

Like all companies, Jora has its share of competitors. Some of the job sites you may recognize are below. Here’s how they compare:

• Indeed. Both Jora and Indeed provide a platform for global job seekers. Jora allows employers to post up to 100 job postings per month for free. Indeed also offers free, unpromoted job listings as well as a budget-based pay-per-click (PPC) plan.

• AngelList. AngelList and Jora are free international job boards. However, AngelList has a specific focus on the tech startup market. Jora offers more diversity in its search and results than AngelList.

• JobInventory.com. Although both Jora and JobInventory are general job boards, JobInventory records less traffic than Jora. JobInventory also only caters to the US market, while Jora caters to a global audience.

Jora FAQ

1. What does a job posting on Jora cost?

   Posting a job on Jora is completely free. The site also offers paid options to enhance your visibility if you so wish.

2. Can I edit my job posting on Jora?

   Yes, you can edit your job on Jora. After being approved, you will receive a link to manage the posting, where you can edit the details.

3. Can I delete my job posting on Jora?

   Yes, you can delete your job posting on Jora. When you create your job advertisement, you will receive a link that allows you to delete the posting. Jora will also automatically delete any job advertisement that is older than 60 days automatically.

Author

Caitlin Mazur

Caitlin Mazur is a freelance writer at Zippia where she has written 140+ articles that have reached over 1 mil viewers as of June 2023. Caitlin is passionate about helping Zippia’s readers land the jobs of their dreams by offering content that discusses job-seeking advice based on experience and extensive research.