Question 1

Posting a Remote Job: Frequently Asked Questions

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Posting a Remote Job: Frequently Asked Questions

You have questions? We’re here for you!

About Remotive

Remotive is the world’s most popular remote work community. We help companies find talented remote workers.

We launched in 2014 and received multiple accolades from the tech community (hello, Product Hunt!). Millions of applicants have seen our content, hundreds of companies hire remotely through Remotive.

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Question 2

Job Listing Template

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Job Listing Template

Hiring remotely can be challenging. Whenever you list a remote job, what you want is to get top applicants that could be a great fit for your team. The last thing you want to do is waste hours sorting through applicants that are only interested in "working from home." We've been through thousands of remote job descriptions and studied what worked. Then, we got feedback from expert recruiters and our community.

We love documenting how companies hire! If you're looking for some inspiration, check out our How Top Remote Companies Hire blog series, where we study great remote companies.

We're excited to share this proven job description template with you!

These are the sections you must think about and include:

1. Remote Job Title

2. Location requirement - Company Name - Functional Team

Include here a summary of the essential information a candidate needs to know:

Where do I need to be based?
What is the salary?
How long will the interview process be?
Who am I reporting to?

Having this information up top will help candidates decide if your remote job is a good fit for them or not. The market is very competitive right now, and candidates in tech are spoilt for choice of well-paid remote jobs. If they are interested by what they find here, they will read on.

3. Company descript

Question 3

Sponsorship

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Sponsorship

Remotive Newsletter is distributed to 36,500+ remote workers every week. Subscribers are highly engaged and every issue contains quality, hand curated links and commentary. For an example of the kind of content in Remotive see this issue.

There is a single sponsored link in each issue of the newsletter, featured prominently directly underneath the News links. As there is only one sponsor in every issue it means you're not fighting for position with any other companies, you get the full attention of the readers. Sponsored links can be booked below and are only secured upon payment.

We also feature the sponsor link on the Remotive Twitter and LinkedIn accounts through 3 tweets/posts. We also feature the sponsored in our Slack Community (1.8k ppl) and include it in our newsletter blogpost.

More Information

Just like the non-sponsored content in the email, every sponsored link should be highly relevant to remote work and/or productivity. This works to your advantage as a sponsor because readers are confident that every sponsored link is relevant, t

Question 4

Job Posting Rules

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Job Posting Rules

At Remotive, we take pride in helping employers grow their business remotely. We realize the time and resources that go into finding the right candidate. It is important that every job opening posted on Remotive represents a real, current, fair and non-discriminatory opportunity.

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General tips

Please note that this a guide, not a comprehensive list of what is allowable or forbidden.

Use Remotive to fill a job, not a pipeline. Each posting should represent a real and currently available job.
Don’t discriminate. Jobs on Remotive must be made available to qualified candidates regardless of age, race, gender and sexual orientation.
Pay reliably and fairly. Jobs that people find on Remotive should have hourly or salaried wages and may not cost the candidate anything to apply, interview and begin work.
Make application accessible and transparent. Job seekers should not have to set up or navigate through complicated steps to begin the application process.
Respect Candidate Privacy. Information gathered in the application process should be shared carefully within your company and never made available to 3rd parties.

Please read these Job Posting Rules carefully and ensure that your job postings comply with (a) these Rules, (b) your contract with Remotive and (c) applicable laws.

We will remove a job posting if we are made aware

Question 5

Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

We WILL NEVER sell your information to a third party.

Full Policy

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the Remotive website (collectively, https://www.remotive.com (the “Website” located at www.remotive.com).”). Remotive SARL, a French corporation, the provider of the Website (referred to as “us” or “we”), is committed to protecting your privacy online. Please read the following to learn what information we collect from you (the “User” or the “End User”) and how we use that information. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please email us. Certain terms (the “GDPR Terms”) of this Privacy Policy apply only to Users that live in the European Economic Area (“EEA Residents”). The GDPR Terms can be found below in Section 12.

|| PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR WEBSITE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

1. Changes to Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statemen

Question 6

Terms of Use

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Terms of Use

Terms of use

Welcome to the Remotive Site (defined below). By using it, you are agreeing to these Terms of Use (defined below). If you have any questions, contact us at hello@remotive.com. These Terms of Use were last updated on January 14th, 2020.

1. Your Acceptance

Your Acceptance of the Terms of Remotive (“Remotive”, “we” or “us” or “our”) owns and operates the website, www.remotive.com, the mobile version and any sites we have now or in the futures that reference these Terms of Use (collectively, “Site”). If you visit or shop through the Site, you agree to these Terms of Use (defined below) together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference. If you do not agree the terms, please stop accessing Remotive.

2. About the Site and Product Offers

The Site is a platform through which certain third party affiliates offer products and promote jobs (“Remote Companies”). Our Sites and/or Services, or communications you receive from our Sites and/or Services may include third-party content that we do not control, maintain or endorse. Remote Companies are the issuers of Remote jobs and are solely responsible to you for the jobs listed. Remotive shall not be liable for any claim arising out of or relating to the Remote Jobs, including but not limited to, any claims for false advertising, product defects, personal injury, death or property damages.

3. Privacy

We will never sell your information to third-party marketers.

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