Community guides › r/jobs
How to post in r/jobs
What this community allows, what its most upvoted posts have in common, and what gets removed. Checked against the community's sidebar.
Can I promote my app or project in r/jobs?
Not with a post. Treat it as a comment-first community: answer questions well, and mention something you made only when a thread asks for a tool, saying plainly that you made it.
Does r/jobs allow AI-written posts?
Readers here are skeptical of AI. Write in your own words and don't lead with "AI" in the title.
What do the top posts in r/jobs look like?
Top posts of the year: 64% have a text body; median body 95 words, 88% first person; titles ~8 words, 20% questions, 24% with a number; top comments ~24 words.
What do readers of r/jobs reward?
Exact phrasing they can say in the interview.
The rules we found
Rule 1: "No Job Posts, No Self Promotion ... of any kind", incl. services and surveys.
What gets posts removed or ignored
- any mention
Draft a post for r/jobs that follows these rules, scored before you post it.
Sign up, it's freeRules change. Read the community's own Rules tab before posting; this page is a summary, not the rules.