A job listing goes through three states: draft, published, and closed.
Drafts
A new listing starts as a draft. Drafts are private — nobody can see or apply to one — and there is no limit on how long you leave it there. Write it in as many sittings as you like.
Four things a listing needs before it can go live
Publishing checks four gates, and the form tells you which one stopped you:
- The pay: a range with both ends, or one fixed amount.
- A city, unless the role is remote.
- A verified company — see Verifying a company.
- A free slot in the company's live-job limit — see below.
The third is the one that surprises people, because it is about the company rather than the listing: a brand-new company has to prove it controls its domain before any of its jobs can be published.
How many jobs can be live at once
Every company can have one published job without paying. Drafts and closed listings do not count, so you can prepare as many as you like; the limit is on what is live at the same time. Your workspace shows each company's live jobs against its limit.
When the limit is reached, publishing another job — or reopening a closed one — is refused until you close a live listing or the company's plan allows more. The same applies to renewing a listing while the company is over its limit, which can happen when a paid plan ends: the listings already live stay up until they close, but they are not extended.
Why the pay
A listing cannot be published without its pay — both ends of a range, or one fixed amount. This is deliberate, and it is the rule people ask about most.
The reason is simple: a listing without a range wastes everyone's time. Candidates apply, both sides invest in a conversation, and the number comes out at the end. We would rather lose the listing than the hour.
Two things are checked:
- Both bounds are present. A minimum without a maximum is not a range. A job that pays one figure says so: choose A fixed amount and enter it once, and the listing shows that figure.
- The range is plausible. The maximum has to be at least the minimum, and no more than four times it. A range of 20,000 to 200,000 is not information — it is a way of technically complying.
A listing that fails any gate stays where it was: a draft stays a draft, and a closed listing you were reopening stays closed.
Published listings close after 30 days
A published listing stays open for 30 days, then closes automatically.
That is the market norm, and it is not only tidiness: a listing that has quietly been filled but still accepts applications is worse than no listing. Candidates spend real effort on a role that no longer exists.
You can close a listing early at any time, and you can republish a closed one — republishing runs the same four gates.
Applications
When someone applies, the application appears in your list and you move it through the pipeline — see Applying for a job for what each status means and what the candidate sees.