Employer Frequently Asked Questions

You can register online through the Employers Portal on JobsIreland.ie. If you are having difficulties, please contact jobsireland@welfare.ieĀ 

Once your company registration has been completed, you can create and advertise jobs on JobsIreland.ie.

Once logged in to the Employer Portal, select Add New Vacancy and complete the vacancy details, including the job title, description, location, requirements, and application method. When all mandatory fields are complete you can submit the vacancy for publication.

You can advertise your job for free. JobsIreland.ie is a free public employment service that allows employers to advertise vacancies and connect with jobseekers at no cost.

Candidates may apply directly through JobsIreland.ie, by email, through your company website, or using another application method specified in the vacancy advertisement.

Job matching compares the requirements of your advertised job with jobseeker profiles on JobsIreland.ie.

Matching happens automatically when you advertise a job. You can see how many jobseekers match each vacancy when you log into your account.

You will also be notified when new jobseekers match your vacancy. You can turn these notifications off at any time under Notification Settings.

Yes. For each matched jobseeker profile, you will see an Invite to Apply option.

Click Invite to Apply and the jobseeker will receive a notification letting them know that you have invited them to apply for the vacancy.

Applications can be viewed and managed through the My Vacancies tab in the Employer Portal. You can review candidate information, track applications, and communicate with applicants where appropriate.

When registering, you will be asked: ā€˜Is this business a Recruitment Agency?’. Answer ā€˜Yes’, and enter your agency licence number and expiry date. You can then advertise jobs on the JobsIreland.ie website in the usual way.

Yes. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the portal and select Manage Users.

From there, follow the instructions on the page to add another user to your company account.

A company needs to be registered in Ireland and have a valid Irish Companies Registration Office (CRO) Number to advertise on JobsIreland. Vacancies on JobsIreland must be based in Ireland.

EU companies wishing to advertise vacancies in Ireland need to publish the vacancies their national PES website and the EURES Portal and these vacancies can then be promoted in Ireland via social media if requested by a EURES Advisor.

You will find information on employment supports, training and Intreo services in theĀ Employer Supports and Services section of the Employer menu.

There are a couple of reasons why this might happen:

  • It may take up to one business day for your registration to be approved
  • The email from JobsIreland.ie has gone into the spam folder of your email account.Ā 
  • The email was rejected by your company firewall or antivirus system. Check with your IT department to see if the message was rejected.

If you are unable to retrieve the message from your email system, please contact the JobsIreland.ie support team atĀ jobsireland@welfare.ieĀ or 0818 111 112 who will re-send the link.

EURES is theĀ European Employment ServiceĀ and is a cooperation network formed by public employment services across the European Union.

JobsIreland.ie, as the Irish public employment service website, is part of EURES and all paid jobs advertised on JobsIreland.ie also appear on the EURES jobs website.

Check theĀ Employment Permits SectionĀ on theĀ Department of Enterprise Trade and EmploymentĀ website to make sure you are consideringĀ the right process.Ā 

Vacancies must be advertised onĀ JobsIreland.ieĀ (Irish Public Employment Services)Ā for 28 days to be considered forĀ employmentĀ permit purposes.Ā PleaseĀ check that allĀ the detailsĀ ofĀ your vacancyĀ are correctĀ before publishing to ensure that the vacancyĀ isĀ advertised for the required time. Once a vacancy has been published, it is not possible to edit it

You can get help using JobsIreland.ie in a number of ways.

  • Email our support team atĀ jobsireland@welfare.ie.
  • Phone our support centre from 9am to 5 pm Monday to Friday on 0818 111 112.