Employer/Advertiser - Frequently Asked Questions

Lifestyle Careers is an online recruitment job board. Our niche and specific focus is the advertising of flexible employment and work at home positions. By specialising in these groups, we provide you with access to a motivated group of job seekers who are looking to work flexibly and in less traditional ways. These people have made a decision to seek employment with elements of flexibility that will suit your unique requirements. They are driven to work for organisations with a more modern outlook.
  • Speed up the recruitment process
  • Reduce recruitment costs
  • Reach a wide variety of applicants
  • Offer access to vacancies 24/7
  • Handle job applications in a consistent way
  • Provide candidates a much easier way to apply for jobs than traditional media

What Kind Of Jobs Can I Advertise?

You can advertise any type of job that features employment flexibility or that promotes a work life balance. We feature full time, part time, casual, job share, work at home jobs, home based business, self employment and freelance opportunities. Have a search of our job board and see what type of jobs we are advertising.


What Is A Flexible Job?

Flexible working is about maximizing freedom to work where and when it suits you. We are all different. Not all of us want to work a traditional five day week or work full time hours.


As An Employer, What Are the Benefits in Promoting Flexible Jobs?

Flexible workplaces can give your business a competitive edge and realise benefits such as access to top talent, improved employee retention, results oriented employees, reduced absenteeism and improved staff morale.


Who Uses the Job Board? Who Is Your Audience?

Lifestyle Careers is unique because we attract candidates who are already committed or open to a flexible work lifestyle. We offer Employers a pool of professional candidates across all industries and at all stages of their careers. We provide you access to a previously untapped market segment of exceptional talent who have opted out of the traditional workplace scenario and who are actively seeking a work life balance. We attract quality job seekers who are willing to work with you in less traditional ways. Have a search of our job board and see what type of jobs we are advertising.


What Is The Procedure To Advertise A Job?

To post jobs on the Lifestyle Careers Job Board, first you will need to register for an account. The registration process is free. All Advertiser accounts are then approved by the Support Team. Registering for an account will allow you manage your account and company profile, upload your company logo, post new job openings, and modify job postings, check application status. Once you are approved you can then proceed to purchase "Job Ad Credits" to add a job listing. When you have designed your job ad it is then sent back to the Support Team for approval before going live to the site. We screen all advertisers and all job listings to ensure they are genuine.


I Am A Recruitment Agency And Use A Multi Job Posting System?

Lifestyle Careers has integrated with a number of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Multi Job Posting Systems. As the site grows we will offer more of these types of services. First you will need to register for an account and get approved by our Support Team. Then proceed to purchase job credits as normal or request an invoice. If you are an Agency with bulk advertising we offer heavily discounted rates. Add Lifestyle Careers to the list of job boards your company can post to and you are set. As mentioned above we screen all advertisers and all job listings before going live to the site to ensure they are genuine and as an added security measure.


How Do I Modify My Job Advertisements?

You can modify your job advertisements after you have posted your ad. Changes will take effect immediately. Login to your account and modify your job postings through the login panel.


Will The Job Seekers' Applications Be Sent To Us Directly Or Through Your System?

You have a choice at the time of listing your job advertisement. Job seekers can send their job applications to employers directly either by email or mail, or through our online application system. Make sure your contact information is complete.


How Much Does A Job Posting Cost?

Prices start at just $9.75 per ad, and increase to $65 for a single job advertisement plus GST. Significant savings of 85% are offered to employers and recruiters when purchasing our Lifestyle Packages at wholesale pricing. Each advertisement runs for a 30 day period and credits never expire.


How Can I Pay For My Job Advertisement?

Lifestyle Careers uses "Job Ad Credits". One job advertisement equals one job ad credit. Job Ad Credits can be purchased securely online via PayPal using your credit card.? We also accept bank cheques, direct deposit and we also offer pay by phone using Visa and MasterCard and American Express, please contact our Support Team if you wish to pay by phone.


Is There a Fee To Cross Promote on Multiple job sites?

No there is not. To maximise your exposure, when you post a new job on Lifestyle Careers, your job advertisement is automatically integrated with major job aggregators and partner job boards. This acts as a great marketing tool to drive targeted job seekers to your job advertisement.


I Subscribed To A Lifestyle Job Package. Can I Carry Unused Balance For Next Year?

Yes you can. The job package expires when the maximum number of job ads is reached. Any unused account balance can be carried over.


We Are A Charity/Non Profit Organisation, Do You Offer Any Discounts?

Yes we do. We offer free advertising job advertising to all Australian charities and non profit organisations. Please sign up for an account and then contact our Support Team and let us know that you are a charity/NFP. We will apply the discount to your account, which applies to all our services.


How Soon Will My Job Advertisement Go Live?

Both your payment method and the screening process can delay your job posting up to 24 hours. Our Support Team carefully screen each job to ensure that we are providing our candidates with elements of flexibility and professionalism. All jobs are approved before going live to the site to ensure that all jobs are genuine.


Do You Allow Home Party Plans, MLM Or Network Marketing Options To Be Posted?

Yes we do but we have strict guidelines in place. Please see our Advertiser Guidelines document. All advertisers must comply with ACCC guide "misleading job and business opportunity adverts: how to handle them". These types of ads must be contained in the categories provided. If you have any questions regarding our policies, please contact our Support Team for clarification


What Is Your Refund Policy

Refunds will not be provided where an advertiser has incorrectly submitted a job ad for publishing. The Advertiser is responsible for proof reading and checking all advertisements placed. The Advertiser acknowledges and agrees that Lifestyle Careers may reject, remove or suspend advertisements at any time should it so wish if the job advertisement breaches the Terms & Conditions of the site and there is a no refund policy.


Target Your Audience

Employers / Recruiters should base their advertising decisions on which job boards provide the best value for money and attract the most qualified applications. To get the highest return on investment you need be sure that you are choosing the right job board to reach your target audience, within budget and with coverage across a broad base of online services. Lifestyle Careers provides you with high quality candidates every time. These people are not desperate job seekers - they are flexible job seekers.


What Is Your Satisfaction Guarantee?

If you are not completely satisfied with the response from your job advertisement, please send us an email and we will credit your account with a free credit towards another job advertisement.


Try Us First

Our strategy centres on building a strong and dedicated client list of Employers that have used our services have experienced immediate and satisfying results. They chose us based on our feature rich, easy to use technology in addition to our superior customer service. At Lifestyle Careers, you will find our approach refreshing, our results impressive and our pricing cost effective.



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