Reddit rules index · read 2026-09-26
Can you promote on r/jobs?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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/r/jobs is the number one community for advice relating to your career.
What its rules say about promotion
No Job Posts, No Self Promotion
This community is not a jobs board. No Job Posts or Self Promotion of any kind. Posts and/or comments of any "job boards", "job listings", "recruiters", "services", "references", "surveys", "ads"- regardless of "free" or "paid" are not allowed. This includes asking people to find a job for you. If you want to advertise, please [buy an ad](https://www.reddit.com/advertising/). If you want to post a survey send a mod mail to get approval first.
All 8 rules of r/jobs
- No Job Posts, No Self Promotion
This community is not a jobs board. No Job Posts or Self Promotion of any kind. Posts and/or comments of any "job boards", "job listings", "recruiters", "services", "references", "surveys", "ads"- regardless of "free" or "paid" are not allowed. This includes asking people to find a job for you. If you want to advertise, please [buy an ad](https://www.reddit.com/advertising/). If you want to post a survey send a mod mail to get approval first. - General conduct
General Conduct - This is a professional, family friendly sub - Foul Language is not welcome. Please keep discussions civil. No posts or comments making personal attacks or wishing harm to others or themselves. - Post titles must be specific
Please be specific with your post title. Refrain from using vague titles such as "I need help" and similar. - Articles may be posted as links
Articles may be posted as links. The title of article submissions must begin with "[Article]". All other types of content, including videos, must be submitted as a text post. - No off-topic Posts
Posts which do not relate to job/career advice are not allowed. Posts primarily consisting of complaints about co-workers, bosses, recruiters, or otherwise "low quality posts" will be removed if flagged. We will be lenient, as long as the post is related to /r/jobs ( The core mission of /r/jobs is for "How to get a Job" or "How to quit a job" ), we will allow it as long as it follows all other rules. - Repeated Questions
Posts that are just repeating questions that have already been asked and answered are not allowed. Search before posting as such lazy postings will be removed. - Politics
This is not a forum for you to advocate for your politics, this is a forum for questions directly relating to jobs and job searches. There are plenty of other subreddits where you can discuss politics. - You must provide mods a link if you message us about a post being caught in the filter.
If you reach out to us via modmail about a post needing approval, you MUST provide a link to the post or comment in question. If you do not, it will be ignored and you may get a short ban.
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