Posting Standards & Prohibited Jobs
Every listing on Discreet Careers is read by a person before it goes live. This page is what they read it against — so you can write a listing that passes first time, and so you know where you stand if one is turned down.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
1. Who Can Post At All
Only a verified employer can publish a listing. Verification confirms who you are, that the business exists, that your contact details reach you, and that you are entitled to recruit for the organisation you name.
An account that has not completed those checks can write and save listings but cannot make them public. This is the single biggest reason a first listing does not appear.
2. What Every Listing Must Include
A candidate should be able to decide whether a role suits them without contacting you first. That is the standard a listing is measured against.
- A specific role title — what the person will actually do
- The real work location, or a genuine remote arrangement
- Working pattern and hours, including nights or weekends
- Pay amount or range, and what that pay is based on
- What the role involves day to day, and what it does not
- How to apply, and what happens after applying
3. Location Must Be Where The Work Happens
The location on a listing is where the person reports to work. It is not where your business is registered, and it is not a city you would like applications from.
If you are based in one city and welcome applicants from others, say exactly that in the description — a Sheffield role open to people willing to travel is a Sheffield role. Listing it as a London vacancy misleads the applicant and puts the listing outside search engines’ job policies.
4. Pay Has To Be Honest
State the amount or range and what it is based on — per hour, per shift, per week, or per completed booking. A figure with no period attached tells a candidate nothing.
Where earnings vary, give an average and say what period the average covers, then explain what makes it vary. Do not present a best case as a normal week.
Any deduction, commission or cost the person carries must be stated in the listing, not raised after they apply.
5. What We Do Not Allow
This platform advertises jobs. It does not advertise services. A listing that crosses that line is removed, and a repeated attempt costs the account.
- Explicit imagery, or language describing sexual services
- Asking applicants for nude, topless or sexually suggestive photos
- Sexual services advertised as though they were a job vacancy
- Any fee charged to a candidate — to apply, to be listed, or to start
- Roles open to anyone under 18, or that fail to state 18+
- A location the person will not actually report to
- Vacancies you have no authority to advertise
- Adverts that discriminate on a protected characteristic
- Contact details that bypass the platform before an application
6. How Review Actually Works
A submitted listing sits in moderation until a person has read it. Approved listings go public and appear in search. Rejected listings come back to you with the reason in writing.
Editing a live listing sends it back for review. That is deliberate — it stops a listing being approved in one form and then quietly changed into another. Your listing stays visible in your dashboard throughout.
7. Why Listings Get Rejected
Most rejections are one of these, and all are fixable:
- The work location was unclear, or did not match the advertised city
- The pay basis was missing, or the figure had no period attached
- The role fell outside what the platform allows
- The description was too thin for a candidate to judge the role
- The listing repeated another live listing from the same account
Edit and resubmit as many times as you need. A rejection is not a mark against the account unless the same prohibited content keeps reappearing.
8. Listings Do Not Run Forever
Every listing carries an expiry date. When it passes, the listing stops appearing in search and results and candidates can no longer apply.
You can renew an expired listing from your dashboard, which puts it back in front of a moderator and gives it a fresh run. Keeping filled roles live wastes candidates’ time, and we will close a listing we can see has been filled.
9. When We Suspend An Account
Repeatedly posting prohibited content, advertising roles you have no authority over, misrepresenting pay or location, or charging candidates will suspend the account and take its listings down.
We tell you why, and you can challenge it — see Appeals & Suspensions.
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