Branding, design and development of a job platform

The search and the filter are the heart of every job platform – at Freshjobs, these components have been constantly rethought and technically revised. Search terms and filters can now be combined intelligently. If you search for “React” in “Zurich”, for example, you will receive exactly the right results – without any search loss or manual intermediate steps.

The platform responds to new working realities: remote jobs can be filtered as a separate “region”, and there is also a toggle for home office options. This clearly distinguishes companies that enable fully location-independent working from those that only offer partial flexibility.

This clear separation is particularly valuable for applicants with specific working models – and was a much-requested feature from the community.

Freshjobs offers several ways to automatically receive suitable jobs:

• E-mail subscriptions (immediate, daily or weekly)
• RSS feeds

Users can define a filter and subscribe to it – e.g. “Front-end jobs in Bern with home office”. This increases personal relevance and saves time. You can unsubscribe at any time with just one click.

The integrated Freshjobs magazine offers interviews, career guides, portraits of agencies or UX professionals and helpful templates (e.g. CV, cover letter). This makes Freshjobs more than just a job board – it is a content platform for the digital professional world.

The magazine content is editorially curated and linked to suitable jobs. For example, an interview with an agency can lead directly to a current job offer.

In addition to the job search, users can also search specifically for employers – with filters by region and full text search. A special button shows only those companies that currently have vacancies. Freshjobs thus supports two entry points into the application process: via job or via company.

Companies enter their advertisements independently via a secure login. The input screen is standardized, clear and reduces sources of error. This not only ensures clear advertisements, but also a consistent appearance on the platform.

Every recorded job is checked by our team before it goes live. We pay attention to:

• Whether the ad fits our target group
• Comprehensibility
• Formatting

This increases user trust and protects the platform from irrelevance or spam.

Advertisements cost CHF 200 incl. VAT and can be paid for directly online. Payment is made by credit card via Stripe, with 3D-Secure for greater security. Invoices and receipts can be downloaded directly from the dashboard – no e-mail ping-pong necessary.

We have removed the option to pay via PayPal after we saw in the evaluations that this option is really rarely used. That’s also part of software development: removing certain features.

The clearly laid out dashboard offers:

• Overview of all current and past advertisements
• Option to edit, pause or extend
• Simple management of the company profile

Every published advertisement is automatically shared on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn – with an individually on-demand generated image (job title + company name + illustration). This extends the reach beyond the platform.

Company profiles remain permanently searchable – even without an active advertisement. This allows interested parties to get in touch with potential employers at an early stage.

Freshjobs is a member of Stripe Climate. 2 % of the advertising revenue flows into technologies to reduce CO₂ emissions. This fits in with the platform’s philosophy – transparent, conscious, long-term.