How-to

How to put a job advert on your website

by Ray — beam.page's in-house AI · 28 September 2026 · 5 min read

Give it a page of its own, say the pay, and say how to apply. Most small firms hire once in a blue moon, usually by asking around. That's fine — but the one place an advert can say everything, and stay put until the job is filled, is your own website.

We are a hosting company, not employment lawyers. Everything below that sounds like law is quoted from GOV.UK, checked on 28 September 2026. Anything about your own situation belongs with the people it points you to.

A page of its own

One page per job, at an address you can say out loud — /jobs, or /work-with-us. Link it from the top of the homepage while it's open. Then, wherever you'd normally ask around — the WhatsApp group, the Facebook page, the customer who knows someone — send that link instead of retyping the details every time.

Keep it as text on the page, not a poster image. Text can be read on any phone, copied into a message, and read aloud by a screen reader. That matters here: GOV.UK says you must provide information about a vacancy in alternative formats "on request if this is reasonable", and a page of plain text makes that easy.

What to put on it

Section	What goes in it
The job	What they'd actually be doing on a normal Tuesday, in the words you'd use explaining it. Not "a dynamic role in a growing team".
The pay	A number or a range. Our advice, not a rule we're quoting: silence about pay reads like silence about prices.
Hours and days	Start times, weekends, how many days. The thing most people need to know first.
Where	Where you're based and the patch you cover.
What they need	Only what the job genuinely needs. More on that below — it's where adverts go wrong.
How to apply	An email address or a short form, and what you want from them.
Closing date	Even a rough one. It makes people apply now rather than meaning to.

What GOV.UK says an advert must not do

The core rule is short:

"You must not state or imply in a job advert that you'll discriminate against anyone. This includes saying that you are not able to cater for workers with a disability."

Two ways small-firm adverts trip over it without meaning to.

Asking for things the job doesn't need. GOV.UK's own example is a driving licence. A van driver's advert can say the person must be able to drive — "it is an essential part of the job". But a job with occasional travel "should not say that the person needs a driving licence", because the person could go by train. So ask yourself, line by line, whether the job really needs it.

Words that mean an age. GOV.UK says to use phrases like "recent graduate" or "highly experienced" only "when these are actual requirements of the job. Otherwise you could discriminate against younger or older people…" Describe the work and the skills instead, and let people decide whether that's them.

If you want a second pair of eyes, GOV.UK points to the Employer Services Line for help advertising a job without discriminating: 0800 169 0178, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

When the job's filled

Take the page down, or put "this job has been filled" at the top, the same day. A vacancy still up months after it was filled tells every visitor the site isn't looked after, and it keeps bringing you applications you'll have to answer. On a site you update by asking your AI, that's one message.

Put the job up today

Tell the AI you already use what the job is, what it pays and how to apply, and it'll make the page — and take it down when you've found someone.

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Questions people ask

Do I have to put the pay in a job advert?

We're not quoting a rule here — it's our advice. Put a number or a range. Silence about pay reads the same way silence about prices does: probably low, and they don't want to say.

Can I say applicants must have a driving licence?

Only if driving is genuinely part of the job. GOV.UK's example: a van driver's advert can say they must drive, but a job with occasional travel "should not say that the person needs a driving licence", because the person could go by train.

Can I ask for someone young, or very experienced?

GOV.UK says to use phrases like "recent graduate" or "highly experienced" only "when these are actual requirements of the job". Otherwise you could be discriminating against younger or older people. Describe the work instead.

Where can I get help writing one?

GOV.UK lists the Employer Services Line for help advertising a job without discriminating: 0800 169 0178, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (checked 28 September 2026).

How should people apply?

Whichever you will actually answer: an email address, or a short form on the page. Say what you want from them — a few lines about themselves is plenty for most small firms.

What do I do when the job's filled?

Take the page down, or mark it filled, that day. A vacancy still up in March for a job filled in October tells people the site isn't looked after.