FAQ

The Labour Market Needs Test support makes the mechanics of the advertising test hard to get wrong. When you post a listing in LMNT mode, JobsMatch enforces the mandatory ad content (description of the employment, employer name, minimum annual remuneration, location, hours) before the listing can publish, locks the listing against edits for the 28-day run (because amending a running ad restarts the clock), tracks the day count and the 90-day application window, and keeps dated evidence of the run for your application.

What it does not do: it does not post to JobsIreland.ie for you (that first advertising leg happens in the government system), it does not prepare or submit the employment permit application, and it cannot guarantee a permit outcome. The application, and responsibility for it, is always the employer's. Record-keeping support and guidance, not legal advice.

The checker is a deterministic rules engine, not an AI guess. Every salary threshold, occupation list entry and requirement it uses is stored as a versioned record with its official source URL, the date it took effect and the date we verified it. When you run a check, the engine applies those records to your answers and shows you the result with the rules it used, so you can verify every figure yourself.

Two honest limits. First, the result is guidance, not legal advice: it tells you what the published rules say about the facts you entered, and it cannot see facts you did not enter. Second, rules change: records carry effective dates, and when we cannot verify a rule is current the check says so instead of pretending. Before making decisions, confirm the position on enterprise.gov.ie or with a solicitor or authorised immigration practitioner.

Run any search on the jobs page, save it, and choose a frequency: daily or weekly (or none, to keep the search without alerts). On that schedule we re-run your saved search against listings published since your last alert. If there are new matches you get an in-app notification and an email showing up to five of them with the honest total; if nothing new matches, we send nothing, so an alert email always means real jobs.

You can change a search's frequency or delete it any time from Saved searches. Alerts only cover live listings on JobsMatch; they never invent matches from other sites.

Three layers. First, employer accounts register with a company email; accounts using free email domains (gmail.com and similar) are flagged for manual review rather than waved through. Second, every job listing is reviewed by a person before it goes live: listings must carry a structured salary (checked against the National Minimum Wage records), a declared sponsorship position and a real closing date, and listings that fail review are rejected with a reason. Third, every live listing has a report link, and reports go to a human moderation queue with the power to take listings down.

Being honest about the limit: verification means the account and the listing passed these checks, not that we guarantee any employer's conduct. If something feels wrong, especially any request for payment, report the listing.

Yes. Searching jobs, applying, the permit checker, the job ad analyser, the application tracker, saved searches and job alerts are all free for candidates, and they stay free. You will never be asked to pay to apply for a job on JobsMatch, and no employer can charge you through this platform to be considered for a role.

Where we do charge, it is employers (for example, additional concurrent job listings) or clearly priced optional extras, always shown with the full price before any payment. If anyone claiming to represent JobsMatch or an employer on it asks you for money to secure a job or a permit, do not pay: report the listing using the report link on the job page.