Employer FAQs

Questions About SummerJobs.com Q. When was SummerJobs.com started? A. SummerJobs.com was launched in January of 1996. Q. How many employers have posted jobs on SummerJobs.com? A. Over 4,000 employers have used SummerJobs.com to hire their summer staffs Q. How many job seekers visit SummerJobs.com each month? A. The traffic to SummerJobs.com is seasonal and varies month to month, but the site attracts over 350,000 different summer job seekers in each of its peak months. Q. What is AboutJobs.com? A. AboutJobs.com is the company that owns SummerJobs.com as well as OverseasJobs.com, ResortJobs.com, InternJobs.com and AboutJobs.com. Q. Where can I learn more about SummerJobs.com? A. Have a look at our About Us section for more information about the site and the Company. Questions About QuickPost Q. How much does it cost to post a job using QuickPost? A. The fee for posting a job using QuickPost depends on the number of weeks for which you post your job. The basic rate starts at $35.00 for two (2) weeks. You can post your job for a maximum of 14 weeks for a fee of $85.00. Here is a full list of fees: 4 Weeks $65.00 8 Weeks $109.00 12 Weeks $139.00 16 Weeks $169.00 Q. How can I pay for my QuickPost listings? A. You can pay for your QuickPost listings using a major credit card, including MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American Express. You can also pay for services in advance by check. Send checks in advance of posting jobs to AboutJobs.com 180 State Road Suite 2U Sagamore Beach, MA 02562 Please use the Employer Contact Form if you have any questions about our fees or how to pay for services. Q. When will my QuickPost posting appear on SummerJobs.com? A. Your QuickPost posting will appear on SummerJobs.com during the same business day during which it was posted. If your posting does not appear on SummerJobs.com after one business day then we may need more information regarding payment, the content of your job posting or your company. Q. How do I delete my job using QuickPost? A. You may delete your posting by entering your Job ID and password on our Delete page. You must have your Job ID and password to delete the posting. Your Job ID and password were provided to you when you posted your job and are included in the email sent at that time. If you do not have your Job ID or password you may have your Job ID and password sent to you by providing your email address in the appropriate form on the Delete page. If you have any other problems you may Contact Us and we will remove it for you. Please include your Job ID, your full company name and the title of the position you need removed. Job postings are non-refundable and you will not receive a refund if you delete your postings prior to their expiration date. Q. How do I renew my job posting after it has expired? A. You will receive an email notification 3 days before your job is scheduled to expire on SummerJobs.com. You may renew your job posting by selecting the renewal link in your email. Renew your posting by contacting us using our Employer Contact Form. Include the Job ID of your expired posting and the amount of time for which you would like to extend your posting. Q. When do my QuickPost postings expire? A. Your QuickPost posting will expire after the number of weeks that you selected when posting the job has elapsed. You will receive a notification by email that your job has expired. Q. How do I write a good job posting? A. Click Here for our tips on writing an effective job posting. When hiring online make sure you create a very detailed and specific job posting that says exactly who you are looking for and explains every last detail about the job you are offering. When using SummerJobs.com your posting could be seen by hundreds of thousands of job seekers in a single month. You want to make sure that your posting says enough to only attract the candidates you are looking for. You will also want to consider that the Web is global and many people who live outside the US want to find a summer job in the US. If you do not accept foreign applicants then you should explicitly say so. You should also include information about housing, as this is a frequent question from job seekers Questions About Hiring On the Internet Q. How do I handle all of the emails and responses I get from my online job posting? A. We suggest that you set up a secondary email address to handle all of your online responses. The response can be overwhelming and a separate email address can help you can manage all of the applications that come to you from SummerJobs.com users. We also suggest creating and saving form emails that you can use to respond to applicants when their resume is received, when you are interested in more information or when you want to hire someone. Applicants sincerely appreciate any response that you give them regarding their application, even if it is in the form of a rejection letter.