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Posting guidelines for employers

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  1. What you can post
  2. The rules
  3. How to get good applicants
  4. Verified employers
  5. What happens if a listing breaks the rules
  6. Report a listing

Tropical Resort Jobs works because job seekers can trust what they read here. These guidelines explain what you can post, how to get good applicants, and what we remove. They are part of our terms of use.

What you can post

  • Real, open jobs in hospitality in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean: hotels, resorts, villas, guest houses, restaurants, bars, spas, dive and watersports operators, event companies and tour operators.
  • Full-time, part-time, seasonal, contract and internship roles.
  • One job per listing. If you are hiring for the same role in two places, post it twice.

The rules

  1. Never ask applicants for money. Not for applying, interviews, training, uniforms, medicals, travel, visas or work permits. Where a job needs a work permit or visa, the employer pays for it. Listings that ask for money are removed and the account is closed.
  2. The job must be real and open now. Close listings when the job is filled. Listings close automatically after 60 days unless you renew them.
  3. Say who the employer is. Use your real business name. We check every employer before their first job goes live. Recruitment agencies must say they are an agency, name the type of employer, and give us any licence the law requires where they recruit; we show the licence on their jobs.
  4. Show the real pay. Every job must show the base pay (a figure or range, with the period and currency); "competitive" or "negotiable" is not accepted. Add any service charge, gratuity or tips arrangement. Housing, meals, transport and work permit support must be described as they really are, including any deductions. Only verified employers can list staff housing or meals, and they must write out the terms.
  5. No discrimination. Do not ask for a particular age, sex, race, religion, nationality, marital status or appearance unless the law requires it for that job. You can ask for things the job really needs, such as experience, languages, certificates or the right to work.
  6. No misleading listings. No commission-only sales disguised as hotel jobs, no "pay to train" schemes, no listings that collect CVs for jobs that do not exist, and no adverts for overseas visa or farm-work programmes (those go through governments and registered recruiters only).
  7. Respect applicants' data. Use applications only to consider people for your jobs. Do not share or sell them or add people to marketing lists.

How to get good applicants

  • Make the pay clear. Pay is the first thing most job seekers look for. A clear range with the period (per hour, week or month), the currency and how service charge works gets better applicants.
  • Fill in the benefits. Staff housing, meals, transport, service charge, uniforms, health insurance and work permit support are all filters job seekers use.
  • Say who can apply. For example: "Nationals only" or "Work permit provided for the right candidate".
  • Write plainly. A short paragraph about the job, a list of duties and a list of what you need. Avoid long blocks of capital letters.
  • Reply quickly on WhatsApp. Applicants can see their application status. A quick message, even "Thanks, we will reply by Friday", builds your reputation.

Verified employers

We add a "Verified" tick when we have found your business in the company registry, spoken to your manager or HR team on your published number, and confirmed an email address at your own domain. Verified employers can list staff housing and meals. To ask for verification, email hello@caribbeanhoteljobs.com from your business email address with your business registration details. See what "checked" and "verified" mean.

What happens if a listing breaks the rules

We may edit small problems (for example, a wrong island), ask you to fix a listing, hide it, or remove it. Serious or repeated problems, including any request for money from applicants, lead to the account being closed. If you think we made a mistake, email hello@caribbeanhoteljobs.com.

Report a listing

If you see a listing that breaks these rules, use Report this job on the listing, or email hello@caribbeanhoteljobs.com with the link. Job seekers can read how to stay safe.