Frequently asked questions

For job seekers, always. Posting vacancies is free. Employers can pay to make a vacancy more visible, from €2. There are no banner ads.

No. You only need an email address. We send you a link to publish, change or remove your vacancy or profile.

Here, a vacancy or profile is a short card, like a note on a notice board. Under “My card” at the top of the page you fill in your email address. You get a link to change, renew or remove your card. No password needed.

No. A short text and a few photos of your work are enough. For office work you can add a link to your LinkedIn profile.

The website is available in 19 languages. Choose your language at the top of every page. Emails come in the language you chose for your account.

60 days. Three days before the end we send you one email. With one tap you renew it for another 60 days. If you do nothing, it goes offline and we delete it after 7 days, with the photos.

Look in your spam or junk folder. Check that your email address is correct. Then ask for a new link on My card.

Yes. Behind NOWEWO is a team that is here to help. Send us a message via the contact page. You may write in your own language.

Yes, we are preparing that. Right now NOWEWO is for work in the Netherlands. In every new country we want to use the chat app that is popular there, for example LINE in Thailand and Japan, KakaoTalk in South Korea, WeChat in China and Zalo in Vietnam.

Tap Show interest on a vacancy. WhatsApp opens with a ready message to the employer; you can change it before you send it. You can also call the number on the vacancy.

Yes. Choose both in the filters and in your profile. You then see all vacancies that fit.

Basic, for the workplace: you can make yourself understood at work, with short instructions and simple questions. Fluent (C1/C2): you speak and write easily. Native: the language you grew up with. In a vacancy this level is called Native level (C2): it is about how well you speak the language, not where you come from.

On a vacancy, WhatsApp opens with a ready message to the employer. You send it yourself. On a profile, an employer can invite the job seeker: we send the job seeker a WhatsApp message with the name of the employer and the job. The job seeker decides whether to start a chat.

Congratulations! Take your card down on My card. Then employers stop inviting you. It takes one tap.

That depends on your nationality and your residence permit. Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland may work without a permit. Read our tip about starting work in the Netherlands, and ask the IND if you are not sure.

They are featured: the employer paid for this, and they carry the label Featured. All other vacancies are sorted by date, newest first. Your filters work the same for every vacancy.

Yes, for free. When you renew your card, it moves to the top again, once every 7 days. Job seekers never pay.

Click Post a job for free, fill in the form and publish. Job seekers can then contact you directly.

Only requirements the work really needs, with a reason. For example fluent Spanish for contact with customers. Requirements about origin, nationality, age, gender or religion are not allowed.

No. We are a neutral notice board, not an agency. You choose who you talk to and you make your own agreements.

No. Only the employer itself can post a vacancy. That keeps the contact direct, and nobody in between takes part of the pay. Do you see a vacancy from an agency? Use the Report button.

We check the first vacancy of every new employer, and vacancies with certain words, before they go online. This keeps fake vacancies off the site. After your first vacancy, the next ones go online straight away.

Soon, yes. Put it at the top once for €2, or feature it for 7 days ({f7}) or 14 days ({f14}). Posting stays free. You will find the options on My card.

Nobody, until you start a chat yourself. Your number is never shown on the website. When an employer is interested, you get a WhatsApp message from us with the name of the employer and the job. You decide whether to start the chat. For employers: the phone number on your vacancy is public.

Use the Report button on the vacancy or profile. We look at reports and can take the vacancy or profile offline.

Use the link in your email. Your card and photos are removed. Without renewal, a card goes offline after 60 days by itself.

No, never. We do not ask for money, a copy of your passport or a code from a text message. Not on the website and not on WhatsApp. Never pay to get a job. Does someone ask you for this? Do not do it, and use the Report button.

As little as possible. You need no password and no CV. We ask for your email address, the text on your card and, for job seekers, a WhatsApp number. That number is stored encrypted and is never shown. Your card and photos are deleted 7 days after the card goes offline. We never sell data. No website is completely safe, but we protect your data with encryption, strict access rules and by keeping as little as possible.

Everyone, while your card is online. A video is optional. When you remove your card, we delete the video too.