What it costs per word and per day, which paper hires best in your city, how letterhead & documents work, and the answers to every common question — in one place.
What employers ask before placing a situation-vacant ad
Situation-vacant classifieds are charged per word or line, per insertion (per day). Most ads land between ₹700 and ₹5,000; small regional papers start lower, large papers run higher. The rate depends on the paper, edition, size and any colour, plus 5% GST. Use the rate finder above for an instant figure — no need to share your matter first.
Most recruitment ads can run the next morning if booked before that paper's cut-off (often the evening before), with the biggest jobs pull-outs at the weekend. Tell us your deadline and we will pick a paper and date that meets it.
Yes — multi-insertion packages and repeat-run deals, and combos for several editions. If you are running the ad more than once or across a region, ask before you pay and we apply the best package.
Yes, free. Send the details in any language — even a photo of a note — and our team writes the situation-vacant matter for you and translates it into the paper's language. We show ready templates (staff wanted, teacher, driver, nurse) and a preview of exactly how it prints before you pay.
A classified text ad is the cheapest and priced by word; a classified display adds a box, colour or a larger size so it stands out on a crowded jobs page; a full display ad is sold by area. We quote each so you can choose.
A newspaper prints several editions and each covers specific districts — a city edition may not reach a nearby town. Before you pay we show which edition reaches your hiring location, so your ad is seen by candidates who can actually start.
We book 131 newspapers through one window — Gujarat Samachar, Daily Thanthi, Times of India, Lokmat, Dainik Bhaskar, Eenadu and more. Tell us your town and the role and we will suggest the best-read paper for that kind of hire there.
Book and pay online in minutes — UPI, card or net-banking, with a GST invoice emailed to you. Prefer to speak to someone first? Request a callback — releaseMyAd is an INS-accredited booking platform running since 2009, so you are booking through an authorised agent, not a stranger.
You can track your order, and after it runs you can view your ad in that newspaper's e-paper for the date and edition, or buy a printed copy from a local newsstand.
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Recruitment advertising
Recruitment advertising, how it works.
How to place a situation-vacant classified in India's newspapers — what it costs, which paper and supplement reach the right candidates, and how releaseMyAd drafts, formats and books it for you.
A newspaper recruitment ad still reaches serious, local job-seekers — including the passive candidates who never scroll job portals. A few lines in the right Sunday appointments supplement, in the language your applicants read, fills roles that online listings quietly miss.
Booking used to mean a phone call and guessing the rate. Now you pick the paper, edition and date, see the exact price at a lowest-price guarantee, and we set the ad in the paper's format — free. The GST invoice is emailed; after it runs you can view your ad in the e-paper or buy a local copy.
Recruitment advertising · by the numbers
280+
Newspapers
TOI Ascent, Employment News, Eenadu…
₹700
Typical from
Most ads land ₹700–₹5,000 +GST
Sun
Peak day
Appointment supplements run Sun/Thu
8
Ad languages
Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu…
e-paper
Proof
View in e-paper or buy a local copy
Free
Drafting & translation
we write, trim & translate it
Indicative figures — finalised per newspaper and edition. Rates exclude 5% GST.
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For a driver, cook, teacher or factory hire, the regional daily still out-pulls a job portal — the right paper reaches the people actually looking.
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