Situation Wanted Ad Guide & FAQ

It is a classified placed by the person looking for work. You advertise yourself — qualification, years of experience, the kind of post you want, the city you can work in and a contact number — in the same classified pages employers already read. It is the mirror of Situation Vacant, which is the company's recruitment ad.

Situation Vacant is placed by an employer announcing a post to be filled. Situation Wanted is placed by a candidate announcing that they are available. They run under separate headings, usually on the same page, and are charged from the same classified rate card. If you are hiring, you want Situation Vacant; if you are job-hunting, you want Situation Wanted.

Almost all of them run in one shape: qualification, years of experience, the post or field you want, the city or your willingness to relocate, and a phone number — for example "B.Com, 6 yrs accounts experience, seeks post in Chennai, contact 98xxxxxxxx". Send us those details in any order, even as a photo of handwritten matter, and we set it in the paper's format and show you a proof before it prints.

Classified text is charged per line, so a short Situation Wanted ad is the cheapest option — the rate finder above shows the real figure for your paper and edition before you share anything, at official rates with a lowest-price guarantee. Classified display, which lets you add a border or colour, is charged per sq.cm. Both are per insertion, plus 5% GST.

Choose the daily that employers in your area actually read, and the edition covering your district — a classified runs only in the editions you pick. In Tamil Nadu that is usually Daily Thanthi or Dinamalar; elsewhere it may be the leading English daily or the regional paper. Tell us your city and the kind of work and we confirm which edition reaches those employers before you pay.

Classified job pages are heaviest at the weekend, and several papers also carry a mid-week appointments day. Most papers have a same-day or next-morning cut-off, so book before the cut-off and it runs the next day. Many job-seekers run the ad two or three days in a row rather than once. We confirm the exact cut-off for your paper and edition before you pay.

Yes — free. Send your qualification and experience in any language and we draft the Situation Wanted matter, trim it to the paper's line limit, translate it into the paper's language and show you a proof before it prints.

Yes, and it costs nothing to look. The format page carries sample Situation Wanted wording you can read and adapt. If you then want the ad to actually appear in a newspaper, the rate finder above prices it for your paper and edition before you share any details.

After publication you can view your ad in that paper's e-paper for the published date and edition, or buy a local copy from a newsstand, and you get a GST invoice for the booking. Payment is online in minutes — UPI/QR, card, net-banking or NEFT/RTGS through a secure link. releaseMyAd is the INS-accredited online booking platform for 280+ dailies and has booked ads since 2009.