Commercial, finance and operations hiring across DACH
Images: XING
- Best for
- Commercial, finance, HR and operations roles hired in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Less suitable for
- Roles based outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland, or searches aimed at an international shortlist
About XING
XING is a professional network built around Germany, Austria and Switzerland rather than spread across the world. For an employer hiring in those three countries, that concentration is the point: a vacancy there is seen by professionals from the same region.
XING puts its talent pool at more than 21 million members and sells it to employers as an active-sourcing base for the DACH region. Members keep a career profile, follow employers and receive vacancies matched to that profile, so an advert also reaches people who were not searching that day. XING pitches its adverts at every occupational group; since matching runs on the profile, it works best for sales, finance, HR and operations roles, whose candidates keep one current.
Start with a professional network whose members are spread worldwide when the role sits outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and add one beside XING as soon as a DACH shortlist has to be international or technical, where that wider pool reaches further. Inside the region, search-engine job listings cover the candidates who search by job title and place rather than through a profile.
XING pricing
Prices exclude VAT · Source: Join job board catalogue
How to post a job on XING
One account for XING and every other hiring channel, your team and all applications.
Link your XING company pageOptional
Add its URL in Join and your ads are published under your XING company profile. Included in your Join plan.
Write your job ad
Write it once in Join; the same ad goes to XING and every other channel you pick.
Publish to XING
It goes to XING by default, included in your Join plan. For more reach, add a paid product. Applications come back to Join.
Posting directly on XING, without Join
XING's direct route requires JobsManager access and available job-ad inventory. New buyers receive the access email within a few working days of checkout. The form then runs in four steps: job details, job description, ad type and confirmation.
- Buy job-ad inventory if none is available, wait for the JobsManager access email if the account is new, then sign in and select Create XING job ad.
- Enter the title, employment type, seniority, occupational field, relevant experience and any remote-work option, then the company, industry and place of work.
- Add skills, a salary range (without one, XING shows its own salary forecast), the application route and an optional contact person. Decide whether applications stay in XING or go to your own form.
- Write, import or AI-draft the description in XING's fields for company, tasks, profile and benefits, add a cover image or company video if you want one, and check the preview.
- Select an available ad type from the company's inventory and check that it fits the role's level and the intended DACH market.
- On the confirmation screen, check the title, location, ad type, runtime and end date, make any final corrections and select Publish now.
Sources: XING Job Ads
XING job posting requirements
What the ad needs· 4
The product that matches the role's level
The entry-level product is limited to unskilled, semi-skilled and specialist roles. Putting a more senior role on it can be reclassified and billed at the higher tier's price.
Accurate, truthful job details
Everything the ad states — title, duties, pay, job type — has to be true and match the role, and the employer answers for it.
Authorisation from the hiring company
Whoever posts must be authorised by the company doing the hiring, and able to answer for the role.
Consent from the people in photos
Photographs of people may only be published where the law allows it — in practice, with the consent of the people shown.
What to avoid· 8
Different roles in one ad
One ad, one role. Several hires for the same role are fine; different roles in one ad, or an open call for applications, are not.
Reusing a live ad for another role
A live advert may not be re-pointed at a different role. Editing exists to correct mistakes, not to reuse the slot once the vacancy is filled.
Switching an expired ad back on
Once an advert expires or is archived it cannot be switched back on — the role has to go up again as a new advert.
Uploaded video files
Video goes in as a YouTube or Vimeo link, not as an uploaded file.
Another company's logo without permission
Another company's logo or trademark may only appear if you hold the rights to it or have permission to use it.
Posts that aren't a real vacancy
The post has to be a real, open vacancy: product promotion, paid courses, MLM, franchise or pyramid schemes and posts that harvest candidate data are taken off.
Offensive or unlawful content
Offensive, explicit, defamatory or unlawful text or images are refused or taken down.
Discriminatory criteria
The ad may not screen candidates on protected characteristics such as age, gender, origin, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Local employment law applies on top.
