We are always trying to please and surprise our users. That’s why we work so hard on developing new themes for you. Our goal is to develop several new (premium) themes, that come packed with a fresh new look and in some cases, more functionality. In addition to this, we also focus on providing themes that are suitable for specific types of classified sites. Today we release a new theme. We call it "Job Drop" and it is designed for people and organizations that want to post job offers online.
For these types of classifieds, having millions of photos contained in myriads of galleries just isn’t appropriate. We decided to do the right thing. We built the theme keeping everyday professionals in mind; whilst still on the important aspects of visual representation - so that it doesn’t appear too dull and gloomy. People in search of a vacancy aren't focusing on photos, but rather on the content, description, and title of the ad. Therefore the Job Drop theme doesn't have a slide show on the homepage, but instead a list of the latest vacancies that have been posted. On this page, a user can already narrow down the results using the filter options. This makes it easy to find open positions in the category or location that the user is looking for. Of course, there is also a search option that can be used to go through the complete database of vacancies.
The new theme (just like all our other themes) is very easy to use and it includes all the fields that are necessary for posting a new job vacancy. Users will have many fields to select from, such as the ones listed below:
- job type
- job description
- experience required (number of years)
- qualifications required
- salary
- salary type, etc.
Running a job board in 2026: salary ranges, scams and Google for Jobs
Job Drop is still available: site owners can switch to it from the Themes list in their admin panel. New Yclas sites now start on the Nova theme, and the templates page (where the "live demo" link at the end of this post goes) now shows a "Jobs" style of Nova for job boards instead of Job Drop. Whichever theme you use, three things now matter more for a job board than they did in 2022.
1. Salary is becoming a required field
Several laws now require pay ranges in job ads. The New York State Department of Labor says ads from businesses with four or more employees must include a job description and a compensation range, as an annual salary or an hourly rate. New York City has its own separate law. In Europe, the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) stops employers from asking applicants about their pay history, and Member States had to bring it into national law by 7 June 2026 (European Commission). In practice:
- Replace a single "salary" field with two number fields, minimum and maximum, plus a list field for the period (hour, month, year).
- Make the range mandatory in categories where your employers are covered, and say so in your posting rules.
2. Job boards are a favourite tool of scammers
In its report of 10 March 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission said reports of job and employment-agency scams tripled from 2020 to 2024, and reported losses rose from $90 million to $501 million. Fake employers ask for "training fees", send cheques to cash, or collect ID documents. To protect your site:
- Turn on moderation, so new employers' ads are approved before they go live, and turn on spam protection (reCAPTCHA or Akismet). Both are on the Yclas features list.
- Ban ads that ask applicants for any payment, and put a short "never pay to apply" notice on every ad page.
- Be careful with work-from-home ads that show no company name or address.
3. Google for Jobs has strict rules
Most job seekers start on Google. To appear in its job results, each page needs JobPosting structured data. Google's documentation sets these rules:
- The markup belongs only on pages with a single job. It must not go on listing or search pages.
- Every posting needs a way to apply, such as an email address, a phone number or a form.
- Expired jobs must be marked as expired, return a 404 or 410 error, or lose their markup. Google warns that leaving expired jobs up can lead to a manual action against your site.
For a job board, set a short expiry time for ads in your listing settings (30 days is common). Ask employers to put "how to apply" in every ad. If you add JobPosting markup, check it with Google's Rich Results Test before you promote the site.
The Job Drop theme also has more to offer, with this product job seekers can post their resumes and present themselves to employers. This useful feature increases the user's visibility, feeds prospective employees to the employer, and adds to your website's functionality, making it that much more valuable. This way employers can also go looking for the perfect candidates.
This amazing theme comes delivered with the standard 'infinite scroll' feature (like the one found on most of our themes). Vacancies are also refreshed automatically as they are listed, and this means that reloading the page is not necessary. Users can see all their favorite jobs on a single page.
If employers want to publish a 'future ad', they can simply set the date, add all the other necessary information, and let the software worry about the rest; because it will then publish the ad automatically when that date in the future comes.
Is this theme just what you were looking for? Check it out for yourself, go and take a look at the live demo.
