Top 11 Picks for the Best Job Board in Belarus— Find Experts in Any Niche

Belarus has gained a reputation as the “emerging Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Its sizable workforce of 4.9 million has a strong educational background in mathematics and engineering, coupled with a solid work ethic. With 28.3% of the population holding a university degree and fluent English being a prerequisite for many young educated specialists, this country is a popular choice for outsourcing in the Eastern European region. 

Online job boards are a practical solution for getting in touch with top talent in Belarus because they are the primary job-searching resource for skilled workers. We’ve researched and compiled a list of 11 different job boards, highlighting their pros, cons, and costs. This overview will give you all the necessary information to select the best job board in Belarus that fits your hiring budget and requirements.

1) Rabota.by

Founded in 2010, Rabota.by was a job section of the now-banned news portal Tut.by. Today, it operates as part of the Russian HeadHunter group, which is active in 7 post-Soviet countries. If it looks familiar, that’s because it uses the same digital board software as the other platforms from the HeadHunter group. 

Rabota.by is the most popular job board in Belarus, receiving 4.9 million monthly visits. Only 200 of the 26,000 job ads are in English, though, and the platform does not have an English version. A Belarusian phone number is required to sign up as well, thus limiting its appeal among international employers.

Remote jobs are prominently displayed on the front page. The most sought-after professionals on the platform are sales managers and accountants.

Rabota.by Pricing and Features

All ads posted on the site are active for 30 days, and there are 4 types of them:

1. Standard—42 BYN
2. Standard Plus—144 BYN
3. Premium—162 BYN
4. Anonymous—153.9 BYN

A discount is available for those who purchase multiple ads at once.

You can post one Standard ad for free per month. With all types of ads, including the free ones, you can sort and filter applications, leave comments, and send messages to applicants using templates. You can also send invitations or refusals to multiple candidates at once.

Standard Plus ads are pushed to the top of the listings every 3 days, while Premium ads have a guaranteed top spot for 7 days. Anonymous ads do not mention the name of the company that is hiring.

Source: Rabota.by

Rabota.by also offers assistance with designing unique job ads and employer profile pages. The pricing for these services is available upon request.

If you want to advertise your company on the front page, the cost is 554.4 BYN. Additionally, you can advertise your job on the front page starting at 195.30 BYN for 7 days.

Demo access to the resume database, which contains 3 million entries, is free. With the demo access, you can view the entire resume except for the contact information. To view the jobseeker’s contacts, you can purchase full access to the resume database. The cost starts at 258.30 BYN for 7 days.

The overall impression of this job board is that it provides excellent visibility for your ads. However, non-Russian speakers will face a language barrier, and signing up may require assistance from customer support if you do not have a Belarusian phone number.

2) Praca.by

Praca.by is the second most popular job board in Belarus, founded more than 2 decades ago. The website receives 1.5 million monthly visits and hosts 13,000 job ads, none of which are in English. There is also no English UI. Furthermore, a Belarusian tax number is required in the registration form, which practically means that you need to have a business entity in Belarus to advertise on this site.

The most popular professions on Praca.by are developers and designers, followed by business analysts and writers.

Praca.by Pricing and Features

Ads on Praca.by are active for 30 days, and users can post 2 free trial ads. The ads are ranked on the page as follows: Premium ads appear first, followed by Standard, Basic, and free ads at the bottom. The pricing for the paid ad types is listed below: 

1. Basic ads—18 BYN per ad, with a discount available for purchasing in bulk
2. Standard ads—75 BYN for one slot over 30 days, with the ability to remove and replace one ad an unlimited number of times within the slot
3. Premium ads—95 BYN for one slot over 30 days

To automatically raise (auto update) your ad to the top of its pay grade once a day, you can pay an additional 15 BYN.

You can also buy bundle packages, which all include unlimited access to the resume database with over 500,000 entries and a varying number of Standard and Premium job slots. The prices listed below are for one month, but discounts of up to 12% are available for any duration of up to one year.

1. Minimum—400 BYN 
2. Starting—470 BYN
3. Comfortable—500 BYN
4. Optimal—700 BYN
5. Professional—820 BYN

Source: Praca.by

While access to the resume database cannot be purchased separately, new members can try it out for a lower price. For 75 BYN, you can get a Premium job slot with one-day access to the resume database. Alternatively, you can acquire the same slot with one week of access for 93 BYN.

The slots system and unlimited access to the resume database make Praca.by worth considering. However, if you are unable to register a business entity in Belarus, you will not be able to sign up on this website, and this might be an insurmountable obstacle for many employers.

3) Ludi.by

Ludi.by was launched in 2018 and now receives 81,000 monthly visits. While it currently displays around 1,400 ads, none of them are in English, and there is no English version of the website. Still, international employers can register on this platform without a Belarusian tax or phone number, which is a significant advantage. 

Additionally, all registered employers can access 14,000 resumes for free. The platform also has a filter to display only freelance jobs. However, none are currently available, which allows employers who offer this type of work to stand out.

Ludi.by Pricing and Features

There are 4 types of ads, and all are active for 30 days. The prices are as follows:

1. Standard ad—39 BYN; unlimited Standard ads are available from 999 BYN/month
2. Premium ad—69 BYN
3. Urgent ad—99 BYN
4. VIP ad—139 BYN

All ads include the employer’s logo, but Premium ads also get featured on the front page. Urgent ads are highlighted with color to stand out, and VIP ads offer all the previous benefits plus direct email notifications to the user base.

Discounts are available for purchasing multiple ads at once. There are 3 packages that offer a discount on Standard ads, and 3 packages that offer different combinations of Premium, Urgent, and VIP ads. The prices for each package are as follows:

1. Base (Standard only)—159 BYN
2. Optimal (Standard only)—399 BYN
3. Maximum (Standard only)—799 BYN
4. Silver—936 BYN
5. Gold—1,842 BYN
6. Platinum—2,303 BYN

Source: Ludi.by

Despite its quick and simple sign-up process, Ludi.by may not be the most cost-effective option for tapping into the Belarusian job market. The platform’s pricing is comparable to job boards with much better visibility, and without a free trial, it may not offer sufficient value for employers.

4) Cenotavr

Cenotavr is a classifieds website that receives 240,000 monthly visits and is used for buying and selling items such as real estate, cars, appliances, and furniture. The job section of the website contains over 11,000 ads, with 10 of them in English, although the website itself has no English version. However, international employers can register and post job advertisements without a Belarusian phone or tax number. Most local ads are for blue-collar work, while international ads are typically for IT specialists.

Before an ad is published on the website, it undergoes staff review, which takes 1 to 3 days. The ad can be published immediately for a fee of 1 BYN but will still have to go through a subsequent check. Users can post up to 20 free ads per day, and the website also offers the option of importing ads via XML from their own website.

There are several ways to promote your ad on Cenotavr:

• Top ad—2 BYN/week; your ad will be displayed at the top of search results for both its category and relevant keywords
• Premium account—10 BYN/month; if you have more ads, all of them will be prioritized in search results and their respective categories
• All cities—2.5 BYN/month; your ad will be displayed regardless of the jobseeker’s selected city, making it ideal for remote positions
• Raise ad—1 BYN; bump your ad to the top of the list with newly posted ads
• Highlight ad with color—1 BYN/month

While it’s always a good idea to use a free job posting option, especially if the job board has a simple and fast registration process, keep in mind that Cenotavr is a classifieds website and does not offer typical job board features such as a resume database, email targeting, and applicant tracking system. Additionally, the website’s audience is primarily interested in blue-collar jobs, so it may not attract enough candidates for different types of vacancies.

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