We started JobsHives as a place to find remote jobs with no location restrictions. That is still the core of what we do. But over the past few months, something became clear from talking to our users: the people most helpful to job seekers are not just employees at target companies. They are coaches who have helped hundreds of people craft applications. Freelancers who can review a resume in 24 hours. Creators who have built audiences around career advice. Mentors with deep industry knowledge.
So we built the infrastructure for all of them. The JobsHives marketplace now supports four types of providers - not just job referrers.
The Four Provider Types
Job Referrers
The original type. Employees at companies who are willing to refer strong candidates through their internal referral system. You set your price, candidates pay to unlock your contact, and you refer the ones who are a good fit. You keep 90% of every unlock.
This is the highest-demand category on the platform right now. If you work at a company that is actively hiring - especially a remote-first company - listing yourself as a referrer is the fastest way to start earning.
Coaches and Mentors
If you have experience helping people navigate job searches, negotiate offers, prepare for interviews, or make career transitions, you can list your coaching or mentoring services on the platform. Set a price for a session, a review, or a package. Candidates find you through the marketplace, pay to unlock your contact details, and connect with you to book.
This category is particularly valuable for senior professionals who have navigated competitive fields and can give specific, informed advice that generic career resources cannot.
Creators and Influencers
If you create content around career advice, remote work, job searching, resume writing, or professional development, you can monetise your audience directly through JobsHives. List what you offer - a CV review, a 1:1 strategy session, a personalised job search plan - and let your followers pay to access it through the platform.
The marketplace gives creators a structured way to offer paid services without building their own payment infrastructure. You set the price, keep 90%, and the platform handles the payment, the buyer guarantee, and the delivery confirmation.
Freelancers
Specific, task-based services that job seekers need: resume writing, cover letter editing, LinkedIn profile optimisation, portfolio review, personal branding. If you offer any of these professionally, you can list them on JobsHives and reach candidates who are actively in the process of looking for work - the audience with the highest intent for exactly these services.
How the Platform Works for All Provider Types
Your Own Public Page
Every provider - regardless of type - gets a public page at jobshives.com/your-username. This page shows what you offer, your pricing, and how candidates can connect with you. It is shareable, linkable, and indexed - you can include it in your LinkedIn bio, share it in communities, or add it to your email signature.
Built-in LinkedIn Sharing
When you set up your provider page, the platform generates a personalised LinkedIn post announcing your availability. The post is written based on your actual offerings - not a generic template. One click copies it to your clipboard, one click opens LinkedIn. You can paste and post in under 30 seconds.
You Keep 90%
The platform takes a 10% fee on every transaction. You keep 90%. Earnings accrue in your account balance and are available for payout once you reach $20. Payouts are processed via bank transfer.
Buyer Guarantee on Every Unlock
Every unlock across all provider types is covered by the JobsHives buyer guarantee. If a provider does not respond or does not deliver what they listed, the buyer gets a full refund. This protects candidates and keeps the quality of the marketplace high - providers who do not deliver get refunded and lose the reputation signal.
Why This Model Works
The internet has a long history of platforms that aggregate free advice: Reddit threads, YouTube videos, LinkedIn posts. These are valuable but they have a specific failure mode - the most knowledgeable people have the least incentive to provide the most tailored help for free. A senior engineer at Stripe can write a LinkedIn post about referrals and get 10,000 impressions, but spending 20 minutes reviewing a specific candidate's CV and referring them internally is a different category of effort.
Putting a price on that effort - even a small one - creates the right incentives. It compensates the provider for real time spent. It filters for candidates who are seriously motivated rather than spray-applying everywhere. And it creates a structured commitment on both sides: the provider commits to responding and helping, the platform guarantees the outcome for the buyer.
For job seekers, paying $10 to $30 to unlock a genuine insider connection at their target company is one of the highest-ROI investments in a job search. The alternative - sending 50 cold LinkedIn messages and getting two responses - costs nothing in money but costs weeks in time.
How to List Yourself as a Provider
Go to your JobsHives profile, scroll to the referral and services section, and choose your provider type. Add your offerings, set your price, and your public page will be live immediately. Share the link wherever your audience is.
If you are a job seeker looking to connect with referrers, coaches, freelancers, or creators, browse the marketplace here. Every person listed has opted in and every unlock is backed by a full refund guarantee.