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    Overview

    .jobs is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended for employment-related sites. The name and purpose signal that registrations are meant for companies and organizations to host career or job-listing pages (for example, companyname.jobs or sector-specific names such as manufacturing.jobs).

    History

    • Approved by ICANN on April 8, 2005; installed in the DNS root in September 2005 and began accepting registrations later in 2005.
    • Registry operator: Employ Media LLC. Sponsor: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
    • Technical registry operations and resolution services have been provided by Verisign (per registry information).
    • In 2010–2011 Employ Media proposed and implemented a Phase Allocation Program to allow registration of industry, occupation, geographic and dictionary names; this led to objections from a coalition of industry groups and subsequent actions by ICANN.
    • Major events in the dispute timeline include ICANN opening public comment and later approving the Phase Allocation Program (2010), objections and petitions from the .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, the launch of the universe.jobs network, ICANN issuing a Notice of Breach to Employ Media (2011), and Employ Media initiating arbitration with the ICC.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended audience: employers, corporations, organizations and human-resources departments wanting a direct URL for job listings.
    • Typical use cases:
      • Corporations registering their legal corporate name as a .jobs domain to host their careers page.
      • Niche or market-targeted sites such as geographic or industry job boards (examples in practice include boston.jobs, insurance.jobs, military.jobs, technology.jobs).
    • The registry has suggested large-scale creation of niche job boards (e.g., city.jobs or sector.jobs), which prompted debate and objections from existing employment websites and industry associations.

    Registration Rules

    • Registrations must be based on the legal name of the company or organization, and should be made by people within the company responsible for human resource management.
    • Each applicant is screened to ensure they are legitimate and doing business under the name they represent.
    • Structure: direct second-level registrations are allowed (example: companyname.jobs).
    • Dispute policy: UDRP applies.
    • Reported pricing (from registry material): registration costs approximately $125 annually plus a one-time setup fee of about $35 (through participating registrars).

    SEO and Brand Impact

    • The registry positions .jobs as a way for employers to present a simple, direct URL for job seekers, which can support brand clarity for recruitment pages.
    • The domain's positioning and large-scale allocation plans generated controversy with other job-site operators; such disputes and public controversies may influence perceptions among employers, job boards and job seekers.

    Notable Cases or Examples

    • Phase Allocation Program (2010): Employ Media proposed an allocation process (RFPs, auctions, first-come releases) to open many industry/geo/dictionary names; this was approved by ICANN but challenged by industry groups.
    • .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition: a coalition including CareerBuilder, Monster, Newspaper Association of America, American Staffing Association and others objected to Employ Media's expansion plans and sought ICANN reconsideration.
    • universe.jobs: a network/collection of job-related sites launched by Employ Media in partnership with Direct Employers Association; the registrations and operation of universe.jobs triggered complaints and ICANN's Notice of Breach in 2011.
    • Arbitration: Employ Media filed for arbitration with the ICC to dispute ICANN's Notice of Breach; the disagreement led to prolonged proceedings and public scrutiny of registry practices.

    Operator

    Employ Media LLC

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

domain:       JOBS

organisation: Employ Media LLC
address:      3029 Prospect Ave.
address:      Cleveland OH 44115
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         Ray Fassett
organisation: Employ Media LLC
address:      3029 Prospect Ave.
address:      Cleveland OH 44115
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1-216-426-1500
fax-no:       +1-216-588-1558
e-mail:       ray@goto.jobs

contact:      technical
name:         TLD Registry Services Technical
organisation: Nominet
address:      Minerva House
address:      Edmund Halley Road
address:      Oxford Science Park
address:      Oxford OX4 4DQ
address:      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
phone:        +44.1865332211
e-mail:       registrytechnical@nominet.uk

nserver:      DNS1.NIC.JOBS 213.248.219.120 2a01:618:403:0:0:0:0:120
nserver:      DNS2.NIC.JOBS 103.49.83.120 2401:fd80:403:0:0:0:0:120
nserver:      DNS3.NIC.JOBS 213.248.223.120 2a01:618:407:0:0:0:0:120
nserver:      DNS4.NIC.JOBS 2401:fd80:407:0:0:0:0:120 43.230.51.120
nserver:      DNSA.NIC.JOBS 156.154.100.3 2001:502:ad09:0:0:0:0:3
nserver:      DNSB.NIC.JOBS 156.154.101.3 2001:502:2eda:0:0:0:0:3
nserver:      DNSC.NIC.JOBS 156.154.102.3 2610:a1:1009:0:0:0:0:3
nserver:      DNSD.NIC.JOBS 156.154.103.3 2610:a1:1010:0:0:0:0:3
ds-rdata:     47990 8 2 813737ed8ea193eae37c0c2f95758a0de0b5069a20a9b0e8f4955908ac40c57a

whois:        

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.goto.jobs

created:      2005-09-08
changed:      2025-01-28
source:       IANA

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