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Ovde Jobs 2025 Recap 💚
2025 is almost over. We put this Ovde Jobs recap together so we don’t have to keep everything in our heads. This one covers growth, vacancies, moderation, and a couple of fail moments too. We’ll keep it short, clear, and (hopefully) not boring.
Table of Contents
We grew as a platform
By the end of the year, 7,722 users were registered on Ovde Jobs.
In 2025 alone, we welcomed around 6,500 new users, which is about 18 registrations per day.
Out of those:
347 new employers
6,120 new candidates
Right now, the platform includes:
538 employers
7,106 candidates
And one more number we’re especially proud of. Our Talent Base already has 3,027 CVs.
We became more visible beyond the community
According to our analytics, in 2025 the website had:
84,000 active users
1,000,000 views
average engagement time 3:19 per user
Top countries by users this year:
- Serbia
- Russia
- China (yes, we were genuinely surprised too)
- Montenegro
- USA
- Netherlands
- Germany
We can see the audience becoming more international, and it’s interesting. Turns out Serbia as an entry point to the region matters not only to those who already live here.
Vacancies, applications, and what candidates liked most
In 2025, we published 1,563 job vacancies.
In 1,100 of them, the salary, salary range, or hourly rate was specified. We see this as a good move toward a more transparent market. And yes, we’ll keep gently nudging employers toward openness.
The average number of applications per vacancy is 18.
Most-applied vacancy of the year:
Office Manager
201 applications
Most-viewed vacancy of the year:
Russian-Speaking Games Presenter
Top vacancies by candidate interest:
- Office Manager
- Customer Support Specialist (Russian-speaking)
- International Logistics Dispatcher
- Florist Assistant
- Russian-Speaking Games Presenter
- Furniture Production Worker (Carpenter, Assembler)
- Civil Engineer (Construction)
- Sales Consultant
- Warehouse Worker / magacioner
- Project Manager
This list shows the market really well. Office and hands-on work, service and engineering, Russian-speaking roles and local positions all sit side by side.
Quality and moderation
We’re not here to approve everything, because trust disappears fast when quality slips.
Over the year, we rejected 53 companies at the registration stage.
Main reasons:
- scam
- fake company
- companies in the process of liquidation
We also rejected 28 job posts at the publishing stage.
Main reasons:
- violations of labor law and anti-discrimination regulations
- misleading information for candidates
- personal job offers without official employment
We know it can be annoying sometimes. But this is exactly the case where it’s better to make things a little harder upfront than painfully messy for everyone later.
Our Telegram is growing together with the project
The @rabotavserbii Telegram channel now has 26,900 subscribers.
Most active viewing times:
10:00 and 14:00
Main source of new subscribers:
- search and Telegram’s “similar channels” recommendations
Telegram is still the heart of the product for us. It’s where you see fastest what people need, what annoys them, what they love, and what definitely needs fixing.
Our “fail moments” of the year
We decided not to pretend everything was smooth, and to share what went wrong this year.
- Once, someone tried to hack us, the site went into protection mode, and it was down for a day.
- Then it took us another two weeks to restore everything that broke because of the attempt.
- And we had a special saga: the same feature kept breaking for two employers for months. It worked fine for everyone else, but for them it just completely froze. Not kidding, it was a quest with a huge number of apologies and deep investigation down to the smallest details.
What we did as a team
In short, our biggest focus was speed and ease of use.
- Added filters in the Talent Base. Now you can save CVs to favorites and see which ones you’ve already viewed.
- Together with our friends at MyBridge, we organized the first job fair for Russian-speaking specialists in Serbia.
- Fixed and improved personal accounts, making them clearer and easier to use.
- Tested the “20 guaranteed applications” format for job posts.
- Built lots of tables and charts, so we don’t argue based on feelings but can see what’s actually happening.
- Added express registration and sped up job posting.
- Launched a dedicated support chat. And it truly made things easier for everyone: candidates, employers, and us.
What we learned this year
Candidates and employers want transparent processes. People want honesty and predictability.
Speed matters. And people choose the option that comes with clearer guarantees.
The HoReCa market is always waiting for its professionals.
And we learned something important about the people around the project. We’ve built a really strong community. People can support with a kind word. And they can also say things directly, as they are. Sometimes it hurts. But that’s exactly what helps us grow and make the product better.
What’s next
In 2026, we want to keep a simple direction:
faster, easier, more transparent, with clear rules and strong moderation.
Thank you for being with us. Truly.
See you in 2026 🎄
May 2026 be the year when the right people find each other faster.
The Ovde Jobs Team 💚
If you’re an employer and want to boost hiring or employer branding at the start of the year, check out our promo packages in your dashboard.
If you’re a candidate, update your profile and upload your CV to the Talent Base. It takes a few minutes, and sometimes it changes everything.