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r/careerguidance describes a place to discuss career options and ask for advice. r/jobs calls itself a community for advice relating to your career, with flairs that lean into searching, interviews and leaving a job.
careerguidance is larger (about 5.1M, rank #176) than jobs (about 2.9M, rank #391). Activity samples are both very busy and similar (~178 vs ~181 posts/day). careerguidance’s sample is essentially all text with advice, education and resumes/CVs flairs; jobs mixes text with links and images and shows interviews, job-searching and applications flairs. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.
Rule titles: careerguidance requires specific questions and bans advertising, link posts, begging and sob stories; jobs bans job posts and self-promotion and requires specific titles.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
A place to discuss career options, to ask questions and give advice!
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Careers
Rule titles (short names we collected)
/r/jobs is the number one community for advice relating to your career. Head to our discord for live support: discord.gg/4nJztvj
Sample mix: text posts 69%, links 23%, images 5%
Topics: Careers
Rule titles (short names we collected)
| Aspect | r/careerguidance | r/jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) | A place to discuss career options, to ask questions and give advice! | /r/jobs is the number one community for advice relating to your career. Head to our discord for live support: discord.gg/4nJztvj |
| Size r/careerguidance is larger in our directory (about 1.8×). |
5.1M members | 2.9M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) | 178.3/day | 181.4/day |
| Common post types in our sample | text posts 100% | text posts 69%, links 23%, images 5% |
| Allowed submission type (meta) | Text posts | Text or links |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) | Specific Questions Only; No Advertising; No Personal Attacks; No Link Posts; No Begging | No Job Posts, No Self Promotion; General conduct; Post titles must be specific; Articles may be posted as links; No off-topic Posts |
careerguidance short titles: specific questions only; no advertising; no personal attacks; no link posts; no begging; no sob stories; use post flair. Common flairs include advice, education & qualifications, resumes & CVs and coworkers.
jobs: no job posts, no self-promotion; general conduct; post titles must be specific; articles may be posted as links; no off-topic posts. Common flairs include interviews, job searching, applications, leaving a job, career planning and career development.
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only.
Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-09 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-11-02. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.