tevola

Hiring should go both ways.

Check the advert. Match your CV. Hold companies to account.

Tell us what happened after you applied. Your experience contributes to the company’s candidate rating and helps the next person.

Whether you’re deciding if a role is worth applying for or checking how candidates may see your advert, tevola shows the signals that matter — and what comes next.

What we look for

  • Unnamed or unverifiable employers
  • Requests for ID documents or bank details
  • Pay that doesn't match the role
  • Off-platform contact via WhatsApp or Telegram
  • Forms collecting far more data than needed
  • Evergreen "talent pool" adverts that never close

Company ratings are calculated, not voted. Once you've applied, you tell us what happened — whether they replied, how long it took, how it ended, whether you were given a real reason, and how they handled your personal details — including whether they destroyed them when asked, as POPIA requires. A fixed formula turns those answers into each company's score. No star ratings, no AI opinion.

Example Tevola check

Senior Project Manager

ABC Company

Cape Town (Hybrid) Full-time R60 000 – R75 000
Verified companyPosted 3 days ago

Job trust score

  • Employer verified
  • Job appears on company website
  • Contact details match
  • Salary couldn't be verified

This job looks legitimate, with only minor issues to be aware of.

Your CV match

  • Project management
  • Agile / Scrum
  • Stakeholder management
  • Salesforce experienceMentioned in the job, not in your CV

You're a strong match. Consider highlighting relevant experience in your application.

Illustrative example — actual results depend on the advert and CV provided.

One check, two perspectives

How tevola works for you

Make better application decisions

  1. 01

    Check before you apply

    See whether an opportunity looks trustworthy and understand the signals behind the result.

  2. 02

    See how well you match

    Upload your CV privately and compare your experience with the job requirements. See where you match — and where you may have gaps.

  3. 03

    Know the employer

    See how other candidates have experienced the hiring process, and share what happened after you applied.

Join as a candidate

Your CV stays private. It is never sent to the company or the recruitment agency.

Candidate walkthrough · 1 minute

See how a check works, start to finish

Paste a job advert, read the trust score, compare your CV, and tell us what happened after you applied — all in about a minute.

Download this video

MP4 · 1080p · 1 minute · narrated

Turning the tables on hiring

Tevola doesn't just flag fake job adverts — it changes who has to prove what. For too long, candidates have had to prove they're good enough for companies and recruitment agencies. Here, it's the other way around: companies and agencies prove to candidates that they're genuinely there to help them find work.

A rating is never a life sentence. Every reply, every honest rejection reason, and every confirmed destruction of candidate data moves a company's score up. Companies that treat applicants well can — and do — improve their ratings over time.