Free Hiring Event QR Code Generator
Your hiring event, one scan away.
Make a QR code for a hiring event, job fair or job post. Tag it to see which flyer got scanned. Download a print-ready PNG or SVG.
- Free
- No sign-up
- No watermark
- Codes don't expire
- Runs in your browser
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How it works
How to make a hiring event QR code.
Paste. Tag. Check. Print.
Paste your link.
Use the https:// link people should land on: one job, your careers page or the event page.
Say where it goes.
Pick the placement, like flyer or table card, and name the event. The tool adds the UTM tags for you.
Check the preview.
Pick a size and colors. If the contrast check turns downloads off, swap or darken the colors.
Download, test, print.
PNG for documents, SVG for big signs.
Print it right
Print it so every phone can read it.
Three rules decide whether a code scans across the room. The tool handles most of them for you.
Big enough for the distance.
At 300 dpi, the PNG sizes print at 1.7, 3.4 and 6.8 inches. Going bigger? Use the SVG. A good rule of thumb: 1 inch of code for every 10 inches between the phone and the code.
Every file keeps a blank border 4 modules wide, as the QR Code spec asks.2 Don't crop it, and keep text out of it.
Dark code. Light background.
DENSO WAVE, which created the QR Code, advises black on white. It also warns that red codes can't be read by scanners that use red light.2
So downloads switch off if the code is lighter than its background or under 4.5:1 contrast. At 7:1 or more, it reads as good. These cut-offs borrow WCAG's text contrast levels as a safe floor.3
Know which flyer got scanned.
UTM tags tell analytics tools such as Google Analytics where each visit came from. Google says to always set source, medium and campaign; missing ones show as "(not set)".4
Tags are case sensitive, so "Flyer" and "flyer" count twice.4 The tool makes every tag lowercase, with hyphens for spaces.
Test one print before you print them all.
Five minutes now saves a reprint later.
Print one copy at full size, on the paper you'll use.- Scan it with two phones, ideally one iPhone and one Android.
- Scan from where people will stand: across the table, from the sidewalk.
- Check the page that opens. Right job or event? Quick on mobile data?
- Glossy or laminated? Check for glare under the room's lights.
- Look at the address bar once the page loads. If the tags vanish after a redirect, ask your web team to keep them.
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Do QR codes expire?
A code made here doesn't expire. It holds your link itself, and no scan passes through our servers. It works as long as the page it opens is live. "Dynamic" codes from QR services work differently. They hold the service's own short link, so they work only while that service forwards scans.
Can I change the link after printing?
Not in the code itself, because the link is part of the pattern. So point the code at a page you control, such as an event page on your careers site. You can then update or redirect that page without reprinting.
Why won't my QR code scan?
The usual causes are a code too small for the distance or a cropped quiet zone. Low contrast and reversed colors cause it too. Glare on glossy paper and very long links can also get in the way.
Should each flyer have its own code?
Give each placement its own code, such as one for flyers and one for the table card. Your analytics then shows which one people scanned. All the codes open the same page. Only the utm_source tag changes.
Sources
- 1DENSO WAVE, qrcode.com, "Error correction feature" (restores about 7% of codewords at L, 15% at M, 25% at Q, 30% at H) and "Information capacity and versions of QR Code". The standard itself is ISO/IEC 18004:2024. Checked Nov 2026. Error correction · Versions · ISO/IEC 18004:2024
- 2DENSO WAVE, qrcode.com, "Point for determining the code area" (a four-module margin on all sides) and FAQ (print black on a white background; a red code can't be read by red-light scanners; the trademark line). Checked Nov 2026. Code area · FAQ
- 3W3C, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, W3C Recommendation, Dec 12, 2024: the contrast ratio and relative luminance definitions, and 4.5:1 (1.4.3) and 7:1 (1.4.6) for text. Checked Nov 2026. w3.org/TR/WCAG22
- 4Google Analytics Help, "URL builders: Collect campaign data with custom URLs": what each utm_ parameter records, always set utm_source, utm_medium and utm_campaign, missing ones show as "(not set)", and values are case sensitive. Checked Nov 2026. support.google.com
QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.
Last reviewed November 2026.
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