The Best (Free) Job Search Websites for Remote Work
Let’s take a look at both the top traditional job search sites and remote-specific job boards, and see how they compare! Here are the criteria we use to rank each website:
- Can you filter (easily) by remote work?
- How relevant are your search results?
- Are there many (active) postings?
- Is the website easy to use?
- Can you filter by salary?
- Do you have to create an account to apply?
Traditional Job Sites:
- ⭐Filter with ‘workfromhome’, but still shows location filters / prioritizes by location
- ⭐⭐⭐ Strong search capabilities
- ⭐⭐⭐ Many postings, but deprioritize or don’t include many smaller companies
- ⭐⭐ Easy to use, but you can only access the Google job board by performing the ‘right’ Google search (ex. “software engineer jobs remote”)
- ❌ No salary filter, even though salary info is often present
- ⭐⭐⭐ No account needed, includes multiple external links to apply
- ⭐Includes ‘remote’ filter, but interface is confusing with additional location filters
- ⭐⭐ Reasonable search capabilities with many filters
- ⭐⭐⭐ Many postings
- ⭐⭐ Easy to use
- ⭐ Hourly salary estimate filter, which is awkward for many full-time jobs
- ❌ Account required even to view external apply links
- ⭐Includes ‘remote’ filter, but many ‘remote’ jobs are not actually fully remote – you’ll have to do your own research
- ❌ Poor search capabilities, many results are not relevant
- ⭐⭐⭐ Many postings, but deprioritize or don’t include many smaller companies
- ⭐⭐ Easy to use, but we expect more from a job board that’s been around for so long
- ❌ No salary filter
- ⭐⭐ No account needed, but account required for ‘quick apply’
Remote-Only Job Sites
- ⭐⭐⭐ Only remote opportunities
- ⭐⭐⭐ Great search experience, good filters
- ⭐⭐ Focuses on jobs for tech workers; small selection of higher quality jobs
- ⭐⭐⭐ Easy to use, looks very nice
- ⭐⭐⭐ Salary and benefits filter
- ⭐⭐⭐ No account needed to apply
- ⭐⭐⭐ Only remote opportunities
- ⭐⭐⭐ Offer a reasonable search and categories
- ⭐⭐ Focuses on remote jobs for tech workers; small selection of higher quality jobs
- ⭐⭐⭐ Easy to use, visually appealing
- ❌ No salary filter
- ⭐⭐⭐ No account needed, links to external sites to apply
- ⭐⭐⭐ Only remote opportunities
- ❌ Bad search experience
- ⭐⭐ Reasonable set of results, targets many job fields
- ⭐ Easy to use, but limited search / filtering makes using this site a hassle
- ❌ No salary filter
- ⭐⭐⭐ No account needed
- ⭐⭐⭐ Only remote opportunities
- ⭐⭐ Reasonable search experience, good filters
- ⭐⭐ Not many search results, most of the jobs are for software engineers; many listings are stale
- ⭐⭐ Easy to use
- ⭐⭐⭐ Salary and benefits filter
- ⭐⭐ No account needed to apply externally
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