5 Best Job Search Sites of 2025

Online sites play a major role in finding jobs, but it can be overwhelming to sift through thousands of listings across multiple job boards. With so many options, where do you even start?

To help job seekers narrow their focus on quality listings, we've identified five powerful, free tools that will save you time, reduce stress and help you land a job you actually want.

What to know about job search sites

• Job seekers have dozens of choices when it comes to job search sites. Choosing the right websites can be the key to a successful job search. (See more tips for a successful search here.)
• The best job search websites have deep catalogs of job listings, their userbases are active, and the developers offer must-have features that separate them from their competitors.
• Job search sites, at their core, allow users to type in a role and a location and browse current job listings. But the best companies offer much more than that, whether it's social networking, anonymous company reviews and salary information or time-saving AI features.

How we chose our top picks

After researching and testing over 30 job search sites, we selected five that we think job seekers should consider using. Read our full methodology to learn more.

Looking for the best job posting sites for employers? We have that covered in this guide.

Our Top Picks for the Best Job Search Sites

• LinkedIn: Best Overall
• Indeed: Best for Job Diversity
• Glassdoor: Best for Salary Information
• Simplify: Best for AI Features
• ZipRecruiter: Best Mobile App

LinkedIn is the best overall job search site in 2025. As a job board, LinkedIn does everything you'd expect and does it well: Listings are plentiful and accurate, search results are consistently relevant, and the website and app are well designed.

Applying to dozens (or hundreds) of positions on job search sites can be a viable strategy to finding work. Networking, however, is often the key to landing a job, and that's where LinkedIn shines above the competition.

As a social platform, it allows users to set up profiles, enter discussions and connect with colleagues, friends, recruiters and industry acquaintances. It's one of the only platforms where you can actually get in touch with employees or hiring managers at companies where you may want to work. Those conversations can lead to referrals, interviews and ultimately new careers.

Read Money’s full LinkedIn jobs review.

Indeed may not have as many bells and whistles as LinkedIn, but job seekers love it for its simplicity and massive inventory of jobs. Indeed claims to be "the largest job site worldwide, with an average of 10 jobs being uploaded by employers every second." It's relatively cheap for employers to post on Indeed, which contributes to the sheer volume of listings that job seekers can browse on the platform. You can filter searches based on location, pay, on-site requirements and other criteria. But Indeed does not have filters for company size or the number of applications already submitted.

Read more about Indeed’s job search functions.

Glassdoor launched in 2008 as a site for sharing anonymous company reviews and salary information. More than 15 years later, it's still the best in the business for these functionalities. You can search for jobs on the platform, and Glassdoor is promoting an interesting new feature, "Bowls," which are anonymous discussion forums clustered around companies and topics. But the salary data and reviews is where Glassdoor really stands out. For example, you can go to Microsoft's page on Glassdoor and find 61,000 reviews and the salaries for 183,000 positions.

Because its identity verification requires you to create an account and input your employment status, Glassdoor's information is harder to access than that of other sites — though that does help the company ensure users are posting more accurate information.

Due to recent pay transparency laws that require companies to share some salary information in job postings, job seekers across platforms have more access to pay rates than ever before. But Glassdoor still has its purpose. Many companies are listing salary ranges so large they mean nothing. If you want to figure out how much a company actually pays and what it's like to work there, Glassdoor is your best bet.

Read Money’s full Glassdoor review.

Simplify (or Simplify.jobs) is one of the most exciting startups in the job search space. The company's flagship tool is its AI Copilot, a popular browser extension compatible with many companies' job application websites that can autofill your experience, personal information and resume as you're applying to jobs. To use the extension (once you've installed it), just click the Simplify icon that pops up when you open sites like Workday, and you can fill out much of your application with a few clicks.

Job search experts generally advise job seekers to apply for jobs directly through company websites rather than through job boards as your application is more likely to be read and considered. But it can be time-consuming to individually fill out applications for every company you’re applying to. Simplify’s tools aim to speed up the process.

The premium version, Simplify+, gives job seekers access to AI tools that tailor cover letters and resumes for specific jobs. Simplify is also continuing to improve its job board, which has a sleek design and over 150,000 roles, but lacks some features like job alerts that are standard among larger competitors.

ZipRecruiter should be the first stop for job seekers who are primarily searching on their phone. The company’s mobile app is one of the most-downloaded among job search companies, and it has the highest ratings out of its major competitors in the Apple app store and the Google Play Store.

The ZipRecruiter app homepage suggests jobs under a "For you" tab and prompts users to enter a job title in the search bar. Searching in the app works just as well as the website, and the design is simple, clean and user-friendly. You can "Quick Apply" to jobs directly from the app and ZipRecruiter will send you notifications as it finds jobs it thinks you might like.

Read more about ZipRecruiter’s job search functions.

Other job search sites we considered

We assessed dozens of other job search sites that did not make our final list. Here are some other well-known job search sites that may be useful, depending on your needs.

Craigslist

Craigslist has been helping people find work for nearly 30 years, and while it may not be the powerhouse it once was, it's still a useful platform for many job seekers. Craiglist is mainly a local classifieds site, and it's best used for finding work near your zip code. If you want to get a job quickly or even pick up gig work, try Craigslist. Keep in mind, however, that a high volume of listings are posted on the website, and you may need to scroll through some spam to find quality job posts.

Handshake

Unlike other job search sites, Handshake users typically log in with a .edu email address, creating a unique applicant pool that's attractive to companies interested in recruiting college students and recent graduates. Handshake also partners with universities to create exclusive job and internship opportunities, and students should certainly consider these roles if they are available at their college. The main downside: It's relatively expensive for companies to post multiple jobs on Handshake, so many jobs don't end up on the platform.

4 tips for job searching online

Selecting the right job search site is important, but so are the strategies you employ when you're using these sites.

Here are four tips from career experts for a successful online job search:

Use more than one job search site

If you're hunting for a job, make sure to use at least two different job search sites. While employers often post the same job listing across multiple sites, that's not always the case. Using multiple search sites will reduce the chances of missing a good opportunity in your field.

In addition to general job search sites like LinkedIn, Kyle Elliott, a tech career coach, recommends using industry-specific job search sites. For technology roles, he prefers Built In, a site focused on tech job opportunities.

Job seekers looking for creative careers or remote jobs, meanwhile, would benefit from checking job boards that are specific to those types of roles. There are often fewer applicants on industry-specific job search sites, so it's easier to stand out, Elliott says.

Set up alerts for your preferred role

Email notifications and app alerts can help you stay on top of any new job listings that get posted under your targeted search terms or job preferences. LinkedIn had the most user-friendly job alerts in our testing. Here's a guide to setting them up.

Apply directly on company websites

Job applicants will sometimes encounter the choice of a) applying for a job on the job search site where they came across the listing or b) applying on the company website or application portal.

Short on time? It may be quicker to apply on the job search site. For example, if there's an option to "Easy Apply" (LinkedIn) or "Easily Apply" (Indeed), you can efficiently fill out an application based on pre-saved information from your resume.

However, if you have the time, Meredith Bowen, executive partner at Walker Bowen Talent Partners, recommends filling out a traditional application. Quick apply features can attract large, but lower quality applicant pools that recruiters may review less seriously. "It's definitely better to apply directly to the company website," she says. "It's a higher quality application."

Narrow your search

To the extent you can narrow your search, doing so will likely help you focus your time on relevant listings that match your desires for your next job. Whether you're setting up job alerts or filtering a search entry, job search sites have tools for selecting company size, location, salary range, industry and type of company, Bowen says. Using these filters — plus appropriate search keywords — should yield the best available jobs for you.

By narrowing your search, you won't be overwhelmed by hundreds or even thousands of listings that may not be a good match for you.

"If you just cast a broad net, you're going to do a lot of applying without a lot of responses, and that can be very defeating," Bowen says. "The more strategic you can be, the greater the likelihood you're going to get responses."

Latest news

• Job search sites are rushing to launch new AI features for job seekers. For example, Indeed is expected to introduce a new AI job search feature, Pathfinder, early this year. It will analyze a job seeker's profile, ask them questions and suggest jobs. The user will then be able to refine the results using generative AI.
• Since 2021, at least 10 states have enacted pay transparency laws requiring employers to disclose salary information for their open positions, typically as a salary range. Many multi-state employers now include salary ranges in job listings for all positions nationally to comply. This shift means job seekers don't have to waste time applying to jobs that don't meet their compensation expectations, and it can empower new hires to secure higher salaries.

How we chose the best job search sites

We researched and tested over 30 jobs sites, evaluating the features they offer job seekers in the U.S. To create our initial list of job search sites, Money conducted an extensive review of online resources, user discussions on forums and app store reviews to ensure our initial list encompassed the largest and most popular sites as well as industry-specific sites with strong reputations.

To narrow it down to a shortlist of 10 job search sites, Money assessed sites on the accuracy and relevance of their search results, the usefulness of their features, the login experience, site design and other criteria. Of all the factors we considered, user fees were among the most important. Job sites that are completely free (or have powerful free tools) were rewarded: Considering how much you can do with the free versions of the largest job search sites like LinkedIn and Indeed, many job seekers will find that paying for extra services isn't necessary.

The sites that made our final cut have large databases of job listings, highly accurate and relevant search results, unique or must-have features, seamless user experiences free of spam, well-designed mobile apps and/or effective systems for job alerts.

The monthly visits data in this article (U.S. traffic for January 2025), was provided by Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform

Summary of our top picks for job search sites

• LinkedIn — Best Overall
• Indeed — Best for Job Diversity
• Glassdoor — Best for Salary Information
• Simplify— Best for AI Features
• ZipRecruiter — Best Mobile App