Indeed: Free and Easy Job Search Site

What is Indeed?

Indeed, like its competitor Glassdoor, is one of a handful of national job listing boards that make searching for a position in almost any industry a breeze.

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How it works

The first thing that’s nice about Indeed is it requires nothing from you.

You don’t have to register, like you do on Glassdoor. You don’t have to provide reviews of current or past employers to gain access to all of the information that Indeed has to offer.

You simply plug in the type of job you’re looking for in the search bar and your location. Your location can be “remote,” by the way. It will come back with dozens of job listings that you can consider.

Indeed review:

Indeed is free. It’s easy to use. And, it’s the most user-friendly job board we’ve found to date. The site also has some unique features that make this our favorite job board by far.

Friendly features

You plug in the type of job you’re looking for and the location, just like you do on competing job board Glassdoor. However, here, if you want to work from home, it’s easy to plug “remote” in the location box. And, unless you’re in an industry that requires attendance (like retail or food service), the site is likely to have dozens of pertinent opportunities.

You’ll see snapshots of the various jobs that came up in your search. Conveniently, these snapshots not only describe the job, location and salary (if it’s included), it tells you when that job was posted. This can save you endless frustration by allowing you to skip over stale listings.

When you find a job listing you’re interested in, you click on it to get more information. From there, you can apply directly with the employer.

Employer ratings

Indeed’s employer ratings are also listed on the job snapshots. What are these? They’re an evaluation of the company’s attractiveness as a workplace on a one-to-five scale, with 5 being the best. These ratings are based on employee reviews of pay, work-life balance, job security, culture and management.

While the snapshot rating is helpful, the employee reviews are even better because they include the employee’s role. And, where it may be interesting to know that all the accountants at Applebees are happy, it’s not that pertinent to someone applying for a job as a server.

We highly recommend reading the reviews whenever you’re seriously considering a new job.

Recommendations

The ease of navigation and the ability to search specifically for side hustle opportunities earns Indeed our highest Husl$core. You can look for jobs on Indeed by clicking here.

However, if you’re primarily looking for remote jobs, you may also want to check out FlexJobs, a curated job board for remote and flexible job opportunities.

FlexJobs has more options for people who want flexible and remote positions. And, importantly, it investigates all the job listings to make sure they’re not scams. (Work-at-home job scams are common.) But it does charge a membership fee to get full access to the site. Members tell us the modest cost ($15 per month/$50 per year) is worth it. (You can sign up with FlexJobs here.)

Updated 2/9/2023