All The Best Places To Post Your Jobs

You’ve got a job description that’s compelling, spell-checked and good to go. You could post it on every job board there is (bad idea) or you could save time and money with a little homework. Use these quick tips to create an approach that gets your job seen and drives the response you’re looking for.

• Find out where the rest of your industry (in your country or city) posts their jobs.
• Measure the performance of recent listings. Which job boards did you use? How many candidates did you get? Did you get enough candidates? Did you get too many?
• Study the jobs on job boards you’re considering. Do they look like they’re targeting your audience?
• Use alexa.com to check on the popularity of a job board.
• Ask people who already have a role like the one you’re hiring for where they first saw it.
• Find out where the audience you want to reach hangs out online.

It’s a forest of job boards out there

Here’s all the best places to post jobs sorted by industry. For those who need a comprehensive list sorted by popularity and country, look here.

The boards for all seasons

1. LinkedIn is a triumvirate of professional social network, headhunting tool and job board. With 300m members, LinkedIn boasts the biggest potential candidate pool. Here, you can search for profiles, post jobs and message candidates directly.

2. Indeed is a global job board leader with 4m positions posted directly to Indeed.com. It’s also a job search engine that takes job seekers’ input (such as skills and location) and aggregates all the jobs that match. Use this site to search for resumes, post jobs, and run pay-per-click campaigns that put your job at the top of your candidates’ search results.

3. Craigslist is a classifieds site and not a traditional job board. You’ve probably used it to search for apartments or buy secondhand furniture. Don’t discount the oddball. Quirkiness and poor user interface aside, it beats everyone on inbound traffic.

4. Monster is a venerable old job board that continues to expand worldwide. It’s pricey in some countries (unless you post through Workable), has a lot of traffic, and hosts tons of resumes and free content.

5. CareerBuilder operates in the US, Europe, Canada and Asia. They get 24m visitors a month and power more than 90 percent of Fortune 1000 company job boards.

6. SimplyHired, like Indeed, is a job search engine at its core. It is a highly-targeted pay per click job board that gets around 30m unique visitors a month.

7. StepStone is one of the most successful job boards in Europe, especially since they partnered with TotalJobs (UK).

9. Beyond will automatically distribute your job listings to niche sites and talent communities based on specific criteria. What’s in it for you? Targeted exposure and more relevant job applications.

Tech boards

1. Stack Overflow Careers is the official careers platform of Stack Overflow and is used by 25m developers and technologists every month. Recruiters love this job board for the reliably high-quality of the applicant pool.

2. Dice is an industry leader as far as tech job boards go. When you post to Dice, your listing is also cross-posted to some 3,000 specialized partner sites. This niche approach will also minimize the number of unqualified applicants in your pool.

3. Github Jobs is where developers and engineers hang out online and a great place to trawl for passive candidates.

Design boards

1. Behance is where many top brands post their design jobs. It’s also the place where professionals showcase their work, enabling you to take a sneak peek before you reach out.

2. Dribbble gives you access to designers’ portfolios and profiles. Workable’s designers are really fond of it. Post jobs and connect with top talent on Dribbble.

3. Authentic Jobs introduces recruiters to creative professionals. Simple and efficient.

Remote and flexible work

1. We Work Remotely is the job board without borders, enabling you to narrow down talent from a distance.

2. Odesk is free and for freelancers only. If you’re looking for one, check out their well-rounded freelancers’ database.

3. FlexJobs is free and effective for listing flexible jobs. Here, “flexible jobs” are defined as part-time, telecommute, or freelance opportunities.

Startup jobs

1. AngelList is well-known amongst startups. Candidates get to apply privately and see salary and equity up front. Startups get access to a huge list of developers and designers actively looking for a job. On top of that, it’s free!
2. StartUpHire lists hundreds of jobs, but only for venture capital-backed companies. It also comes at zero cost and also has a widget that enables you to automatically add your open positions to your website.
3. The Muse enables job seekers to peek through the curtains of great companies. “Showcase the heart and soul” of your great company in 500 words, videos, and photos, then display your job openings.

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