Best Free Job Posting Sites In Canada For May 2024

Indeed is known as the top job site with over 250 million visitors every month. It lets you post certain jobs for free, but regular pricing is “determined by your job location, job title, and available job seekers in your market, among other factors.” It also lets you sponsor jobs to expand your reach and you’ll always see the price for your particular posting (sponsored or not) before you pay. Even if you go the free route, you can incorporate Indeed Assessments, which are job skills tests that can help you home in on the right candidates. You’ll also be able to conduct live virtual interviews without any fancy apps or technology through Indeed Interview.

Ladders is a job search site geared toward experienced professionals in the U.S. and Canada. If you’d like to fill positions that will pay at least $100,000 per year, it will give you ten free jobs, 10 free résumé views and 10 free emails per month. While you will be able to save your searches with the free plan, you’ll have to upgrade for extras, such as a dedicated customer success manager, advanced search filters and Tap2Call on mobile.

Handshake is ideal if you’d like to recruit college students. With Handshake, you can post jobs and sign up for virtual career fairs for free. The platform also allows you to manage and promote virtual interviews. If you’d like, you may pay for the Premium partnership, which can allow you to source better candidates, enhance your employer brand, check in at events, receive analytics and more.

Learn4Good is an educational website with job opportunities for students. Through its free employer plan, you’ll receive 20 listing credits you can use over a six-month period. The site will send you job applications via email or phone in real time. If you use up your 20 listing credits, you’ll need to wait until your six-month period is up so you can renew the free plan. You can also upgrade to a paid job plan at any time and receive anywhere from 50 to 1,000 credits.

SimplyHired is a job aggregator that shares on over 100 job sites. While you can post jobs for free, you’ll have to pay to contact any candidates you believe are qualified. Whenever you receive an application, you’ll see a résumé, cover letter and answers to your screening questions, but the applicant name and contact details will be hidden. Pricing for candidate reveal starts at $4.99 ($6.56 CAD) and depends on factors including job title, location and demand.

Guru is a job posting website that can help you find writers, programmers, web developers and other freelance job seekers. It’s similar to other freelance platforms in that it lets you post jobs, hire freelancers, complete the work and pay your hires in one, convenient place. You can post jobs on Guru for free but will have to pay a handling fee of 2.9% per invoice. If you use e-check or wire transfer, you’ll receive a full refund of the fee.

LinkedIn is a professional networking site with over 830 million members in more than 200 countries and territories. You can post one free job and use the platform to filter and manage your candidates. To promote your job and ensure it appears in search results and receives the most exposure, you’ll need to follow LinkedIn’s pay-per-click model and add a daily or total budget. The cost of each click will be based on your job location and competition.

Wellfound (owned by AngelList Talent) is a great option if you’re looking to hire for your startup, as it has over 8 million job seekers who are interested in working for brand-new businesses. The free Starter plan lets you post as many jobs as you want. You can also message candidates, create a profile for your business and use the tracking system without paying a penny. The Recruit Pro plan starts at $250 per month and includes extras such as advanced search filters, pitch templates and instant scheduling.

PostJobFree has been around since 2007 and distributes job posts on other websites and job boards such as Talent.com, MyJobHelper.com and Jooble.org. You can post ten jobs per day and use the résumé database for free. If you opt for the Premium Membership, you’ll receive each candidate’s full contact information so you can call or email them directly and enjoy unlimited résumé views.

Hubstaff Talent is worth considering if you’d like to hire remote employees, such as graphic designers, software developers and marketing professionals. You can post as many jobs as you’d like for free and will receive applications with candidate contact information and reasons why they’re a good fit. Hubstaff Talent offers paid products such as Hubstaff for time tracking and reporting as well as Hubstaff Tasks for project management that you might want to explore as you grow.