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HIRING EMPLOYEES

It’s no secret that 1) hiring quality employees isn’t easy for employers and 2) many prospective employees have a hard time finding the right opportunity for their skill set. It’s a difficult process for both parties. 

While website like Careerbuilder and Mightyrecruiter can help, they are expensive, with premium plans veering close to $1000 a month, which is beyond the budget for many smaller firms.

Luckily, there’s a wealth of free job posting sites where small business owners can find top-notch candidates and where job seekers can browse a list of open jobs in their professional fields, without spending an arm and a leg.

This guide will cover a number of the best free job posting sites (including remote job boards) in detail and cover their strengths and weaknesses.

ZipRecruiter is a well-known job website that lets users try the service before they buy. It has grown its database to include millions of resumes from job seekers along with many job postings in various industries. However, many job seekers have noted that ZipRecruiter mainly caters to entry-level roles. Despite this, there are some managerial and high-paying roles on this platform, but they’re just not as frequently seen.

Indeed is currently the world’s largest job board that has over 250 million job seekers. It allows small business owners to post jobs for free and to use tools like a resume database system. This resume database system enables employers to search for and message job applicants. Also, this tool can be used to ask certain candidates to apply for a specific job opportunity.
Glassdoor

Glassdoor is another main website for posting jobs and it also allows employees to review companies.
For example, both current and former employees can find their company on Glassdoor and give it 5-star ratings in categories like pay, work-life balance, growth, and CEO approval. They can leave detailed reviews regarding the pros and cons of working there along with interview tips for prospective candidates.
Employers are realizing that Glassdoor reviews can help encourage or discourage a candidate from taking a job. Therefore, many small business owners have realized the importance of maintaining positive Glassdoor reviews by creating good corporate cultures, having fair pay, and growth opportunities.
Keep in mind that Glassdoor is technically a paid site that lets employers post jobs for free during a 30 day period. Once the free trial is done, it could cost between $199 to $699 per month depending on the number of job postings (maximum is 10 per employer).

JobSpider bypasses fake Craigslist job inquiries and other shady dealings by simply allowing people to post resumes for free on a big database. Employers can filter resumes by certain titles and keywords, which makes it easier for them to find quality candidates. This site is free for both employers and candidates to use. The only charge would be for bulk job importing for employers, with this nominal fee varying per industry, employer, and job type.

AngelList
Startups and the tech industry are greatly impacting businesses, especially the recruiting industry. This is the industry in which AngelList places its focus: oodles of jobs on this site emphasize roles that range from web development, app design, graphic design, and SaaS (Software as a Service) Sales. This has made it very popular among influential tech companies and some of its users include Uber, Yelp, Hinge, and Patreon.
​FlexJobs

FlexJobs is a unique niche job website catering to part-time and remote workers. In fact, remote work is becoming more popular with 40% of all companies in the world offering candidates online jobs that can be performed remotely without heading into the office. This once privileged work style is becoming more common, and FlexJobs has taken advantage of this trend.
Also, these jobs are carefully vetted by FlexJobs, which means “opportunities” like MLMs, envelope stuffing schemes, and the like are excluded. It also has jobs in many categories like full-time work, entry-level, managerial level, and even on a freelance basis.


Simply Hired is a job site aggregator, meaning it sends open positions to over 100 different career sites, including Indeed. It allows employers to post jobs for free, see recommended candidates, and receive job applications. While this site allows employers to post jobs for free, it also has paid sponsored job listings. Similar to other sites, this places each job posting higher in the search results. The prices aren’t available online and the employer must contact sales to get a tailored quote for their situation.

Upwork is the end result of the merger between former freelance sites oDesk and Elance. Both these freelance sites joined forced to create Upwork, which is one if not the largest platforms for freelance work. It differs from traditional job search engines as most employers just need assistance with one-off projects and usually just want to hire contractors. This can be helpful for small business owners that need temporary help and don’t want to pay expensive employee benefits. However, they must be aware of the various pros and cons of using contractors compared to standard employees.

Toptal
Like Upwork, Toptal emphasizes outsourcing work to contract or freelance workers. It differs as it primarily focuses on more high-end freelance work like web development, web design, financial projects, and more. Due to this, most of the opportunities on Toptal are higher-paying, meaning there won’t be any low-paying gigs that would be seen on Upwork.
For example, pricing starts at $60 per hour for developers and ranges up to $200 per hour for financial consultants. Some users also choose to hire contractors on a part-time weekly basis, which starts at $1,000 per week.

Hubstaff Talent gives employers the opportunity to post a remote job to their jobs board, but the site is also home to thousands of employee profiles that give an employer the chance to find the candidate they want. 
Rather than posting an ad and wait for candidates to apply, an employer can search for the perfect candidate and discuss the job directly – all for free. 
For companies that go the traditional route and post a job on the site, Hubstaff Talent will share the listing on their social media channel as well.