Job Seeker Help Centre

Starting, Stopping, and Managing Job Alerts

Quick summary

A Job Alert is an e-mail notification tailored to your preferences. Get the most out of this feature with these tips and FAQs:

Starting a Job Alert

Important: You may be unable to create Job Alerts when searching internationally.
  1. In the search field The eyeglass icon is where you enter keywords., enter your job title, keyword, or company.
  2. In the location field The map pin icon is where you enter a location., add the city, province/territory, postal code, or “remote.”
  3. Click or tap Search to get search results.
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the first page of search results. You'll see a field where you can enter your e-mail address.
  5. Click or tap Activate to receive Job Alerts matching your search criteria.

Managing Job Alerts

Where to find your Job Alert settings

  1. Open Settings in your account.
  2. Click Communications settings.
  3. Click Email to access your e-mail subscriptions. From here, you can change your Job and Company Alerts.

Deleting, pausing or editing Job Alerts

Ready to make a change to your Job Alerts? Under Job and Company Alerts, you can adjust your search terms and e-mail frequency:

  • Edit job titles, locations, and frequencies using the pencil icon.
  • Toggle off to pause.
  • Toggle on to resubscribe.

Unsubscribe using e-mail

You can also do that if you prefer to use e-mail to stop the alerts. Here's how:

  1. Open the Job Alert e-mail in your inbox.
  2. Click Unsubscribe from this e-mail
Did you know? You must delete each Job Alert separately if you have multiple alerts.

FAQs

Question: Can I improve my Job Alert e-mails?

Answer: Yes, you can always refine your job search by using search filters. Once you're done, activate the alert.

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