Jobseeker Help Centre

Starting, stopping and managing Job Alerts

Quick summary

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

Important: You must have an account on Indeed to create or receive Job Alerts.

Starting a Job Alert

  1. Sign in or create an account on Indeed.
  2. In the search field, enter your job title, keyword or company.
  3. In the location field, add the city, county, postcode or 'remote'.
  4. Click or tap Search to get search results.
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the first page of search results. You'll see a field where you can enter your email address.
  6. Click or tap Activate to receive Job Alerts matching your search criteria.
Important: You may be unable to create Job Alerts when searching internationally.

Managing Job Alerts

Where to find your Job Alert settings

  1. Open Settings in your account.
  2. Click or tap Communications settings.
  3. Select Email to access your email 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 email frequency:

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

Unsubscribe using email

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

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

Video: Reviewing how to use Job Alerts

If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it directly on YouTube.

Technical support

Issue: I'm not receiving job alert emails.

Solution: The emails might be marked as spam or junk. Here are instructions on how to unblock Indeed.

Issue: I set the alert for 'exact location only', but the email includes jobs within 25 miles.

Solution: Open the search page from the job alert. On this page, you'll only see jobs that match your location preference.

FAQs

Question: Do I need an Indeed account to receive Job Alerts?

Answer: Yes, you need an account to create or receive Job Alerts.

Question: Can I improve my Job Alert emails?

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

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