Starting, Stopping, and Managing 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, state, pin code, or "remote".
4. Click or tap Search to get search results.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the first page of search results. You will see a field where you can enter your email address.
6. 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 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.

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 am not receiving job alert emails.

Solution: The emails may 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 40 kilometres.

Solution: Open the search page from the job alert. On this page, you will only get the 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 are done, activate the alert.