Starting, Stopping, and Managing Job Alerts

A job alert is an e-mail notification about new jobs on Indeed. Job alerts are tailored to your preferences and the companies you follow. In this article, we'll explain how to start, edit, or pause your job alerts and how to unsubscribe. We'll also answer some common questions and help fix issues.

Before you start

You must be signed in to your Indeed account to create job alerts.
You may be unable to create job alerts when searching internationally.

Creating a job alert

Sign in or create an account on Indeed.
In the search field, enter your job title, keyword, or company.
In the location field, add the city, area, or "remote."
Click or tap Search to get search results.
Scroll to the bottom of the first page of search results. You'll find a field where you can enter your e-mail address.
Click or tap Activate to receive job alerts matching your search criteria.

Did you know? You might get a pop-up to create a job alert instead. Check that your e-mail address is correct and select Activate to start the job alert.

Managing job alerts

Where to find your job alert settings

Open Settings in your account.
Click or tap Communications settings.
Select E-mail to access your e-mail subscriptions. From here, you can change your Job and company alerts.

Deleting, pausing, or editing 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.

You can choose between daily or weekly e-mails.
You might not get a daily or weekly e-mail if there are no new jobs matching your search.

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:

Open the job alert e-mail in your inbox.
Click Unsubscribe from this e-mail.

Did you know? You must delete each job alert separately if you have more than one alert.

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.

Question: I moved to a different country. Will I still receive the alerts I created before I moved?

Answer: Maybe, but we recommend creating new alerts using your new location.

Technical support

Issue: I'm not receiving job alert e-mails.

Solution: The e-mails 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 e-mail includes jobs within 25 miles.

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

Issue: I set the frequency to Daily, but I'm not getting a job alert e-mail every day.

Solution: You won't get a job alert e-mail if there are no new jobs available that match your search. Try editing your job alert search terms to get more results.

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