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Adzuna review: job search engine with salary figures

Job search engine

Adzuna is a search engine for job listings with sites for a number of countries in several parts of the world. Beyond the search it evaluates the listings it collects and shows what jobs pay.

Who Adzuna is for

Adzuna suits people who want a quick overview and a feeling for what a job pays before they negotiate. Apply on the source page, and check there whether the job is still open.

What Adzuna offers

  • One search over many sources.
  • Salary statistics drawn from live listings, and an estimated salary where a listing names none.
  • Job alerts by e-mail for as many searches as you like.
  • An app.

Who pays for what

Job seekers
Nothing
Employers
Can send their jobs in a feed for free, and pay for sponsored ads that are shown to more job seekers

What speaks for Adzuna

  • Salary trends drawn from the listings.
  • Many sources in one search.
  • Free for job seekers.

What speaks against Adzuna

  • Every result is a copy from another site.
  • Salary figures are estimates from listings, not from pay slips.

How to apply

A result leads you on to the site the listing comes from, and you apply there, as that site asks. Check on that page first whether the job is still open.

Where the listings come from

Adzuna gathers listings from many sources, job boards and employers among them, and shows them in one search. A result leads on to the site it comes from. As with every job search engine, what you see was published somewhere else first, and the same job can be listed more than once.

Alternatives to Adzuna

  • Indeed

    Indeed collects job listings from company websites, job boards and agencies and adds its own. What that means for your search, and where it falls short.

  • Glassdoor

    Glassdoor is known for anonymous employer reviews and salary reports. Its jobs now come from Indeed. What the site is still good for.