The short version: JobStreet and Indeed carry general hiring in the Philippines and both post for free. Kalibrr adds a free applicant tracking system, OnlineJobs.ph is built for direct remote hiring, JobYoda exists for BPO and call centre roles, Bossjob runs on chat, and LinkedIn reaches the 22 million Filipino professionals with a profile. The screening, not the posting, is what costs you.
The Philippines is the rare market where a job ad still works. English is the working language, applications arrive fast, and the two largest boards let you post at no cost. That combination makes it tempting to treat hiring here as a posting exercise.
I have set up employment in the Philippines for clients more than once, and the applications have never been the problem. The volume is. A single customer support ad can pull hundreds of CVs in a week, most of them formatted identically.
So the board with the best screening tools saves you more time than the board with the biggest audience.
Takeaways
- Start with JobStreet and Indeed. Both post free, and between them they cover almost every general role in the country.
- Match the specialist board to the role: JobYoda for BPO, OnlineJobs.ph for remote direct hires, Kalibrr when you want a free applicant tracking system, LinkedIn for management.
- Write the ad around the benefits package. Candidates in this market compare HMO, shift differential and 13th month pay before they compare base salary.
- OnlineJobs.ph is the only board here publishing prices: free, 69 dollars, or 99 dollars a month.
- Paying a full-time worker as a contractor is misclassification, and the exposure is yours. An entity or an employer of record fixes it.
Top 7 job boards to hire employees in the Philippines
These seven were picked on reach, on whether an overseas employer can use the employer side without a local entity, and on whether the board is still trading. Every site below was opened and screenshotted in August 2026, and each rating was read from the store listing on the same day.
1. JobStreet by SEEK
JobStreet is the default. Now part of SEEK, it states that employers can post all their roles at no cost and reach over 13 million candidates in the Philippines, with paid ad types available for urgent or hard to fill roles.
Key features:
- Free Lite job ads, with paid upgrades charged on performance.
- Assist, SEEK’s AI hiring tool, which surfaces the strongest applicants, runs pre-screening and checks references.
- Basic Talent Search, giving free access to a database SEEK reports at over 50 million profiles across Asia Pacific.
- Personalised Targeting, which adjusts who sees the ad based on your shortlisting behaviour.
- Analytics for live ads, released July 2026, so you can fix a weak ad while it is still running.
How to use it: register at ph.employer.seek.com with a company email, verify the account, then follow the guided ad builder. SEEK describes it as three steps: register, post the ad, sort applications. Post the free Lite ad first and only upgrade if the applicant flow is thin after five days.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| The largest candidate reach in the country, and posting costs nothing to start. | Volume is high, so the screening burden lands on you. |
| Free Basic Talent Search is unusual at this size. | Paid ad pricing is quoted in account, not published up front. |
| Brand recognition means candidates check the site unprompted. | The SEEK migration moved the employer tools to a separate domain, which confuses first-time users. |
Reviews: the JobStreet app scores 4.6 out of 5 from about 473,000 ratings on Google Play, with 10 million or more downloads. That is the strongest combination of scale and satisfaction of any board here, and it is the main reason JobStreet stays the first post for most Philippine employers.
2. Indeed Philippines
Indeed is the global aggregator with a strong Philippine presence, and it is the easiest board to start on: a free job post, no local entity required, and a dashboard that groups qualified applicants at the top.
Key features:
- Free job posting, with Sponsored Jobs sold on a pay-as-you-go budget.
- Automatic grouping of applicants who meet your stated requirements.
- Resume search for proactive sourcing, sold separately.
- Screener questions and assessments attached to the application.
- Company reviews and salary pages, which candidates read before applying.
How to use it: create the employer account at ph.indeed.com/hire, post the free ad, and add two or three knockout questions covering shift, internet speed and equipment. Indeed reports that Sponsored Jobs posted directly on Indeed move forward with twice as many applicants as unsponsored ones, so keep budget in reserve for roles that stall.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| Fastest setup of any board here, with no local entity or documents needed. | Sponsored budgets drain quickly on broad job titles. |
| Screener questions filter the obvious mismatches before you read a CV. | Local brand strength sits behind JobStreet, so reach is narrower. |
| Salary and review pages set candidate expectations before the interview. | Aggregated listings mean your ad competes with scraped duplicates. |
Reviews: 4.5 out of 5 from roughly 13.6 million ratings on Google Play, with over 100 million downloads. The sample is global rather than Philippine, but the product a Filipino candidate uses is the same one, which makes it a more useful signal than most global averages.
3. Kalibrr
Kalibrr is the Philippine-built option, ten years into operating across Southeast Asia. It reports more than 8 million candidates, over 20,000 companies, and 500,000 or more hires made through the platform.
Key features:
- A free applicant tracking system included with the account, not sold as an upgrade.
- One-click distribution that pushes your ad to LinkedIn, Google and Indeed as well.
- AI matching that returns a shortlist from the database within minutes of posting.
- Subscription pricing by job slot, from one to twelve months, with the cost per slot falling as volume rises.
- Employer branding pages and a remote hiring product aimed at offshore teams.
How to use it: start at the employers page, choose a plan by the number of job slots you need, then post. The Basic subscription covers up to five job slots and a single user, with candidate invites capped per subscription, so decide who owns the account before you buy.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| A free ATS plus one-click syndication saves buying a separate tool. | Subscription pricing is not published, so you need a quote to compare. |
| Best-rated candidate app of any Philippine board at 4.7. | Single user on the basic plan makes team hiring awkward. |
| Skews to white collar and professional roles, which keeps quality up. | Weaker than JobYoda for high volume call centre hiring. |
Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 from about 29,600 ratings on Google Play with over 1 million downloads, the highest score among Philippine-built boards. Kalibrr also runs a separate recruiter app, which is the practical way to keep the process moving while travelling.
4. OnlineJobs.ph
OnlineJobs.ph is a marketplace rather than a classic board, built for foreign employers hiring Filipino remote staff directly. There are no salary markups and no placement fees. You pay a monthly subscription and deal with the worker yourself.
Key features:
- A free tier with up to three job posts, capped at 15 applications each and a two day approval wait.
- Pro at 69 dollars a month: three posts monthly, up to 200 applications each, instant approval, and 75 worker contacts a month.
- Premium at 99 dollars a month: ten posts monthly, 500 worker contacts, AI matching, unlimited background data checks and contract templates.
- Timeproof, a screenshot-based time tracker, and EasyPay for sending payments.
- Worker reviews from previous employers, available on the paid tiers.
How to use it: register as an employer, post a job, and search the worker database in parallel rather than waiting for applications. The contact limit is the real constraint on the paid plans, so shortlist from the database before you spend messages. Subscriptions are month to month, and the company advertises a money back guarantee.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| Published pricing, which almost nobody else here offers. | Direct hiring means you carry the misclassification risk yourself. |
| Built for overseas employers, so the workflow assumes you are remote. | Trustpilot sits at 3.5 out of 5 from 286 reviews, weaker than the app-based boards. |
| Worker reviews and background checks reduce the blind hiring problem. | Candidates are mostly contractors and virtual assistants, not corporate professionals. |
Reviews: 3.5 out of 5 from 286 Trustpilot reviews. The complaints cluster around worker quality and refunds rather than the platform itself, which is what you would expect from a marketplace that leaves screening entirely to the employer. The company states that 19,115 employers upgraded in the past month.
5. JobYoda
JobYoda is the BPO and call centre specialist, and the only board here designed around Philippine shift work. Candidates filter by the things that decide a BPO offer: HMO on day one, night differential, 14th month pay, signing bonus, and dayshift accounts.
Key features:
- Free job posting for recruiters, with company profile pages and site photos.
- Benefit-level filters that match how BPO candidates compare offers.
- Location-based search down to the specific site or building, which matters for shift commutes.
- Instant screening on selected listings, so candidates can book an interview from the app.
- A jobseeker base the site reports at more than 1.35 million, against 12,666 live opportunities.
How to use it: register through the recruiter sign-up, build the company profile, then post. JobYoda describes the recruiter flow in five steps: sign up, build the profile, post free, specify your offer, manage applicants. Fill in the benefits fields properly, because that is what candidates filter on rather than the job title.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| Free posting and the sharpest targeting for call centre and shared services roles. | Almost no use outside BPO and support hiring. |
| Benefit filters match how candidates choose between offers. | Employer base is small next to JobStreet, so brand reach is limited. |
| Site-level location search fits multi-building operations in Metro Manila and Cebu. | Best suited to volume roles, not single specialist hires. |
Reviews: 4.1 out of 5 from about 60,200 ratings on Google Play with over 1 million downloads. For a board this specialised, 60,000 ratings says the BPO workforce uses it daily rather than treating it as a secondary site.
6. Bossjob
Bossjob replaces the application form with a chat. Candidates message the hiring manager directly, which cuts the gap between applying and speaking to someone. It is operated by Yolo Technology and holds a Certificate of Employment Intermediaries from the Philippine authorities.
Key features:
- Direct chat between candidate and hiring manager, in place of a one-way application.
- AI job matching and an AI talent solution for sourcing.
- Dedicated Web3, blockchain and remote job categories, which the traditional boards handle poorly.
- Cross-border listings covering Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Taiwan from one account.
- A recruiter app, since most of the conversation happens on mobile.
How to use it: sign in through the employer entry point, pick the recruiter role, and complete the company verification. Because the model is conversational, response time drives your results, so only open roles you have capacity to reply to within a day.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| Chat cuts days out of the early stage for roles you can screen quickly. | Slow replies damage your response rate more than on a normal board. |
| Real coverage of Web3 and remote roles. | The employer entry point is a login wall, with little public detail on pricing. |
| One account reaches several Asian markets. | Smaller Philippine candidate base than JobStreet or Indeed. |
Reviews: 4.1 out of 5 from roughly 10,800 ratings on Google Play with over 1 million downloads. Solid, and the rating count tells you the candidate base is real but a fraction of JobStreet’s.
7. LinkedIn
LinkedIn reported 22.0 million members in the Philippines in late 2025, equal to 18.8 percent of the population, according to DataReportal’s Digital 2026 Philippines report. That is registered accounts rather than active users, so read it as a ceiling.
Key features:
- LinkedIn Recruiter with Hiring Assistant, for teams hiring continuously.
- Hiring Pro, the lighter product for occasional hiring by people who are not recruiters.
- InMail for reaching candidates who are not applying to anything.
- Filters on current employer, which finds the team lead already working at a Manila shared services centre.
- Career Pages, which carry weight when candidates have never heard of your company.
How to use it: use the free job slot to test demand, then decide between promoting the ad and buying Recruiter. For Philippine hiring the sourcing side outperforms the posting side at manager level and above, so put the budget into InMail rather than ad promotion.
| What works well | What to watch |
|---|---|
| The only option here that targets by current employer and career history. | The most expensive route per hire once Recruiter seats are added. |
| Candidates are comfortable dealing with overseas employers. | 22 million members counts registered accounts, many of them dormant. |
| Best fit for management, finance and specialist technical roles. | Poor value for agent-level BPO and support hiring. |
Reviews: 4.1 out of 5 from about 3.49 million ratings on Google Play. It is a global average, which is the honest limit of what a store rating tells you about one market.
Comparison at a glance
| Board | Best for | Free posting | Candidate app rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| JobStreet | General hiring at any level | Yes, Lite ads | 4.6 (473,000 ratings) |
| Indeed | Fast setup, screener questions | Yes | 4.5 (13.6 million ratings) |
| Kalibrr | Professional roles plus a free ATS | No, subscription | 4.7 (29,600 ratings) |
| OnlineJobs.ph | Direct remote hiring and virtual assistants | Limited free tier | 3.5 on Trustpilot (286 reviews) |
| JobYoda | BPO and call centre volume hiring | Yes | 4.1 (60,200 ratings) |
| Bossjob | Chat-first sourcing, Web3 and remote | Account required | 4.1 (10,800 ratings) |
| Management and specialist hires | One free job slot | 4.1 (3.49 million ratings) |
Ratings were read from Google Play and Trustpilot in August 2026 and will move. The pattern behind them is stable: the free general boards carry the reach, the specialist boards carry the fit, and nothing here carries the compliance.
How hiring through a Philippine job board works
You create an employer account, post the ad in English, and applications land in a dashboard within hours. Free posting is the norm on the two largest boards, and the paid upgrades buy placement, candidate messaging credits, or database search rather than the listing itself.
The market behind those ads is large and specialised. The IT and business process management sector alone is projected to reach 1.96 million full-time employees and 42.3 billion dollars in revenue in 2026, according to industry association IBPAP figures reported by BusinessWorld after the association cut its earlier targets.
That concentration shapes candidate behaviour. Applicants compare offers on benefits rather than base pay, because the sector has standardised on a common package: HMO coverage, night differential, allowances, and the statutory 13th month pay. Leave those out of the ad and your response rate drops.
Speed is the other local rule. Strong candidates in Manila and Cebu run several processes at once, and a two-week gap between application and first interview loses them. Every board below has a mobile app for exactly this reason.
What a job board will not do for you
A job board stops at the offer. Philippine employment then brings its own rules: SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG registration, monthly contribution filings, and 13th month pay, which is a statutory entitlement rather than a bonus you can choose to skip.
The trap for foreign employers is the contractor shortcut. Hiring someone full time, setting their hours and supervising their work while paying them as a contractor is misclassification, and the exposure sits with you, not the worker. Direct marketplaces make that mistake especially easy.
Our Philippines payroll, benefits and tax guide covers the contribution schedule and the 13th month calculation. Without a local entity, an employer of record in the Philippines signs the contract and files everything, and our review of EOR providers in the Philippines compares the options.
Job board, agency, or staffing partner
Post on a board when the role is common, English-language, and you have someone to screen the volume. JobStreet plus Indeed covers almost every general hire in the country, and both cost nothing to try.
Use an agency when the role is senior or confidential, or when nobody on your side can run a funnel across time zones. Our list of IT recruitment agencies in the Philippines covers that route, and offshore staffing companies in the Philippines covers the managed team model, where the provider handles employment as well as recruitment.
Cost decides it for most teams. Read our breakdown of the cost of hiring developers in the Philippines by role and the wider guide to hiring developers in the Philippines before you decide, because a free ad that takes 40 hours of screening is not free.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best job board in the Philippines?
JobStreet, for most roles. It reports over 13 million candidates in the country, posting is free to start, and its app holds 4.6 out of 5 from around 473,000 ratings. For BPO volume, JobYoda targets better. For remote direct hires, OnlineJobs.ph is built for it.
Can I post a job in the Philippines without a local company?
Yes. Indeed, LinkedIn and OnlineJobs.ph all accept overseas employers. Employing the person is the regulated part, and that needs either a local entity or an employer of record.
Which Philippine job boards are free?
JobStreet offers free Lite ads, Indeed offers a free job post, and JobYoda posts free for recruiters. OnlineJobs.ph has a free tier capped at three posts and 15 applications each. Kalibrr is subscription only.
How long does hiring take in the Philippines?
Two to five weeks from posting to signed offer for a support or agent role, and six to ten weeks for management or specialist positions. Applications arrive within days, so most of the elapsed time is your own screening and interview scheduling.
What should a Philippine job ad include?
Salary range, shift and time zone, work setup, and the benefits package, including HMO coverage, allowances and 13th month pay. Candidates compare on that package, and an ad that omits it gets skipped in favour of one that does not.
If you would rather not run the funnel, we shortlist pre-vetted candidates in the Philippines and across APAC within 24 hours, and we can employ them for you where you have no entity. Tell us what you are hiring for and we will come back with names.
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