Every freelancer needs a source for clients. We rely on clients, nurture our relationships with them, and provide a quality of service that keeps then coming back. And we can never have enough of them! The Monster List of Freelance Job Sites has one purpose: to massively increase your source of potential clients and potential jobs.
This list, like Isaac Newton, stands on the shoulders of giants. The second edition of our Monster List of Freelance Job Sites has been valuable and much visited since April 2009. With over a hundred comments from our fantastic readers which has really added to its value. This list is a thorough update, removing dead links, adding new sites, and taking on board many of the suggestions from your comments.
We start the list with FreelanceSwitch’s own Job Board, which has categories for design, development, writing, illustration, Flash, and miscellaneous jobs, and at the time of writing contains a huge 220+ jobs. Jobs are hand-moderated by FreelanceSwitch staff and volunteers from our dedicated community of freelancers. You can see the available jobs with no strings attached, but to apply for jobs, you need to sign up, which costs just $7 a month. And you can advertise jobs at absolutely no cost.
Is this list now finished? I doubt it ever will be. Like the last list, it will become more valuable as you comment on which sites you found most helpful, inform us of sites that have been missed, and warn us when links stop working. And, best of all, get those jobs!
Traditional Job Boards
Top Recommendation: FreelanceSwitch Job Board
Our very own busy Job Board with over current 220+ listings. Jobs are hand-moderated and include writing, design, development, and more. Apply for a job for only $7 a month, post a job for free.
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, development, writing, illustration, flash, misc
- Mashable Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: blogging, design, consulting, marketing - Krop
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, general web, general creatives - Jobs For Geeks
Location: US / Anywhere
Listings include: general web, web development, technical support - Smashing Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, programming - Sologig
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - No Agencies Please
Location: UK
Listings include: design, general web, development, writing - Programmer Meet Designer
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, general web, development, writing - FreelanceFolder
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, general web, general creatives - Aquent
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, general creatives, marketing, advertising - Authentic Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web - Simply Hired
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - WritingCareer.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - Design Crowd
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, misc - The IT Job Board
Location: Europe
Listings include: general web, development, support - Writerlance
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - Guru
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - Coroflot’s Design Job Board
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - Craigslist
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - FreelanceWriting
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - About Freelance Writing
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - Freelancers.net
Location: UK, Anywhere
Listings include: general web - FreelanceBBS
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Go Freelance
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - BloggingPro
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: blogging, writing, design, general web - LinkedIn Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - GeekUp Job Board
Location: UK
Listings include: general web - The AWN Career Connections
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: VFX, special effects, multimedia, all - CreativeHeads.net
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: video games, animation, VFX - VFXTalk.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all, multimedia - AllDevJobs.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design - Your Web Job
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, copywriting - Ajaxian
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: web development, design, general web - Java Script Ninja Jobs
Location: US, Anywhere
Listings include: web development, design, writing - Ars Technica
Location: US
Listings include: software, development, design - 37signals Job Board
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, iphone development, misc - CrunchBoard
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Startuply
Location: US
Listings include: all - Careers.JoelonSoftware.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, development, sdk - Boxes And Arrows
Location: US, Canada
Listings include: general web, design - Sensational Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, misc - ReadWriteWeb Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, sdk - Wired Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, sdk - TheFWA
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - design:related
Location: NY, LA & London
Listings include: general web, design - AIGA Design Jobs
Location: US
Listings include: general web, design - JustTechJobs.com
Location: US, Canada
Listings include: all - Behance Network
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, design, misc - HighEndCareers
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Sitepoint
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, development, design - BloggerJobs.Biz
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: blogging, writing - Journalism Jobs
Location: US, Anywhere
Listings include: writing - Search Web Jobs
Location: US
Listings include: general web, design, marketing - JobServe
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Chinwag Jobs
Location: UK
Listings include: design, development, marketing, illustration - All Data Jobs
Location: US
Listings include: data - Filter Talent
Location: US
Listings include: web development, design, flash, misc - ProZ
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: translation - TranslatorsCafe.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: translation - People4business.com
Location: UK
Listings include: all - People4charity.com
Location: UK
Listings include: all - Gizmodo Jobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: web, development, programming - nPost
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: web, development, programming - oDesk
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Freelance UK
Location: UK
Listings include: all - FreelanceQ
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Creative Niche
Location: Canada
Listings include: general web, translation, development, Flash, programming - VirtualVocations
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - ProBlogger Job Board
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, blogging - The Ruby / Rails Job site
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web - TheCanned.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - GulfJobSites.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Artshub
Location: Australia
Listings include: design, development, general web - FreelanceRadar
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, development, general web - QuestOutSourcing.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design, development, general web, writing - AllFreelanceWork
Location: US, Anywhere
Listings include: design, development, general web, creative - Amazon Mechanical Turk
Location: US, Anywhere
Listings include: hits - MetaFilter
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Perl.com
Location: US
Listings include: Perl development
Job Bidding Sites
Top Recommendation: Freelancer.com
Worlds largest outsourcing marketplace. Post projects, bid on projects, no matter what, you will most certainly find what you are looking for.
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all
- DesignQuote.net
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - FreelanceAuction.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, development, design - ozLance.com.au
Location: Australia, Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, writing - Project4Hire.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, development, design, writing - ScriptLance.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, writing, marketing - VWorker
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, writing, translation - WritingBids.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, copywriting - BizReef.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, writing, translations - eLance
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, writing, translations, marketing - FreelanceJobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Freelancers Union
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - GoFreelance.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: writing, development, photography, marketing - DoNanza
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: development, general web, design - GetACoder
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: general web, development - Contracted Work
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - OnForce
Location: US
Listings include: tech support - AgentSolo
Location: Canada
Listings include: web, programming, writing, translation, marketing - PeoplePerHour.com
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: web, programming, marketing, design, writing, translation - ITMatch Online
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: graphics, design, writing, translating - rfpDB (The Request for Proposals Database)
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - JobShuk
Location: Israel
Listings include: design, general web, programming, marketing, writing, translating - DesignCrowd
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design - DesignCrowd
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: design
Jobs Search Engines
Top Recommendation: Indeed | One Search. All Jobs
Search for jobs in the country of your choosing, whether its in your own country or in any other, chances are that you will find a job for your suiting. Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all
- Jobbi
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - SimplyHired
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - PolyLance
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Juju
Location: US
Listings include: all - CareerBuilder
Location: US
Listings include: all - Monster+HotJobs
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - MyJobSearch
Location: UK
Listings include: all - Careerjet
Location: India
Listings include: all - Faayda
Location: India
Listings include: all - USA.gov
Location: US
Listings include: all - Dice
Location: US
Listings include: Technology - LinkUp
Location: US, Canada, UK
Listings include: all - Monster
Location: Anywhere
Listings include: all - Jobs.com.au
Location: Australia
Listings include: all
Job Aggregators
Top Recommendation: Job Pile
Aggretates the best job boards on the web, including sites like, FreelanceSwitch, 37Signals and a lot more. You will definitely find what you are looking for!
Aggrerating: Authentic Jobs, 37signals Jobs, FreelanceSwitch Job Board, Krop, Metafilter Jobs, FreshWebJobs, Slashdot Jobs, AllWeb Jobs, Coroflot Jobs
- Jobagg
Aggrerating: 37signals Job Board, CSS Beauty’s Monster, Authentic Jobs, Fresh Web Jobs - Xemiom
Aggrerating: Xemion Jobs, jobs.37signals.com, alldevjobs.com, jobs.smashingmagazine.com, coroflot.com, krop.com, yourwebjob.com, crunchboard.com, Simply Hired, jobs.ajaxian.com, freshwebjobs.com, jobs.jsninja.com, jobs.arstechnica.com, startuply.com, designm.ag, careers.joelonsoftware.com, jobs.boxesandarrows.com, python.org - Joblighted
Aggrerating: Joel on Software Jobs, 37signals Job Board, CrunchBoard, Slashdot Jobs, Authentic Jobs Full-time, VentureBeat JobBoard, TechGigger Jobs, MetaFilter Jobs, Python Job Board, Krop Jobs, Coroflot Jobs, FreshWebJobs, Smashing Jobs, JavaScript Ninja Jobs, Ajaxian Jobs, Startuply, Ars Technica Job Board, nPost Startup Jobs, Jobs on the Wall, Boxes & Arrows Job Board, Read/WriteWeb Jobs, Hidden Network, RealWebJobs, Wired Jobs - MostHired
Aggrerating: Jobs and Giggs, 37 Signals Jobs, RealWebJobs, 37 Signals Gigs, Krop, Venture Beat, Authentic Jobs, GigaOM Jobs, Joel On Software, Crunch Board, MeFi Jobs, FreshWebJobs, Slashdot, CSS Beauty, MinistryCamp, Boxes and Arrows, Design Meltdown, nPost, Web Pro Jobs, coroflot, Most Hired, crispspot, Jobs on the Wall, searchwebjobs - Freelance Job List
Aggrerating: This site seems to aggregate other job boards, including Get A Freelancer, Craigslist, Scriptlance Projects, Projects4Hire, Hot Freelance Jobs.
International, Non-English Sites
- FreelanceMatch.nl
Location: Netherlands - Pooq.nl
Location: Netherlands - Freelance.nl
Location: Netherlands - XPlace
Location: Israel - Freelancermap
Location: Germany - FreelanceIndia.com
Location: India - Bumeran
Location: South America - Laborum.com
Location: Latin America - TrabojoFreelance
Location: South America - Joobs.ro
Location: Romania - Motamot
Location: France - Okeli
Location: Sweden - Projekurdu
Location: Turkey - Cercalavoro.it
Location: Italy - Freelancenorge
Location: Norway - Freelancewebmarket
Location: Denmark - FreelancerChina.com
Location: China
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