Best Job Search Websites to Find Australia Online Jobs

If you’re interested in freelancing for an Australian entity, you’ll be glad to know that the country has a lot of options. Several online platforms where you can find freelance work are headquartered in Australia, and many others have pages dedicated to Australian freelancers. Some of these platforms have sections for New Zealand freelancers as well. There is also an Australian job search engine. Whether you’re an Australian or New Zealand freelancer or a freelancer from somewhere else in the world, you can look for and find work on these Australia job search websites.

I’ve segmented this post into three parts: the best online job search platforms based in Australia, the best platforms elsewhere in the world with space dedicated to Australia, and the best Australia job search engine. I’ve also included information about how much, if anything, these platforms cost freelancers. I’ve also included links to the most relevant and helpful pages.

Now here are the best job search websites to find Australia online jobs.

BEST AUSTRALIA JOB SEARCH WEBSITES

Ozlance – Ozlance is a space for Australian and New Zealand freelancers to create mutually beneficial and equitable freelance working arrangements with Ozlance clients based on expertise, quality, price and convenience.

Ozlance is strictly for freelancers in Australia and New Zealand in order to help ensure higher quality work and better communication.

Cost for freelancers – None

Here is the jobs page.
Here is the FAQ page.

Freelancer.com – Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users and projects, connecting over 34,000,000 employers and freelancers globally from over 247 countries, regions and territories.

Cost for freelancers – Free to join. You can receive a limited number of bids with the free membership, and you have an option to pay for an upgraded membership in order to receive more.

Here is the jobs page. (Type in a location in Australia or New Zealand and you’ll see the jobs.)
Here is the FAQ page.

The Freelance Collective – The Freelance Collective is an online community of Australian creatives promoting their skills in order to build relationships with clients and for support. Freelance Collective freelancers looking for Australia online jobs are vetted for quality so that businesses can be sure that they’re awesome at what they do.

Cost for freelancers – $15 per month or $160 per year

Here is the How it Works page.
Here is the FAQ page.

SEEK – SEEK connects people to relevant job opportunities by using its marketplace scale and technology to build radically more efficient and effective employment marketplaces.

SEEK has a section specifically for Australians and a section specifically for New Zealanders.

This platform is not exclusively for freelancers, but it but does have plenty of freelance work listed.

Cost for freelancers – None

Here is the jobs page for Australians.
Here is the jobs page for New Zealanders.
Here is the FAQ page.

Skillpost – Skillpost provides freelancers with an opportunity to turn your knowledge, talent or hobby into a permanent source of income.

There are a very limited amount of Australia online jobs available on Skillpost.

Cost for freelancers –  You must pay a commission when you sell a service. You can see commissions on the Levels page.

Here is the job categories page.
Here is the FAQ page.

BEST INTERNATIONAL JOB SEARCH WEBSITES

Hubstaff – Hubstaff is a time-tracking platform for remote teams. Hubstaff found that their clients’ biggest problems were finding quality remote freelancers, so they launched the Hubstaff directory to connect these clients with freelancers.

Cost for freelancers –  None

Here is the jobs page.
Here is the talent FAQ page.

Truelancer – Truelancer has a mission of building a global community of trusted freelancers.

Cost for freelancers – Service fee of 8% to 10% on all billed work.  Here are the fees.

Here is the jobs page.
Here is the FAQ page.

Guru – Guru makes it easy for quality employers and freelancers to connect, collaborate, and get work done flexibly and securely.

Cost for freelancers – Guru has a limited free basic plan with several paid plan upgrade options.

Here is the jobs page.
Here is the help and FAQ page.

Upwork – Upwork is the leading freelancing website where businesses find and work with top freelance marketers, designers, developers, and other professionals.

Cost for freelancers – Freelancers are charged sliding fees. You can read the details here.

Here is the Australia freelancers page.
Here is the New Zealand freelancers page.

Fiverr – Get work done faster on Fiverr, with confidence.

Cost for freelancers – 20% of each transaction

Here is the Australia freelancers page.
Here is the New Zealand freelancers page.

Flexjobs  – The best remote and flexible jobs with Flexjobs, and a better way to find them.

Cost for freelancers – $14.95 per month or $49.95 per year

Here is the Australia freelancers page.

BEST AUSTRALIA JOB SEARCH ENGINE

Jora – Jora is an Australia-based search engine for jobs in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere in the world. Unlike traditional job boards, users can search through thousands of career opportunities.

Cost for freelancers:  None

Here is the Australia jobs page.
Here is the New Zealand jobs page.
Here is the FAQ page.

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Sabina Lohr

Sabina Lohr is a lifelong freelancer turned entrepreneur who created World of Freelancers to help others discover how to work for themselves online and live the freelance lifestyle. She’s always really enjoyed the freedom that freelancing brings, including several years on and off of working online while traveling and living abroad.

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