Is SimplyHired Legit? Who Runs It and Where Jobs Come From

Is SimplyHired legit? Who runs it now

Is SimplyHired legit? Yes. It is a real job search site, and today it belongs to the same group as Indeed. On July 1, 2016, Recruit Holdings, Indeed's parent company, announced that it had "acquired the assets of Simply Hired" and that simplyhired.com "will continue to operate as a job search destination and will be a publishing partner of Indeed."

The tie is closer now. The footer of SimplyHired's pages says: "SimplyHired is part of the Indeed Site, and by using SimplyHired you agree to the Indeed Terms of Service." Indeed's Terms of Service (last updated September 29, 2026) say the same from the other side: they apply to Indeed and to "the following Indeed websites, which are part of the Site: workopolis.com, simplyhired.com, and resume.com."

So most trust questions about SimplyHired have the same answer as they do for Indeed. It is also why you sign in with an Indeed account and why the same job can turn up on both sites.

What signing in with Indeed means for you

SimplyHired runs on your Indeed account. Its account page says you get "a single login for Indeed and SimplyHired," and that if you have never used Indeed, "you'll need to create an Indeed account to sign into SimplyHired." That account "is subject to Indeed's Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy."

For you, that means:

• One profile for both sites. The account page says you can "manage your job-search across both Indeed and SimplyHired with a single username and password," and update your job preferences, resume, and profile in one place.
• Support is Indeed's. As of October 2026, SimplyHired's Contact Us link opens the contact page of Indeed's Help Center for job seekers.
• Indeed's arbitration clause applies. For users in the United States, Indeed's terms send most disputes to binding arbitration and waive class actions and jury trials. Job seekers can opt out by sending a notice "within 30 days after first accepting Terms that contain this Arbitration Agreement." Section D.12(k) of the terms explains how.

Where SimplyHired jobs come from, and why you see them on Indeed

Two routes feed SimplyHired. Employers can post directly, and SimplyHired's employer page says: "When you post through SimplyHired, your job posting (free or sponsored) also appears on Indeed." And under the Indeed terms that cover the site, "Job Ads contained on, or linked from, the Site are indexed and posted in an automated manner, though Employers can purchase sponsored, featured or paid placements."

This is behind most of what people notice on SimplyHired:

• The same jobs as on Indeed. A direct post shows up on both sites.
• Pay affects the order. Indeed's terms say it "displays Job Ads based on compensation paid by employers to Indeed, relevance (such as your search terms), and other information," and that "all Job Ads are considered advertising."
• Older free posts sink. SimplyHired tells employers a free post "tends to rank lower as new jobs are added," while a sponsored one stays visible longer. Sorting by Date brings the newest jobs up, and the Date Added filter (24 hours or 7 days) keeps only recent ones. What sponsorship does and does not tell you is in our guide to Indeed sponsored jobs.

Because direct posts appear on both sites, you can apply to a job on Indeed and meet it again on SimplyHired. With the HideJobs browser extension, add the job to your HideJobs job tracker when you apply, and its SimplyHired card says "Likely applied to this job on Indeed." More on searching both sites.

What Indeed does not guarantee, and how to check a listing

Each listing still needs its own check. Indeed's terms say it "may monitor and screen" what users post, but also that it "has no obligation to screen any Job Ads," that it "cannot guarantee" the "legitimacy" or "truthfulness" of what employers submit, and that it cannot guarantee "the identity of any Employer or User." They put the checking on you: "Job Seekers are solely responsible for verifying the accuracy or legitimacy of any Employer or job offer."

The terms also do not promise a reply. Indeed "does not guarantee that any of your applications will be delivered, received, or acted upon," and "Job Ads may expire before your application is submitted." So silence after an application is something the terms allow for, and on its own it tells you little about whether the job was real.

Before you send anything beyond your resume:

• Find the same job on the company's own careers page. If the company name is vague or you cannot find the job anywhere else, move on.
• Never pay for a job. The FTC says: "Honest employers, including the federal government, will never ask you to pay to get a job."
• Refuse any check you are asked to deposit and send part of back. The FTC says no honest employer will do that.
• Search the company name with "scam," "review," or "complaint," as the FTC suggests.
• When a company fails any of these checks, hide it with the eye icon right after its name in the HideJobs browser extension. Its jobs then stay hidden on SimplyHired, on Indeed, and on the other job sites HideJobs supports wherever the company uses that same name, so you only decide once.

Scam types and what to do if you already paid are in our guide to job scams. A real company can also post a job it is not filling right now; see ghost jobs for the signs.

Search SimplyHired next to Indeed without reviewing jobs twice

The HideJobs browser extension keeps jobs you already handled, companies you ruled out, and words you never want to see out of your SimplyHired results. It works on SimplyHired search results in a desktop browser, on simplyhired.com and 20 other SimplyHired country sites, and uses the same company and keyword lists as on Indeed and LinkedIn.

• Already applied, on any site. When your HideJobs job tracker has an applied job at the same company with a very similar title, the SimplyHired card says "Likely applied to this job on Indeed" (or the site you used). If you applied to other roles there, it says so, for example "Applied to 3 jobs at this company." "Likely" means it matches on company and title, so give the card a quick look before you skip it. The line labels the card and leaves it in your results.
• Applied and Dismissed. Each card gets Mark as Applied and Mark as Dismissed buttons, and marked jobs disappear while the filter is on. Click Mark as Applied on each job you apply to, here and on Indeed, and choose Add to tracker when HideJobs asks "Add to Job Tracker?". That adds the job to the tracker, so the "Likely applied" line can find it.
• Companies. Click the eye icon right after a company name and its jobs disappear. The company joins one Hidden Companies list that also applies on Indeed and the other supported sites. When you type a name into that list, use the exact name on the card, such as "Acme Corp".
• Keywords. Hides cards whose text contains words you never want, such as a title or a city. It checks the text on each job card and matches parts of words, so "Java" also hides "JavaScript".
• Deep Scanner. For words that appear only in the description, Scan for Keywords reads the full description of each job on the results page you have open, flags the matching cards, and lets you hide flagged or not flagged jobs. It reads them in the background, so the list and the open job stay put while it works.

For blocking companies across every site you use, see how to exclude companies from your job search.