# LinkedIn vs Covesight: which is better for finding a remote job you can actually take?

> LinkedIn has more jobs and your network. Covesight checks 40,000+ remote listings daily for where they can hire. Which to use, and when.

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Last updated: 2026-11-07

LinkedIn has more jobs and your network. Covesight checks 40,000+ remote listings daily for where they can hire. Which to use, and when.

By [Thomas Oliver Reinhardt](https://covesight.com/about/#thomas), founder · Published 7 November 2026 · 7 min read Figures from the live check of 11 November 2026. They update after every daily check.

LinkedIn is better for reach: more jobs, your network and the people who hire. Covesight is better for one question LinkedIn leaves to you, which is whether you can take a remote job from where you live. In Covesight's latest live check (11 November 2026), under 1% of 40,000+ remote listings were confirmed open worldwide. Most of the rest only hire in certain countries, most often the US.

*Disclosure: Covesight is the site you are reading, and we built it. Every LinkedIn fact below links to LinkedIn's own pages or the press, read on 4 November 2026.*

## LinkedIn vs Covesight at a glance

| Question | LinkedIn | Covesight | Better here |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How many jobs | Jobs of every kind from 71 million companies, about 9,000 applications a minute (LinkedIn's figures) | Remote listings only: 40,000+ live, read from 3,000+ company hiring systems and a few feeds | LinkedIn |
| Remote search | Choose Remote in the location field | Every listing is remote; the question is where it can hire | Tie |
| Can I apply from my country? | You read each listing yourself | Read for you every day: open worldwide, no lock found, or limited to a place, hours or language | Covesight |
| Hybrid and office jobs | Yes | No | LinkedIn |
| Your network and referrals | Yes, connections, messages and recruiters | No | LinkedIn |
| Applying | Easy Apply with your profile on many jobs | Links to the company's own application page | LinkedIn |
| Stale and closed jobs | Not stated on its public pages | Listings that leave the company's hiring system are removed at the next daily check | Covesight |
| Cost | Free. Premium Career costs $39.99 a month in the US on monthly billing | Free, no plans, no trial, no card | Covesight |

## Where LinkedIn is the better choice

LinkedIn is the biggest professional network there is. It says it has [more than 1.4 billion members and 71 million companies](https://news.linkedin.com/about-us#Statistics), and that about 9,000 job applications are sent on it every minute. If a company is hiring, it is very likely on LinkedIn, including for hybrid and office jobs that Covesight does not list.

The network is the real advantage. LinkedIn's own job-seeker guide says you are [3 times more likely to get a job through a connection](https://members.linkedin.com/en-gb/find-your-next-job-on-linkedin), and that people who apply as soon as a job is posted are 4 times more likely to get a response. Easy Apply lets you send your profile in a few steps, and a recruiter can find you without you applying at all.

LinkedIn has also added trust signals. In 2023 it launched [free identity verification](https://news.linkedin.com/en-us/2023/april/linkedin-s-new-verification-features-include-clear--microsoft-en) for members, and job posts can show [verified information about the poster](https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/22/linkedin-verification-tools-job-posts-adds-message-warnings-potential-scams), such as whether they belong to the company's official page. [Premium Career](https://premium.linkedin.com/careers/career) adds InMail credits, a filter for jobs where you would be a top applicant and AI feedback on your fit; on 4 November 2026 it cost $39.99 a month in the US on monthly billing.

## Where Covesight is the better choice

On LinkedIn, [you search for remote work](https://members.linkedin.com/en-gb/find-your-next-job-on-linkedin) by choosing Remote in the location field. That tells you a job is not in an office. It does not tell you whether the company can hire someone in your country, and that is usually in the description: a line like "must be based in the US" or "open to candidates in the EU".

Covesight reads that fine print on every remote listing, every day, for where the company can hire, working hours and language, and puts each listing in one of three states: confirmed open worldwide, no lock found, or limited to a place, hours or a language. In the latest check, under 1% of 40,000+ live remote listings were confirmed open worldwide. This is how many were open to someone living in each country:

| If you live in | Remote listings open to you | Share of all remote listings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [The US](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-usa/) | 20,000+ | under 60% |
| [The UK](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-united-kingdom/) | 3,000+ | under 10% |
| [Canada](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-canada/) | 3,000+ | under 10% |
| [Ireland](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-ireland/) | 1,000+ | under 5% |
| [Australia](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-australia/) | 700+ | under 2% |

A listing counts as open to you when it names your country, names a region that includes it, or is confirmed open worldwide. If you live in the UK, Canada, Ireland or Australia, most "remote" jobs you see on any job site are not open to you, and Covesight shows only the ones that are. With a free account it ranks them for you, in the app too, with an optional daily email. Listings that close are removed at the next daily check, so you do not apply to jobs that are gone.

## How to use LinkedIn and Covesight together

1. Find the remote jobs you can take on Covesight: your [country page](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/from-united-kingdom/) on the board, or the [jobs open worldwide](https://covesight.com/remote-jobs/open-worldwide/).
2. Look the company up on LinkedIn. Check its page, how many people work there and whether anyone you know does.
3. Apply on the company's own page, and send a short note to someone on the team or to the recruiter on LinkedIn.
4. Be careful with any recruiter who only talks over a chat app or asks you to pay. The US Federal Trade Commission warns that scammers [impersonate real employers on job platforms](https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/11/searching-job-work-remotely-avoid-scams-identity-theft). [How to check if a remote job posting is real](https://covesight.com/blog/check-remote-job-is-real/) shows each step.

## The verdict

If your question is "which remote jobs can I actually take from where I live?", Covesight is the better pick: it answers that for every listing, every day, for free, and LinkedIn leaves it to you. Keep LinkedIn for what it does best, your network, company research and hybrid or office jobs. For more sites compared on the same question, see [Best remote job sites in 2026](https://covesight.com/blog/best-remote-job-sites/), and if you are weighing a paid board, the [FlexJobs review](https://covesight.com/blog/flexjobs-review/). To see how many remote jobs are open to your country right now, try the free [Country Check](https://covesight.com/country-check/).

## Questions people ask

### Is LinkedIn good for finding remote jobs?

Yes for volume and for your network: LinkedIn says it has more than 1.4 billion members and 71 million companies. Its weak spot is eligibility. A job marked remote can still be limited to one country, and you find out in the description. In Covesight's latest check, 9 in 10 remote listings were limited to a place, hours or a language.

### Is Covesight free?

Yes. Covesight is free on the web, on iOS and on Android, with no plans, no trial and no card. Employers do not pay to be listed or to rank higher.

### Should I use LinkedIn or Covesight to find a remote job?

Use both for different jobs. Covesight to find out which remote jobs you can actually take from where you live, LinkedIn to research the company, find someone who works there and apply with your profile.

### How do I find remote jobs open to my country on LinkedIn?

Set the location to Remote, then open each job and read the location line and the description for the countries the company can hire in. Covesight does that reading for you and shows only the jobs open to your country.

## Skip the locked listings

Every day Covesight reads the fine print of 40,000+ live "remote" listings. Tell us where you live once, and your Covesight matches show only the jobs you can actually get from there, with new ones every day.

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- [FlexJobs review 2026: is it legit, and is it worth paying for?](https://covesight.com/blog/flexjobs-review/)
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