CV builder & ATS check
FlowCV (free) and Resume.io (limited free) generate clean, ATS-friendly CVs. JobScan (3 free scans/mo) tells you which keywords from a job description are missing from your CV — fixing those alone usually doubles response rate.
Cold email
Hunter.io (25 free searches/mo) finds verified emails by company domain. Lemlist and Mailshake have free trials. For one-off outreach, just use Gmail with a clear subject line and a 4-line message — over-engineered "sequences" backfire.
Job alerts & aggregators
RemoteJobs44 (us, free to browse), Remotive, Jobicy, Working Nomads, and Himalayas cover most of the global remote-first market. LinkedIn’s "Remote" filter is still very useful for senior roles.
Payments
Wise, Grey, Geegpay, Chipper Cash, and Payoneer for receiving USD/GBP/EUR. For salaried roles, Deel and Remote handle full payroll. Bitnob and Yellow Card are useful as on/off-ramps if you hold crypto.
Productivity
Notion (free) for tracking applications and prep. Loom (free) for async video answers in interviews — many remote-first companies prefer this over live calls. Cron.com for global timezone coordination.