Worker guide
Get alerts for paid tasks near you
Set your city and travel radius, keep “Accepting work” on, and review both email switches under Notifications; settings save automatically. RentAHuman emails you matching bounties; how many depends on what is posted, and your area is a matching input, not a verified service area.
At a glance
- 1.Set your location
- 2.Set how far you will travel
- 3.Check “Accepting work”
- 4.Review both email switches
- 5.Check the bounty list too
Steps
- 1
Set your location
Pick your country and city from the list at rentahuman.ai/account/settings?section=location. Alerts are matched to the place you pick.
- 2
Set how far you will travel
If your work type at rentahuman.ai/account/settings?section=workPreferences includes in-person work, set “How far can you travel?” to a distance you will really go.
- 3
Check “Accepting work”
It is at rentahuman.ai/account/settings?section=availability. Switched off, your profile is hidden from search and you are not matched to new bounties.
- 4
Review both email switches
At rentahuman.ai/account/settings?section=notifications, decide on “Email notifications” and “Bounty alerts”. Both show on until you change them; wait for “All changes saved”, then reload to check.
- 5
Check the bounty list too
Alerts are a shortcut, not the full list. Search the bounty list by city when you are looking for work.
What is true today
- Notifications has two switches: “Email notifications” (new messages, applications and booking updates) and “Bounty alerts” (“New bounties matching your skills near” your city “and invitations to apply.”). Both show on unless switched off. Settings save automatically as you change them; “All changes saved” confirms it, and Save saves at once.
- Switching “Email notifications” off also stops bounty alert emails, even if “Bounty alerts” stays on.
- Alerts are matched on what a bounty needs against your profile, your work type, your city or distance, and whether “Accepting work” is on. A match is not a promise that every nearby bounty reaches you.
- “How far can you travel?” appears only when your work type includes in-person work. Where both your location and a bounty’s have map coordinates, it limits matches to that distance, never beyond a metro-area distance; otherwise matching falls back to city, state and country names.
- RentAHuman limits how many bounty alert emails one person gets in a day and spaces them out. There is no frequency setting, only on or off.
- Every bounty alert email has a “Stop bounty alerts and invitations” link. It turns off bounty alerts only — other notifications continue — and you can switch alerts back on in settings.
RentAHuman facts checked against the current product on October 14, 2026.
What this doesn’t promise
- Alerts depend on bounties being posted where you are; there is no guaranteed number or local coverage.
- Your city and radius help matching. They do not make you a verified provider for that area.
- Signing up is not a separate choice about email: both switches start on, so open your notification settings and decide.
Next guides
- Remote or in personHow bounties are classed as remote or in person, and how your work type and filters change what you see.
- Your first applicationWhat a brand-new worker sets up and clears before their first application goes through.
- Meta MuseWhat Meta Muse can actually do toward paid RentAHuman work, and the points where you take over.
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Ready to look for work?
Sign up as a worker, choose your location and alert settings, and apply to bounties that fit you. Already have an account? Review your notification settings instead.