there are specific jobs that would get you the best response through the internet/job portals, mainly highly skilled in short supply kind of roles/industries, if you are trying to get a job of areceptionist its very unlikely that it will happen long distance.
If you come from the oil and gas, construction, IT or any such highly specialised field you stand a good chance through the job portals.

Nothing ventured nothing gained, what do you stand to lose in any case?