Amidst a sea of job boards, Indeed.com stands out as one of the industry’s best recruitment and job search platforms. In this article, we’d review indeed.com as a platform and as an organization/business. We’d also through light on the things that make this famous platform blaze the trail in such a competitive market.
What is Indeed.com and What is It Used For?
Indeed.com is a job search website that aggregates job postings around the web. It does this by crawling different websites, employment pages, and company career pages to source for latest job listings in the world. It stands as one of the most popular job search websites in the world, and in 2010, indeed.com surpassed Moster.com to become the most visited job website in the US.
Short History and Description
Indeed.com was founded in November 2004 by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan. The American-based employment website has its headquarters in Austin, Texas and is a subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit Holdings. It is available in over 28 languages and aggregates jobs for over 60 countries.
Some Stats About Indeed.Com
- Unique users: 350M+
- Monthly Resume on Indeed: 245M+
- Total Ratings and Reviews: 940M+
Who Owns Indeed.com
Indeed.com is owned by Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. – a Japanese company whose current CEO is Hisayuki Idekoba.
How Indeed.com Work
Indeed.com works by creating a platform where recruiters find suitable talents, and it does this in two ways;
- Indeed.com works by crawling the web for job postings. Once Indeed finds a job listing online, it extracts the relevant information from the posting, such as the job title, company name, location, and description. Indeed.com algorithm then indexes the job listing on their platform so that job seekers can see them and apply for the jobs.
- The other way indeed.com works is through direct job posting by employers. Employers can go directly to the website, create an employer account and list their jobs.
How Job Seekers Use Indeed.com
Job seekers all over the world use indeed.com to search for jobs either by keyword, location, company, or salary range amongst others. You can create an account as a job seeker/talent, create or upload your resume and use it for job applications directly on the site.
How Much Does It Cost to Put a Resume on Indeed?
As a job seeker, you don’t pay to upload your resume on indeed.com. It is free. If you need assistance crafting a CV that will be suitable for the Indeed platform, contact us today.
How Indeed.com Makes Money
Indeed.com makes money through web advertising, pay-per-click or cost-per-application, job alerts and training. They make money from recruiters who want to list their jobs on their website especially the featured jobs as well as through their YouTube channel. They probably also have affiliate and training fees that they charge for different services rendered.
Traffic Strength of Indeed.com
Indeed.com is one of the most popular job search websites in the world and receives over 350 million unique visitors per month.
How to Use Indeed.com
In this session we’d discuss how to use indeed.com for two categories of people;
1. For Job Seeker:
Here’s how to use indeed.com if you’re a professional seeking for job;
- To use indeed.com, simply visit the website (www.indeed.com)
- When on the site, you’ll see the search options to look for jobs and enter your desired keywords into the search bar.
- The platform’s inbuilt search engine will curate a list of job listings that match your selected options.
- You can further refine your search by applying filters based on location, company, salary range, and other relevant factors.
- Furthermore, you can create an account and upload your resume. You’d be required to set up some things including your job preferences and activate email messaging so you can receive updates for the latest job postings.
On the other hand, if you’re a professional but you’re not job hunting, you can also have an account with indeed.com and use it whenever the need arises.
2. For Employers:
For businesses, you can use indeed.com for the following;
- Search for talent: Job listing, headhunting, applicant interview
- Promotion
How to reach a live person at indeed.com
At the time of writing this, the best way to reach indeed.com is through their support page. Whether as a job seeker, promoter, or recruiter, you have the chance to get relevant information on the indeed.com support page. If you ever need to reach a live person, indeed.com will contact you via mail and fix a meeting with you.
Best Features on Indeed.com
Indeed.com continuously innovates, introducing new features and enhancements to elevate the job search experience. Some of the best features on indeed.com include:
- Company Reviews: Gain valuable insights into a company’s culture, employee satisfaction, and work environment by reading reviews from current and former employees. See more company reviews.
- Salary Estimator: Gauge the average salary for your desired position and location to negotiate effectively and ensure you’re receiving fair compensation.
- Job Alerts: Stay ahead of the curve by receiving email notifications when new jobs matching your criteria are posted.
- Resume Builder: Create a compelling resume that showcases your skills and experience, tailored to the specific job you’re applying for.
- Interview Preparation Tips: Access a wealth of resources to ace your job interviews, including mock interview questions, etiquette guidelines, and common interview pitfalls to avoid. Extra: You can also get some interview preparation tips on our YT channel.
- General: Resume storage, salary comparisons, employment-related news and trends, and user forums.
Pros and Cons of Indeed.com
In this section, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of indeed.com to job seekers, businesses, and employers. The reviews here are based purely on research.
1) Pros and Cons for Professionals
| Pros | Cons |
| Easy to use platform for job search. | Too many users mean you’d compete with thousands of people for the same role. |
| Create a simple Resume using the inbuilt Resume Builder. | Resumes may lack some important information and creativity as the templates are predefined. |
| Access to thousands of job listings across different countries, industries, cities, salary ranges, etc. | Most jobs on indeed.com are competitive and receive a flood of applications within minutes of going live. |
| Lacks human connection as there’s no way to reach a live person on one unless they contact you personally. |
2) Pros and Cons for Businesses
| Pros | Cons |
| You have a large talent pool to source your next hire. | Too many people apply to your listings making it difficult for you to sort. |
| A large pool of resumes to source from. If you’re not interested in listing, you can ask for CVs of talents that fit your requirements from the platform. | When using the pay-per-click application on Indeed.com, your actual daily spend will vary depending on the number of clicks you receive. So, if you set to spend only $15/day, you can have many clicks in a day and be charged more than the $15 you set. |
| Good for promotion and advertising. | Ads might be expensive if you want to reach enough people. |
| Access to a suite of products that help you connect with quality talent faster. | You might require some technical knowledge to use the tools. |
| For pay-per-click ads, no long-term contracts or commitments — you can close your job at any time. | Lacks human connection, as you hardly have a direct mail or phone number to reach them. |
| Low cost per hire and measurable results are available within your account. |
3) Pros and Cons for Workers
| Pros | Cons |
| Learning culture | Average Market compensation |
| Flexible schedule | Demanding work environment |
| Free lunch | Consistent targets to meet |
| Inclusive work environment | Big organizational structure |
Types of Jobs You Can Find on Indeed
- Visa sponsorship
- Remote Jobs
- Entry-Level Jobs
- Part-Time Jobs
- Senior level jobs
- Etc
Our Verdict after Indeed.com Review: Can You Trust Indeed.com?
Based on research and popular opinions/reviews Indeed.com is;
- An innovative and inclusive company to work in.
- A good job aggregator and can be used to find any kind of job in almost any industry and country.
- More so, our search shows that indeed.com is most useful for finding entry-level jobs, popular opinion has it that entry-level jobs are easier to get on Indeed as most companies post their entry-level roles online and the higher the position, the more the organizations depend on referrals and headhunting than popular job listing.
- Indeed.com is also a great place to find visa sponsorship jobs.
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