Indeed For Employers Review: Free Job Posts With Pay-Per-Click Option

Indeed is the most visited employment search engine in the United States, representing 16%+ of the market share among job sites as of this write-up.

Like many other recruiting websites (e.g. Ziprecruiter), Indeed lets you post job openings for free. But the platform also allows you to promote your posts to help you stand out from the millions of other listings on the job site. Let’s get into all the nitty-gritty details below. Compare Indeed vs. Ziprecruiter

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How Popular Is Indeed?

# Of Job Postings	16 million
# Of New Job Postings Per Second	10
# Of Countries	60
# Of Languages	28
# Of Resumes	175 million
# Of Company Reviews	12+ million
# Of Unique Visitors Per Month	250+ million

Indeed For Employers Features

Indeed’s simple yet powerful tools allow you to source, screen and hire more efficiently. You can:

• Control your posts 24/7. Edit, add, pause or close them whenever you want.
• Find quality applicants by listing required skills so only relevant candidates apply.
• Verify applicants’ abilities by adding screening questions and assessments to test their skills.
• Organize your candidates by viewing and sorting resumes, sending messages and scheduling interviews, all without having to leave Indeed.
• Sponsor your job post to get more visibility and ensure it gets seen by the right audience.

• Indeed Resume. Target your search by job title, education, experience and more, then start the conversation with possible candidates.
• Mobile Recruiting. Make it easy for candidates to apply to your job post from any device, and get up to four times the number of applicants.
• Claim a Company Page to build your brand and unlock employer-only features. You can add a company description, logo, photos and more.
• Featured Employer. Give your posts more visibility in Indeed search results and receive prominent logo placement with direct links to your Company Page and Sponsored Jobs.
• Targeted Ads makes sure your job posts reach the right audience. Get increased exposure and better chances of finding the right candidates.

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Indeed For Employers Review

As an employer, you need to find the right person for the job. Can Indeed help you reach that goal? Let’s break it all down below:

Possible Candidates

First thing’s first, you need to list your job opening where a good amount of possible candidates can see it. Because Indeed is the world’s largest job site with over 250 million unique visitors every month, we’re going to say the platform does extremely well in this regard. Plus, Indeed has more than 175 million resumes in its database, so it’s a great place for you to search for candidates with the right profile and qualifications.

Ease Of Use

Indeed is relatively user-friendly. It only takes a few minutes to post a job. After you register for a free account, you’ll need to enter job title, location, details (type of employee, salary, number of hires and urgency), responsibilities and desired education level, experience and skills. Indeed lets your preview your application before it directs you to a pricing page for Sponsored Jobs and Targeted Ads. If you want to post your job free of charge, click the “post job without sponsoring” link.

Applicant Tracking System

Indeed has a built-in Applicant Tracking System (ATS) where you can manage your job posts and applicants. Under the “Jobs” tab on your dashboard, you can edit job details, track views and applications, review how your job posts are performing, change your “daily budget” and pause or close your job. Under the “Candidates” tab, you can track applicants using built-in statuses, send messages, schedule interviews that sync with your calendar, add notes and forward candidates.

Assessments

Indeed Assessments are free pre-employment aptitude, skills and personality tests, which can help you determine the best candidates for the job. According to Indeed, assessments reduce average time to hire by 27%. Choose from the following main testing categories: Cognitive and Psychometric, Computer, Job Skills and Language. You also have the option to build your own custom assessments.

Pricing

Indeed lets you list job openings without having to pay anything, but you’ll want to sponsor your posts for increased visibility. Let’s say you list your job opening for free. As new jobs are posted, yours will drop down in search results. Given that Indeed gets an average of 10 new listings per second worldwide, that means your job post will drop to the 600th position after only a minute of it being listed.

Instead, Sponsored Jobs stay highlighted and visible at the top or the bottom of Indeed search results. With this increased visibility you’ll get up to three times more applications than unsponsored jobs. Sponsored Jobs uses a “pay-per-click” model where you will only incur fees when interested applicants click on your Sponsored Job. Simply indicate how much you’d like to spend each day to promote your job post by entering a “daily budget,” as well as how long you would like to run the Sponsored Job.

With pay-per-click pricing, Indeed ends up being relatively cheap. You’ll only need to pay a fraction of what you would spend with other leading job sites to give your job post a boost in visibility.

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Bottom Line

Indeed is a good fit for just about any business that needs to hire someone. The job seeking pool is huge, the platform is extremely user-friendly with a built-in ATS, and you can quickly weed out unqualified applicants with assessments. Plus, posts are free with a relatively cheap pay-per-click option.

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