Disclaimer
This review reflects my personal experience with Indeed jobs. Others may have had different or better experiences.
REVIEW: Placing Jobs on Indeed, Our Results
Introduction
In my frustration with finding qualified writers for my sites, I explained this to two women I met at a restaurant event yesterday. We talked about what I was looking for and the kind of candidates I was getting, then one of the women asked me what service I was using. I told her I was posting Indeed jobs, and they both told me that was a mistake and that I was wasting my time and money on Indeed jobs.
Suspicion About Candidates
To their point, one thing I have noticed that I found rather suspicious was that I am seeing a lot of resumes from people in other countries who are also on Fiverr combining their resumes with Americans and asking for the same or MORE money. I’m not sure how they end up on Indeed jobs, but the women informed me that Indeed jobs allegedly take resumes from other sites to post on their platform too. It’s no secret that you can hire someone in another country for a cheaper rate, and if I want that, I can go directly to Fiverr.
Costly Experience
I’ve been using Indeed jobs for several months now, and it’s been quite costly to find … well, NOTHING.
They have an annoying feature asking you to sponsor your post, and they even give you a coupon for $300.00, but I ended up spending over $400 on Indeed jobs for candidates who did not qualify. I hired two people through Indeed jobs who could not deliver like they said they could, and it was a waste of time and money. This was after reviewing their resumes and conducting video interviews. I will honestly say a majority of the candidates I interviewed via video on Indeed jobsfailed miserably when it came to qualifying for the position. I was literally shocked at some of the answers I got from people who were merely looking for a check instead of a job or a career.
Confusing Application Process
Indeed jobs claims they charge you per application, but you have to decline the application within a certain amount of time not to be charged. That’s not how it worked for me. The system is confusing because it appears I was still charged for many of those fake applicants that I declined.
The way Indeed jobs works is cumbersome and confusing for busy entrepreneurs. Candidates on the system often know their way around the qualifying “deal breaker” questions that ask how many years of experience they have; they simply put in a random number of years like 5 to answer all the questions and are able to get through and apply. The problem is, when you look at their resumes for a writer, for example, you see they have experience working at Circle K and as a cashier at Walmart, and that’s it.
Financial Impact
They have no experience as a writer, and you could be charged anywhere from $11 or more for that application, even though they don’t qualify. Imagine getting 50 applications like that through Indeed jobs and wasting a ton of money and time.
I got a call from someone from Indeed jobs who told me I would get a better response rate by increasing the salary I was paying. I did that but still got a ton of underqualified and overqualified candidates.
Due Diligence Is Key
It is imperative that you absolutely do your due diligence when hiring someone from Indeed jobs, as I hired someone once without doing my diligence (checking their references, which most people don’t have on their resumes).
He turned out to be a complete fraud who hired other people to copy and paste stories from other sites to post on my site, and he split the money with them while scamming other job posters on Indeed jobs doing the same thing.
Security Concerns
This could have been a major security issue for my site, and I ended up paying him quite a bit of money (over $5k) during the period he worked for me, and had to delete all of his posts when I found out he was copying and pasting content. Something I was adamantly clear on not doing when I hired him and informed him about it.
Poor Customer Support
When I complained to Indeed jobs about it, instead of investigating the issue, they shrugged their shoulders and told me there was nothing they could do. He should have been removed from their platform, but they didn’t do it.
Final Thoughts
That should have been my final warning with Indeed jobs, but I foolishly kept giving them more chances. I will admit that was not the smartest thing I could have done.
After my experience with Indeed jobs and the conversation with the two women at the restaurant, along with receiving another bill from Indeed jobs for over $400 and not finding qualified candidates, I will not be using Indeed jobs again. The women I spoke with advised me to use LinkedIn to find actual qualified candidates, and that’s what I will be trying next.
Some mistakes can cost you a lot of time and money; Indeed jobs is one of those mistakes.