Broadbean vs. LinkedIn Jobs

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Broadbean
Score 3.0 out of 10
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Broadbean, now offered and supported by Careerbuilder, is a job search and posting solution, built around features such as social recruitment, cross-channel candidate search, and data analytics.N/A
LinkedIn Jobs
Score 8.0 out of 10
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LinkedIn Jobs allows employers to post listings, and boasts personalized targeting, screening questions, and matching algorithms as well.N/A
Pricing
BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Features
BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Recruitment Marketing
Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Broadbean
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Ratings
LinkedIn Jobs
8.5
Ratings
18% above category average
Passive Recruitment Advertising00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Active Recruitment Advertising00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Employer Branding Tools00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
User Ratings
BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.3
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Likelihood to Renew
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7.0
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Usability
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10.0
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Support Rating
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6.9
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User Testimonials
BroadbeanLinkedIn Jobs
Likelihood to Recommend
Broadbean is well suited in the event that a candidate search has come to a standstill, and it's become virtually impossible to find the right person for the job. Broadbean serves as a method and tool to find that "passive" candidate who could lead to a placement. Because it's easy to use and versatile, the posting is not time-consuming or tedious.
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LinkedIn Jobs is the perfect platform for those companies that are looking for a hiring mechanism that is much more effective and saves them time. It is a service that works within a social network, however, this makes the effectiveness much greater since job offers can be directly accessible to a large group of people. Its ability to organize candidates in an automated way is incredible, this service organizes candidates by placement, endorsements and quality of skills. In addition, LinkedIn Jobs has a very attractive administrative dashboard, where you can have total control of the job offers open for the company, and which candidates have been received. It is an excellent option to carry out a quality hiring, where you can learn more about the candidate and know what benefits they can bring.
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Pros
  • flawless integration with other systems
  • Applicant tracking
  • Multiple platform posting
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  • Customizable screening questions - they somewhat recently improved this!! Custom questions used to not be an option but now that it is, it’s definitely a step up.
  • Helps automate the process - can send auto-rejection email if I choose. I like to notify candidates that I did receive their application and am not just ignoring it.
  • Tends to offer high-quality candidates. If not a fit for the job they applied for, sometimes we have a different position for them.
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Cons
  • Some of the job boards that serve on Broadbean are not the best, and can sometimes reach the wrong type of candidate (background & experience level).
  • The technology needs to be updated with the new ATS changes. There hasn't been an update to the system in quite some time.
  • They could work on parsing their data better with social media outlets, like posting on Linkedin, Twitter, etc.
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  • Would be ideal to have an option for remote as the location of the position, or have it be a secondary location to the physical address of the company.
  • Some of the key terms are a bit generic, would be great to see main key terms and then secondary as many jobs fall under two different specialties/fields.
  • Repetition of the same jobs being sent out over the email digest.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Asking price really versus quality. Not a bad thing, but budget can be a problem.
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Usability
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Overall the LinkedIn Jobs are very very useful product for job seeking candidates, posting their requirements, posting the advertisement, communicating the job looking candidates and finding the good companies job vacancies so mostly the LinkedIn Jobs are very genuine useful for employees. It used for our knowledge, company growth and carrier improvement also.
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Support Rating
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There are many complaints that there is no way to contact their support. There is no phone number, nor chat and people aren't receiving responses on social media. I have used "Feedback" to report on the job description page the flaw in incorrect locations.
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Alternatives Considered
Broadbean is the only tool we as a business have come across that brings most job boards together in terms of posting adverts and managing the influx of applicants. This works better and provides a greater ROI than using Indeed for example because this system forces you to manage your applicants within their built-in CRM as opposed to integrating with your own. This means more time is spent form filling and saving CV's etc than needed if you want to get a candidate into your company database.
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Indeed is simply a blind job posting board whereas LinkedIn Jobs has more transparency. LinkedIn is also better suited for professionals who may be looking for higher earning potential jobs whereas Indeed does have a lot of entry level followers tied to it. LinkedIn also serves as your cover letter and resume (although you should always upload both) where the recruiter can see your face, the brands and companies you associate with and any/all recommendations and posts you've placed within our area of expertise
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Return on Investment
  • It is great to post adverts to multiple job boards and get that information out to a wide audience
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  • LinkedIn Jobs has not yielded any hires for our company. We have been able to network with many individuals and share ideas as well as promote our company via LinkedIn but we have not had any actual hires.
  • LinkedIn Jobs, has stimulated great conversation for connections and within our network. Many referrals come from LinkedIn Jobs without intermediaries such as job recruiters. It is like real life networking at a big work convention but on social media.
  • When using LinkedIn jobs, you do gain exposure for your company to potential job recruiters which have contacted us as well about potential ways we can work together.
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