Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs) vs. X Ads

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Indeed Sponsored Jobs allows employers to sponsor their job postings for increased visibility. Sponsoring a post also allows employers to view resumes of candidates who might be a fit and send them invitations to apply for open roles.N/A
X Ads
Score 5.7 out of 10
N/A
Formerly Twitter Ads, X Ads is a search engine marketing tool built around features such as objective-based campaigns, promoted trends, and in-depth analytics.N/A
Pricing
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOnly pay for applications that meet your must-have/deal-breaker requirements.
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Community Pulse
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Features
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Recruitment Marketing
Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)
7.4
Ratings
4% above category average
X Ads
-
Ratings
Passive Recruitment Advertising7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Active Recruitment Advertising7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Employer Branding Tools7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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7.3
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Likelihood to Renew
8.6
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6.0
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Usability
8.9
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6.0
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Support Rating
7.8
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Implementation Rating
5.9
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User Testimonials
Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)X Ads
Likelihood to Recommend
In our market Dental Hygienists are extremely hard to find. We started using Indeed Sponsored Jobs for our hygienist positions and immediately received great response from quality candidates. Before we started using Indeed Sponsored Jobs for our hygiene positions we were in a drought. After using this program, we are hiring on average 2 hygienists per week.
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Twitter is well suited for brands seeking to effectively manage and tweak their advertising campaign, while also interacting in real-time with people who stumble on their ads, thus maximizing optimal result. It is also my suggested ad platform for brands who want to target the younger generation, especially millennials and those born in the 1990s.
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Pros
  • Immediate response, that's what I need. I post the job, there is no waiting one day or two hours to respond to the candidates.
  • Gives me better visibility, better ability to choose different candidates, I've tried sponsored jobs with deal-breakers and non-deal-breakers. Sometimes is best not to have a deal-breaker for certain jobs because I might pass on a candidate I wouldn't have thought to maybe take a look at.
  • I've also used the instant match, I'm starting to get better at qualifying those candidates and I had a few applicants from that.
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  • Ease of use. It's very simple to add new creative to an existing campaign, or to quickly promote a tweet.
  • Reporting. I appreciate the dashboard that shows how many organic and paid impressions tweets have received, as well as the resulting engagements.
  • Low-lift advertising. The new auto-promote option makes it so I don't have to choose which tweets I want to promote.
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Cons
  • It would be helpful if in the messages tab you could sort messages into folders and mark messages as unread once you have read them.
  • Reposting an old closed job is difficult because it is no longer in the templates. If I go to my closed jobs it would be nice if it had an option to "reopen as a new job".
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  • Limitation of characters to only 140.
  • While the targeting of Twitter is relevant most of the time, it is not always right and there are some ads that are completely unrelated to the search terms entered.
  • Not as many users as Facebook.
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Likelihood to Renew
This is the #1 site where candidates go for a job in our industry. We continue to get the best results from this platform.
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Twitter ads are not the best way for people to promote things because they do not pop out enough on people's feeds.
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Usability
They continue to improve their platform. Although sometimes adding more functions can decrease usability, Indeed is very good at adding definitions and information in a very user-friendly way. You are truly able to customize your service and job ads in a way that benefits you and your company. You also have complete control over your ad and your budget
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The tool is ok to use, and ads are becoming more skippable on Twitter, so we are unsure as a company if it's still a good channel for direct response messaging. It does not perform as efficiently as other social platforms for lower funnel marketing. It does well for awareness campaigns that are set and forget, but optimizing for DR is not as efficient when you are trying to manage the ads on the client side.
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Support Rating
Our Indeed support team far exceeds the support I've received from any other recruitment platform. We have a dedicated account executive AND a client support specialist, both of whom go out of their way to assist with everything from making our job ads more effective to make the billing process more transparent. They are a rock star team that truly takes the stress out of recruiting!
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Implementation Rating
Again, I came onboard after our company had conducted the implementation but from working closely with those that went through process I have heard it went very smoothly
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Alternatives Considered
I've used Monster as it was linked to a product called Job Target, and I felt it was ok. It seemed larger and I didn't have the capability to input specific parameters for our jobs. It was more generalized and just didn't work as well for us.
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Compared to Facebook Ads or Instagram Ads, Twitter Ads was more expensive. However, when we only look at the conversions rate of Twitter Ads, it always had way higher numbers, mainly because it is conversation driven and allows for the customer to speak directly to you as a business owner in a 2 way conversation.
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Return on Investment
  • We have only indeed connected to our ATS for less than six months, so tracking true ROI on time to hire is hard to dive into.
  • The cost per hire has increased over the last couple of years due to how competitive it is for hourly employees across the industry.
  • The quality of applicants is about the same. We find that Indeed can provide quantity for hourly positions not necessarily quality and we continue to struggle with candidates not showing up for interviews.
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  • One Positive Impact has been that having ads running has increased the number of followers we have on Twitter.
  • Another positive impact is that due to having more followers, we now have more visits to our site.
  • A mixed impact would be that positively, since we have Adwords implemented as well, we can track back the source of our website traffic to being from a social source like Twitter. The negative of it is that Twitter ads does not have the tracking capability and we still need Google Adwords to do so.
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ScreenShots

Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs) Screenshots

Screenshot of Example of Indeed Sponsored Jobs' Objective-based Campaigns feature.Screenshot of Example of Indeed Sponsored Jobs' Trusted Media Network selection feature.Screenshot of Example of Indeed Sponsored Jobs' Analytics & Recommendations feature.