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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LinkedIn Jobs

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Jobs allows employers to post listings, and boasts personalized targeting, screening questions, and matching algorithms as well.N/A

    ZipRecruiter

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com) is an online employment marketplace that actively connects people to their next opportunity. ZipRecruiter’s matching technology improves the job search experience for job seekers and helps businesses of all sizes find and hire the right candidates quickly.

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    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Editions & Modules
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    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsZipRecruiter offers a variety of pricing plans designed to fit the needs of growing businesses of all sizes. Below is an overview of ZipRecruiter’s job posting products with more details to customize your plan and pricing based on number of job ads you need to post, number of resume downloads, number of user seats, etc. For more information with plans and pricing, call a ZipRecruiter Hiring Specialist at 855-458-3347. ZipRecruiter pricing plans (may use details from or link to this page) Standard - Hire easily on a budget: Smart, easy-to-use dashboard; Distribution to 100+ job sites; Powerful AI to proactively reach candidates Premium - Extended reach and increased access:Everything with Standard; Access to ZipRecruiter’s database of 43 million + resumes (ZipRecruiter Internal Data, January 2023); Up to 6x more candidates on average (Averages based on ZipRecruiter Internal Data, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 2022.) Pro - Maximum reach and visibility: Everything in Premium; TrafficBoost for urgent and hard-to-fill jobs; Seamless integration with numerous external ATAs
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    Community Pulse
    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Considered Both Products
    LinkedIn
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    Indeed seems to have a farther reach than the other products. With that, I receive ALOT of unqualified applicants. You do have to sort through quite a few applications to get to the right fit. LinkedIn Jobs, on the other hand, does not deliver nearly as many candidates, but the …
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    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    Although ZipRecruiter can provide some great candidates depending on the job listing and day, we also get a lot of applications there that are completely off the mark. I find that I receive more unqualified candidates and out-of-country candidates on ZipRecruiter.
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    ZipRecruiter was one of the first platforms that we implemented in our company. I was directly in charge of the implementation of ZipRecruiter, however, I did not like the use of this platform in my company. The main difference between both platforms is that LinkedIn Jobs …
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    ZipRecruiter is a good comparison, it is software that is really trained and offers very good features for effective hiring, however, one of the reasons why we chose LinkedIn Jobs is because it allows us to track and save requests of the candidates to be able to review them in …
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    I use LinkedIn for ease of use, and the convenience to easily connect with potential candidates. I also used it to search for potentially qualified candidates that are within my network. I Love that people can share the job posting on LinkedIn and by posting a job you also help …
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    LinkedIn has better integration with its existing social media platform, allowing for the recruiter to accurately view a client's history. Furthermore, it shows reviews and work done by the potential recruit. In contrast, ZipRecruiter does not show as much insight into a client …
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    LinkedIn Jobs provided access to applicants readily available & mostly white-collar, professional level. ZipRecruiter excels at a less experienced level of candidate, which is great for that need. CareerBuilder is not the go-to job board that it used to be & candidate flow …
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Jobs
    ZipRecruiter and Dice are better at finding "HOT" candidates where they are actively looking for a new position whereas Linkedin is more of a "catch all" method. There can be more "solicitation" regarding Linkedin, however it provides the advantage of being a great source of a …
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    ZipRecruiter
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    I don't think ZipRecruiter really stacks up all that well compared to LinkedIn Jobs or Indeed. However, one of my clients really likes ZipRecruiter so, I use ZipRecruiter haha.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is cheaper than CareerBuilder but more expensive than Indeed.com and LinkedIn Jobs. I only use the free feature of Indeed since Indeed.com's pay per click model did not work for our company and was the most expensive option. I feel that out of all 4, LinkedIn is …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    In my opinion, the worst of the 3...
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    There is a qualified pool of applicants with ZipRecruiter.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is at the very bottom.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is inferior when it comes to comparing it to Indeed. I use both because I want more platforms to advertise my job. However, I find myself obtaining more applicants from Indeed over ZipRecruiter. I don't count ZipRecruiter out, though, because every once in a while, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    Indeed delivered quality candidates without the scamming and secret charges accumulating in the background.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    Worst customer/sales experience I have had in my 20+ year career.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    Talent.com, Experteer, Ivy Exec, Nexxt, HH

    ZipRecruiter aggregates Posting from the above sites and more. Very Positive.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    Robust cloud database with updated profile as opposed to the rest which has a model that works just as a job board, you will save a lot of time targeting ideal talent. Also, ZipRecruiter is easy to set up with a very easy user interface, and their customer care & support team …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter beats out both Indeed and LinkedIn for executive level hires although its cost and talent pool (high quality talent) make it impractical for lower tiered hires, where we prefer to use Indeed. For the price, ZipRecruiter has had a much higher ROI for us than LinkedIn.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    In the position I am in now, with the company size, ZR has by far provided the best results for the cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    These other recruitment companies didn’t offer the same level of involvement and resources as ZipRecruiter. The ZR portal and support services were on another level. With similar pricing ZR was by far the better investment opportunity for our organization. We did try these …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    Not as user-friendly as Indeed. Indeed will build a resume for applicants if they want and I am not sure if Zip Recruiter has this option.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    I have experience with all the major job posting sites (ie. Monster, Indeed, ZipRecruiter), and each site has its pros and cons! Small companies are worried about the cost of each site; Indeed is cheaper from my experience. Indeed has tons of internal resources and can help you …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is by far the easiest platform to use for posting, and better still is that the qualified candidates we see so early on help us run our business without the worries that usually come with other hiring platforms. At the end of the day, time truly is money, and we …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    I use them all, and I still do.
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    I know it's strange for me to say that Reddit stacks up against ZipRecruiter. I feel this way because reddit offers a more relaxed and simple atmosphere. People simply talk and socialize. There's no pressure to be professional, so talking to a bigger bulk of people in a shorter …
    Incentivized
    Chose ZipRecruiter
    I selected ZipRecruiter because its as competent as the others. Its a great platform for seeking jobs and hiring. It’s user friendly interface makes it easier to use. And it provides good built in features on the web as well as mobile app
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    69%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    68%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    72%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    60%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    74%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    Features
    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of LinkedIn Jobs and ZipRecruiter
    Feature
    LinkedIn Jobs
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    19% above category average
    ZipRecruiter
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Passive Recruitment Advertising6.93 Ratings6.311 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising9.73 Ratings7.722 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools9.32 Ratings8.821 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Small Businesses
    Indeed.com
    Score8.3 out of 10
    LinkedIn Jobs
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Glassdoor
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Glassdoor
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Snagajob
    Score9 out of 10
    Snagajob
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (30 ratings)
    8.7
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (8 ratings)
    1.0
    (24 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    LinkedIn JobsZipRecruiter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LinkedIn
    I can't think of any reason why anybody looking for a job opportunity would not be involved with LinkedIn Jobs. It's one of the more active social media job sites and if you are active on LinkedIn (which you should be) you have a great opportunity to show your achievements and talent to job posters. The "Easy Apply" link, although great for companies hiring large groups of people may not be for somebody who is looking for a specialized role as that would take a more personal approach.
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    ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is great for regular, full-time positions, especially the higher paying salaried positions. I would not recommend ZipRecruiter for the highest turnover positions that are mostly part time because of the price to post on ZipRecruiter. Let me mention, I am only posting hospitality facility positions
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    Pros
    LinkedIn
    • The job offers board is one of the things that stands out most positively on LinkedIn Jobs, since I can know all the job offers that are open for all sectors of my company and I can also see the candidates that are in each offer of employment.
    • Interview scheduling is one of the best features of LinkedIn Jobs. It allows you to schedule exact time and exact day for face-to-face meetings in order to carry out a more consolidated interview, in addition, it sends notifications to the candidate so that they can appear for the interview at the right time.
    • I can have access to the CV of each candidate. LinkedIn Jobs offers me a very detailed CV of each of the candidates and this allows me to quickly know the qualities that each candidate has.
    • I can handle job applications much better. It was a very tedious job when we did this manually and we did a lot of paperwork to organize the received requests. LinkedIn Jobs has made that manual work is avoided, thanks to the automated system to organize the requests.
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    ZipRecruiter
    • They notify us when there are new candidates that match our requirements
    • They give us the links of the candidates online networks, so it's all right in front of us
    • They have a great messages center, that makes it easy for me to access and reference when needed.
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    Cons
    LinkedIn
    • We have found to get the reach that we want, LinkedIn Jobs has been an expensive endeavor. The free postings do not get very far on LinkedIn Jobs.
    • For Large scale hired, LinkedIn Jobs is not beneficial at all. It does not do a good job at keeping a large influx of candidates coming through.
    • Some of the candidates end up being in other locations and therefore some have been unwilling to relocate or to fulfill job descriptions. In some ways, the wide reach works to a disadvantage when reaching candidates that do not even realize where the position is located. LinkedIn Jobs needs to do a better job with location based searches.
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    ZipRecruiter
    • Better electronic screening of applicants prior to allowing them to apply for a job (i.e. when licenses are required)
    • When cancelling they require that you call them on the phone (you can't cancel online)
    • I'd prefer that subscriptions were more targeted to my hiring needs
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LinkedIn
    Asking price really versus quality. Not a bad thing, but budget can be a problem.
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    ZipRecruiter
    Results. The bottom line is the results we are getting. We are seeing not only quality applications, but quality hires that can directly be tied to our use of ZipRecruiter. The ROI is second to none - a simple and easy to use tool that is driving healthcare professionals to my various clients.
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    Usability
    LinkedIn
    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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    ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is very user-friendly and is extremely reliable when searching for new talent. There are numerous features to help you when you have questions about a posting or your profile. The filtering process is awesome and you have so many ways to find the right talent with the screening questions provided by ZipRecruiter.
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    Reliability and Availability
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    ZipRecruiter
    big fat zip zilch nada crappy ball of unwanted ear wax
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    Performance
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    ZipRecruiter
    pages load fine ... it's not easy to know where to go -- you have to know to click on this or that because it's not intuitive.
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    Support Rating
    LinkedIn
    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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    ZipRecruiter
    Have not had to utilize support recently, but in past instances they have reached out within 12 hours to help rectify any problems or answer any questions about features and functionality. The only issue I ever had with them was trying to clarify, when they previously advertised that they posted on 200+ job boards, if that meant that your job would for sure be posted on each job board. Turns out, by the way, that they only guarantee distribution, not posting
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    Implementation Rating
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    ZipRecruiter
    onboarding process was very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn has better integration with its existing social media platform, allowing for the recruiter to accurately view a client's history. Furthermore, it shows reviews and work done by the potential recruit. In contrast, ZipRecruiter does not show as much insight into a client which can lead to time wasted with phone calls and other communication.
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    ZipRecruiter
    ZipRecruiter is inferior when it comes to comparing it to Indeed. I use both because I want more platforms to advertise my job. However, I find myself obtaining more applicants from Indeed over ZipRecruiter. I don't count ZipRecruiter out, though, because every once in a while, you can find a gem in a haystack.
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    Scalability
    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    ZipRecruiter
    because they did not provide qualified candidates so they cannot be relied upon to do what they say they do
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    Return on Investment
    LinkedIn
    • Able to reach and tap a more diverse talent pool directly
    • Makes it easy for candidates to apply with just one click rather than filling long forms which is a big deterrent for passive job seekers
    • Makes the hiring process more efficient as candidates not matching the pre defined criteria get rejected automatically
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    ZipRecruiter
    • ZipRecruiter helped us to reaching our hiring goals for 2018. We have been able to source, exempt and non-exempt candidates, in a timely fashion for our roles in the NY Metro area.
    • From a cost perspective, ZipRecruiter is more affordable than others that we have used in the past. In the end the results speak for themselves and we have had better success with Zip than other job boards we have used in the past.
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