CareerBuilder.com Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

We utilize their system in order to locate quality/qualified candidates.

My company invested in CareerBuilder.com to obtain qualified candidates. We also use another platform that will remain unnamed. I would place similar jobs on both sites and obtain a lot of candidates on the one and none (zero) on CareerBuilder.com. I would consistently reach out to my rep asking for help and clarification. He was actually great (the only good part of my time with them) and would connect me with others that "could" help. The truth is, in my experience, most were rude to me. I would screen share and show the other system that was obtaining candidates versus their zero, and, in my experience, they would tell me that in order to get more people, I would need to move all jobs to them. I would explain that I couldn't do that when I couldn't even obtain a few candidates in their system it would be bad for my business. I had to escalate to a manager who I've been speaking with for a resolution since March 2022, and in my experience, there's no response unless I threatened the company. In my experience, they didn't train us when onboarding. In my opinion, they never cared about their lack of production and I'm over it and wish to make sure others are aware.

In my opinion, CareerBuilder.com was once a strong job board, but it is no longer. We contracted for a three-month integration that took one month for them to figure out how to make happen, yet they began charging us on day one. The resumes we received from them were not up to standard. We received thousands of resumes that were out of date, from out of the country, and unrelated to our jobs' qualifications. We found ourselves having to block the flow of what CareerBuilder.com was sending us. I tried diligently to work with our account manager but he ultimately ignored us. I escalated through management to legal only to be ignored by them too. If you're looking for a job board with a strong service mentality and good/active candidates I recommend you go elsewhere (ZipRecruiter or Indeed).

I feel there is nothing positive about this company.

Used for resume sourcing in the recruiting department. The entire department was using it to find candidates throughout the United States.

Good for entry level but not for more specialized areas. Not worth the cost.

Our recruiting team used CareerBuilder to post jobs and source candidates. Typically, we used it when hard-to-fill jobs needed candidates and we would search through candidate profiles and reach out to potential hires.

CareerBuilder is a decent job board but I would typically suggest it as a backup option to other boards. It holds a decent amount of candidates and has good functionality to shape up your posting and who you are targeting, but lacks in search parameters and this makes it a little less valuable than other tools.