IndeedReviews 978

Several times Indeed has emailed me "new" job postings I might be interested in only to find they OFTEN don't even apply to my interests. A few times Recruiters contacted me having seen my resume on Indeed, but so far I haven't received anything worth looking into or I've come to find an engaging description has been posted for months and likely filled already.
My recommendation? Sure, look through the jobs posted, but if you really want to know if it's even still open, go to the actual Website of the employer and apply there.

This is my second try at indeed.com and I am reminded of the saying: "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." In literally less than an hour, I lost $140 on totally sham and inappropriate responses. Stay away! I wish I had.

Posting your resume or even applying for a job posted on Indeed is a waste of time. Have talked to 3 prospective employers and all three said they never received a resume but just a name from Indeed. My advice, look for work on Indeed but do not complete the process but rather submit your resume by other means either through another hiring agency or directly to the company. This is how I got my job and this is also how I learned of Indeed's incompetence.

I liked indeed because it told me who was hiring in the area and for what, but I applied to literally 200 jobs and I didn't hear from one. I got aggravated and just went basically knocking on doors and I got a job that very day. I start next week. I've also canceled their emails multiple times and I keep receiving emails... I'm not going to bash them but I did waste a whole month of my time and energy and now it's just aggravating. You could still apply on indeed.com but I would make a list of who I applied to and go meet them myself and shake a few hands. Let it be known you're a real person and you need employment. Otherwise, be prepared for the waiting game.

We were enticed into placing an ad for professional staff with the offer of $50 free advertising. Instead we ended up with over $900 in charges and NOT A SINGLE qualified applicant for either of our jobs. I was very specific about the required credentials in the ad and still received 'clicks' from people who met none of the requirements. There should be a way to challenge how their algorithms target recipients for click through ads as I clearly never reached any portion of our target audience. Worse, when the first full month bill of $503.08 arrived I went in and tried to pause/delete the ads. Apparently their system is not as user friendly as they state and we received another $350+ in charges. Needless to say we will not be using Indeed again and would not recommend it to any professional business. Buyer beware - and avoid.

9/22/15 Update - After I posed this review Dorit from Indeed did contact me and verify that my account showed our attempt to pause/delete our ad and that I had not been back on site until the next bill came. She did give us a partial refund and offer us future credit to give them another chance. Haven't determined if we are going to do that or not but although their initial customer services was unresponsive I will say that she was helpful and reasonable to work with. So we did get closure.

I have used indeed many times and I love that it helps me keep track of jobs that I have posted to already. Granted many of the postings for my industry are for recruiters but many of these recruiters have gotten me interviews. Right now I am doing generally 2 interviews a day for the past 2 weeks and it is not letting up.

But you have to be smart about it.

1) If you get a call from someone who barely speaks English, then do you want this person talking to a company for you.

2) Apply to jobs that you may not seem 100% qualified for by the description. Many of these are written by HR and do not really reflect the need.

3) Apply apply apply... As of right now I have sent out 231 resumes in 3 weeks using indeed. It really is not that difficult to apply to positions if you organize everything to be able to be cut and pasted. Sometimes its a pain in the butt but once you take care of the backlog from starting then all you have to do is post for new jobs as they pop up.

4) Try not to be desperate. When I started looking I was running low on money so it was important that I get into something soon. It was a mess. After two months I got a few contract gigs and since my lease was up I moved in with family. This was a strategic maneuver not everyone can do but it really changed the playing field. The jobs I am interviewing for now pay twice what those did for better companies. I also have the freedom to say "not interested." which I have done to some jobs that I can already tell from the interview are going to be unpleasant.

5) Watch out for depression. Many job seekers will go through a severe depression. Some may even need to be hospitalized. Don't freak out this is totally normal. Medication is great these days and can really help. Some is actually very affordable. And when you do get a job and are back on your feet you can stop taking it.

6) Do not isolate.

Remember its just a game. Indeed.com is just a space on the board you can move your piece into to help find more options.

I tried indeed for a while then I got wise when I got no responses... I doubled back on their new listings, checking with the actual company websites for the companies they claimed were hiring. Turned out most WERE NOT HIRING, positions listed were not open. Old listings and listings pulled from other websites.
There is big $$$ in sites selling your email addresses and phone numbers and that is what most of these job search sites are!

Used Indeed dot com for over one month for sending resumes to prospective employers. A total of 40 + resumes sent to so called employers looking for help but not one single reply... from any of them. I should have read the reviews first and taken some time to investigate this crummy site.
It looks legit from a distance but as time went by it was clear that not any of my resumes made it to the employer. I switched from this cheesy site to a more respectable one and had instant results.
Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this fraudulent site. It will just waste your precious time.

As an employer who posted a position on the site I was totally dissatisfied. We received no candidate that even remotely matched the job description listed. When I asked to have the account deleted, I was told they will only "deactivate" the account, which essentially continues to store my company information and our credit card details. When I requested to escalate the complaint I was told told to have my lawyer write a letter and was given an address in Austin to do so.

Stay away, there is no integrity here.