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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CareerBuilder.com

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/ACareerBuilder headquartered in Chicago allows employers to post jobs and search resumes on their online job board and candidate database, available at careerbuilder.com. Paid plans support targeted candidate emails, high volume resume search, and AI-driven candidate - job matching.N/A

    Lever

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A
    Pricing
    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Editions & Modules
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    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    CareerBuilder
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    Employ Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    29%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    15%
    Delivers good value for the price
    2 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    43%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    29%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    43%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of CareerBuilder.com and Lever
    Feature
    CareerBuilder.com
    3.7
    1 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Lever
    -
    Ratings
    Passive Recruitment Advertising5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of CareerBuilder.com and Lever
    Feature
    CareerBuilder.com
    -
    Ratings
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.821 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings9.829 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings9.833 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.822 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.830 Ratings
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    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Small Businesses
    LinkedIn Jobs
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Glassdoor
    Score7.2 out of 10
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.8
    (35 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CareerBuilder.comLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CareerBuilder
    CareerBuilder.com is better suited for positions that have a rotating door of employees. These are the positions that you are constantly hiring for such as a CNA. CareerBuilder.com is less suited for hard to fill specialized roles. You tend to get more hits on people who are unqualified, than someone of actual interest.
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    Employ Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
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    Pros
    CareerBuilder
    • In my opinion, take your money for nothing in return
    • In my opinion, over promise and under deliver
    • In my opinion, deceive customers
    • In my opinion, hold you to the terms of their contract, but will not take accountability for lack of results produced
    • In my opinion, poor customer service
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    Employ Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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    Cons
    CareerBuilder
    • We did not see a large amount of applications in comparison to Indeed.
    • The applications did not turn in to actual employees. We were more often than not ghosted by the candidates, even though the team followed up with them in a timely manner.
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    Employ Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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    Usability
    CareerBuilder
    CareerBuilder.com is average in terms of overall usability. I am able to post my positions and figure the site out. However, finding out how many additional options you are is not something easily accessible. If you don't know where to look, you may not be able to find or know how many "boosts" you have to use for the month.
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    Employ Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Support Rating
    CareerBuilder
    I have had a positive experience with CareerBuilder's support. When the platform has been updated throughout the years, CareerBuilder's account managers have always provided our team with helpful live tutorials and demonstrations to help familiarize our users with new and upcoming features, as well as older features that will no longer be offered. Support team makes themselves available on an ongoing basis.
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    Employ Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Alternatives Considered
    CareerBuilder
    WizeHire is one of the most amazing systems I've ever seen. I've continued to share their information with many, and my hope is that they take the hiring world by storm! It's easy to use, they obtain great candidates and many. They're very responsive and always there to help. They care about their clients. I strongly recommend them.
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    Employ Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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    Return on Investment
    CareerBuilder
    • I feel I literally gave away $5K to CareerBuilder.com with zero ROI.
    • In my opinion, CareerBuilder.com set me back financially because I had to pay another platform to do what CareerBuilder.com promised as I still needed to find qualified candidates for my clients.
    • I feel I wasted a lot of time, money, and energy with CareerBuilder.com
    • I feel CareerBuilder.com caused me and my staff months of mental frustration
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    Employ Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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