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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

    LinkedIn Recruiter

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALinkedIn Recruiter is a hiring platform for talent professionals that helps find, connect with, and manage the people you want to hire.N/A
    Pricing
    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
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    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
    Considered Both Products
    CareerBuilder
    Chose CareerBuilder.com
    We were sold on CareerBuilder's "exclusive" contract with Google, and the ease of linking our website marketing to the platform. We googled our CareerBuilder job posting, to find them 5 pages deep. When we questioned these results with our account manager, he had no response. …
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    Chose CareerBuilder.com
    Careerbuilder comes in last place on my list with ZipRecruiter and Monster and LinkedIn in top place
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    LinkedIn
    Chose LinkedIn Recruiter
    LinkedIn Recruiter provides best features as compared to competitors. Pool of candidates is more as compared to others. Recommendation features help gauge genuine candidates.
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Recruiter
    it is major used portal where we can connect with candidate directly without any personal touch. the professional skill, job role and past experience of the candidate is very genuine.
    Incentivized
    Chose LinkedIn Recruiter
    It's not even close, Recruiter is the far superior product.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    29%
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    15%
    Delivers good value for the price
    2 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    43%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    29%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    43%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of CareerBuilder.com and LinkedIn Recruiter
    Feature
    CareerBuilder.com
    3.7
    1 Ratings
    51% below category average
    LinkedIn Recruiter
    -
    Ratings
    Passive Recruitment Advertising5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Glassdoor
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Avature CRM
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CareerBuilder.comLinkedIn Recruiter
    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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    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn Recruiter is better suited in terms of the filters it provides to search for a pool of candidates. Features like past and current companies, past universities, or years of experience, AI Search, and AI message drafting do wonders in terms of recruitment. But some more filters can be added, which will help further in recruitment. For example, Boolean search in job titles, targeting specific keywords in recent experience, etc.
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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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    LinkedIn
    • The scheduler is my most favorite part of Recruiter. Super easy and organized to use.
    • It also can integrate with my applicant tracking system when and if I hire from LinkedIn Recruiter.
    • The fact that you can see an applicants full profile gives more information than just a resume when selecting candidates to interview.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    LinkedIn
    • For some reason, whenever I click "View in Recruiter" it takes me to the project summary screen instead of that candidate's profile in Recruiter
    • It would be nice if candidates got automatically moved to the appropriate stage when an action is taken (ie "Contacted" after sending them a message)
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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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    LinkedIn
    This portals helps to source the profile directly from the LinkedIn where I don't need to check the resume and LinkedIn separately every time. LinkedIn Recruiter is the best platform for posting the job effortlessly. It requires only few details and we can get response quicker.
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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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    LinkedIn
    No answers on this topic
    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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    LinkedIn
    SeekOut has a diversity filter, which I like. They also list some candidates that are not on LinkedIn, but ultimately SeekOut routes me to LinkedIn. So technically SeekOut allows me to screen for filters that LinkedIn does not, but I actually end up using LinkedIn Recruiter to manage and communicate with the candidates.
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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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    LinkedIn
    • It's a must have for reaching passive candidates.
    • Love being able to identify candidates we may need in the future and saving them in a project.
    • It's difficult to cut through the noise using Inmails since everyone is using the tool.
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