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    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AIndeed Sponsored Jobs allows employers to sponsor their job postings for increased visibility. Sponsoring a post also allows employers to view resumes of candidates who might be a fit and send them invitations to apply for open roles.N/A

    Ladders Recruiter

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ALadders is a careers resource that helps people manage, market and move-up in their careers. Ladder’s community of professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. They focus on the $100K+ job market and build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for their audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. Ladders aims to bring qualified professionals and hiring teams…

    $199

    per month

    Pricing
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Lite Access
    $199
    per month
    Promoted Job Posts
    $397
    per 8 weeks Promoted Job Post
    Full Access
    $597
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsOnly pay for applications that meet your must-have/deal-breaker requirements.20% discount for annual subscriptions.
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    Community Pulse
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Considered Both Products
    Indeed
    No answer on this topic
    Ladders
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    85 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    71 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Recruitment Marketing
    Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs) and Ladders Recruiter
    Feature
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)
    7.4
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ladders Recruiter
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    145% below category average
    Passive Recruitment Advertising7.35 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Active Recruitment Advertising7.35 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Employer Branding Tools7.75 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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    LinkedIn Jobs
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Glassdoor
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Glassdoor
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Snagajob
    Score6.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (90 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (86 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Indeed Ads (Sponsored Jobs)Ladders Recruiter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Indeed
    Using indeed for ongoing job needs is great as the job ad will be there for an extended period of time. The use of Indeed for a quick need-to-hire tomorrow situation has been tough. I have found that it may take a few days to gather good applications.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Ladders
    It would depend on the company size. From experience, it does not serve us well but it might work better for a different company or industry
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Indeed
    • Immediate response, that's what I need. I post the job, there is no waiting one day or two hours to respond to the candidates.
    • Gives me better visibility, better ability to choose different candidates, I've tried sponsored jobs with deal-breakers and non-deal-breakers. Sometimes is best not to have a deal-breaker for certain jobs because I might pass on a candidate I wouldn't have thought to maybe take a look at.
    • I've also used the instant match, I'm starting to get better at qualifying those candidates and I had a few applicants from that.
    Incentivized
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    Ladders
    • It does have a large applicant base
    • It seemed to have qualified users
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Indeed
    • The biggest area for improvement that I see is the automatic job collapsing for posts that are coming from the same company, same title but different locations. A lot of our locations are hiring hourly team members and are within 10-15 miles of each other. This issue significantly reduces the number of applicants that we see and makes our lives as recruiters more difficult when we need to try and manage 75 locations across both concepts that are potentially hiring for 2-3 positions at a time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Ladders
    • The response rate of the candidates(but that isn't Ladders fault)
    • Only one user can access the account which does not serve us well as we have several people that work on Executive positions.
    • From experience, The ability to get candidates to respond to you was awful
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Indeed
    I use Indeed Sponsored Jobs pretty much on a daily basis. As a recruiter this would be the first thing, I renew to help me succeed in my role as a staff recruiter.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Ladders
    0 WE are not going to use it
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Indeed
    They continue to improve their platform. Although sometimes adding more functions can decrease usability, Indeed is very good at adding definitions and information in a very user-friendly way. You are truly able to customize your service and job ads in a way that benefits you and your company. You also have complete control over your ad and your budget
    Incentivized
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    Ladders
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Indeed
    Our Indeed support team far exceeds the support I've received from any other recruitment platform. We have a dedicated account executive AND a client support specialist, both of whom go out of their way to assist with everything from making our job ads more effective to make the billing process more transparent. They are a rock star team that truly takes the stress out of recruiting!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Ladders
    0 We tried several time to get in touch with customer service and was never able to
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    Indeed
    While I was not there at this company, since I joined we have had to revise some things. They have been great!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Ladders
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Indeed
    Handshake is mainly for the college-age group. We have listed some of our jobs on here before, but never had a good turnout of applicants. We tried ZipRecruiter, but it was easier to manage all of our jobs if they were listed on one site. We would also sometimes have people apply on both our ZipRecruiter listing and our Indeed listing.
    Incentivized
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    Ladders
    It does not at all
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Indeed
    • Applicant quality varies depending on the position, sometimes we get really good ones and bad ones so it's positive and negative at times.
    • Positive impact with being cost effective. I don't feel we pay too much for what we need, but it's not "cheap" by any means either.
    Incentivized
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    Ladders
    • None. We got no ROI with Ladders
    Incentivized
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