CareerBuilders lacks quality applicants
March 16, 2021

CareerBuilders lacks quality applicants

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with CareerBuilder.com

We subscribed to CareerBuilder's to help us locate senior level candidates for loan processing after not receiving very good results over indeed. It was clear with the first week the candidates were significantly less qualified, and I am sorry to say, fraudulent. There were multiple 'baristas' that applied in addition to wildly made up names with skills that were copy pasted from the internet (and even repeating the same list). I interviewed one gal and who was reading off her other screen. Loan Processing is a skilled position. This young lady had no idea what she was talking about. Zero. And she was one of the better applicants in terms of resume. I would have passed on leaving a negative review, except that I had checked the account not to auto-renew, and after what felt like a month the applicants kept coming in. I contacted their customer support for help and they were unwilling to rectify the billing. So I recommend you steer clear of CareerBuilders on multiple fronts. I could copy/paste a list of applicant names - you would be astonished at all the fraudulent antics. An interspersed use of ALL CAPS with foreign sounding names (clearly fictitious, not the real names of foreign people) and people who have neglected to capitalize their own last name? This does not happen. I've been searching talent bases a long time and never seen such a blatant example of automation trying to look like people. I guess they don't have enough real applicants to justify their fee, and are now willing to grab money where they can. Perhaps at some point they had quality applicants. Not so today.
  • Nothing was done well, I am sorry.
  • Applicant Quality
  • Policy
  • Service
  • Cost approx. $450 for two months of service
  • Wasted time sorting unsuited applicants
  • No return on investment
Indeed seems to be having some similar issues which is why I tried Careerbuilders. However Careerbuilders was even lower quality despite their marketing that suggests they have more qualified applicants.

Do you think CareerBuilder.com delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with CareerBuilder.com's feature set?

No

Did CareerBuilder.com live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of CareerBuilder.com go as expected?

No

Would you buy CareerBuilder.com again?

No

I wouldn't give them a zero, one yes - but zero no. They were polite when I cancelled the account.