Craigslist Is the Least Expensive Job Board Option Twenty-four percent of respondents said that Monster delivered a “high quantity” of candidates, compared to just 8 percent giving the job board high ratings for “high-quality” candidates. In terms of quantity, Monster was a much closer runner-up than when delivering quality candidates. In second place, with 27 percent, was LinkedIn.

Indeed Delivers the Highest Quantity of ApplicantsĪnother key consideration needed to determine a job board’s worth: How many applicants does it deliver? When we asked recruiters to rate each job board in terms of how many candidates they received from it, Indeed came in first place, with 30 percent of recruiters saying the site delivers a “high quantity” of applicants.

On the other end of the spectrum, Monster, Craigslist and Glassdoor delivered the fewest “high-quality” candidates. The runners-up, CareerBuilder and Indeed, were described as delivering “high-quality” job candidates by only 17 and 13 percent of recruiters, respectively.

According to our survey, the majority (40 percent) of recruiters note that LinkedIn delivers “high-quality” applicants. We asked recruiters to rate the quality level of the applicants they receive through each job board. LinkedIn Delivers the Highest Quality of Applicants Recruiters report that LinkedIn delivers by far the highest-quality applicants at a medium cost-as well as a high quantity of applicants, second only to Indeed (and not by much). When taking into consideration the quality and quantity of applicants each job board delivers, as well as the cost of these job boards, LinkedIn and Indeed are the forerunners. LinkedIn Delivers High Quality and Quantity of Applicants

and Canada in early June 2014 determined which job boards they should focus their recruiting budget on, to achieve maximum results.

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