#JobSearch #Indeed #Struggling #Frustrated
Can we talk about how horrible Indeed is? 🤔 I mean, seriously, it feels like the most useless site to ever exist! I’ve applied to hundreds of jobs and haven’t heard back from any of them. It’s frustrating and demoralizing, right? 😩
But hey, don’t lose hope just yet! Here are a few tips that might help you navigate through the job search abyss on Indeed:
– Tailor your resume and cover letter to each job posting to stand out
– Use keywords from the job description to optimize your chances of being noticed
– Set up job alerts to stay updated on new postings in your field
– Network with professionals in your industry for potential job leads
Remember, job searching can be tough but don’t give up! Keep pushing forward and eventually, you’ll find the right opportunity that’s meant for you. Good luck! 🌟 #StayStrong #YouGotThis
I sent around 200 applications through Indeed and got only 1 reply that I was not a suitable candidate without any argumentation. I think the main problem is that recruiters have so many applications there that they are free to ignore you. What is more, candidates are also tired from job seeking and hungry to work, so they apply to every job and often don’t even read the job description. As a result, we have a lot of “noise,” and recruiters just skip relevant candidates because of that.
I took an approach that helped me find work: I chose to apply to some smaller platforms than Indded or LinkedIn (HiringCloud, Hire, WeWork Remote, Snuphunt, etc.) because I thought recruiters were more engaged there. I researched local job boards for my country (Djinny, Workua) and started getting replies. I sent around 25 applications total from all platforms and got 3 interviews.
The difference is amazing: 200 applications – 0 interviews. 25 applications – 3 interviews.
But, it should be noted that my LinkedIn account also helped me. I asked my colleagues, boss, and mentor to write reviews for me and fill in all the information about my experience and achievements.
I got all my jobs through indeed, but usually it makes me apply on the company’s website too.
I have not once in 10 years ever had any success using indeed. Every job I’ve landed was by knowing someone (during high school/college). Post college the only site that works for me is LinkedIn. Have landed every career role by using LinkedIn.
The amount of scam calls I received dropped off immediately after I deleted my Indeed account
I’ve gotten more than one legit job through indeed. It’s the site I prefer if I’m not going directly to the company site I’m wanting to apply with. I very much prefer it to LinkedIn and glassdoor, etc.
It is hard to get a good position where I live though because there are so many other people applying at the same time. Likewise, I’ve noticed some companies want someone with years of experience at extremely low pay.
I’ve gotten a lot of job offers through indeed personally
It got me my last 2 jobs however, thats after sending out about 20 applications and only hearing back from the 2 companies that hired me
I like seeing employee reviews and researching companies on Indeed. In terms of using the website to send resumes, I haven’t been relying on it as much.
But what’s the alternative job site that’s actually good?
If I really want something, I find the company’s website and apply from there. That way I make sure it gets to where it’s supposed to go.
I did until i used the inject my resume trick, google it… i went from 1 percent response to 35 percent ish. if you’re not optimising for the scanners you will probably not get through to an interview.
I look at Indeed and LinkedIn, but then I go directly to the companies website to see if they have it listed.
If it’s there, apply directly.
We’ve tried hiring through indeed and the masses and masses of just blatantly unqualified applicants is a nightmare. To be clear, we aren’t looking for some sort of unicorn. We’re looking for someone familiar with our logistics systems and we don’t care whether you have a degree or not, etc. We’re not counting years of experience either – if you know the systems then you’re fine, whether it’s been 6 months or 20 years. Simply, we can train on some of it, but not from scratch.
It’s just shitty on both ends. I get it that people are desperate for work but by applying when you have zero relatable work experience, after we’ve carefully described the platforms/systems we need applicants to be familiar with – it degrades the system just as much as the scam listings. Why are legitimate employers going to pay to use the site when 98% of the applications are unqualified? Leaving fewer and fewer legit employers posting.
Pretty bad , bots , recruiters and ghost jobs.
I’ve been doing some poking around as of late to see what’s out there, and honestly the site doesn’t seem all that different than it did back in mid-2000’s when I was first getting started. And, I got the job that launched my career from a post on Indeed after managing to fight through the endless noise and outdated scrapped job listings. It’s always been a “get what you pay for” kind of situation where the site has generally catered to the needs of the ones paying for promoted posts and user tools (employers/recruiters/scammers) over the ones who aren’t paying for anything (jobseekers). There are arguably more promoted posts these days, but it was always clear that their goal was to get money from employers by catering to them instead of jobseekers. It’s why the resume builder is such a bare bones afterthought and should absolutely never be used – it was built to pull jobseekers to the site at all, but it’s not really designed to provide the kind of quality that anyone paying for it would expect.
Focusing on post dates and training your eye for the go-nowhere/scam posts tends to be the most effective way to maybe find a few genuine opportunities among all the clutter. But, if you’re hitting refresh every few hours and applying to every relevant posting, you likely are going to have a bad time.
The people being rude are just rude.
Indeed has changed along with other job posting sites to funnel as much money from employers as possible ($ for posting, $ for “top candidates”) and from the employer side they recommend certain candidates to you when you post a job instead of it being open search. Didn’t experience that tactic on the employer side of LinkedIn, yet. Also indeed has functions now (or people, not sure) to scope employers career page to post jobs that employers themselves didn’t post. So they can just have higher numbers to report of people applying through their site.
Your best bet at this point is to find employer there, go to their actual website and apply or contact the person hiring (on LinkedIn) to apply.
The only bad thing about indeed are the poor resume builder and the obviously fake job ads. Make your own resume using Chat GPT and use discretion when looking at postings. Every job I’ve ever gotten was from indeed. As far as job boards go, it’s one of the best imo.
I have had 4 Jobs since College…2 of them Indeed, 1 (Current) LinkedIn and one was a friend reference.
I would not say indeed is horrible, it just is not as good as LinkedIn I think
DO NOT use Indeed anymore. There’s “Fake” job postings there which is designed to steal your data from your resumes to be sold to companies.
GET A RECRUITER.
My wife, after 6 years of not working, applied to 2 jobs. Was interviewed in both. It is currently working at one of them. This was via indeed. I think LinkedIn is worst, because it is full of fake job postings that you apply and after a month you get/or not an automated email saying that you were discarded from the process.
It’s becoming less and less useful, for sure. But I wouldn’t call it useless. The scammers are just slowly taking it over and Indeed isn’t doing enough to combat that.
Indeed is awful- the site barely works for me and the UI is crap.
I have gotten interviews through Indeed in the past to be fair, but I just find it incessantly annoying to use.
There should be different websites for different fields so that people can’t just apply all Willy nilly.
Indeed is not that bad, work on your resume and profile and you’ll be getting updates.
Also enable them to send you emails.
Only things about Indeed I hate are when they removed the custom search a few years ago and the recent “are you human” bullsh*t. Other than that it’s worked well for me.
The problem could be your resume. If you’re in the US your state labor department may have an employment assistance office where you can attend resume classes and get a professional review for free.
My last 3 jobs have been found through indeed and I have recruiters cold messaging me every other week just from having my resume on the site, so it definitely can work.
What industry/area are you in?