ZipRecruiter review: quick applications with one profile in the US
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ZipRecruiter is a job marketplace, mainly for jobs in the United States. Employers pay to post their jobs there. Job seekers search, get job matches and apply for free, for many jobs with a single click.
Who ZipRecruiter is for
ZipRecruiter suits people looking for work in the United States who want to apply to many jobs quickly with one profile. Expect a lot of e-mail. Some users find the matches too many or off the mark.
What ZipRecruiter offers
- Job search by title, industry and place.
- Profile: upload your resume once, and ZipRecruiter fills in your details. Employers see this profile when you apply.
- One-click apply: for many jobs a single click sends your profile to the employer.
- Job matches: new jobs every day, picked by what ZipRecruiter calls an AI recruiter.
- Salary figures for job titles in your area.
- E-mail updates when an employer views your application, and messages with employers.
Who pays for what
- Job seekers
- Nothing. Search, profile, job matches and applying are free
- Employers
- Pay for a plan after a free trial, by the month or by the day
What speaks for ZipRecruiter
- One profile and a single click are enough for many applications.
- You see when an employer has viewed your application.
- Free for job seekers.
What speaks against ZipRecruiter
- Many e-mails, and the matches are not always relevant.
- Mainly jobs in the United States.
- Applying on the site needs an account and a profile.
How to apply
A listing shows either an apply button or a one-click apply button. With one-click apply your ZipRecruiter profile goes to the employer, and sometimes the employer asks a few more questions. Otherwise you are passed on to the employer's website or another application service to finish there. Applying on ZipRecruiter needs a free account with a profile. After that, ZipRecruiter is not part of the hiring. It is between you and the employer.
Where the listings come from
Employers post their jobs on ZipRecruiter and pay for them. By its own account, ZipRecruiter then sends each job on to a network of many other job boards. Job seekers who find it there are led back to ZipRecruiter or to the employer's application page. So ZipRecruiter is a source other sites take listings from, and the same job can turn up on several sites.
Alternatives to ZipRecruiter
Indeed
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Monster
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LinkedIn
On LinkedIn employers post jobs and recruiters look for candidates. Who it is for, what is free, what costs money and how you apply.
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