LinkedIn
LinkedIn is perhaps the most effective website for people looking for a job. The website operates as a social media platform and helps users build career profiles and make professional connections.
The site also has a very handy job search bar that helps searchers look up jobs by category, industry, pay scale, location, and several other metrics. Users can also put up alerts for positions they are on the lookout for.
Linked In has also recently launched a skills assessment feature, where people with relevant skills can take short tests and apply for a skills badge to showcase in front of potential employers.
As a result of these features, LinkedIn is very popular amongst employees and employers alike. Figures have shown that the platform has an astonishing 137 Million users, 69 percent of whom check it out daily.
Indeed
Indeed is the most visited jobs platform in the world, and has been consistently holding that position for years. And despite being so big, Indeed has recently gone on a merger spree and has acquired at least two smaller job boards.
The biggest reason behind the crazy popularity of this platform is the ease of use it offers to both employees and employers.
Before we look at some of Indeed’s features, it is important to point out that, unlike LinkedIn, Indeed does not have social networking options. Indeed is a job search engine and acts more like Google than Facebook.
One of the most unique features of Indeed is its automated suggestions. The platform automatically identifies job opportunities that match your skill set and asks you to apply, talk about motivation, right?
Google’s Jobs Listings
We already utilize Google for looking up every possible thing already. So, why not jobs? Several analysts have claimed that 73 percent of all job searches already start on Google, though it is telling that they do not end there.
But the fact remains, Google is a very powerful search engine and helps people find almost everything they need. So, it is only natural that people turn to Google to look up Job openings.
Google is unique in this regard because it performs a twofold function. Employers can directly put up openings on Google and the search giant also pulls job openings from other websites to display them on its search pages. This gives searchers access to a huge number of employment options.
Though Google does not allow facilitate applications like the other two platforms on the list, which is why its listings have not been properly picked up. But that does not mean they are not useful.