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Job Boards V2
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What is Indeed?
Indeed is the broadest general job board in the US, and for a staffing or recruiting agency its primary value is intent rather than distribution: the volume of postings makes it the widest available view of which companies are actively expanding their teams. What separates it from other boards is the surrounding data. Employer ratings and reviews contributed by employees, plus salary data by role and location, let an agency research a prospective client and benchmark a role before the first conversation. Advertising roles and collecting applicants is the secondary use. Note that Indeed excludes staffing agencies from free posting, and since 31 March 2026 jobs sent through a single-source XML feed are visible only when sponsored if the ATS already integrates with Indeed.
What are Indeed's key features?
Sponsored Jobs, charged against a daily or monthly budget you set.
Employer ratings and reviews contributed by employees.
Salary data by role and location.
Smart Sourcing resume database, with the Talent Scout AI agent.
Indeed Apply and ATS integrations.
Official MCP server: job search, job detail and company data.
How do staffing agencies use Indeed?
- Monitor which companies are posting on Indeed and read each posting as buying intent.
- Find the hiring decision maker behind the posting before a competitor gets there.
- Feed that hiring activity into your BD workflow and personalized outbound.
- Use employer reviews and salary data as market intelligence before a client call.
- Advertise client roles with Sponsored Jobs against the largest active job-seeker pool.
- Collect applicants through Indeed Apply and build the candidate pipeline.
Who is Indeed best for?
- Agencies mining the widest US hiring-signal feed for business development
- Agencies that want employer reviews and salary data for client conversations
- Not for agencies expecting free posts: Indeed excludes staffing agencies from them
What are Indeed's pros and cons?
Pros
- Broadest candidate reach of any general job board, across most roles and industries.
- Three free direct posts a calendar month, each live 30 days, before any spend.
- Resume search and AI matching cut the filtering load on high-volume roles.
- Jobs post straight from an integrated ATS, so there is no separate posting step.
- One of the few job boards with a vendor-hosted MCP, so AI tools can read it directly.
Cons
- Staffing agencies are excluded from free posting, so agencies start on the paid side.
- Sponsored jobs pull applicant volume that swamps screening without tight filters.
- Single-source XML feeds need sponsoring if your ATS already integrates with Indeed.
- Some categories are sponsored-only, so free reach is limited in practice.
What are people saying about Indeed?
What reviewers rate: the reach on general roles, which is why most of them use it at all, and the connections into the major ATS platforms. What they flag: unfiltered applicant quality on broad roles, and sponsored spend that climbs in competitive categories.
Consolidated from 689 reviews across G2 · Updated July 28, 2026
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