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Job Boards V2

TheLadders

Executive and leadership hiring signal, filtered to $100K+ professionals.

Category

Job Boards V2

Rating

3.9/5 (8 Reviews - small sample)

Availability

Global

HQ

New York, United States

Pricing

Free to post

Free tier

Yes

Best for

AgencyIn-House

Capabilities

APIMCPGDPR compliantAI-first
Overview

What is TheLadders?

TheLadders is a premium US and Canada job board built around high-income professionals, and for a staffing or recruiting agency that seniority filter is the whole point. A company posting here has approved budget for a leadership or senior individual-contributor role, which makes every listing a qualified business development trigger for executive and retained search, without the volume noise a general board carries. The buyer behind a posting at this level is usually a founder, VP or head of function rather than a coordinator. Advertising retained and senior mandates to Director and VP applicants is the secondary use. Note the board is US and Canada only, with no API.

Features

What are TheLadders's key features?

Salary floor of $80,000 total compensation on listings.

Human review of job posts before they go live.

One free job post per month.

US and Canada audience of senior and executive professionals.

Use Cases

How do recruiting teams use TheLadders?

  • Reach senior and executive candidates filtered by the salary floor.
  • Track which companies post leadership roles to see who is actively hiring.
  • Use that intent to find the decision-maker and open the conversation.
Fit

Who is TheLadders best for?

  • Executive and leadership search agencies working US and Canada mandates
  • Agencies that want seniority filtered before the signal reaches them
  • Not a fit for volume, hourly or junior hiring
Pros & Cons

What are TheLadders's pros and cons?

Pros

  • Salary floor filters out junior applicants before they reach you.
  • One free job post a month makes it low-risk to test.
  • Jobs are human-reviewed before going live.
  • Narrow, senior US and Canada audience rather than general volume.

Cons

  • US and Canada only, with no GDPR provisions in its privacy policy.
  • Marketed as $100K+ but the actual floor is $80,000 total compensation.
  • Consumer-first business; the recruiter product is a secondary surface.
  • No public developer API and no MCP server; jobs go in by XML feed.
Reviews

What are people saying about TheLadders?

Employers here describe the senior filter doing the work for them, stripping out unqualified resumes before anyone reads them, and profiles detailed enough to shortlist from directly. Several have used it for years to fill management roles. The friction is reach: applicant flow on a posted role is thin, roles cannot be listed as remote so you pick cities instead, and the pricing bites if you are not hiring at that level regularly.

Consolidated from 8 reviews across G2 · Updated July 31, 2026

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