Not once, not twice, but three times! That’s just in the last four months, by the way. What about LinkedIn, the largest professional network and maybe 2nd largest job board in the world? What are they doing? Well…they’re getting scraped. Dress them up a bit, pound away in the messaging, and voila! Indeed is cutting edge, again. Thus, it bears the burden of staying on top. Like Monster before it, Indeed must continually justify its importance to employers – and the easiest way to do that is to add features. Never mind that these features – such as screening questions and candidate resumes – have been around for literally decades. Finally, Indeed is – in case you forgot – the biggest job board in the world (if you don’t count Google, I guess). Score one for the virus! Second, as mentioned above, I suspect Indeed sees a revenue opportunity, and is willing to see how that plays out. There is truly a need for employers, who had long been hesitant about the technology, to actually use it in the hiring process. So why is Indeed doing this now? First, video interviewing – after a very long, slow period of trying to get employers’ attention – is now suddenly relevant, thanks to the pandemic. At least, that is the usual progression for the company. I suspect that once enough employers are ‘hooked’ on using the service, it will become a paid option. Following the classic Indeed playbook, the service is now free. The world’s largest job board just announced that it is opening up its video interviewing service – called, amazingly enough, Indeed Interview – to all employers posting jobs, whether they are paid or free postings. Today we have three wonderful examples, courtesy of LinkedIn, Indeed, and Google.įirst up: Indeed. It’s always better to examine what the big guys are actually doing, as opposed to what they are saying. As a mentor of mine often told me, ‘ It’s not what they say, it’s what they do.’ She was trying to help me in my efforts to be a better salesperson – but her observation holds for the job board industry these days.

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