Indeed Smart Sourcing

A resume database with AI, priced for each recruiter and each contact

Results from Indeed and its customers

Candidates contacted through Sourcing Assistant are hired 31% faster than those from other channels. Candidates found through Sourcing Assistant are 2.9 times more likely to be hired than people from other sources. With Smart Screening, applications move to interviews 42% faster when its tool books the interviews. It takes 26% fewer applications to make a hire. Of the recruiters Indeed surveyed, 97% were satisfied with the summaries.

Indeed has over 665 million job seeker profiles. That count is of accounts with a verified email address. A person only appears in your search if they made their resume searchable.

Who it suits

Where it stops, from refunds to your data

What it costs and how you leave

The US Professional plan costs $520 a month or $4,992 a year. Twelve months at the monthly rate would cost $6,240. The plan includes 100 contacts a month, with a 6-month rollover. Extra contacts cost $5.20 each. A recruiter who contacts 250 people in a month pays $520 plus 150 extra contacts, which is $1,300. That sum assumes monthly billing and one recruiter. Eligible US employers can try the Professional plan free for 14 days.

In India the Professional plan costs ₹33,000 a month or ₹3,15,000 a year. It includes 100 contacts a month. Extra contacts cost ₹330 each. For India plans, unused contacts do not carry to a new plan.

Every team member who contacts candidates needs a subscription, so multiply the price by your number of recruiters. Two US Department of Justice purchase orders for a yearly Indeed Resume professional subscription came to $30,798.69 and $16,522.52.

A cancelled plan stays active until the next bill or end date. A yearly plan keeps its monthly contacts until the plan ends. You can download candidate information as a spreadsheet file from the Candidates tab. Under Indeed’s data terms it deletes your personal data after the services end, following its retention schedule. Indeed may share a list of the outside companies that handle your data, if you ask.

Eight questions to put to Indeed

1. Which hiring systems can Indeed connect to on our account, and what data moves each way? Good answer: A named list of systems in the order form, with the fields that move in each direction.
2. Will you take out the right to train your AI on our data? Good answer: Yes, written into the order form, and covering data you already hold.
3. Can we pause or cancel part way through the term, and what do we get back? Good answer: A written right to cancel, with a stated refund for the unused months.
4. How many contacts do we get, when do they expire and do they carry over on our plan? Good answer: A number, an expiry date and a carry-over rule, all in the order form.
5. What will Smart Screening cost when the beta ends, and which settings are on from day one? Good answer: A price in the order form and a list of settings that stay off until we switch them on.
6. Which outside companies handle our candidates’ data, and in which countries? Good answer: The full list, with a country for each company, sent before we sign.
7. How do we export scores, summaries and recordings before the contract ends? Good answer: A stated file format and a time window, written into the contract.
8. Has anyone outside Indeed audited the Smart Fit Score for bias, and can we read the result? Good answer: Yes, the full report, with figures for roles like ours.

Alternatives to Indeed Smart Sourcing

LinkedIn Recruiter, SEEK and Naukri Resdex are the alternatives that search a large pool of resumes. Buying nothing is the fourth choice.

LinkedIn Recruiter lets recruiters search LinkedIn. It has no single standard price. It is usually bought for each recruiter. The plan for recruiting teams is priced through an agreement of one year or longer. Purchases cannot be cancelled or refunded, except as the agreement allows. Hiring Assistant is its AI add-on. LinkedIn is making it available gradually.

SEEK sells Basic Talent Search for businesses that hire now and then. A limited number of candidates can be searched and contacted free each month. Basic has no annual contract. Premium Talent Search is for agencies and professional recruitment teams. It searches over 50 million candidate profiles. Its price is customised, and SEEK asks you to speak to its sales team. Assist, SEEK’s AI, scores and ranks applicants against your criteria. SEEK runs employer sites for Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

Naukri Resdex has over 50 million profiles. Naukri hosts approximately 118 million resumes in all. You get the details of Resdex subscription packages from Naukri’s branches or a call-back form. Naukri approves KYC documents before it activates a new subscription. KYC means know your customer, the checks on who you are. Naukri’s AI REX screens each candidate response against criteria you set. Each role you give AI REX comes with 50 CVs, counting both suggested CVs and screened applications.

Buying nothing means you keep working with the people who apply to your jobs. Smart Sourcing is built to reach people who have not applied.