SEEK Assist

SEEK Assist ranks and screens the people who apply to your SEEK ad

You decide, candidates can turn down the AI Pre-screen, and SEEK audits its AI

It covers one ad’s applicants, and SEEK can reuse what it produces

These are the terms on SEEK’s Australian employer site. New Zealand’s AI Pre-screen terms use the Australian clauses, with some changes. Ask SEEK which terms apply to you.

Assist is a fixed-fee add-on, and its uses expire after 180 days

You pay for Assist as an add-on at a fixed fee. The uses last 180 days from purchase. SEEK does not refund unused ones. If you go over your limit, SEEK may charge the extra use at its standard rates. You pay for what SEEK agrees to provide whether or not you use it fully. Invoices fall due within 14 days unless your agreement says otherwise.

Your applications and Assist results stay in your account for three years. SEEK may end your access for a reason other than fraud or dishonest conduct. If so, it forwards your stored applications to the email address you name within 20 business days. If the agreement ends early, a small business gets back what it paid for anything not yet received. It gets no refund when SEEK ends the agreement under the terms.

The terms cap the most SEEK will pay a small business if something goes wrong. The cap is the greater of $1,000 or six times the fees paid in the month before. Fraud and wilful misconduct are excluded from the cap. For other customers, SEEK and its staff are not liable in any way under the terms. That covers loss or damage from using its products and services.

Eight questions for SEEK

1. What does Assist cost for our ad type? What do we pay above our allowance? Good answer: A fixed fee and a set number of uses for each ad. A named rate or a cap above that, on our order.
2. Which country’s terms apply to us, and do we count as a small business under them? Good answer: A written answer that names the terms, points to what differs and says whether we are a small business.
3. Can we read the latest external fairness audit and the method behind it? Good answer: A report with the date, the auditor’s name and results for groups of candidates.
4. Can you leave our candidates’ Assist results out of reuse and model learning? Good answer: Yes, in writing, for our account and for results you already hold.
5. Which of our applicants can Assist screen if we also use a recruitment system? Good answer: Every applicant, or a written list of the routes that count.
6. How do we get scores, summaries and reference answers out when we leave? Good answer: A stated file format and a time window, in the contract.
7. What do candidates see about the AI screening, and what can they do instead? Good answer: Plain wording we can edit, and a route to a person that does not count against them.
8. Will you tell us before you remove an Assist feature we use, and refund unused uses? Good answer: Written notice in advance, and a refund or credit for the unused balance.

Alternatives to SEEK

If SEEK Assist is not the right fit, look at LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable, Indeed Smart Sourcing and Naukri Resdex. You can also keep advertising on SEEK and screen applicants yourself.

Each one also ranks or shortlists candidates. LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is an AI assistant inside LinkedIn Recruiter. LinkedIn sells it as an add-on to a Recruiter contract. Workable Agent scores applicants against the job criteria inside Workable’s applicant tracking system. You can add it to any plan and you pay for it in “AI credits”, which are prepaid units. Scoring one applicant uses one. Indeed Smart Sourcing gives you a shortlist of candidates matched to your job. In India, the Professional plan costs ₹33,000 a month or ₹3,15,000 a year. It includes 100 contacts a month, and extra contacts cost ₹330 each. Naukri Resdex Enterprise matches a posted job against CVs in Naukri’s database and recommends candidates. You contact Naukri to turn it on. It ranks profiles by the recruiter’s own past actions.

Our guide to AI sourcing and screening covers how these products compare.