Are job postings on Glassdoor legit?

Should I use Indeed or Glassdoor?

I don't work for Indeed and my experience with it is limited but what I have seen so far is that it doesn't compare to Glassdoor (which I am very familiar with). My question is whether Indeed is a viable search option for someone like me. Is there a way of finding out if this is the case and what are the advantages and disadvantages of using Indeed? And, more importantly, if I make the investment, will my time be spent in the recruitment field in my job, or am I just wasting my time? And would I be a good enough candidate to go for the career break I want to take in the first place?

I've been at Indeed for 2.5 years now, after being made redundant from a finance-related field. Now it's my job title that hasn't changed - but I'd like to change field and go back to business, ideally with a technical focus (ie not Finance). So I could potentially spend 2.5 years at the same level, then leave to pursue my career goal?

JohneSep 11 '13 at 4:25. @Johne As long as your title is on indeed.com - then you don't need to worry. In fact some people have even used Jobscan over Indeed. It's worth keeping your options open if you're not 100% confident in your title and employer in this field! Even if you don't go for it, it's never too early to start thinking about it. Best of luck to you :-)

PieterHDec 11 '14 at 16:48. I didn't realize it actually had an option called jobscan or that it didn't require any investment.99 if I wanted to get a resume into the system to upload. I went to Jobscan though and it appears that it does mean that I would be paying for it, so I am still trying to decide if it is worth it or not.

JohneSep 11 '13 at 4:27. It should just be your employer doing the sending of the email (assuming you don't already have a job offer) which would then be sent to indeed.com and stored there.

Do people get jobs off Glassdoor?

I posted a question on Glassdoor and it got a lot of comments.

I think the point is that people can make money off of Glassdoor. I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting a job off of Glassdoor? I know that you can write a review of an employer and that can help them out. But what about trying to get a job through your own review?

@joerobin. "I don't get how a company would even be interested in having a Glassdoor review." They're interested in two things: 1) how can they improve their customer service, and 2) how can they be more competitive. They care about the first one because they want to make sure their customers are satisfied, but they care about the second one because they want to stay competitive. A lot of companies have tried to game Glassdoor and get negative reviews from employees, but it's not easy to do. If you have a bad experience at a company, I'm guessing they'll want to hear about it, and it will probably help them keep their customers happy.

@HansZimmermann. "I think the point is that people can make money off of Glassdoor." When you have a bad experience at a company, you might as well make money off it. I think the point of the question was to find out if people were making money off of Glassdoor. I was just curious.

@Travis. Yeah, I thought that's what the question was. I've never tried it, but I could imagine that someone could make money off of it. There are companies that pay people for reviews. I don't know if it would be possible to make money off of a company that is hiring, though.

I've only had positive experiences, and all of them were small, local businesses. @MarkStern. "I've only had positive experiences, and all of them were small, local businesses." I'm not sure if I'd call that a positive experience. A positive experience would be if you got a job from your review.

Are job postings on Glassdoor legit?

I recently applied for a job through Glassdoor.

I saw that one of the requirements was to have a certain number of hours at a previous job (3,000 or more).

I've been unemployed for about 3 months and currently I am working on a contract basis for my current employer. I haven't had a chance to look into Glassdoor to see how they rate myself. But if I were to get a job offer at my current place of employment, should I ask them for a copy of my previous experience? If not, is there another way to prove my ability to work?

The reason why I asked this is because I want to make sure that I am not wasting time on this application, if I don't have any history. I don't want to be treated like some sort of no-name, with no previous experience, that is just looking to take a job offer.

I don't want to waste time, and I don't want to risk being shot down after I've already been approved. I think the best way to get what I want is to get it from an employer, rather than a third-party.

I would say that a third-party evaluation is a legitimate way to show your abilities, but they can be misleading. For example, a few years ago Glassdoor rated me very low because I worked as a bartender for a long time. I know that I worked at an upscale restaurant and was a manager, so Glassdoor rated me as a bartender. I never worked at a hotel or casino, so Glassdoor rated me low on that.

I ended up getting an offer from the casino and I went in for an interview, but I didn't have a history on Glassdoor. The interviewers said they didn't want a bartending history. But I guess the casino didn't care because I got hired. It was really awkward and kind of hurt my ego.

I also got an offer from a company that I never even heard of. I had a good interview, but they never called me back. I asked the HR person and she said they liked what I did in the interview, but they needed someone who was over three years old.

I thought I had a good interview, but they passed me up because I was too young.