How to Optimise Jobs from Your Career Site or ATS Directly on Indeed

How to optimise your indexed jobs on Indeed

All of your jobs, regardless of where you originally posted them, can be found in one place in the Jobs tab of your Employer Dashboard. You can see which jobs you’ve posted directly on Indeed vs jobs that have been pulled from somewhere else online by looking for the link icon to the left of the job title. Jobs with the link icon have been sourced from outside Indeed (e.g. company site, ATS feed).*

You can now perform the full range of job edits on your indexed jobs.** To do so, click on the job title and you’ll be prompted to add important information, such as how many people you want to hire for the role, location and job schedule information.

As you’re editing your indexed job, think like a job seeker and consider including these details:

• Strong job title: Effective job titles help jobs appear in relevant search results and attract quality candidates. Check out these tips for writing great job titles.
• Salary or salary range: Jobs with salaries listed receive up to 2.4 times more applications.[2]
• Schedule/shift information: Job seekers have certain schedules that their job must fit into. Sharing this information upfront ensures there isn’t a mismatch in requirements or expectations.
• Benefits: People often look for benefits that align with their family or personal needs. Listing your top benefits/perks can also help you stand out from the competition.

Including this information can have a big impact. In fact, indexed jobs on Indeed that have salary, schedule and benefits information included receive 2 times more apply starts.[3]

To unlock even more capabilities, click Use Indeed Apply next to one of your indexed jobs. This enables you to receive job seeker applications directly on Indeed. It also allows you to access the full range of Indeed features, including screening questions, assessments, Match Candidates and more.

With Indeed Apply, when job seekers find your indexed job on Indeed they’ll no longer be redirected to your website. Instead, they’ll apply directly through Indeed. Any applications you receive through Indeed are managed on Indeed, not through your career site. You can always turn this off later. Just go to the Application Settings section of your job and choose Apply URL.

You can also now give your indexed jobs an additional boost by sponsoring them directly on Indeed. Just click Sponsor job next to one of your indexed jobs. This helps you get better visibility and attract more of the right applicants. When you add screening questions to your job post and mark one or more of them as ‘deal breakers’, you’ll also only pay for candidates that meet those minimum requirements.***

*Experience differs for larger employers

**Edits you make to your jobs through Indeed will only be reflected on Indeed. Changes won’t be updated on your website or ATS.

***Not available to all users

Why edit your indexed jobs?

You may be wondering why you should update your indexed jobs directly on Indeed if you can just do so in your ATS or career site. Here are a few reasons why optimising your indexed jobs can help you make better hires, faster:

Own your presence on Indeed

Optimising your indexed jobs works a bit like search engine optimisation (SEO). When you include the right details in your Indeed job post, it’s more likely to be seen by the right candidates. But some of the jobs sourced from your company career site or ATS may be missing details that job seekers want to know.

For example, you may be required to retain internal titles like Software Engineer II within your company’s ATS. However, these job titles may not work as well for external candidates on Indeed where 36% of job seekers search by exact job title.[4] By clarifying the job title on Indeed (and keeping what’s required in your ATS), your job may show up in more relevant job seeker search results.

We also know that job seekers tend to engage more with jobs that have the key pieces of information they need to move forward with an application. Job details like salary, schedule and benefits are key features for many of Indeed’s automated solutions like Matched Candidates.

Easily screen and filter applicants

When you enable Indeed Apply on your indexed job, you’ll be able to add screening questions and skill assessments. When candidates apply, they’ll be prompted to answer your pre-selected screening questions (ex. ‘Do you have a driver’s licence?’) and/or take any of the 200+ skills tests of your choosing to confirm their skills.

As applicants show up in your Employer Dashboard, you can filter them automatically based on their answers to your screening questions and skills test scores.

Streamline candidate communication and interviews

Indexed jobs can now benefit from our messaging and interviewing tools. Use message templates and bulk messaging features on Indeed to communicate with candidates. You can also schedule and coordinate virtual interviews, then share feedback with your team – right on Indeed.

We also offer an auto-decline tool, called Employer Assist, that rejects applicants automatically if you don’t show interest in them within your set timeline. This tool sends rejected candidates a short, direct message letting them know they’re no longer being considered for your role. Learn more about Employer Assist.

Manage all jobs and candidates in one place

Manage and track jobs efficiently in your Indeed dashboard where you can search across all roles and locations, track progress towards hiring, export candidates and edit job posts. View all your jobs in a single list (no matter the source) and track candidate applications in one place. This allows you to see all of your hosted and indexed jobs in a single view.

Candidate status reporting is another feature you can now take advantage of. Share where you are in the hiring process by assigning your candidates statuses like Reviewed, Contacted or Rejected. Let your colleagues know information like how many applicants and interviews you’ve got lined up for a specific job. Learn more about managing candidates on Indeed.

Unlock data to help you make better hiring decisions

Get competitive and market analytics by job type and location when you use Indeed. For example, see how your pay aligns with your competitors, see what search terms candidates are using to find jobs and use interactive charts to view how markets are changing over time.

Indexed jobs on Indeed also now come with performance reports. Use metrics like clicks, impressions and cost to see how your job is performing and optimise as necessary. To access your performance reports, click on the three dots to the right of the job you’re interested in and select See performance report.

1. Indeed data (worldwide), job seeker accounts with a unique, verified email address↩
2. Indeed data (US)↩
3. Indeed data (US)↩
4. Indeed survey, n=2,091↩