CareerBuilder vs ApplicantStack: Which is a better fit?

Blair: Hi, my name is Blair and I am a Director of Recruiting at a national search firm. I would give CareerBuilder a two out of five stars, and for more reviews like this, please click below. So in our search, we pretty much left every stone unturned. We considered CareerBuilder along with Indeed, ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn. One of the main reasons that we chose to use CareerBuilder is because it allowed us to tap into several different markets and levels of candidates, meaning both at the hourly more general labor level as well as mid-level salary and some executives. One of the main reasons we chose and continue to choose to use CareerBuilder is the fact that it allows us to access multiple levels of candidates, meaning both at the hourly level, as well as salaried degree employees. Our business model is to target several different segments of employees and CareerBuilder was a good option to allow us to do that. So the actual initial setup of CareerBuilder was very easy. They do have a very good support and customer service team was very responsive. However, everything from there has been quite challenging. The search functions within CareerBuilder are certainly not as user friendly as most of the other platforms that we also utilize. So myself, as a leader within our company, it has been very challenging to train both experienced and new recruiters in using CareerBuilder. So when considering whether or not you'd like to use CareerBuilder, the two main things I would recommend considering or formalizing ahead of time would be your volume as well as the skill level of your recruiting team. So in terms of volume, think about how many resumes are you going to want to access? And are you sharing that pool of resumes with a team? One of the biggest cons about CareerBuilder in my opinion, is the limit to how many resumes are able to see. It's typically about 500 per month. And if you're sharing that with a team, you can go through those 500 very quickly. The other factor again, would be the experience level of your recruiting team. The search functions within CareerBuilder are not very user friendly, even for an experienced recruiter like myself. I often find it quite challenging and stumble my way through it. So those are the two main things. Again, the capabilities and experience of your team and the volume of resumes that you're hoping to access.

Mark K.: Hi, my name is Mark. I'm a lead generator. I give Applicant Stack a five out of five. For more reviews like this, please click below. We use Applicant Stack to track the incoming applicants and candidates from the start of the application process all the way through hiring or the do not pursue phase. One of my absolute favorite things about Applicant Stack is A, how customizable it is and also how intuitive it is. We bring on a ton of different new people. We're a very, very large company. So the fact that it is simple to use and pretty intuitive is a major benefit to us as well as the reporting is very beneficial. So we can draw up pretty much any type of report and call any type of data that we can imagine. So it is a very, very versatile product. The one thing I wish I could change about Applicant Stack, and again, this may be a use your error type thing, but is the exporting of the reports. There's other programs out there that export the data already in a nice, neat, pretty picture. Whereas once you export the data out of Applicant Stack, at least in my experience, you have to manipulate it in order to get the graphs and the charts that you want.