I made a blog bet with Tim Dineen that the Portland Trailblazers would beat the Boston Celtics in Boston…I was wrong and therefore, since I lost the bet, I am writing a post about Indeed.com, Tim’s employer.
My affection for Indeed.com is real and has nothing to do with either losing a blog bet or the fact that I think Tim is a great guy. I used and talked about Indeed well before I knew Tim. In an article for Search Engine Guide that chronicled my SEO job search that occurred 18 months ago (and if you are in or will be looking for a search engine optimization job, I recommend that you read the article), I shared with my readers that Indeed’s job search engine was an integral part of my job searching process.
If I do the same SEO job search now that I performed 18 months ago, I now show 2,731 open SEO job postings. My memory tells me that the number from 18 months ago was a little over 1,000 (and I anticipate the number to grow significantly over time).
Indeed also has some great features…some of which weren’t available when I last used it:
1) Email job alerts (which I used every day to send out my resume to new postings).
2) The salary survey (which pulls salary data from job postings to give out a real good idea of what a prospective job might pay).
3) Job search trends which mimics Google trends for job searches.
4) Forums. Some of the topics seem to get quite busy (7,620 comments in a thread about Delta Airlines Flight Attendant Interviews…Wow!).
In short, a job applicant can use Indeed.com for their entire job search without worrying about missing opportunities. Tim & his co-workers are doing an excellent job with the site!
Todd Mintz knows PPC…knows Social Media…knows SEO…knows Blogging…knows Domaining…and knows them all real well. He runs growth marketing for )and is also a Director & Founding Member of SEMpdx: Portland, Oregon’s Search Engine Marketing Association, and he can be found here on Twitter and Facebook.
Thanks Todd!
I found that earlier Search Engine Guide article helpful when I myself was doing a job search in late 2006. Hopefully others will find this recommendation helpful today.
Thank you
-Tim Dineen
I just want to point out that indeed’s jobtrends came out before google trends, therefore google clearly mimicked indeed on that one 🙂
Very cool site –
There’s a neat feature that lets you get an RSS feed of your search too – that’s pretty slick!
Also, it looks familiar somehow, but I can’t put my finger on it…