• ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter

Overview

ZipRecruiter has a rating of 4.61 stars from 579 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with ZipRecruiter most frequently mention customer service, live chat, and free trial. ZipRecruiter ranks 1st among Recruiting sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 12.5%
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Positive highlights

  • My company continues to use ZipRecruiter and will do so in the future because of the excellent customer service.

Critical highlights

  • Zip recruiter will sell you a single job posting for aorund 500.00 and you will get poor results.
How would you rate ZipRecruiter?
Top Positive Review

“Gets out there”

Michaela W.
6/8/23

My personality job recruiter, only sent me jobs that I'd be interested in, making my job search so much easier.

Top Critical Review

“Scam Company and Unethical”

Byron K.
8/29/23

We ran an add with ZipRecruiter and cancelled the add before the 30 days was up because to of the horrible candidates we were getting. However, unless you delete your existing account, they will keep charging you a monthly fee. This was an account that I had with them prior to posting an employment add this go around. SCAM. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY, DUE TO IT'S LACK OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY. This is NOT how a company should do business. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY! I truly believe that this company uses A.I. And just out to take your money.

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Thumbnail of user danielg2052
1 review
3 helpful votes
September 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

Zip Recruiter is such a scam! They lure you in with "Post jobs for free" and you think the first one is free. After not getting quality candidates, I stopped logging in. Oh, I did get a few candidates from India for a job in Kansas. Then they start charging your credit card $18.00 per day. I racked up $1500 in charges before I realized what was going on. Their customer support team is like a brick wall. Why would an honest company bury this kind of thing in the fine print?

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Recruiting

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Thumbnail of user byron
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 29th, 2023

We ran an add with ZipRecruiter and cancelled the add before the 30 days was up because to of the horrible candidates we were getting. However, unless you delete your existing account, they will keep charging you a monthly fee. This was an account that I had with them prior to posting an employment add this go around. SCAM. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY, DUE TO IT'S LACK OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY. This is NOT how a company should do business. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY! I truly believe that this company uses A.I. And just out to take your money.

Thumbnail of user tomb1922
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 26th, 2022

I've been a multi year user of Zip Recruiter and have found it to be a fair value overall. My issue is that when you upgrade your service to try something new for a month and decide to go back to your former plan your former plans pricing increases. I was on a 4 job posting plan and paying $377 and change monthly, plus boosts etc. My guy at Zip suggested a new plan which I tried for a month, cost was $993. Really was not worth the upgrade as it just generated more garbage than normal to sort thru, went back to my old plan and now price is $480. I email my Zip guy twice, no response, I leave a Vm, no response. Finally chased him down to express my thoughts on the price change, nothing I can do I'm told, I had a disco7nt and now it's gone. This had happened in the past as well so it's a management decision not the CSR. I told him it's a sleazy practice, you can tell he's used to the feedback. This is basically a bait and switch tactic. Now the four job plan is going to $575 from the $377 I was paying. I was on auto pilot with the plan and now I'm taking a hard look at the value. Shame on you Zip Recruiter

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4 job plan

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Thumbnail of user michaelawalters814
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 8th, 2023

My personality job recruiter, only sent me jobs that I'd be interested in, making my job search so much easier.

Tip for consumers:
Block scam calls

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Cosmetics, vitamins

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Thumbnail of user gregoryb331
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
October 17th, 2022

I took ZipRecruiter up on its "free" offer for employer job postings. I received a majority of responses from unqualified candidates. Of the "qualified" responses, I was neither able to get responses to my calls/emails nor candidates to show for an interview. When I spoke to their customer service I was told, "no refund and no appeal process." I will NEVER use them again and advise all employers to steer clear!

Tip for consumers:
Don't use this site...ever!

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Employer Job Posting

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Thumbnail of user agnieszkad6
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 16th, 2022
Verified purchase

The conversion of clicks is so low for what that you pay, £99 for listing is a robbery!

They do not have claimed traffic and people seeking job which they do advertise, apparently they have huge base, 2 clicks for the whole time is a laugh.

Don't waste your money on job posting here, free options do have more conversions.

Thumbnail of user reginam51
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 30th, 2018

I am pleased in one way because on finding out the mistake that happened, Tara was very helpful to explain to me what had happened and also she connected me to Lisa
S who issued me a refund and fixed things. But initially the emails that were sent to me were misleading and not explanatory. I have had an account with
Ziprecruiter since about July 2017. I then discontinued my account in about October 2017. I kept getting emails telling me that if i activated my account I would receive a 25% discount. My husband & I talked about it and decided to renew. Well I responded to one of these emails and paid the fee (they took my money) but it was not explained to me that i had to go into my account online and activate things manually, i thought that once I paid then that would automatically activate my same job postings. Well when i went online and noticed that the job postings showed closed that is when i questioned things. But thankfully things were fixed, Again thank you to Tara and Lisa S. :)

Thumbnail of user lisap2616
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 27th, 2022

Job results are completely irrelevant to search terms used. Searching job openings for buyers, and it displays everything from CDL drivers, to fast food, to medical professionals. They email me "great match" results for positions that don't have any similarities to the experience provided in my profile. Worst site I have ever used as a job seeker.

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Thumbnail of user lindsayd45
9 reviews
12 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2023

I am disabled so I would prefer a remote job the problem is, EVERYTHING IS A SCAM! Companies either ask you for money to work or they just don't want to answer questions and make themselves suspicious! I have been on here for 2 years searching and I am stopping today because I just found out, Ziprecruiter is selling ALL my information to other scam "companies" and how do I know that? My mom called the police because a "company" I have never heard of or applied to sent me a check so they could steal my information! The cops even said "This is a scam! People who are on Ziprecruiter all report this company to us". Well, Thanks for the scare and the scam Ziprecruiter! I am so happy I can spot a scam and I didnt give out personal information.

Thumbnail of user nicholasm848
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 8th, 2022

Zip-Recruiter is absurdly overpriced for the paltry and unqualified candidates that are received. I paid almost $700 to get 18 applicants for an entry level position. Only 2 were even remotely qualified. The rest were from across the country or completely unqualified. Very disappointed.

Tip for consumers:
Find another site that utilizes a pay per applicant.

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General posting

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Thumbnail of user lljrj
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 28th, 2022

Excellent service and tools. Once I updated my resume I got no less than five views and offers to apply, when I finally took my offer I had three others waiting for my acceptance. I'm very pleased.

Thumbnail of user ls265
5 reviews
7 helpful votes
August 19th, 2022

A company this big and successful should not be sending hard copy mailings to people who don't want them. I gave my info to their company once and then didn't use them and i get constant hard copy mailings. They have zero concern for the environment. I don't do business with companies that do this.

Thumbnail of user gregm829
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 23rd, 2021

Signed up for a trial for which I got charged anyway. I still am trying to deal with these charges.

I received over 40 resumes and the majority of them didn't even respond. Of those who did respond and take my job, all of them did not show. It was all around a bad experience and their customer service was unhelpful.

Tip for consumers:
Look at all the fine print and be prepared for disappointment.

Products used:
Posted job advertisement.

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Thumbnail of user lorettaw11
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
June 28th, 2023

I tried Zip Recruiter; it was very frustrating using it to find a job. This sight has a lot of Scammers on it.
I did not feel comfortable using it.

Thumbnail of user philipr264
1 review
3 helpful votes
August 30th, 2021

Sign you up for $349,00 a month for potential 28 invite for a position, received 2 in 2 weeks in 30 days only had 4 not qualified, get support after 2 weeks only to have agent say if you really want exposure it will cost you $3600, 00, refused never had a candidate to pick from the rest of the time, sent Jordan and email to cancel, never heard, had to call and found out I was set to renew for another month, Beware, on Transmission

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Employment Service

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Thumbnail of user michellegarren
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 21st, 2023

Do not use this website. No jobs contact you only scam calls and phishing. They sell your information to make money.

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Thumbnail of user olivera80
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 9th, 2022

I returned to the ZipRecruit platform looking for new work after about a 2 year hiatus. I logged in and updated my profile and attempted to apply for a job.

I received an error, however, that my current email needed to be updated to proceed. Not sure why, I changed it to a backup with the intention of reverting it back to the original email (I didn't want potential employer messages sent to my backup). Although when I tried to switch it back, the platform sent me an error message that my professional email was invalid, even though I had just signed in with it.

I reached out to their support department and they were dismissive of my claims, telling me that I needed to reset my browser's cache and cookies and that's all that could be done. I wasn't very happy with being brushed off and made another request, this time having my ticket reviewed by the internal team. After a few days, I was told that my problem could not be resolved and that I would have to live with using my backup email, despite their platform forcing me to change it. So now my resumé and my cover letters direct communication to my professional email, but ZipRecruiter points to a janky backup email.

I'm not inclined to use the Zip Recruit platform now because it will supply my backup email for communications which is not where I field new work opportunities.

Not happy that my profile was forced to be incorrect.

Tip for consumers:
Use a different platform.

Products used:
Indeed, LinkedIn, Angel List

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Thumbnail of user maryd287
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
May 11th, 2023

Years ago, our company left ZipRecruiter due to lousy customer service, but we gave them another try today, in hopes they'd improved their processes and their people. But we were AGAIN sorely disappointed. After placing 2 of my 5 ads today, I was prompted to 'verify our company,' which I did with a phone call, as requested. But hours later, I received ANOTHER prompt to do it AGAIN. Already exasperated with having my time wasted, I was treated to an obnoxious, pompous twit named JAMES. FOUR times, he told me to 'refresh my screen,' as if I were an idiot or a feeble child. His condescending tone was beyond unprofessional, but he THEN became THREATENING when he told me that 'he could just CANCEL my account' if he wanted. (BIG TALK for a useless, customer service mouthpiece!) Of course, I told him to CANCEL IT. Someone needs to clue James into the fact that it's solid companies like ours that PAY HIS PAYCHECK. Frankly, we've been in business MUCH longer than ZipRecruiter, and it is not by accident. WE ACTUALLY HAVE STANDARDS, TRAIN OUR PEOPLE, & OUR CUSTOMERS COME FIRST. If ZipRecruiter hires ignoramuses like James, it is inconceivable that such a company can help OUR 35-year company to hire ANYONE. ZipRecruiter has extremely LOW STANDARDS for their own employees. Don't bother with ZipRecruiter. There are plenty of other PROFESSIONAL options out there!

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ATTEMPTED to place 5 employment ads today.

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Thumbnail of user tonya708
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2022
Verified purchase

We had a free trial they did not honor. Then told the monthly fee was 249 after the trail. We cancelled after 15 days because we did not find the quality of applicants we anticipated. Then we were billed 349

Tip for consumers:
Do not use the site, it is not straight forward and honest

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Job posting using a free trial

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Thumbnail of user christianb595
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 19th, 2022

Very deceiving and deceptive billing
I too have had a very bad experience with zip recruiter. Their billings practice is very deceiving and deceptive. They have this box that you have to accept "daily subscription" that you think is for the ad you are running. Then the candidates that they send you don't meet the criteria that you asked for. You get frustrated and pull the plug on the ad. But then you realize after you keep getting billed for $504 that they deceived you and you are still getting billed even though you no longer have an ad listed. Warning do not sign with zip recruiter

Tip for consumers:
BE AWARE OF THIS COMPANY

Products used:
Very deceiving and deceptive billing
I too have had a very bad experience with zip recruiter. Their billings practice is very deceiving and deceptive. They have this box that you have to accept "daily subscription" that you think is for the ad you are running. Then the candidates that they send you don't meet the criteria that you asked for. You get frustrated and pull the plug on the ad. But then you realize after you keep getting billed for $504 that they deceived you and you are still getting billed even though you no longer have an ad listed. Warning do not sign with zip recruiter

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Thumbnail of user gt134
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
May 8th, 2022

I use several job find sites. Ziprecruiter is by bar not great. After filling out my profile completely, 9 out of 19 job references are not related to my job search.
The worse part is, they give out your personal information on your resume to companies not in your field. They sell your information, this is not a sure place to provide anything personal.

Tip for consumers:
Don't provide important email or phone number.

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Job search

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Thumbnail of user matthews2189
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 11th, 2022

I would recommend utilizing other options like Nethire and Indeed. They took our company for $120 and will never see a dollar from us or our peers. We employee 100 people through Ontario and will also be addressing the charges with the BBB and Visa. How can you charge for an account on hold!

Tip for consumers:
Don't use it unless you want applicants from overseas and billing for services you didn't receive

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Job postings

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Thumbnail of user davidk1624
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
May 19th, 2023

Is this ZipRecruiter.news, ZipRecruiter.news, ZipRecruiter.news. The only worse ads are Kars For Kids. Along with Jason Evens. OVER 90% have never read a sales book. We know, we know, we know.

Tip for consumers:
Just that your radio spot is SO irritating.

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The stuff.

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Thumbnail of user matth520
1 review
5 helpful votes
March 9th, 2021

ZipRecruiter gave me a refund after I kept calling. I told them I was going to tie up their resources until I got my money back. I was in a rude mood and regretted being so ugly, but it worked. Find another job site, this one sucks. They sent zero qualified candidates. Indeed.com and Craigslist are better and cheaper. It's very difficult to find good help, especially for jobs that require skilled labor. Don't waste your money on this site.
Indeed.com is free to start, and they sent good candidates. When I started paying—no more good candidates.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t choose an expensive plan. It’s garbage.

Products used:
One month package, supposedly top of the line, sponsored, first in search results, $479 after discount.

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Thumbnail of user deel171
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 9th, 2022

This company is a farce. They send you emails of jobs that are old and outdated. They also send you jobs that are completely outside of the industry in which you're looking for and in which you are not interested in. Don't waste your time.

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