• ZipRecruiter

2024 SITEJABBER AWARD

ZipRecruiter

Write a Review

Overview

ZipRecruiter has a rating of 3.5 stars from 581 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 2nd among Recruiting sites.

  • Service
    45

This company does not typically respond to reviews

Positive reviews (last 12 months): 50%
Positive
1
Neutral
0
Negative
1
See all photos
How would you rate ZipRecruiter?
Top Positive Review

“I have an account with them”

Huginn A.
6/6/24

I have an account with this job platform and I am glad that I made it since the last job I landed was from here. I don't know about the other countries, but in the Netherlands this platform is getting quite popular. Many companies are posting their job calls here. Hence, a lot of job opportunities. It is good that you can adjust your settings and I receive regular emails about new job calls for the positions I have set. You never know when a good and better opportunity will come.

Top Critical Review

“A day late and a dollar short”

Crystal G.
8/31/24

Anytime I had an interview set up by ZipRecruiter by the time I got there the position already been filled and ZipRecruiter did not let me know that so I wasted my time gas energy. And felt even more discouraged so thanks to recruiter! CG

Reviews (581)

Rating

Timeframe

Other

Reviews that mention popular keywords

customer service (149) zip recruiter (63)
Thumbnail of user crystalg784
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
August 31st, 2024

Anytime I had an interview set up by ZipRecruiter by the time I got there the position already been filled and ZipRecruiter did not let me know that so I wasted my time gas energy. And felt even more discouraged so thanks to recruiter! CG

Thumbnail of user huginna
Netherlands
8 reviews
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
June 6th, 2024

I have an account with this job platform and I am glad that I made it since the last job I landed was from here. I don't know about the other countries, but in the Netherlands this platform is getting quite popular. Many companies are posting their job calls here. Hence, a lot of job opportunities.
It is good that you can adjust your settings and I receive regular emails about new job calls for the positions I have set. You never know when a good and better opportunity will come.

Thumbnail of user danielg2052
Oklahoma
1 review
3 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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?

Products used:
Recruiting

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user gregm829
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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.

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user jeanninej3
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
January 6th, 2018

I've had a trying day so reaching Nicole turned it around. She is pleasant, has an incredible phone bedside manner and was quick in helping to help me navigate your site and understand the process. I'm sure she not only creates business for Zip, but keeps customers coming back as well.

Please give her the kudos she so richly deserves.

Jeannine

Service
Thumbnail of user lindar256
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
December 19th, 2017

Rebecca was most helpful concerning adding new users to our account. She advised how to give them some rights to review candidates but not receive emails from every single one.
Great help@ Zip Recruiter!
Linda

Thumbnail of user as6620
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
March 22nd, 2018

Look for other recruitment options if you can. I have used this for four years and each year it goes downhill a little more with their overpriced "enhancements." I'm looking at other options as our business grows. Representatives are generally not helpful, so don't waste you time.

Thumbnail of user bernardinem
Matthew S. – ZipRecruiter Rep

Thank you for your review as we greatly appreciate your feedback! I'd like to apologize for your recent experience with ZipRecruiter and would like to investigate this pricing and lack of support issue further.

Unfortunately I cannot locate your account with the information you provided. If you would like me to look into this please feel free to reach out to me personally at support@ziprecruiter.com with the subject "Attention Rebecca". You can also reach the rest of our Customer Success Team by calling 1877-252-1062 (24/7).

Kind regards, ​

Rebecca

Thumbnail of user matth520
Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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.

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user nicholasm848
Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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.

Products used:
General posting

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user lauras314
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
February 7th, 2018

We received loads of candidates within the first few hours and it steadily continued but a great deal of the applicants didn't fit the job description at all... but the customer service was super, especially Melody. I will use Zip again if I need to fill another position.

Thumbnail of user carmenzam
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
December 28th, 2017

I spoke with Rebecca and she was phenomenal. Her responses were absolute rapid fire and very clearly explained. She was also extremely friendly. This was my first time using the chat function for ziprecruiter and I definitely will recommend it and continue to use it after the great assistance I received from Rebecca.
Btw my issue was turning off a job board because we are receiving TOO MANY candidates. Ziprecruiter has been very good overall.

Thumbnail of user lisap2616
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
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.

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user carolz15
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
March 6th, 2018

My account rep was out of the office today, so I called customer service and spoke to Tara. She was able to answer all my questions and help me through the maze of having 2 postings in multiple locations for 6 available jobs, plus my being a first-time Ziprecruiter user! Thanks to Tara, my day is going much better now!

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user flow86
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
March 6th, 2018

I received fantastic help from Tee this afternoon. She explained everything I needed to know and did not rush through our conversation. Working with her was a grand experience. Keep hiring Reps like this to speak for your Company. I explained to her that the way I was assisted in writing the Posting we only received Resumes from over qualified people and I was requesting a credit for this month and putting my account on hold. Thanks again Tee you were great.

Thumbnail of user agnieszkad6
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
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 gregoryb331
Colorado
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
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!

Products used:
Employer Job Posting

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user ls265
Massachusetts
5 reviews
7 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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 jenniferk172
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
March 29th, 2018

Erika was able to walk me through the process to email a group of candidates. She also shared with me how to link our ad with social media. I was grateful to have my problem solved, however if the site was a little more user-friendly I might not have needed to use the chat feature. I had created the email then selected the candidates that I wanted to send it to several times and it would clear before Erika told me to go to the list of applicants then select each one then create the email. Also, why is sharing to social media such a secret? Hope this helps.

Thumbnail of user omars134
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
  • Send Message
August 30th, 2020

When you sign up for zip recruiter they send you few resumes of qualified candidates but it turns out they have been looking for jobs for sometime and they can't find one for whatever reasons, then when you start your subscription, you barely get any candidates even though your job posting is very competitive.

Thumbnail of user bernardinem
Matthew S. – ZipRecruiter Rep

Thank you for using and reviewing our platform. We're sorry to hear this was your experience, Omar. We'd definitely like to help. Candidates are able to search and apply to jobs they are interested in. We have many tools to help employers filter the applications and improve our matching technology. If we ever have the pleasure of doing business with you again in the future, please reach out to our 24/7 Customer Care Team at 877-252-1062 or live chat. We are always happy to assist! ~DW

Thumbnail of user ladonah
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
November 18th, 2017

The quality of candidates has not been quite up to par. Out of 268 candidates there have only been maybe (6) that were semi qualified for the job. However they have worked hard to assist me with this issue. The customer service representative (Rebecca) did an excellent job in coming up with some helpful recommendations to better assist me in finding better qualified candidates for our company.

Thumbnail of user tonya708
Texas
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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

Products used:
Job posting using a free trial

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user tylerm387
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
  • Send Message
August 10th, 2021
Verified purchase

I work for a staffing company and have used Ziprecruiter for 5 years. They used to be great. But the last 2 years have been anything but.

Last year I had 50 job openings posted and in 5 days got over 350 applicants. In a middle of a pandemic! The same jobs posted for the same time period this year and I have 37 applicants. 1/10th of what they did last year. 18 of the ads have been viewed by no one!

Last year I was paying $1400/month for the ads this year they want $3000.

They recommended opening a new account. Did that paid $2000 for 20 ads. Barely any improvement. This company used to be great…. Now you should use indeed or Glassdoor.

Tip for consumers:
Use indeed

Products used:
50 job postings premium enterprise

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user timm335
Arkansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
December 20th, 2017

I just paid them $200 - then wasted over 2 hours setting up the account and writing the perfect job posting. As soon as I submitted, it went through 3 successful upload stages only to take me to an error page telling me I was unauthorized to view whatever landing page they took me to. And then to find out my job post was lost. They said, "Sorry, you need to write it again".

Thumbnail of user matthews2189
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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

Products used:
Job postings

Service
Value
Quality
Thumbnail of user christianb595
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
  • Send Message
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

Service
Value
Quality

Sitejabber for Business

Gain trust and grow your business with customer reviews.

From the business

Search for jobs hiring in your area using ZipRecruiter's job search engine - the best way to find a job. Find jobs hiring near you and apply with just 1 click.

Company Representative

Thumbnail of user bernardinem
Matthew S.
Customer Experience Manager
Typically does not respond to reviews

How do I know I can trust these reviews about ZipRecruiter?

  • Sitejabber’s mission is to increase online transparency for buyers and businesses
  • Sitejabber has helped over 200M buyers make better purchasing decisions online
  • Suspicious reviews are flagged by our algorithms, moderators, and community members

See reviews as you browse with our Chrome extension

3.5
581 reviews
Have a question about ZipRecruiter?