As a new client signing up to GoHire it can take a little bit of time to get your jobs promoted across our partner job board Indeed.
Whilst other job boards will approve your jobs instantly, Indeed has a manual process in place to ensure the content on their platform keeps their users safe. Specifically, with Indeed, there may be a number of reasons why your jobs aren’t displaying.
Indeed do what’s best for jobseekers and aim to provide the best jobseeker experience. Their goal is to display unique, quality job postings that are as close to the original hiring source as possible. The Search Quality team is constantly evaluating listings to ensure that their quality guidelines are met.
If your jobs aren’t displaying on Indeed or you're in any doubt about job postings on Indeed you can drop us an email on support@gohire.io, and we will help you out as quick as we can.
Below are some general guidelines:
Verify your email
You must verify your email when you sign up for your new GoHire account to get full access to all our features such as job board publishing.
Use your company email
You must be using a company email such as joe@exampleapp.com and not a personal account like gmail, hotmail, or yahoo.
Only use GoHire to post on Indeed
Indeed have a 'One Source Policy' meaning that they will only accept jobs posted from one source at a time. If you have previously posted jobs through Indeed or a different ATS, you will either need to inform Indeed directly that you are using GoHire as your main posting source for Indeed. Alternatively, send us an email at support@gohire.io stating: "I want to confirm that I am using GoHire as my main source of job posting for Indeed." We can then share this evidence with Indeed directly to ensure that they check and post the jobs that they receive through GoHire from you.
Employment type
Your jobs won't display on Indeed if the 'Employment Type' you add is internship, work experience, or volunteer.
Each posting should represent a real and currently available job
Simply put, the job should be a job. Indeed does not allow postings such as product/service advertisements, training courses, business opportunities, or especially fraudulent listings.
Clear job titles
Indeed does not accept job titles which contain information beyond the job itself. For example, a job title like 'Cleaner' would be fine. A job title like 'Cleaner - Oxford' or 'Cleaner (Part-time, 8 hours per week)' would not be accepted for free job visibility. If you want to use extra words in your job title, you can achieve visibility by sponsoring your job on Indeed using 'Boost Candidates'.
Detailed job descriptions
Clear titles and detailed job descriptions result in higher conversion rates. Job descriptions should contain more than a couple of sentences and preferably include items such as a company overview, day to day responsibilities of the role, qualifications needed, etc.
Unique, non duplicate jobs
Duplicate listings, among multiple sources or within a single source, will not be approved for organic visibility. It’s confusing for jobseekers to see multiple versions of the same job from different sources. Indeed does their best to filter out duplicate listings and highlight the single source that provides the best job seeker experience.
General recruitment/location blasted jobs
General recruitment jobs typically include some of the following characteristics, identical descriptions in multiple locations, mentions of hiring for multiple roles in one job posting, mentions of no experience necessary or flexible hours, and references self employment and commission only salaries. These types of jobs are not suitable for organic visibility on Indeed.
Reposting of jobs
The longer the job stays posted, the further it will fall in Indeed's organic search results. Reposting the job very frequently to have it placed higher in their search results is not accepted. If the jobs start to see a significant decrease in traffic we recommend sponsoring the job.
Short/easy apply process
In general, the application process should be short and simple. Jobs should not require the jobseeker to pay any registration, application, training, or signing fees.
Don't add 'Apply to this email'
In your GoHire job descriptions, it is not necessary to add ‘Send your application to jeff@examplecompany.com’ or similar. It is confusing and misleading to applicants, they can apply directly with the Apply Now buttons on Indeed and GoHire job pages.
Link to your GoHire jobs
You should where possible link to your new GoHire jobs from your company website, or be prepared to provide a reason to Indeed why you haven’t done so.
Follow the law
Indeed will check all jobs to ensure that they adhere to local laws. For example, jobs that are discriminatory in nature, do not adhere to the minimum wage or are not real will not get visibility. If you post lots of jobs that breach these rules you can be permanently restricted from posting on Indeed.
Integrations switched on
Ensure in your settings you have the right integrations switched on, so that your jobs will display on the job boards you want them to.
Recruitment Agencies
There has been a change where all Recruiter sources worldwide will only qualify for Sponsored Only visibility. Sponsoring jobs on Indeed will not only help recruiters gain more visibility in search results, but it will also provide all recruiting/staffing agencies with increased opportunities to find the right fit for their job postings. You can learn how to sponsor jobs ion Indeed here.
Location
Most job boards that GoHire integrates with require a "Job Location" so they can approve and publish your jobs on their boards. We recommend adding valid locations (Country, State, and County) for your job listing to ensure visibility on the job boards.
My vacancy is urgent, how can I get visibility quickly?
Indeed scrape our XML feed (the data we share with Indeed) several times a day, so provided you follow the guidelines above you should get visibility quickly. However, if your account has repeatedly breached these guidelines or you are posting through us for the first time, boosting a job on Indeed is the fastest way to ensure visibility quickly. Your post will also be ranked much higher than free listings enabling you to attract more applicants.
You can boost a job listing from just £15 per day by following these steps.
Need our help?
If your GoHire jobs are not showing on Indeed and you want them to, we can reach out to Indeed on your behalf to request that your GoHire jobs get visibility. Just send us an email here. Please allow for a little admin time for this to happen.
When you are a new client on GoHire it can take a short amount of time for this process with Indeed to take place, however, when we get confirmation that your jobs are getting visibility on Indeed via GoHire you won’t need to do this process every time you post a new job, it will be an automatic process.
Finally, if you are in any doubts, or think your jobs aren’t currently displaying on Indeed but should be, please reach out to us on support@gohire.io. We will get to the bottom of any issues you are having as quickly as possible.