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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Reviews of CareerBuilder

Ease of use

4.4

Customer Service

4.2

## Pros and Cons in Reviews

Maria Alejandra R

Operation SupervisorOutsourcing/Offshoring, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“One of the best features of the application is that it attracts many candidates and also offers a range of tools that make it easy to find suitable profiles for the vacancies posted.“

January 10, 2023

HS

Himanshu S

Technical RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Career Builder need more synchronization in profile's details, one instance is that a profile shows 8 yrs of experience but once opened , I came to find out he/she has more or less than 8 yrs, I have made many such attempts and it goes waste.“

July 11, 2022

MK

Marnie K

DesignerDesign, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I like how seamless it is to find applicants“

September 4, 2024

Bruce S

Recruitment ProfessionalStaffing and Recruiting, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“The site is sometimes sluggish and it takes time for the software to respond when used in multiple tabs.“

July 28, 2022

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harshith y

Sr RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years.

“My Overall Experience with the CareerBuilder is: I'm Using from past 1-2 years, I Like all the features which provide by CareerBuilder to get the apt Resume's and got placements Aswell.“

February 24, 2023

PI

Pranav I

Technical RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“At times there are profiles that do not have a resume and contact details, yet the credits are deducted“

February 16, 2023

Mohini T

Senior IT RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“I like that I can source candidates using keyword search and advanced boolean search.“

November 2, 2022

VS

Vidushi S

Healthcare RecruiterHospital & Health Care, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months.

“The resumes showcased are usually outdated and the candidates are no longer interested in any position.“

February 10, 2023

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Ankit S.  
Business Development Manager  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Easy, quick, and dependable to use"

November 19, 2022

4.0

Pros

Career Builder is an easy-to-use Job Board that I recommend to my friends and organizations because I think it works on real-time updates so you can see when it's available. For three years, my team and I have been using Career Builder. Searching and posting on Career Builder is much easier than on other job boards. He helped us fill positions when we couldn't find enough people; the number of candidates accessible on Career Builder is sufficient. CB seems to be the most effective sourcing program to fill low-wage positions.

Cons

There's not much to dislike except that there should be a comment box where users can write down what they said to this candidate. It will also save time for candidates and recruiters. Sometimes we don't get solid resumes for specific talents. Some CVs are outdated. There are not enough qualified candidates. The search algorithm does not match.

Review Source

Mohini T.  
Senior IT Recruiter  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent Platform For Quick Hirings And Easy Recruitment"

November 2, 2022

5.0

It helps me to close many entry-level and mid-level positions. It really has a fantastic dashboard with an impressive UI. We can contact candidates directly through its platform.

Pros

I like that I can source candidates using keyword search and advanced boolean search. I can narrow down my search based on skills, degree, location, industry, etc. It has a good database of candidates from entry-level to senior level. It also offers job postings. It is pretty much easy to use and works on real-time updates.

Cons

It has lack highly technical experience candidates and its job posting algorithm needs some improvement to get more candidates. It also needs to offer a comment section so that we can update what we have spoken to candidates about.

Review Source

KW

Kim W.  
owner  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Resume Database"

November 17, 2022

3.0

I liked careerbuilder at first, but then found that they didn't have to amount of resumes I needed

Pros

I liked that you are able to search resumes by state location

Cons

The amount of resumes in the database seemed light compared to other databases

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Kurapati S.  
Senior Human Resources Manager  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fantastic Hiring Platform With Qualified Applicants And Useful Dashboard Features"

December 20, 2022

4.0

The advanced search is excellent and very useful for finding qualified candidates with certain expertise. Using cutting-edge AI techniques, finding and selecting applicants is simple. We can use this platform to post jobs.

Pros

On Career Builder, sourcing and posting are much simpler than on other sites. The most effective sourcing tool for low pay rate requirements. I can use its database's advanced boolean search and keyword search to find candidates that match the job description's particular keywords and skill sets.

Cons

There aren't enough experienced, highly technical profiles. Many resumes were out of date. There aren't enough qualified applicants.

Review Source

Naidu John K.  
Aerospace Recruiter  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Exprience and review for Career Builder"

September 29, 2023

5.0

Pros

Career Builder is helping for finding Candidates in NON - IT Sector

Cons

Nothing , Little trouble in finding IT candidates in Career Builder

Review Source

Neeraj B.  
Senior IT Recruiter  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good To Source Candidates For Broad Sensed Positions"

September 6, 2022

4.0

It helps me to close entry-level and mid-level positions. Its UI is easy to use. Its advanced search is pretty good and helps to source good quality resumes.

Pros

It is a good platform to source quality resumes and job postings. It has great filters that work well and provide good results. It is pretty easy to use and has a user-friendly interface.

Cons

It has a lack of technical databse and most of the resumes are outdated. The search algorithm does not work properly and provides irrelevant results. There can be a comment section so that we can put what we have discussed with the candidate.

Review Source

Kimberlee M.  
CSP  
Consumer Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great candidate search software"

November 4, 2021

5.0

Great site and overall experiences are above and beyond

Pros

I like most that it's easy to search for qualified candidates and integration of other software to careerbuilder

Cons

No least likes about Careerbuilder as it is great as is

Review Source

Maria Alejandra R.  
Operation Supervisor  
Outsourcing/Offshoring  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great Staffing app"

January 10, 2023

5.0

So far my experience with the application has been quite positive, I recommend it as a staffing tool because it facilitates the process of recruiting candidates.

Pros

One of the best features of the application is that it attracts many candidates and also offers a range of tools that make it easy to find suitable profiles for the vacancies posted.

Cons

At the moment there is no feature that should be considered for change or improvement, perhaps to continue attracting as many or more candidates than are already attracted and improve the price to the public.

Review Source

Erin H.  
Recruiting Manager  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Quality has declined"

July 25, 2019

3.0

As a 3rd party recruiting company, CareerBuilder is not the best fit with our recruiting needs as we recruit for many geographic locations simultaneously. We have found much greater success using other job boards.

Pros

Ability to create Boolean search strings and filter by geographic location. Validity of job seekers and contact information. Support is always available and answers the phone quickly when issues arise. The Recruitment Edge feature is good to find passive candidates on LinkedIn.

Cons

There must be a lot of turnover internally as we have a new rep regularly. The ROI on CareerBuilder has diminished significantly. We can find the same pool of candidates on Indeed for a fraction of the cost. They keep trying to push services and features on us that we do not need.

Reason for choosing CareerBuilder

Cost and longevity with the program.

Review Source

Chad C.  
Salesforce Administrator  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Most Results for Recruiting"

November 1, 2018

4.0

Overall this tool is great and the most used Job Board in our business. We are within the staffing space and without access to CareerBuilder we would not be successful.

Pros

The number of results/candidates that CareerBuilder has is what stands this tool out compared to others. Also, the user-friendliness of the UI is positive. The website is very easy to use and provides plenty of potential applicants. The filtering is also great and the candidates seem to be up to date for the most part.

Cons

There is not any vetting of candidates or resumes. You will get a large number of duplicate candidates or resumes. Also, there are a lot of shops that post generic resumes that do not have any contact information. I wish that CB required at least a active phone number or email address.

Review Source

MK

Marnie K.  
Designer  
Design  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The good and the bad"

September 4, 2024

4.0

Pros

I like how seamless it is to find applicants

Cons

Not as user friendly as you would think - kind of card to navigate.

Review Source

ME

Mohammad E.  
Associate Director  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Feedback on why someone should use it. Very effective and helpful."

February 15, 2023

5.0

I work for a staffing company and I work for respective clients hence I use this software to pull/search candidates. Whenever I find any good candidate and submit it to the client and once we have an interview for that candidate hence that leads to hiring or an offer. That is providing us with business and this is how it is helping me to make salary and incentives.

Pros

Searching candidates on any positions and for any locations. Multiple options to filter the search for pulling/searching the candidates on any respective jobs.

Cons

Overall I liked all. Good database software.

Review Source

JA

Jabar A.  
Technical Recruiter  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Review "

February 8, 2023

5.0

This is very useful to the people who are using it daily.The resumes search, profile Store, candidate database are the very useful and helpful so the features are playing tremendous role in this career builder platform.

Pros

The resumes search, profile Store, candidate database are the very useful and helpful so the are playing tremendous role in this career builder platform.

Cons

Need to develop solutions for searching location in this platform .The resumes search, profile Store, candidate database are the very useful and helpful so the features are playing tremendous role in this career builder platform.

Review Source

BR

Becca R.  
Recruitment Consultant  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Applicant Tracking Done Right"

August 26, 2019

4.0

For my business, and personal time to fill on requisitions, CareerBuilder Applicant Tracking has been pretty awesome. I find that I am still finding the candidates I wish to target without the use of multiple systems, without extra stress, and tons of time/effort spent. I would absolutely recommend this product to anyone working in meticulous hiring practices, as it has been essential to my everyday sourcing needs.

Pros

I feel that ease of use is the most attractive feature about CareerBuilder Applicant Tracking. As someone who is very much used to utilizing multiple different platforms to source on a daily basis, the ability to use this one singularly and still find many of the same potential candidates I would across several others is fantastic. I feel like this gives me "time back in my day," something that my company highly values and pushes wherever possible.

Cons

I will say that of all applicant tracking systems/mining sites, this one presents as a little clunky. While the resume database is expansive and finding different candidates through boolean strings is efficient, it's not the most visually appealing site in the same regard. The information could be presented in a more streamlined way, similarly to Indeed, and I think that would make it slightly more user friendly. Quite honestly though, there isn't a whole lot of negative in the use of this software.

Review Source

KV

Kumutha V.  
Team lead  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Best software for sourcing "

December 17, 2022

5.0

Almost 2+ years using this software for recruiting

Pros

I highly recommend this software to everyone for their recruiting purpose. Source the candidates and post the jobs all easy

Cons

I don't have anything to say here. Perfect easy and best for recruiting. Definitely others will like this software

Review Source

TK

Tejas K.  
Team Lead Recruitment  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "CareerBuilder is a good tool"

September 29, 2022

4.0

My overall experience is really good using CareerBuilder. It provides good features and good search results that helps in quick recruiting.

Pros

This software provides good search results and has awesome features like advanced search and more.

Cons

Sometimes it provides irrelevant candidates which fine because it’s manageable.

Review Source

HS

Himanshu S.  
Technical Recruiter  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "CareerBuilder "

July 11, 2022

5.0

Overall , My Experience with CareerBuilder is good and I really like the filter feature it has

Pros

Career Builder has one of the best FILTER for sourcing candidates, there are lots of filter to choose , this helps in finding the right ,specific candidates as per your requirements.

Cons

Career Builder need more synchronization in profile's details, one instance is that a profile shows 8 yrs of experience but once opened , I came to find out he/she has more or less than 8 yrs, I have made many such attempts and it goes waste.

Review Source

SM

Seliyan M.  
Manager  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Review on CB"

November 20, 2022

4.0

Identifying low and mid level technology is easy in this which helped us recently to fill lot of desktop roles which was open recently. also we can find lot of customer service professionals as well

Pros

one reason why I found this Software to be more usefull is we have both IT High Level and Low Leve category candidates are available in huge.

Cons

there is nothing to mention here how ever like other similar software's the quantity of high end technology candidates and Visibility of details are low

Review Source

JT

Jesenia T.  
Admissions  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I love it so much I bought it"

December 5, 2019

5.0

I used the free version and AVG together for the longest time and ended up paying for this one for active protection (it catches viruses while I use it instead of only when I run scans) because it seemed to catch more problems.

Pros

I love how it caught viruses other programs didn't, and I like it so much I made it my active protection and paid for it.

Cons

I haven't found anything that other anti-virus does better.

Alternatives considered

[AVG Antivirus Business Edition](https://www.capterra.com/p/176245/AVG-Antivirus-Business-Edition/)

Switched from

[AVG Internet Security Business Edition](https://www.capterra.com/p/199318/AVG-Internet-Security-Business-Edition/)

Malwarebytes seemed to catch more viruses.

Review Source

PI

Pranav I.  
Technical Recruiter  
Staffing and Recruiting  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "CareerBuilder being a good recruitment tool"

February 16, 2023

4.0

It has been a good rollercoaster experience with CareerBuilder as there were times when the candidates did not have a resume and the contact details were also not available, yet the credits were debited for the view

Pros

The ease of use and the results displaced for the searches

Cons

At times there are profiles that do not have a resume and contact details, yet the credits are deducted

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Account Recruiting Manager  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Sources a lot of candidates in a list format."

April 3, 2018

5.0

Pros

The boolean search function allows me to be very specific with who and what i am sourcing on. I utilize the and and or statements the most when it relates to technologies.

Cons

Seeing repeat candidates names. It always seems to be the same few names every time I log on. I would like to see more and new talent on the site.

Review Source

IF

Iqra F.  
Recruitment Specialist  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Career Builder- An Excellent Job board"

February 15, 2023

4.0

Pros

Great job portal for Non-IT positions.Great pool of commercial candidates.Easy to use dashboard.

Cons

A lot of duplicate profilesOften times you get a blank resume.Job postings are not customizable.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Candidate for Bachelor Degree  
Oil & Energy  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Best Applications Management Software"

December 21, 2018

5.0

The software has helped us streamline, unify and integrate our overall hiring system. This way, its saves us a lot of time and bring efficiency in our hiring process.

Pros

The software has unique features. It helps search a lot of applications in few clicks. Above all, the software has excellent key filters. Its filters relating to educations, qualifications and particularly locations helps a lot to select right candidates.

Cons

The software cost is very high. In addition, it requires a lot of staff training to go along with continuous changes in the software.

Review Source

SZ

Shawn Z.  
Recruitment team lead  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Career builder review\`"

August 22, 2022

5.0

Pros

Easy to search for candidates with niche skills and clearances.

Cons

sometimes it shows more of recruitment profiles than the actual candiates.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Technical Recruiter  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good product "

January 13, 2019

5.0

It is amazing

Pros

Updated and available resume are available who are best fit.

Cons

Sometime shows irrelevant resume which does not match

Review Source

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