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ClearanceJobs vs. Indeed

For recruiters or hiring managers who value time, ClearanceJobs is the better choice. Indeed touts themselves as the platform for job seekers, so their site is tuned with the job seeker in mind – not the recruiter.

No security clearance focus, limited security-clearance info

Indeed is a general career site, with no true focus on the security-cleared industry. They have no filters for security clearance or polygraph, so recruiters must use security-clearance terms in their Boolean search. This pulls in false positives (hello, Victoria's Secret), resulting in a frustrating experience for recruiters.

Candidates with a clearance are mixed in with uncleared candidates, or candidates who last used their clearance 10 years ago -- lots of time wasted scouring through unqualified resumes.


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COMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION

Indeed doesn’t provide contact information. If you spot someone you like on Indeed, send them a message, and wait to see if they approve your outreach. If they do, then you can get their contact information. ClearanceJobs provides the contact information up front.

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ENGAGEMENT

Indeed has one way to reach candidates – an email through the platform that must be accepted by the candidate – so it better be good! ClearanceJobs offers multiple ways to reach and engage with candidates – Message, Voice, email, and phone – in addition to branding through Groups and Pulse, so you can nurture relationships over time.

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Target, filter, pipeline

Indeed has no global security clearance filter or intelligent search options. Recruiters will spend hours searching through unqualified resumes. On ClearanceJobs, the combination of IntelliSearch and clearance/polygraph filters lets you effectively and quickly narrow your search results to the most viable candidates. In seconds, you’ll know who to focus on so you can warm them up for your talent pipeline.

real candidates, real people

Candidate profiles on ClearanceJobs let you see who the person is. Our profiles include pictures, links to social media accounts, and describe the candidates' personality and workplace preferences.

More importantly to you, though, we collect complete clearance information, including clearance level, issuing agency, and polygraph. We also provide candidates with a Notes section so they can detail things like pending investigations.

We purge our database of candidates who haven’t logged in for three years, resulting in a fresh, lively database of talent – 100% of it security-cleared.

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QUANTITY OF CANDIDATES

In 11 out of 12 difficult to fill secondary cleared industry geo-markets, ClearanceJobs has more candidates than Indeed. Indeed has no security clearance self-verification system, operates globally pulling in non-U.S. "security clearance" candidates, and applies non-targeted marketing  capturing candidates who do not understand the definition of a U.S. federal security clearance (i.e. not a standard background check).

Even with the increase in false positives with an individual having an active security clearance on Indeed due to the above reasons, ClearanceJobs still comes out on top.

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San Antonio, TX
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1765
San Diego, CA
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2939
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1249
Fayetteville, NC
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2203
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1147
Huntsville, AL
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1575
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1234
Colorado Springs, CO
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2692
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1393
Tucson, AZ
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687
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495
Rome, NY
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196
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231
Charleston, SC
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925
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693
Tacoma, WA
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1647
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1361
Charlottesville, VA
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755
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320
Honolulu, HI
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1490
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472
Denver, CO
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2044
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982

“Security Clearance” Keyword: ClearanceJobs  Profiles vs Indeed Resumes U.S. Market, Active/Updated within the last 6 months, 50 Mile radius - July 2021 Data