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The Employer Dashboard is your home base for hiring on Indeed. It’s where you can do everything from managing your job posts to contacting candidates — all in one place. It also comes with useful hiring features like analytics, job performance reporting, budget management, invite to apply and interviews. You can access the Employer Dashboard as soon as you post your first job

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What is the Employer Dashboard?

The Employer Dashboard empowers you to efficiently manage your jobs from posting to making the hire all in one place, allowing you to put more time back into your business. Since it’s a one-stop shop for all your hiring tasks on Indeed, it streamlines your ability to manage multiple job postings and candidates at once.

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Within your Employer Dashboard, you can:

  • Manage and edit job posts
  • Add Indeed Apply
  • Create and use job tags to organize and search for your jobs quickly
  • Sponsor your jobs and manage your budget
  • Create and manage hiring campaigns (multiple jobs managed with one overall budget)
  • See job post performance reports to improve your hiring process
  • Filter applicants by location, qualifications and more
  • Message candidates and schedule interviews
  • Keep track of where candidates are in your hiring process
  • Get feedback from internal stakeholders

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s dive in and explore the features you can take advantage of within your Employer Dashboard.

Managing your job posts

The Employer Dashboard allows you to view, manage and edit all of your job postings in one place. Here’s how you can manage multiple job postings through your dashboard.

Jump to our FAQs about managing your job posts on Indeed.

Add Indeed Apply

Indeed Apply (IA) is a feature that provides a quicker more streamlined application process for jobs on Indeed. Indeed Apply allows job seekers to apply easily to your job using an Indeed resume and with its mobile-optimized application process it provides a better experience. On average, jobs with Indeed Apply turned on receive 45% more apply starts per job.[1] Good news, if you posted your job on Indeed you automatically receive Indeed Apply.
If you use an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) or your job was aggregated from your Career Site you’ll need to go to your Jobs Page to add Indeed Apply. By enabling Indeed Apply you can easily access and review applications within your Indeed account.

Tagging job posts*

Custom tags for jobs serve as a powerful organizational tool that makes managing your jobs easier and faster on Indeed. Using multiple tags per job provides the ultimate flexibility in viewing and actioning different sets of jobs and gives you complete control over how tags and groups of jobs are organized across users.

Job Tags are ideal for employers who have:

  • A large number of jobs to manage
  • Multiple recruitment teams
  • Unique workflows

By attaching custom keywords to your jobs you can filter specific groups of jobs, streamline your workflow and more easily facilitate bulk actions.

Here are some common tag use cases we recommend:

  • Grouping jobs by priority like “High Priority”
  • Adding business region, division, or department tags
  • Tag jobs by brand
  • Group jobs by recruiter or recruitment project (e.g. location opening, specific roles or by region)

Check out our FAQs to learn more about how to tag jobs on Indeed.

*Product feature not available to all users at this time.

Editing and optimizing your job posts

At some point you may want to update or change an existing job post, whether it’s because your hiring needs have changed or you want to optimize it to reach more quality candidates. You can edit job posts right from the Employer Dashboard by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to the Jobs tab
  2. Click on the three dots to the right of the job you’d like to edit
  3. Click Edit job
  4. Click on the pencil icon next to any section you’d like to edit

It’s natural that after posting your job on Indeed, over time as your hiring needs change, you’ll need to pause, close or re-open a job. Pausing a job post temporarily removes it from Indeed’s search results. Closing your job removes it from search results and archives it for future reference.

To update the status of your job, select the status menu on the right-hand side of that job. To bulk edit the status of multiple jobs, check the boxes on the left-hand side of the jobs you’d like to update. From the Set status menu that appears on the upper right-hand side, select a status.

Sorting and filtering jobs

When you have multiple open positions, it can be a challenge to keep track of them all. Indeed makes this process easy. If you want to find a specific job you’re managing, you can filter by job title, location, tags, and much more.

To sort your jobs, use the Sort by list in the upper right of the page. You can sort your jobs by:

  • Date the job was posted
  • Job title
  • Location
  • Job status (e.g., Open, Paused, Closed)

Viewing performance reports and metrics

To get a detailed understanding of how your job postings are performing, you can generate performance reports from the Employer Dashboard through Indeed Analytics. This can help you identify your highest and lowest performing jobs and campaigns to see what’s working and what isn’t, which can be used to optimize existing jobs and campaigns. You can also measure the impact of your paid job posts by seeing Sponsored Job spend and performance information.

With Indeed Analytics you can view useful reports like:

  • How today’s performance compares to historical performance
  • Daily performance data for a specific job
  • Campaign performance data per device type
  • Month over month performance

A low performing job could indicate that your job title or job description needs some fine-tuning. For example, if impressions are low for a particular job, it could mean that your job title or job description may not be matching job seeker search terms. In this case, using a more common job title or more relevant keywords to describe duties and responsibilities could help your job post appear in more of the right search results.

To access your performance reports:

  1. Go to the Jobs tab
  2. Click on the three dots to the right of the job you’re interested in
  3. Select See performance report from the options
  4. In the performance report, you can view the performance of one job, a group of jobs or all jobs

Managing candidates

Sorting through applicants and managing candidates as they move through your hiring process can be challenging, especially if you’re using several spreadsheets, notes, emails, etc.

The Employer Dashboard streamlines this process, making it easier to manage the candidates who’ve applied for your jobs on Indeed. Here’s how you can take advantage of these features.

Jump to our FAQs about managing candidates on Indeed.

Track candidate statuses

The Candidates tab in the Employer Dashboard can help you organize and manage your hiring pipeline. As applicants show up on your dashboard, you can mark whether you’re interested, unsure or not interested. Indeed also automatically assigns applicants in the Employer Dashboard a status as they move through your hiring process.

Candidates can have one of six statuses:

  • Active: Candidates that have applied for your job.
  • Awaiting Review: Candidates that you have not taken any action on yet.
  • Reviewed: Candidates that you have taken an initial look at and are ready to be contacted.
  • Contacted: Candidates you’ve had at least one conversation with by message, email, phone or video interview.
  • Rejected: Candidates you’re not interested in. 
  • Hired: Candidates who’ve been hired by your company. Using the Hired candidate status can help you track ROI over time.

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Identify top candidates

Within your Employer Dashboard you can filter applicants by criteria like location, qualifications, if they answered screener questions, candidate status and your recorded interest level. Candidates can also be sorted alphabetically by name or the date they applied.

These filters can help you create a shortlist of candidates who you’d like to learn more about through a phone screen or interview.

Message your top picks

Within the Employer Dashboard you can easily see which applicants meet your job requirements and begin a conversation. Your messages with candidates can be easily tracked through your dashboard — a convenient alternative to managing everything through your email inbox.

To message a promising candidate, click the candidate’s name to bring up their Candidate Detail Page. From there, you can send a message that will appear in their email inbox. You can also go to the Messages tab to see all of the messages you’ve sent and received.

candidate messaging on indeed

If you’ve invited colleagues to participate in the hiring process through linked accounts, they’ll also be able to access applicant information and send messages to candidates.

Not sure what to say when reaching out to candidates? Try one of these candidate recruitment email templates as a starting point. Indeed’s messaging placeholders and templates also make it quick and easy to personalize your messages. 

Scheduling interviews

You can use Indeed Interview to screen candidates quickly via phone or video call straight from the Employer Dashboard without downloading any software or apps. Go to the Interviews tab and invite the candidate you want to interview. Video conferencing is the default, but you can schedule a phone or in-person interview. Interview invitations will sync with most calendar applications, making it convenient to view upcoming interviews, especially if you are considering many candidates or hiring for multiple positions. After each interview, you can log notes in the candidate’s profile in the Employer Dashboard to reference later and update their applicant status.

Read more about how to conduct a successful video interview on Indeed.

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Interview invitations sync with most calendar applications, which makes it easy to view upcoming interviews especially if you’re considering many candidates or hiring for more than one position. After each call or interview, you can also log notes in the candidate’s profile to refer back to later and edit their applicant status.

Did you know? Jobs that use interviews on Indeed are on average 22% more likely to make a hire.[2]

Collaborating with your hiring team

A common delay in the hiring process can come from the need to include multiple stakeholders within the business (recruiters, hiring managers, leadership, etc.). With Indeed, you can make hiring a collaborative process. This is especially useful if your hiring process requires input and collaboration from multiple people.

You can add other people to the Employer Dashboard by setting access levels, which allows you to share notes about candidates, forward resumes and notify colleagues about candidate status. This can help ensure that all stakeholders are in agreement about how candidates are being evaluated and which candidates should move forward.

To invite members of your hiring team to view applicants and provide feedback, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the profile icon in the top right hand corner of the Employer Dashboard
  2. Choose Manage access from the dropdown menu
  3. Provide your colleague/collaborator’s email address(es)
  4. Set their access level

Read more: How to Screen Candidates with Your Team on Indeed

Frequently asked questions

Managing job posts FAQs

How do I edit a job I posted on Indeed?

Go to your Jobs tab and click the Actions button, then select Edit Jobs from the dropdown menu.

How do I set the status of a job?

To pause, close or reopen a job, select the Status button on the right-hand side of the job card, then set the status you want.

To bulk set job statuses:

  1. Check the boxes on the left-hand side of each job card.
  2. A bulk status adjustment will appear above the job list on the right-hand side. Select the set status drop-down and set the status you want.

How do I see my job details?

Click the job title to bring up the job details page.

You can also reach this page by clicking the Actions button and selecting view job details from the drop-down menu.

How do I tag my jobs?*

To create a new tag(s) for a single job, click on the three dots to the right of the job you’d like to edit and click Create tag. Tags can have a maximum of 40 characters. Other account users will be able to see and search these tags as well.

To create a new tag(s) for multiple jobs:

  1. Click the checkbox to the left of any job where you’d like to add a tag(s)
  2. Click Tag jobs in the bulk action bar that appears above the jobs list
  3. Click Create tag

On the Manage your tags page, you can view:

  • All existing tags
  • Tag descriptions
  • Number of jobs associated with each tag
  • Who created the tag

Pro tip: Clicking on the number of jobs provides a filtered view of the Jobs list

*Product feature not available to all users at this time.

How do I filter my jobs?

Filter your jobs by clicking on the search jobs drop-down menu above the Job title column. You have the option to type directly into the search field, select from drop-down menus, and/or use check boxes to narrow down your view. You can also check Set as default to save this view. You always have the option to change this later and any updates you make to a specific job will overwrite your previous settings.

How do I sort my jobs?

Click the sort by dropdown at the right-hand side of the Employer Dashboard. From there, you can sort by posting date, job title, location or job status.

Candidate management FAQs

How can I see if a candidate applied to more than one of my jobs?

Click a candidate’s name to bring up the Candidate Detail Page. Under Notes, you’ll see a list of every one of your jobs the candidate has applied for.

Where are my past notes on a candidate?

Click a candidate’s name to bring up the Candidate Detail Page. On the right-hand side, you’ll see a full history of your candidate notes.

How do I export candidates for a certain job?

Go to your Candidates tab, select a job, check the select all candidates box, then click the export candidates button.

How do I export candidates for all jobs?

Go to your Candidates tab and select All Open and Paused Jobs, check the select all candidates box, then click the export candidates button.

If you want to export candidates from a closed job, go to the Jobs tab and select the job from the closed jobs list. Then, check the boxes of all the candidates you want to export and click the export candidates button.

How can I find a candidate from a past job?

Go to the Candidates tab and search for the candidate in the search box at the top right of the Employer Dashboard. This searches Open and Paused Jobs by default.

If you closed the job, go to the Jobs tab and select Closed Jobs at the top-left of the Employer Dashboard. Then select the right job title and search for the candidate you’re looking for.

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