ZipRecruiter Reviews

As a small business owner I would never recommend ZipRecruiter. The few applicants that we got were totally unqualified and two that we did call never showed up for the interview. They charged for services months after we stopped using the service and refused to reverse the charges. I paid over $600 and got absolutely nothing in return accept a headache in trying to get the overcharges reversed, which to date hasn't happened. Terrible service. Stay far, far away.

Wow, ZipRecruiter has been a total disappointment. I have been looking for Part-time, remote GIS Analyst jobs, and ZipRecruiter sends me everything but those. It has been a TOTAL WASTE of time!

While I found Zip Recruiter the easiest to set up (compared to Indeed, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn), the jobs that it selects "for you" are almost always irrelevant. For example, even the most basic AI can pick out that I am mechanical engineer, yet Zip Recruiter shows me everything from electrical engineering roles (somewhat close) to traveling registered nurse role (WTF!?). There is also no way that I have found to provide it with additional information so that it can narrow down the list of available jobs. My profile is very detailed and I'm not sure why Zip Recruiter struggles with this when Indeed does so well with it (almost too good). LinkedIn is a good middle ground between the three (Glassdoor is pretty terrible altogether for job searching).

The free trial arrangement on ZipRecruiter was very deceiving. A rep set it up for me and I actually thought I had a week like most free trials, but it was only two days and then they billed me for $575 for an ad that I received really horrendous candidates on. I called them up to dispute. It was very polite. They refused to do anything for me. It really hit hard because I have cancer and haven’t been working for several months and place this ad to find somebody to help do my job so we can keep our company going. Anyway, don’t use zip recruiter Indeed as much more user-friendly. Their fees are very easy to understand and their people are tremendous. If you have any issues with Indeed they will fix it right away. Again, the reason why I went to zip recruiter was because it was a free ad and they did offer the ability to do a commission base sales rep.

I thought they’d do a thorough job and verifying the employers are legitimate. Instead, I found a lot of fraudulent jobs, and employers that looked on the surface to be legitimate, but were in fact copies. After submitting my information to these “employers” I then received an uncountable amount of spam calls as well as text and emails all phishing for my information. Emails such as follow up with this employer and schedule. An interview only need to be taken to a link that wants me to download something into my phone. Thanks, but no thanks ZipRecruiter. I’m super disappointed, not only that I’m very concerned on where all the information that I submitted on things like my résumé that have everything about me except my date of birth and Social Security number, I don’t know where it went, but it sure wasn’t to a legitimate employer. So thanks for feeding the scam, bots and helping the identity thieves.

I am a dentist operating a dental practice in New Jersey. In approximately June 2025, I subscribed to ZipRecruiter Premium to hire a dental hygienist. After successfully filling the position, I closed my entire ZipRecruiter account, believing this would terminate all services and billing. However, I recently discovered that ZipRecruiter has continued charging my credit card $559.78 every two weeks since June 2025, even though:

I thought this site would help broaden my search. All it did was send me jobs for things I was nowhere near qualified for, like physicians or veterinarians. If they did actually send me a rare qualifying position, it was already at least 1 week expired from last day to apply. I've never left a review for a career assistance finding site before, but definitely felt this needed to be shared. I don't know how to list verified buyer. I screenshot 1 of dozens of emails from ZipRecruiter. I crossed out my email address and name but it'll probably show somewhere here on the review anyway.

I put in applications through ZipRecruiter. I haven't gotten a job yet. ZipRecruiter was advertised on TV and on YouTube, so I started using them. When they came up on my email, I tapped on it and started searching for jobs. I would definitely recommend ZipRecruiter to a friend or family member.

Setting up an account with ZipRecruiter was easy. I did it so that I could apply to a job they posted. They didn't get me what I needed, though. I didn't get a job through them. They’re just another job posting site.

I saw on Reddit that ZipRecruiter is one of the top things people use to find jobs. I’m actually looking for jobs right now so I set up my account and it took me around five to ten minutes to complete the process. The website is useful, but it could be made much more user-friendly, like how other companies look.