CareerBuilder.com vs. symplr Talent Management Solutions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CareerBuilder.com
Score 4.3 out of 10
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CareerBuilder headquartered in Chicago allows employers to post jobs and search resumes on their online job board and candidate database, available at careerbuilder.com. Paid plans support targeted candidate emails, high volume resume search, and AI-driven candidate - job matching.N/A
symplr Talent Management Solutions
Score 7.2 out of 10
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symplr acquired HealthcareSource in July, 2021. The former HealthcareSource now forms the foundation fo the symplr talent management suite.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
CareerBuilder.comsymplr Talent Management Solutions
Considered Both Products
CareerBuilder.com
Chose CareerBuilder.com
I do not think that CareerBuilder.com is a very good job posting site. It does not provide you with quality applicants like some other products I have used. Not only does it provide a low number of candidates, the ones we do get to tend to be repeat applicants or are not …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com does not come close to measuring up to their competitors. I've been working with Pandologic and Indeed since I still had to find qualified candidates for my clients and the difference in performance, quality of candidates, and customer service is like night …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
Wizehire is one of the most amazing systems I've ever seen. I've continued to share their information with many, and my hope is that they take the hiring world by storm! It's easy to use, they obtain great candidates and many. They're very responsive and always there to help. …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder did not meet our needs because of this we stopped using them. We have found Indeed to be the best hiring platform out there, and we have looked at ALL OF THEM. We spent money that did not turn in to new hires, so it was a waste. It appeared like CareerBuilder …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
We were sold on CareerBuilder's "exclusive" contract with Google, and the ease of linking our website marketing to the platform. We googled our CareerBuilder job posting, to find them 5 pages deep. When we questioned these results with our account manager, he had no response. …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
ZipRecruiter is far superior to CareerBuilder.com in every way. We were placing applicants in jobs within days of signing with ZR.
Chose CareerBuilder.com
Careerbuilder comes in last place on my list with Ziprecruiter and Monster and LinkedIn in top place
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com was one of the first employment advertising that our company has used and we have been using it for about 7 years. Since then, we have tried other employment advertising (Monster.com, Indeed.com, LinkedIn, RecruitMilitary, and ZipRecruiter) and we have …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
Indeed seems to be having some similar issues which is why I tried Careerbuilders. However Careerbuilders was even lower quality despite their marketing that suggests they have more qualified applicants.
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com is a different animal than LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn pulls candidates who are passive, whereas CareerBuilder.com targets more active candidates in the market. LinkedIn has served as a much more viable resource for sourcing higher level candidates, who are not …
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com's resume database functions just like any other job board. I believe the market is shifting away from job boards. What sets it apart is its stellar data tools.
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder proved to have more candidates and an easier interface than Monster. However, Indeed has a much higher volume of candidates in their pool and LinkedIn provides many more search parameters and a better platform for reaching out directly to candidates.
Chose CareerBuilder.com
CareerBuilder.com offers a better selection. It is almost as if a more responsible group of people utilize it.
symplr Talent Management Solutions
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
both work hand-in-hand to track the recruiting process (position manager) and then to track employee progress (performance manager)
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
Both Health Stream and Healthcare Source have to-do lists, completion lists, and tracking. However, the functionality of Healthcare Source is far superior to HealthStream. The notifications are much better and helpful. The tracking on Healthcare Source is easy to use and see. …
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
We selected Position Manager years ago because they specialized in Healthcare and the price.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
It's been 4-5 years since our last RFP but at the time we considered Halogen, Lawson Talent Management, Success Factors and Taleo. Some of those vendors were out of the running if they did not offer both a Performance Manager and an Applicant Tracking system. We ideally wanted …
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
We are preparing to go to RFP within our organization.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
I have used HealthStream to manage classes for another hospital, but find that NetLearning has many more options and ability to go above and beyond with educating our employees.
Chose symplr Talent Management Solutions
I have seem other products such as Success Factors and Softscape, we went with HealthcareSource because we really like PerformanceManager but also because we planned to expand our use of their products for other areas of the talent management spectrum and eventually started …
Features
CareerBuilder.comsymplr Talent Management Solutions
Recruitment Marketing
Comparison of Recruitment Marketing features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
3.7
Ratings
63% below category average
symplr Talent Management Solutions
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Passive Recruitment Advertising5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Active Recruitment Advertising4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Employer Branding Tools2.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
9.2
Ratings
23% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
8.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
9.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
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symplr Talent Management Solutions
6.5
Ratings
6% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
6.8
Ratings
6% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
CareerBuilder.com
-
Ratings
symplr Talent Management Solutions
8.4
Ratings
17% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.1 out of 10
Engagedly
Engagedly
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
CareerBuilder.comsymplr Talent Management Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
3.0
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6.1
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Likelihood to Renew
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7.3
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Usability
5.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
7.7
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7.0
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User Testimonials
CareerBuilder.comsymplr Talent Management Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
If I could give them a zero, I would. In my experience, CareerBuilder.com literally took thousands of my hard-earned dollars ($5K) for NOTHING in return! You would think that since CareerBuilder.com could literally see that it was not producing the results promised, it would have considered releasing me from the contract or lowering the cost, in my opinion, but CareerBuilder.com made sure they collected every penny from me with zero consideration for customer satisfaction and failed to deliver the applicants. That told me everything I needed to know about CareerBuilder.com and how they really feel about customers. In my opinion, CareerBuilder.com primary focus is to get customers on the hook with a contract to legally guarantee they receive their money from you, but they can care less about the results their platform produces or customer satisfaction, “they just want your money”! I firmly believe CareerBuilder.com knows that their product does not work, hence the reason for the 1 yr contract is to basically guarantee company revenue for an entire year.
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It really is the best solution to any organization that needs to provide and track employees continued learning or learning of policies and procedures. The tracking is great on all ends. The interface is simple and easy to navigate. It may not be suitable for an organization with under 10 people as it is quite extensive and may be a bit over the top.
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Pros
  • In my opinion, take your money for nothing in return
  • In my opinion, over promise and under deliver
  • In my opinion, deceive customers
  • In my opinion, hold you to the terms of their contract, but will not take accountability for lack of results produced
  • In my opinion, poor customer service
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  • Customer service is available via email and phone when needed.
  • Individualized training sessions available for project challenges.
  • Provide personable service from all aspects of the organization.
  • When we had issues with compatibility of third party courses, the staff focused on our need and made it work.
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Cons
  • Functionality can be more user-friendly for beginners.
  • More options to integrate with other platforms and Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Make it easier to create candidate lists, and send mass emails--while this feature is available, CareerBuilder.com does not make it easy for users to perform these tasks.
  • Add an option for the user to be notified when candidates in saved folders have removed their resume or are no longer available.
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  • To allow our team members choice, we offer training as either/or. The current system does not record either/or completions
  • To end enrollment of new hires for training at a set date, requires also ending the training of all those not yet completed.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Looking back we can say that every year we used Performance Manager and other products too like HeathcareSource's Compensation and Position Manager we saw the ease of use for employees and HR staff members increase, we saw employees getting more comfortable with the product and HR Staff getting better at expressing their needs to the HealthcareSource team and this made us want to stay with the same company, when things are getting better each year we know we are in the right place.
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Usability
CareerBuilder.com is average in terms of overall usability. I am able to post my positions and figure the site out. However, finding out how many additional options you are is not something easily accessible. If you don't know where to look, you may not be able to find or know how many "boosts" you have to use for the month.
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The product is very intuitive to the end users and our online documentation seems sufficient to train our new employees.
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Support Rating
I have had a positive experience with CareerBuilder's support. When the platform has been updated throughout the years, CareerBuilder's account managers have always provided our team with helpful live tutorials and demonstrations to help familiarize our users with new and upcoming features, as well as older features that will no longer be offered. Support team makes themselves available on an ongoing basis.
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On the previous rating scale, I kept thinking "it depends". If I know it's an easy question or easy fix, the response is super fast. If I know I am asking something complex, custom or I just know it's not going to be able to be answered by 1st tier, it can take some time. I have worked on these issues with them (they are all very nice) I do now have avenues for finding things out from one person. We had one issue where we had a major problem and it required a software patch and their support team worked throughout the weekend to create, QA, and deliver the patch as promised. I was very impressed
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Alternatives Considered
I do not think that CareerBuilder.com is a very good job posting site. It does not provide you with quality applicants like some other products I have used. Not only does it provide a low number of candidates, the ones we do get to tend to be repeat applicants or are not qualified at all.
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I have seem other products such as Success Factors and Softscape, we went with HealthcareSource because we really like PerformanceManager but also because we planned to expand our use of their products for other areas of the talent management spectrum and eventually started using their Compensation and Position Manager products too.
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Return on Investment
  • There was not a good ROI for the investment we spent with CareerBuilder. It cost us money that did not turn in to employees.
  • We spent labor hours trying to get candidates who were ghosting us. So it ended up being a waste of time and manpower as well.
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  • NetLearning has increased our nursing CEU credits with the most efficiency. Now nurses can take courses on NetLearning and have it track their hours.
  • On a compliance standpoint, NetLearning has benefited us when we are being audited and we have to show what trainings or classes an employee has made. Also, to make sure that their certifications are up to date.
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