LinkedIn, Reed, and Indeed: Examining Job Search Strategies

This report provides a comparative analysis of LinkedIn, Reed, and Indeed, focusing on their roles in the job market. It begins by examining LinkedIn, highlighting its features for professional networking and discussing both its advantages, such as facilitating business connections and providing insights into profile views, and its disadvantages, particularly the potential risks to personal data. The report then moves on to Reed, an employment agency, outlining its services and analyzing its strengths, such as being the first online recruitment website in the UK, and weaknesses, including concerns about the reliability of its website. Finally, the report discusses Indeed, a job search engine, detailing its cost-effectiveness and time-saving benefits while also acknowledging potential issues such as spam and redundancy. The report also includes references to academic sources that support the analysis, such as studies on personality perception based on LinkedIn profiles and the informational benefits of public social media.

PREPARING FOR
SUCCESS

LINKED-IN
LinkedIn is an American business and
employment-oriented service that operates via
websites and mobile apps. This service is
mainly being used for the purpose of
professional networking.

ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Advantages Disadvantages
The app service is engaged in organizing various online groups
that enables professionals to the networks within their respective
needs. This app also tells aspiring employees about who viewed
their profile. This app is very useful for individuals to make
business connections.
Personal Data of any individual on Linked-In can get linked, it
can lead to any type of serious Scam.

REED
It is a company which is working as an
employment agency and is headquartered in United
Kingdom. It provides recruitment services for
various types of jobs that are being outsourced.

ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Advantages Disadvantages
It is UK’s first online recruitment website. This website
provides appropriate job to the job seekers. This agency
also gives job seekers learning and training experiences.
Also provides personal development courses.
It has been analyzed that company’s website is not much
reliable. They are involved in increasing their privacy
aspects so that personal information of employees cannot
be leaked.

INDEED
Indeed, is a Search engine that is based
in America. It is related to employment
job listing. Company is being
established in Austin, Texas.

ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Advantages Disadvantages
It is one of the most cost effective method as job seeker
can online apply for job. It also saves time.
Many of the jobs that are being listed on Indeed Are
Spam. It is redundant if individuals are using other sites.

REFERENCES
van de Ven and et.al., 2017. Personality perception based on LinkedIn profiles.
Journal of Managerial Psychology.32(6).pp.418-429.
Utz, S., 2016. Is LinkedIn making you more successful? The informational benefits
derived from public social media. New Media & Society.18(11). pp.2685-2702.