Notes on Ideed hiring process
I’m using Indeed to hire a part-time, remote bookkeeper for my accounting firm.
I don’t do a lot of recruiting, and I don’t have an HR team, it’s just me. Here are some observations about how different applicants appear to me:
- Resumes:
- I’ve been reviewing resumes on my iPad, and the resume data typed directly into Indeed’s form is by far the best/most readable option.
- PDF resumes are ok, but I cannot zoom on the resume (or I can, but the picture picture quality is low so it’s just blurry.)
- Word doc resumes are the worst, iPad or not. Indeed won’t show a “preview” so I have to download the file to view it.
- Suggestions:
- definitely don’t upload a .docx resume.
- consider transcribing your resume into Indeed’s form
- have someone review your Indeed-version of your resume in case you introduce new spelling or grammar errors in the process