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Employers use ZipRecruiter, Inc. to publish job openings, reach candidates on its marketplace and partner job sites, and review applications. Job seekers use the service free of charge, while its artificial intelligence uses their preferences and attributes to recommend opportunities and improve matches.
Most revenue comes from employers subscribing to job-posting plans and related services, including greater posting visibility and access to a searchable resume database. A smaller revenue stream comes from recruiting campaigns in which employers pay when candidates click on distributed job advertisements, rather than paying for a subscription.
Nearly all revenue comes from U.S. operations, so the business depends on employers’ hiring needs and willingness to keep paying. Employers have no obligation to renew their plans. ZipRecruiter also relies on Google and other channels to bring visitors to its website. Privacy, communications and employment-related AI rules constrain how it can use personal information, contact users and operate its services.
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ZipRecruiter's results hinge on employer hiring budgets and competition from Indeed, a key recruiting rival missing from this list.
DHI Group's Dice and ClearanceJobs compete with ZipRecruiter for employers' spending on job ads, resume searches and candidate matching. Watch their recruitment-package revenue: Dice serves U.S. technology and engineering hiring, while ClearanceJobs serves hiring for professionals with security clearances.
Professional Diversity Network's TalentAlly competes with ZipRecruiter for employers paying to advertise jobs and reach candidates, but focuses on diverse professionals. Its TalentAlly recruitment-service revenue offers a view of spending by employers and third-party recruiters seeking that candidate pool.
Microsoft's LinkedIn competes directly with ZipRecruiter for employer recruiting budgets: both charge employers to post jobs and use tools to find candidates.
KANZHUN LIMITED and ZipRecruiter both depend on employers paying to connect with job seekers, but their hiring-market exposure differs: Kanzhun operates in China, while ZipRecruiter focuses on the U.S.
Initial Jobless Claims (Oct/17)
Weekly jobless claims counts new applications for unemployment benefits and signals whether hiring demand is weakening; rising claims could curb employers’ spending on ZipRecruiter’s paid postings and marketplace features, reducing revenue.
Expected200.0KLast release199.0K
If it comes in above expectations
If the reading is above the 200.0K estimate, it is above the previous 199.0K. More claims than expected would signal rising layoffs and a weaker labour market; employers may pull back on ZipRecruiter postings and features, reducing spending and revenue.
If it comes in below expectations
Fewer claims than expected would suggest the labour market is holding up; employers may maintain or increase purchases of ZipRecruiter postings and features, supporting spending and revenue.
JOLTs Job Openings (Sep)
Job openings tracks how many positions employers are seeking to fill; more openings can mean more demand for ZipRecruiter’s paid job postings and marketplace features, while fewer can mean less employer spending and revenue.
Expected7.0MLast release7.079M
If it comes in above expectations
More openings than expected could encourage employers seeking talent to buy or upgrade ZipRecruiter postings and features, lifting employer spending and revenue.
If it comes in below expectations
If the reading is below the 7.0M estimate, it is below the previous 7.079M. Fewer openings than expected could lead employers to scale back paid postings and features on ZipRecruiter, reducing employer spending and revenue.
ZipRecruiter, Inc. earningsThis company
ZipRecruiter’s report will show whether more employers are paying to recruit and whether their spending on job ads and marketplace features is keeping up.
Read the number of paid employers alongside revenue per paid employer. If both rise, more employers are paying and each is spending more on average. If paid employers increase but revenue per employer falls, new customers are spending less on average, leaving ZipRecruiter’s revenue growth and path to better profitability constrained.
Non Farm Payrolls (Oct)
The monthly jobs report counts jobs added or lost and indicates hiring demand; stronger job growth may lead employers to spend more on ZipRecruiter’s paid postings and marketplace features, while weaker growth may reduce that spending and revenue.
Stronger job growth would point to firmer hiring demand that may support employer spending on ZipRecruiter postings and features; weaker growth may lead employers to cut that spending and reduce revenue.
DHI Group, Inc. earningsDHX
DHI Group’s report will show whether employers are spending on recruitment packages at Dice and ClearanceJobs, a read-through on the hiring budgets ZipRecruiter also seeks.
Watch DHI Group’s recruitment-package revenue: Dice serves U.S. technology and engineering hiring, while ClearanceJobs serves jobs requiring security clearances. Stronger revenue would show employers still paying for job ads, resume searches and candidate matching in those markets—a supportive signal for the hiring-spend backdrop ZipRecruiter faces. Weaker revenue would point to pressure there, but would not prove the same for ZipRecruiter’s broader U.S. market.
