AI and Economic Uncertainty, Key Drivers Shaping Job Boards
Global job boards face an uncertain future amid economic shifts, AI impact, and a post-COVID slump. Our report, featuring insights from CEOs and analysts, highlights top marketplaces worldwide. Discover trends, AI advancements, and the top 25 boards by revenue. Explore leaders from 68 countries.
Dublin, June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "2025 Recruitment Marketplaces Annual Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
One thing is for certain: The future is uncertain.
Analysts conducted dozens of interviews with CEOs and corporate executives. Spent hundreds of hours researching traffic, revenue and new products at job boards/recruitment marketplaces worldwide.
Trends: All there. AI, referrals, pay-for-performance
Top 50: Traffic
Top 25: Revenue
Top 15: Freelance
Top 3 from A to Z: The leaders in 68 countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe
Companies the publisher looked at include the CareerBuilder and Monster, Redarbor, Jooble, and Karriere.at.
Turmoil. Uncertainty. A challenging future. A bright long-term horizon. All of those apply today to recruitment marketplaces and job boards.
These are the factors driving this dynamic mix:
Recession: Or recession-ish. Or economic growth. Certainly, economic uncertainty.
Tariffs: Or no tariffs. Trade wars.
AI: Whether it's generative or agentic, it's changing recruitment marketplaces every day.
The post-Covid-boom slump.
However you view it, the future is murky. Except in two of those areas, AI is coming. No, it's here. And the post-COVID-19 boom slump is also here. This report is based on dozens of interviews with corporate CEOs and executives; research by more than 30 writer-analysts around the globe, and detailed analysis of traffic, revenue and new products at job boards/recruitment marketplaces worldwide.
Top story: The impact of AI. One forecast: In five years, many jobs won't be "found;" companies will use AI and data to find candidates, and send them pre-approved job offers like banks send out pre-approved credit offers today.
LinkedIn and Indeed are still top-of-mind for every job board. What are the top 25 job boards worldwide by revenue? Along with lists of the top 15 freelance marketplaces, the top 50 recruitment marketplaces by traffic, and Top 3 lists for 68 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
Companies looked at include: CareerBuilder+Monster, InfoJobs in Spain; Jooble, the world's leading job listing aggregator, and Karriere.at, the leader in Austria. Profession.hu is looking to expand beyond Hungary; Redarbor is growing fast in Latin America - and might it buy InfoJobs in Spain? Two companies worth watching: IranTalent and XpressJobs in Sri Lanka.
Key Topics Covered:
Executive summary
Industry trends
Recruitment sites are edging toward pay-for-performance
Large, long-term contracts are becoming less and less common. Job marketplaces need to respond to the ebb and flow of clients' needs
LinkedIn: How to compete with a networking giant
In a recent quarterly analyst call, the Microsoft CEO said LinkedIn's hiring business was continuing to grow market share.
GenAI: Agentic AI, screening and candidate engagement
More sophisticated GenAI uses have come into play during the last year. Ironically, many were designed to combat a problem that GenAI itself caused: application overload
AI will upend recruitment marketplaces
AI is posing many existential questions for job boards. But human recruiters are likely to be among the first segments to be displaced.
Referrals: Outdated approach, or waiting to be perfected?
Referrals have been around for a long time, with job sites still trying to perfect this approach to digital recruitment.
Company spotlights
Recruitment marketplaces by revenue: The world's Top 25 Indeed has lost the top spot after seeing a decline in revenue
CareerBuilder-Monster: Waiting for the next shoe to drop
Many predicted Apollo would do with Monster what it had done with CareerBuilder: strip it for parts and sell to the highest bidders. But we've seen no signs of this yet
InfoJobs Spain: For sale? Who will buy it?
InfoJobs is an attractive acquisition, but it may be sold at a better time, considering the current economic difficulties job sites are facing
Jooble: World's leading aggregator on expansion and AI
Jooble is the No. 1 job aggregator globally by traffic and the No. 7 overall recruitment marketplace brand
Karriere.at: Leading in Austria vs. Stepstone, Indeed Karriere.at is beating Indeed and Stepstone, the two largest recruitment marketplaces in Europe
Profession.hu: Looking globally for new growth areas
Hungary has an aging population of less than 10 million and one of Europe's lowest unemployment rates - around 4% for the last couple of years
Redarbor: Catho, OCC acquisitions help build leads
Catho's historical focus on smaller enterprises brought greater diversity to Redarbor's Brazil business
Companies to watch
IranTalent: Pipeline from local talent to global employers
IranTalent offers two primary products: a freelancing platform called WinATalent and an applicant tracking system called Hire.Camp, which it acquired in 2021
XpressJobs: Growing through multiple crises
XpressJobs has targeted two areas of growth: expanding into blue-collar jobs, and moving into the student / graduate segment
Top 50 recruitment marketplaces and classified sites
Top 15 freelance marketplaces
Top recruitment ad sites/apps by country
Companies Featured
CareerBuilder
Catho
Hire.Camp
Indeed
InfoJobs
IranTalent
Jooble
Karriere.at
LinkedIn
Monster
OCC
Profession.hu
Redarbor
Stepstone
WinATalent
XpressJobs
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