Indeed
TechnologyFounded in 2004 by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan, Indeed is the world's #1 job site, connecting over 350 million unique monthly visitors with employment opportunities across 60+ countries.
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Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2004
- Founders
- Paul Forster & Rony Kahan
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas & Stamford, Connecticut
- Parent
- Recruit Holdings (TYO: 6098)
About Indeed
Indeed was founded in 2004 in Austin, Texas and Stamford, Connecticut by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan. The platform revolutionized employment by creating a search engine aggregator that indexed job postings directly from corporate career sites and job boards.
Acquired in 2012 by Japanese HR technology giant Recruit Holdings, Indeed is the world's #1 job site, serving over 350 million unique monthly users in 60+ countries and 28 languages. Indeed provides pay-per-click job advertising, AI resume matching, candidate interviewing tools, and employer reviews.
What Indeed Does
Job Search Engine
World's largest job search engine aggregating millions of job listings from corporate sites and boards.
Employer Hiring Platform
Pay-for-performance sponsored job ads, automated candidate screening, and instant interview scheduling.
Smart Matching & AI Resumes
AI-powered candidate matching algorithms parsing skills, experience, and location preferences.
Company Reviews & Salary Insights
Crowdsourced employer reviews, company culture ratings, and transparent salary comparison data.
Career Areas
Types of professional roles found inside Indeed.
- Software Engineering (Search/Distributed Systems)
- AI & Machine Learning Engineering
- Product Management
- UX & Product Design
- Employer Sales & Account Management
- Data Science & Search Analytics
- Marketing & Brand Communications
- People & HR Operations
Indeed's History
- 2004Founded in Austin & Stamford
Paul Forster and Rony Kahan launch Indeed as a pay-per-click job search engine.
- 2010Becomes #1 US Job Site
Surpasses Monster and CareerBuilder to become the #1 job site in the United States.
- 2012Recruit Holdings Acquisition
Acquired by Japan's Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., expanding global technology capabilities.
- 2019Syft & SimplyHired Integrations
Integrates flexible staffing platforms and acquired job aggregators into Indeed's core engine.
- 2023Pay-for-Results & AI Matching
Transitions marketplace model toward pay-per-qualified candidate and generative AI job descriptions.
Purpose & Values
“I help people get jobs”
