Connecting people to better work to create better lives

At Indeed, we help all people get jobs.

We believe the world can work better. With the power of our platform and our people, and in partnership with organizations that share our mission, we’re creating an environment where current and future generations can thrive.

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Talent is universal, but opportunity is not

We strive to create a world where every job seeker has an equal opportunity to find fulfilling jobs and employers everywhere have the tools to attract the best talent and hire equitably.

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Our environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments aim to bring about a future of work that is equitable and inclusive. As the world’s number one job site ^{Comscore, Total Visits, March 2024} and a leading hiring platform, we strive to make a positive impact on society by connecting people to better work to create better lives.

ESG is core to our business

These four principles guide everything we do.

Make job search faster and simpler

Remove bias and barriers to employment

Build sustainable equity for our people through our policies and practices

Reduce our environmental footprint

As a mission-driven company, Indeed created our ESG commitments to go hand in hand with what we do best. We help all people get jobs. How we do that matters. By reducing our environmental footprint, making job search faster and simpler, removing bias and barriers to employment, and building sustainable equity for our people, we get closer to achieving our mission.

This work is continuous, and our learnings are constantly growing. We are tackling systemic, deeply-rooted issues. As we work to make our ESG commitments a reality, we strive to be transparent about our progress and accountable to job seekers, employers, and our communities.

Our 2030 commitments

We have made four ambitious commitments aimed at transforming hiring by 2030.

Shorten the duration of job search by 50%

Achieve net zero in greenhouse gas emissions

Help 30M people facing barriers get hired ^{Job seeker barrier is defined as having no college degree, having a disability, having a criminal record or arrest, having military experience, receiving Work Essentials support through our partner organizations, or any combination. This may evolve as we improve our ability to measure additional barriers.}

Here are some of the efforts we’re driving to help make our 2030 commitments a reality:

Not only do we want to shorten the time it takes for someone to find a job, but we hope that speed opens the door to great opportunity. To this end, we’ve established a standard for measuring and improving work wellbeing, and are working to increase the number of people with greater wellbeing at work.

To help more job seekers get hired, we’re working to remove the barriers they face to employment through partnerships, tools, systems, and processes that advance responsible and inclusive technology.

As a first step towards net zero emissions, we’ll maintain our annual carbon neutral certification.

We’re harnessing the power of AI to simplify and fast-track matching job seekers to relevant jobs.

We’re building tools that make it easier for employers to identify candidates with the right skills for the role and for job seekers to find jobs that match their interests, skills, and experience.

We’re excited about our impact

Help 30M people facing barriers get hired

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Since establishing our ESG commitments in 2021, Indeed has helped 6.9M job seekers facing barriers get hired through our platform and partnerships

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We’ve invested $10M through our Essentials to Work program to help job seekers get access to technology, transportation, and criminal record clearing

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In the U.S., we’ve made it easier for employers to tag their jobs as “fair chance.” We introduced a filter to make it easier for job seekers with criminal records to search for fair chance jobs. We also became a member of the Second Chance Business Coalition.

We’ve published our commitment to human rights and work to embed our respect for human rights in all that we do.

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We’ve mobilized $5M in support of BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) stories with Rising Voices, with an additional $3M committed for Season 5.

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We have joined the movement to advance Skills-First Hiring by joining coalitions like Tear the Paper Ceiling, providing employer resources on implementing best practices and creating product features that help job seekers highlight their skills, regardless of how they gained them

We have joined the movement to advance Skills-First Hiring by joining coalitions like Tear the Paper Ceiling, providing employer resources on implementing best practices and creating product features that help job seekers highlight their skills, regardless of how they gained them

Shorten the job search duration by 50%

We’ve conducted preliminary research on job search duration and found it takes about 15 weeks for most people to find a job ^{Baseline job search duration calculated as of March 31, 2022. Calculated as the period from the time users started an active job search on the Indeed job platform to the time that 90% of such users had received a job offer (assuming for this purpose that the period it takes for 90% of users to receive a job offer represents a statistically significant value). The job search duration is calculated based on surveyed user data collected between September 2021 and March 2022}

We’ve launched the Work Wellbeing Score across Indeed company pages, helping job seekers apply to roles with more speed and insight on prospective companies

We’ve expanded our data collection efforts to gather more information directly from job seekers on Indeed about the start of a job search

Achieve net zero in greenhouse gas emissions

We’ve achieved carbon neutrality since 2021 across our in-office, work-from-home, travel-related, and vendor emissions through the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets

31,634 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent were saved through Indeed Interview, our virtual interview platform, between April 2022 and March 2023, the equivalent of keeping 7,529 gas vehicles off the road for one year^{Methodology verified by SCS Global Services. Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions were calculated from job seeker activity pulled from April 2022 to March 2023. The sample figure of avoided business travel was converted using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.}

90% of our energy consumption in the EMEA region is powered by renewable energy

Our commitment to transparency

Ensuring Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action in the Workplace

Indeed is also committed to taking affirmative action, under applicable laws and Executive Orders, as stated in the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement of Policy. Pursuant to 41 C.F.R. §60-741.41 and 41 C.F.R. §60-300.41, and in support of the Company’s endeavors, Indeed welcomes the opportunity to make its job applicants and employees aware of the Company’s obligations and affirmative action efforts. Indeed is committed to all applicable pay transparency regulations and ensures that employees or job applicants are not subjected to discrimination for discussing, disclosing, or inquiring about compensation. For more information, please send an email to HRCompliance@indeed.com to initiate a request for access to the Affirmative Action Program.

We’re committed to sharing our progress and learnings as we work towards our 2030 ESG commitments. Here is the latest work we have been doing:

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Featured awards

On our journey towards our ESG commitments, we are honored by the recognition we have received — a symbol that we are on the right path.

Celebrating our strategic partners

We can’t do what we do alone. Thanks to our network of international and community-based partners, we’re able to help make the world of work better.

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