The Muse

Review:

The Muse is an excellent resource for both employers and candidates as it allows employers to create detailed profiles, informing candidates about who the featured companies are. The site has a large audience of 7 million monthly users, meaning that job posts receive a lot of exposure.

Highlights:

• Employers can create a profile page that includes general information about their companies, videos, and testimonials from employees, and photographs of their offices.
• Prominent companies such as Nike, Facebook, Audible, Philips, and Dropbox are registered with The Muse.
• The Muse receives over 53% of its traffic from the U.S.
• The site helps companies to build a profile that will attract candidates by sourcing images, videos, and other useful information.
• The site verifies testimonials from employees.
• There are 7 million monthly users.
• The site has detailed filters to refine job searches.

Shortcomings:

• No pricing information is available online, which makes it difficult to decide whether or not to use the site.
• The Muse lacks useful hiring tools such as candidate matching and interview scheduling.
• The site is only available in English, limiting international hiring.
• No email address or phone number is provided for customer support. Only an online form is available.

Reputation:

Reviews on G2 give The Muse a 3.9-star rating. One criticism of the job board is that its applicant tracking system is not as robust as more dedicated applicant tracking software.

The Muse vs. Indeed:

Indeed is arguably the biggest online job board with 250 million users and almost 10 jobs posted per second. The Muse is far smaller but provides a similar range of services, such as employer pages and access to a large pool of candidates. However, Indeed is free to use while The Muse offers paid services.

The Muse vs. Snagajob:

Both Snagajob and The Muse offer hiring tools, such as applicant tracking and the ability to create employer profiles. Snagajob, however, has more features, such as shift scheduling, interview scheduling, and pay-for-performance packages.

The Muse vs. CareerBuilder:

CareerBuilder is a global job board with over 80 million users. The site allows employers to rate and sort applicants, and also provides access to millions of resumes and profiles. These powerful features overshadow those offered by The Muse, especially since there are three standard payment options as well as annual options with discounts.