Seek
Job search sites
Recruiting software
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What is Seek
Seek is an online employment marketplace that connects job seekers with employers through job listings and candidate search tools. It primarily serves job seekers looking for roles and employers/recruiters advertising and managing applications, with a strong focus on Australia and New Zealand and selected international markets. The platform combines job posting, applicant management features, and employer branding options within the same ecosystem. Seek also operates related talent and HR technology offerings through its broader corporate group, depending on market.
Large ANZ job marketplace
Seek is one of the most widely used job boards in Australia and New Zealand, which can increase listing visibility for employers in those markets. Job seekers benefit from a high volume of roles across many industries and job types. For recruiters, the scale can improve candidate reach compared with smaller niche boards.
Integrated employer recruiting workflow
Seek supports core recruiting activities such as posting jobs, receiving applications, and managing candidate communications within the platform. Employers can use screening questions and application management features to structure inbound applicants. This reduces reliance on email-only processes for teams that do not use a separate ATS.
Employer branding and targeting options
Seek provides employer profile pages and paid options that help companies present their brand alongside job ads. Job ad products and add-ons allow employers to influence placement and visibility within search results. These tools are useful for organizations hiring at volume or competing for scarce talent in specific locations.
Best fit in ANZ
Seek’s strongest network effects are in Australia and New Zealand, so results may be less consistent for employers hiring primarily outside those regions. Multinational hiring teams may need additional job boards or local channels to achieve comparable reach. This can increase sourcing complexity for global recruiting programs.
Costs can rise at scale
Job ad packages, prominence upgrades, and branding products can increase total spend, especially for high-volume hiring. Pricing and performance can vary by role type, location, and competition. Organizations may need ongoing monitoring to maintain cost-per-applicant or cost-per-hire targets.
Not a full ATS replacement
While Seek includes application management features, complex recruiting workflows often require a dedicated applicant tracking system for advanced automation, approvals, and reporting. Integrations and data export needs can arise when teams want centralized analytics across multiple sources. Larger enterprises may still need separate systems for end-to-end talent acquisition operations.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (per job ad). SEEK prices job ads variably — price depends on role, location, average salary and other market factors; SEEK directs users to its country-specific price checker tool to view the current price for a given ad.
Free tier/trial:
- Lite Ad — a free, low-performance ad type (display: role title in search results; full ad when selected). Officially described as a free product that SEEK may offer for select roles/locations.
- Aggregated Ad — SEEK may re-post ads from other sources (e.g., employer careers page) on its sites free of charge; Aggregated Ads are described as a free, low-performance ad type.
Example costs:
- No fixed/public list prices are published on SEEK’s official employer pages for Australia (prices are described as "variably priced"). SEEK requires use of its price checker during ad creation or via the account price lookup tool to view the price applicable to a specific ad.
Discount/options:
- SEEK refers to Ad Budgets, Commercial Agreements (formerly Advertising/Sales Agreements) and country-specific Ad Budget/discount structures; for large-scale hiring or tailored enterprise deals SEEK directs customers to contact sales or use commercial agreements.
Notes: All above points are taken from SEEK’s official Employer/Product Terms and the SEEK employer price lookup page; SEEK explicitly states ad types and that certain ad types are variably priced and that price lookup must be used to determine current ad prices.
Seller details
SEEK Limited
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1997
Public
https://www.seek.com.au/
https://x.com/seekjobs
https://www.linkedin.com/company/seek/
