2 categories · RankedLinkedIn Jobs
LinkedIn Jobs is LinkedIn's job advertising product, used to post openings and reach active jobseekers and professional talent · linkedin.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
JobTarget is first at 31%.
Appcast is first at 20%.
Appcast is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“For Hard-to-Fill Corporate or Executive Roles: Choose LinkedIn to search for and proactively reach out to passive candidates”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“LinkedIn is considered the best overall job search site due to its reach and networking opportunities”Llama 4 Maverick · Comparative question · first choice
“For most employers, start with a combo: LinkedIn for targeted roles + Indeed/ZipRecruiter for volume.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
“combine a generalist board (Indeed or ZipRecruiter) with LinkedIn for professional targeting”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Scammers can post or impersonate employers on mainstream platforms too—including Indeed and LinkedIn—so treat the *listing and recruiter* as unverified until you check them.”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“extra cautious on any platform where anyone can post jobs easily—including big sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, and social media”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
“it's not immune—scammers create fake profiles or ads mimicking real companies... Privacy risks are higher due to data sharing.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Indeed and LinkedIn were actually the most commonly reported platforms where people encountered fake job postings”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as LinkedIn Jobs, over the 81 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 61 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 29 | 0 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 17 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 3 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of LinkedIn Jobs →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on LinkedIn Jobs's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Also from LinkedIn
- LinkedIn "Easy Apply", LinkedIn Ads, LinkedIn Assessments, LinkedIn Company Page, LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, LinkedIn Job Slots and 11 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 74 of the 81 answers that named LinkedIn Jobs and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
166 of the 183 domain citations in answers naming LinkedIn Jobs came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |