# CareerBuilder: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 2 categories by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/careerbuilder/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job advertising and distribution | 0% | 111 | 82% | 11 |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | 0% | 84 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Stick to vetted alternatives: ... Monster, CareerBuilder" (Grok 4.1 Fast, Job advertising)

## And against it

- "CareerBuilder specifically called "misleading and fraudulent" by some reviewers" (Kimi K2, Job advertising)
- "Their conversion rates are often low, and they function more like bulletin boards than relationship-building platforms." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Recruitment marketing)
- "scammers post fake job listings on real job boards like Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, Glassdoor, and CareerBuilder" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Job advertising)
- "they currently carry some platform risk until their web traffic and resume databases fully stabilize" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Job advertising)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Job advertising and distribution: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 102 → 111 of 111.
- Recruitment marketing and career sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 84 of 104.

## In its own words

What CareerBuilder's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Find your next job with CareerBuilder. (https://careerbuilder.com/)
- For: job seekers and employers (https://careerbuilder.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page careerbuilder.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 9 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.