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Indeed Hiring Lab

U.S. corporate research (data-driven, center/non-ideological)

Owned byOwned by Indeed, the job-search platform, which is a subsidiary of Japan's Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (Indeed has been part of Recruit since 2012).
FundingFunded internally by Indeed as a corporate research unit. It sells no ads or subscriptions of its own. It describes itself as not a revenue center for the company.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Indeed Hiring Lab is the in-house economics team of Indeed, the job-search site. It launched as a research initiative and opened a dedicated site, HiringLab.org, in July 2017. The team is international, with economists and researchers covering the U.S. and other countries. Svenja Gudell currently leads it as Indeed's Chief Economist, and economists such as Cory Stahle cover the U.S. labor market. Its main output is data on job postings, wages, and job-seeker behavior, including an Indeed Job Postings Index and annual Jobs & Hiring Trends reports. It also publishes survey work, such as a labor market outlook survey of economists. The lab says it is not a revenue center and that its research is not manipulated to reach desired results, and it publishes methodology notes and FAQs. This is a self-description that cannot be independently verified. Because its data come from Indeed's own platform, the results reflect Indeed's user and employer base, and the company has commercial interests in the labor market. Its tone is analytical and mostly neutral. Its reports on topics like AI, hiring slowdowns, and policy changes are widely cited by news outlets, and it has no notable record of partisan advocacy.

Sources

  1. About - Indeed Hiring Lab
  2. Introducing HiringLab.org, a New Destination for Labor Market Research and Insight
  3. Indeed Data Frequently Asked Questions - Indeed Hiring Lab
  4. How Indeed Turns Real-Time Job Data into Trusted Labor Market Insights - Indeed Newsroom
  5. Economists Expect a Cooled Labor Market and an AI Reshuffling of White-Collar Work

Profile compiled 2026-11-04; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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