Why it's best for jobs to post by Monday

Here at CareerPlug, we continually track the number of applicants our clients' jobs receive. Over time, we've noticed a significant trend in applicant activity during certain days of the week:

• Most people are actively submitting job applications Monday through Wednesday.
• There is a drop in applications from Wednesday to Thursday, and then again from Thursday to Friday.
• Significantly fewer applicants are received over the weekend compared to during the week.

Based on this data, we recommend posting jobs to be available on Mondays. Job seekers are most active on job boards at the beginning of the week, which means if your job is included in Indeed’s organic job feed by Monday, there is a higher chance that more applicants will see your posting.

Due to the volume of job postings submitted to Indeed, new jobs typically take up to 24 hours to appear in their organic job feed. If it’s taking longer for your job to show up, it could be a result of Indeed performing a thorough quality review to protect the applicant experience.

As a result, we suggest posting your jobs on Friday or Saturday to ensure they are live by the following Monday. If you're in your account and ready to post a new job earlier in the week, you can always set your job to post at a later date.