Transparency is a powerful tool for closing the pay gap.

Over the last twenty years there has been a growing and welcoming trend towards transparency in industries. While we used to rely on real estate agents for listings and comps, we now know what every one of our neighbors paid for their house, and what ours is worth. We used to go to car lots and ask the dealer to tell us the price of a car. But now we tell the dealer how much the car is worth to us and what we’re willing to pay. As these market dynamics change, we have grown to expect transparency when understanding the value of things we buy and sell. And consequently, we all feel confident and more secure knowing we have gotten the best and fairest deal. But, there’s one lingering area of our lives where this is not the case, and it’s actually one of the most important: Ourselves. The work we do - our skills and experience. What am I worth? How can I be sure? By adding transparency to the hiring industry, we’ll level the playing field instead of one side having the advantage. And with this leverage, we will be more confident to seek out THE job, not just A job. What Zillow did for real estate, what Cartelligent and SHIFT did for car buying, what eBay did for . . . stuff, Indeed is doing for jobs. Knowledge equals power. Indeed is committed to building a world where people are empowered to know and leverage their own true worth.