Arnau Pont · Co-founder
Every Job Board Has a Fingerprint
We analyzed hundreds of thousands of job postings from LinkedIn and Indeed in France during the month of April 2026. They don't compete for the same jobs. They serve different labor markets. Each platform has its own shape, its own audience, its own fingerprint.
What We Measured
We looked at job postings published on LinkedIn and Indeed in France during April 2026. For each posting, we checked whether the job description or title mentions AI-related terms in English or French, including specific tools (ChatGPT, PyTorch, LangChain), techniques (machine learning, deep learning, NLP), and concepts (generative AI, LLM, prompt engineering).
Source: Anthropic Research. Theoretical AI capability by occupational category
Each job was classified into one of 22 major industries, the same occupational categories used in Anthropic's research on AI labor market impacts. The classification is based on LinkedIn's industry field and Indeed's occupation field. We then broke each major industry into subcategories for more granular analysis.
Interactive Explorer
The radar charts below show AI adoption percentage and total job volume for each industry, comparing LinkedIn and Indeed. Click any industry label to drill down into its subcategories.
Click any industry label to see subcategories. Use the search box to highlight specific areas.
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Job Board Fingerprints
The Total Job Postings radar reveals something interesting: LinkedIn and Indeed serve fundamentally different audiences. In France, LinkedIn dominates Computer & math, Architecture & engineering, and Management. Indeed is significantly stronger in Healthcare, Food & serving, and Personal care. These are not small differences. They are different labor markets living on different platforms.
Think of it as a fingerprint. Each job board has a shape that reflects who posts there and who searches there. Employers in tech and consulting default to LinkedIn. Employers in hospitality, healthcare, and retail default to Indeed. This is not just a platform preference. It is a chicken-and-egg dynamic: candidates go where the jobs are, and employers post where the candidates are.
This fingerprint is not universal. The same platforms in different countries can have different shapes. LinkedIn in France may look different from LinkedIn in Spain, because the employer mix and candidate behavior vary by market. The platform is the same, but the audience is local.
The AI adoption radar adds another layer. You might expect similar AI adoption rates regardless of the platform, since the same jobs should mention AI whether posted on LinkedIn or Indeed. But that is not what we see. Job postings on LinkedIn consistently mention AI more than the same industries on Indeed. This could reflect the mindset of the employer: companies that post on LinkedIn may be more likely to signal innovation and AI readiness in their job descriptions, while Indeed employers may focus more on the practical requirements of the role.
The differences go beyond job volume. LinkedIn postings mention AI more than Indeed across almost every industry. This is not just about what jobs are posted, but how they are written.
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Below are the most common AI-related terms found across all French job postings on LinkedIn and Indeed. The terms are stacked by source, so you can see which platform carries more of each keyword.
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Methodology
Data was collected from LinkedIn and Indeed France for April 2026. Job postings were classified into 22 major industries using a keyword-based mapping of LinkedIn's industry field and Indeed's occupation field. The mapping covers English and French terms.
AI adoption was measured by checking whether the job description or title contains any of approximately 80 AI-related keywords in English and French. This approach captures broad adoption (companies expecting employees to use AI tools) rather than just AI-specific hiring.
Not All Job Boards Are Equal
If you are looking for a job, the platform you choose matters more than you think. Not all job boards are equally relevant, and it depends entirely on the country and the industry. If you are a personal care professional in France, you would search on Indeed, not LinkedIn. If you are a software engineer, LinkedIn is where the jobs are. Hellowork, Pôle Emploi, Welcome to the Jungle, each one has its own shape. It's their "fingerprint".
In France alone, there are dozens of niche job boards focusing on specific industries, from hospitality to healthcare to tech. You can explore them on our job board map.
For job boards and employers, this means there is no single platform that covers everything. Understanding your fingerprint, and the fingerprint of your competitors, is the first step to knowing where your gaps are and where your next candidates might be looking.