11/5/2025

speaker
Bella
Conference Operator

Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Bella, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to ZipRecruiter Inc. Q3 2025 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. We do request for today's session that you please limit to one question and one follow-up. If you would like to ask a question during this time, Simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I would now like to turn the conference over to Emilio Sartori, Head of Investor Relations. You may begin.

speaker
Emilio Sartori
Head of Investor Relations

Thank you, Operator, and good afternoon. Thank you for joining us for our earnings conference call, during which we will discuss ZipRecruiter's performance for the quarter ended September 30th, 2025, and our guidance for the fourth quarter 2025. Joining me on the call today are Ian Siegel, co-founder and CEO, David Travers, president, and Tim Yarbrough, CFO. Before we begin, please be reminded that forward-looking statements made today are subject to risks and uncertainties relating to future events and or the future financial performance of ZipRecruiter. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. A discussion of some of the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements can be found in ZipRecruiter's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, which is available on our investor website and the SEC's website. The forward-looking statements in this conference call are based on the current expectations as of today, and ZipRecruiter assumes no obligation to update or revise them, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise. In addition, during today's call, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, GAAP results. Reconciliations of the non-GATT metrics to the nearest GATT metrics are included in ZipRecruiter's shareholder letter and in our Form 10-Q. And now, I will turn the call over to Ian.

speaker
Ian Siegel
Co-Founder and CEO

Thank you, and good afternoon to everyone joining us today. Despite a persistently soft labor market, ZipRecruiter's momentum continued in Q3, which we believe is clear evidence that our strategy is working. From Q1 25 to Q3 25, we delivered consistent sequential revenue and quarterly paid employer growth. And our Q4 25 revenue guidance at the midpoint indicates our first year-over-year increase since Q3 of 22. This performance comes despite both hires and the quits rates in the U.S. remaining near their lowest levels since 2015. ZipRecruiter is showing strength with enterprise employers in particular. Performance-based revenue grew 12% quarter-over-quarter, the most growth we've seen in the past three years. Multiple long-term product investments are now bearing fruit. We've made it easier for enterprises to start spending with ZipRecruiter thanks to our over 180 ATS integrations. We've improved the return on that spend through our programmatic campaign optimization tools. And we've greatly improved the job seeker application experience to enterprise jobs to the development and growing adoption of zip apply. On the job seeker side of our marketplace, we are focused on reaching people wherever they are, no matter how they choose to find work. After consistently gaining market share with job seekers, we now see generative AI as a new and rapidly growing channel of job seeker traffic. In response to this emerging market reality, in Q3, we further optimized for AI-driven discovery, driving a 140% sequential increase in visits from generative AI models. We credit our 2025 performance to the multi-year investments we have been making into tomorrow's hiring solutions. We remain the number one rated job search mobile app in both app stores and the number one rated recruiting site for employers. We maintain over 80% aided brand awareness among both the job seeker and employer sides of our marketplace. And we continue to use the billions of interactions in our marketplace to train our AI powered matching algorithms, driving better outcomes for job seekers and employers. We believe ZipRecruiter is in a strong position to shape the future of work and lead the shift from offline to online recruiting, enabling us to capture outsized market share when the market recovers. I'll now hand the call over to Dave to share some business highlights. Dave?

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