Honest comparison
InTransparency vs JobTeaser vs Handshake vs LinkedIn vs Indeed
The five platforms universities and employers most often compare for entry-level hiring in Europe. Fact-by-fact, as of 2026-04-28. We mark where we're not a fit too — nothing hidden.
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TL;DR
JobTeaser is a polished EU job board with strong company branding. Handshake is the US network-effect leader with ATS integrations. LinkedIn is the generalist professional network with LinkedIn Recruiter as the premium recruiter tool. Indeed is the global volume-oriented job board. InTransparency is the verified skill graph with explainable matching — designed around evidence instead of self-declaration. Choose us if you want skills you can trust and a recruiting flow where every match keeps its factor breakdown. Choose JobTeaser for a polished EU job board. Choose Handshake if you're in the US. Choose LinkedIn if you need generalist sourcing. Choose Indeed if you optimize for volume. On cost: LinkedIn Recruiter is a paid annual seat licence — searching here is free, and unlimited talent access is €89/mo.
Reach & apply
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Listings across the EU/EEA and the UK | |||||
Apply without leaving the platform | |||||
Mass-market listing volume (millions of roles) |
Verification
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Project evaluation by a teacher Tied to a specific project, at the student's request: a rating and a comment. | |||||
Company supervisor's evaluation of the internship | |||||
Cryptographic Verifiable Credentials (W3C VC) Ed25519 over a canonical JSON serialisation of our own, not the W3C Ed25519Signature2020 suite. Public key at /api/credentials/public-key. | |||||
ESCO taxonomy alignment |
EU AI Act
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Published record of what the matching models use to score (model cards) /algorithm-registry — hand-maintained cards for every scorer that ranks students or jobs: the inputs each one uses, the attributes it never uses, its weights and its known limits. | |||||
Candidate can ask why a match was scored that way | |||||
Human decision required before a candidate advances (Talent Suite screening) | |||||
Profile opens by recruiters on the platform are recorded and shown to the candidate |
Italian context
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCTO register and placement-data export for Italian reporting (ANVUR, INDIRE’s ITS monitoring) | |||||
The national collective labour agreement (CCNL) is named in the internship agreement | |||||
INAIL insurance tracking | |||||
SPID / CIE authentication In development; AgID accreditation planned. | |||||
Esse3 student record integration |
Cross-border
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erasmus / bilateral exchange tracking | |||||
Skills earned at the host university flow back to the home one | |||||
Europass v3 export | |||||
European Digital Credentials (EDCI) issuance |
Recruiting
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Company branded profiles | |||||
Talent matching / candidate search | |||||
Evidence-weighted match scoring Verified skills outweigh self-declared ones: 0.6× to 1.0×, depending on how much of the match is evidenced. Advanced/Expert depth bonus. | |||||
Exportable hiring evidence packet |
Universities
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Which skills employers ask for that a degree programme's graduates don't yet have | |||||
Data-driven curriculum recommendations | |||||
Professor portal (no account required) |
Privacy
| Feature | InTransparency | JobTeaser | Handshake | Indeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-service data export (GDPR Art. 20) | |||||
Self-service account deletion (GDPR Art. 17) | |||||
Cookie consent you can set category by category |
How this comparison is kept honest
- "Yes" means live and publicly documented. "Partial" means available in some markets or plans. "No" means not available as of the date above.
- JobTeaser, Handshake, LinkedIn and Indeed claims are based on their public documentation. If we got something wrong, email info@in-transparency.com and we'll fix it.
- Our own "Yes" claims are ones anyone can check: open /algorithm-registry and /api/credentials/public-key.