Stepstone is a paid generalist channel for professional and
early-career hiring across Germany, Austria, Belgium and the
Netherlands. Product fit changes sharply by role and market:
Campus targets entry routes, while professional vacancies
start higher. TalentGleam exposes the available market ladders in one
picker and keeps applications with the vacancy.
Who Stepstone works for
The board reaches salaried professionals in commercial,
technical, finance and management functions, many of whom
are currently employed and encounter adverts through
matching as well as active search. This makes it less
suitable for hourly or high-volume demand.
Best for
Salaried professional and early-career hiring in
Stepstone's supported European markets.
Less suitable for
The professional entry price is difficult to justify
for modest-reach or volume roles.
Pair with
Use it as the paid anchor with an organic generalist
or relevant specialist underneath.
How it fits your channel mix
Use Stepstone as the paid professional layer, then add an
organic board for active-search coverage. A specialist
channel is often a better second purchase than repeating
the same Stepstone product when a narrow role remains
unfilled.
Questions
Is there anything between Campus and Pro?
No. Campus is €195 for thirty days and Pro is
€1,299 for thirty days, and the German catalogue
has nothing in between them. Campus is a graduate
and trainee product, so using it as a cheap Pro
puts a mid-level vacancy in front of the wrong
audience. If the role is professional, Pro is the
entry point and the budget has to be sized for it.
Can I book a Stepstone advert outside
Germany?
Yes — Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands are all
bookable. None of them carries a ladder the way
Germany does, so the decision there is whether to
post at all rather than which rung to pick.
Runtimes differ as well: the Austrian and Dutch
products run for sixty days where the German ones
run for thirty.
Do Pro Plus and Pro Ultimate reach different
candidates?
No — they reach the same audience harder. Pro Plus
adds placement and push over the same thirty days;
Pro Ultimate stretches the runtime to sixty. That
is worth paying for when several employers are
hiring the same profile in the same city at the
same time, and it changes very little when they
are not.
Do I need my own Stepstone account?
No. TalentGleam holds the contract with Stepstone, so you
post from your TalentGleam account and never set one up.
Is posting on Stepstone cheaper through
TalentGleam?
Usually, yes. TalentGleam buys Stepstone inventory in
bulk and passes the rate on, which works out up to
50% below booking the same product direct. Indeed
and LinkedIn Sponsored are the exceptions and stay
at list price.
