Another one bites the dust at Monster.com. Jon Trumbull, Chief Accounting Officer says buh-bye. He had been there since 2002, but has followed many others through the exits of what was seemingly once a job board mega haven.
Meanwhile CraigsList.com, which was once only popular in large metro areas, is climbing the ladder of most visited websites each month, ranking much higher than Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. Sharing in this success trend are the local recruiters who provide a professional and functional web presence.
If you have been reading my Blog, you can see I have no love at all for Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com and the many other job boards that just don't understand social networking and its growth into a Monster (no pun intended) of it's own - a Godzilla of sorts.
If you are seeking a new job, I am willing to bet that after about two weeks of searching through Monster and CareerBuilder you will understand that they simply are not the place to be searching. Get a LinkedIn.com account and use some of the other boards like simplyhired.com, or jtlservices.com - if you are in CT or Raleigh area of NC :)
Monday, May 19, 2008
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Why should monster get any love? You know, just about everyone I know has submitted a resume to monster (I'm a manager, btw) but no one, I mean NO ONE, has ever gotten a job through them (no one I know, anyway).
Interesting about CL. They are indeed a superior job board, although for some industries still tough going. I hate wading through resumes. But they at least understand your main point -- that social networking is THE employment model out there today. Interestingly, a lot of recruiting sites are getting into this game now too (which I'm sure you know). My company's been using the site Dayak a lot for hiring lately; it has more of a marketplace model where you can set your own fee for a new employee and get various "bids" (ie candidates) from recruiters. Yeah, it's a more traditional model than say, simplyhired forum, but I find the community integration very interesting, and as with a community like ebay or CL you find what you're looking for quicker and cheaper. Monster is just white noise.
What's next? Recruiter/Managerbook (ie Facebook)? We could make some money off that idea...
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