I'm president of a small technology support company. In December, we needed to hire a "network engineer". We paid, handsomely, to post on Monster, and within a month we got 1,100+ resumes. My partner and I read through every single one. As of last week, we'd hired two people (business got better), both from the Monster posting.
Bottom line: we hired from Monster. Yes, we pay more attention to referrals from friends/employees, but the key issue is timeliness. At the time we wanted to hired, we didn't have any "personal referrals".
Another thought: the resumes of the folks we hired were neither the first nor the last submitted. Instead, they were clear, honest, and enthusiastic.
Monster (and other boards) may not be the best way to look for a job, but they're far from worthless.
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I'm president of a small technology support company. In December, we needed to hire a "network engineer". We paid, handsomely, to post on Monster, and within a month we got 1,100+ resumes. My partner and I read through every single one. As of last week, we'd hired two people (business got better), both from the Monster posting.
Bottom line: we hired from Monster. Yes, we pay more attention to referrals from friends/employees, but the key issue is timeliness. At the time we wanted to hired, we didn't have any "personal referrals".
Another thought: the resumes of the folks we hired were neither the first nor the last submitted. Instead, they were clear, honest, and enthusiastic.
Monster (and other boards) may not be the best way to look for a job, but they're far from worthless.