Comments on: Monster Profits Slide As CEO Promises A More Aggressive Future http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jeffrey Perry http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3715 Jeffrey Perry Mon, 05 May 2008 04:14:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3715 Sometimes it may help to think about this from a job seekers perspective - if I were searching, would I only search free boards and leave off Monster, CB, HotJobs, etc. NO! Would I only search the paid boards? NO. Any job seeker with even a modest amount of smarts/ambition will be utilizing all resources available. Sometimes it may help to think about this from a job seekers perspective - if I were searching, would I only search free boards and leave off Monster, CB, HotJobs, etc. NO! Would I only search the paid boards? NO. Any job seeker with even a modest amount of smarts/ambition will be utilizing all resources available.

]]> By: Jeffrey Perry http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3714 Jeffrey Perry Mon, 05 May 2008 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3714 Sometimes it may help to think about this from a job seekers perspective - if I were searching, would I only search free boards and leave off Monster, CB, HotJobs, etc. NO! Would I only search the paid boards? NO. Any job seeker with even a modest amount of smarts/ambition will be utilizing all resources available. Sometimes it may help to think about this from a job seekers perspective - if I were searching, would I only search free boards and leave off Monster, CB, HotJobs, etc. NO! Would I only search the paid boards? NO. Any job seeker with even a modest amount of smarts/ambition will be utilizing all resources available.

]]> By: Paul Pickthorne http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3713 Paul Pickthorne Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3713 I just checked my Google Analytics account and Indeed does much better than that at 53.80% of traffic. I was referring to a specific recent article ( http://tinyurl.com/6dylat ) that reported hitwise traffic data which is very accurate. Job seekers are moving away from destination job sites to job search engines in droves and that is changing the game for all in this industry. Paul Pickthorne Chief Free Officer Smuz.com - 100$ Free Job Board I just checked my Google Analytics account and Indeed does much better than that at 53.80% of traffic.

I was referring to a specific recent article ( http://tinyurl.com/6dylat ) that reported hitwise traffic data which is very accurate.

Job seekers are moving away from destination job sites to job search engines in droves and that is changing the game for all in this industry.

Paul Pickthorne
Chief Free Officer
Smuz.com - 100$ Free Job Board

]]> By: Ryan Markinson http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3712 Ryan Markinson Fri, 02 May 2008 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3712 Paul- Your job board maybe gets .0002% of its traffic from Indeed.Com, and if you bank on more than that, you have a problem. I am not defending monster, cause they are the number 3 player in the industry, but the Free job boards vs. Careerbuilder or Monster is like a brand new Mercedes vs. a 1980 chevy station wagon. The one good point you made, is that it would take 1,000,000,000 conference calls to save Monster, their business model and site are stuck in the year 1999 where they were the only option. Ryan Markinson Chief Truth Officer Paul-

Your job board maybe gets .0002% of its traffic from Indeed.Com, and if you bank on more than that, you have a problem. I am not defending monster, cause they are the number 3 player in the industry, but the Free job boards vs. Careerbuilder or Monster is like a brand new Mercedes vs. a 1980 chevy station wagon.

The one good point you made, is that it would take 1,000,000,000 conference calls to save Monster, their business model and site are stuck in the year 1999 where they were the only option.

Ryan Markinson

Chief Truth Officer

]]> By: Paul Pickthorne http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3711 Paul Pickthorne Thu, 01 May 2008 04:54:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/01/monster-profits-slide-as-ceo-promises-a-more-aggressive-future/#comment-3711 Well, Monster will have to be relentless and aggressive to find small and mid sized companies crazy enough to pay hundreds of dollars for something that's available for free. Indeed.com now has more job seeker traffic than Monster, and jobs posted on Smuz.com are free and indexed by Indeed and others. It's going to take a lot more than a conference call to save Monster. Paul Pickthorne Chief Free Officer Smuz.com - 100% Free Job Board Well, Monster will have to be relentless and aggressive to find small and mid sized companies crazy enough to pay hundreds of dollars for something that’s available for free.

Indeed.com now has more job seeker traffic than Monster, and jobs posted on Smuz.com are free and indexed by Indeed and others.

It’s going to take a lot more than a conference call to save Monster.

Paul Pickthorne
Chief Free Officer
Smuz.com - 100% Free Job Board

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