Comments on: “New, User-Centric” Monster Launches Today

By: Vincent Amela

Vincent Amela — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:03 +0000

I don’t know about you folks but the employer side of Monster is incredibly slow. You might think it’s just me but the rest of my office is experiencing the same thing and our internet speeds are consistently optimal.

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Monster, CareerBuilder Losing Traffic Race To HotJobs : ERE.net — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:34:14 +0000

[...] traffic growth is particularly troubling for the company, which relaunched the site in January with a big marketing push, including, in February, its first Super Bowl commercials since 2004. [...]

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Fri, 01 May 2009 15:01:15 +0000

[...] pursuit of share Monster spent $27 million during the first quarter on marketing its redesigned site and its new features. After a five year absence Monster returned as a Super Bowl advertiser this year, and also partnered [...]

By: Jill Steele

Jill Steele — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:04:28 +0000

Also a comment from a job seeker – I experienced similar issues to another poster here – the pop-up window that lets you select a resume and cover letter version is a nice feature and would be useful if you could then submit the application. It seems to me that while all the bells and whistles are nice and the redesign may indeed have been overdue – the core functionality of the site is to allow users to apply for jobs. It has been a week and I cannot believe that nothing has been done to fix such a critical issue. It is annoying as a job seeker – I would imagine employers might wonder where all their applicants went as well…

Very disappointing.

By: Jay Smith

Jay Smith — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:11:13 +0000

This is from the perspective of a job seeker. Not impressed so far – here’s my glitches. Can’t find how to “renew” my resume so it stays on top of the employer searches. No “help” on an actual job application page. Clicking on “apply” just brings up a popup window to manage which resume/cover I am using, don’t see an “apply” button – maybe I’m missing something? That’s what I’ve found so far in 2 days.

By: 090114 Industry Links | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views

090114 Industry Links | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:14:35 +0000

[...] “New, User-Centric” Monster Launches TodayIt’s four days since the launch and there is limited commentary from users (our industry). Nice thorough reviews from Eric Shannon and Joel Cheezman. A particularly useful comment from Jeff Madison. The comments on the Cheezhead piece seem to mostly bash Joel for his historical bashing of Monster. The most interesting thing about the launch is the loud yawn heard around the web. Monster has some real work to do if it doesn’t want to be an anachronism. A redesign is a good start, kind of like a 5% down payment. The proof will be in the delivery of results to paying customers. [...]

By: Michael Glenn

Michael Glenn — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:40 +0000

To Michael H: I don’t think monster.com has made any changes to employer side. They only made changes to the job seekers side. Therefore your negative comments on monster.com is not true because there hasn’t been a change on the employer end of monster.com.

To Amy: Careerbuilder.com is not a leader in recruitment technology. You had layoffs in 2008. Your site concept is old and many people are just using other means to find jobs.

I still think the job boards are good, but they are not as strong as they used to be. Maybe that is why Monster wants to make changes to adapt how jobseekers look for work.

By: Michael H

Michael H — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:25:53 +0000

Monster clearly has the best volume of candidates of all the major job boards, and has a significant advantage over Career Builder in this regard. However, the new user interface on the employer end of Monster.com is a nightmare to use – unintuitive, slow, and makes browser-based navigation very difficult. Basically, it seems that they have packaged less functionality into the new experience and simply dressed it up just to increase the volume of total clicks/resume views (and thus Monster.com profit). Frankly, I strongly dislike the new interface at Monster and would vastly prefer to use Career Builder due to the efficiency, ease of functionality, and the ease with which I can organize my searches. Unfortunately, since the majority of candidates are at Monster.com, I have little choice but to use Monster for my first-round internet searches. In the end though, I’ve grown to dislike Monster’s interface and feel that the new structure very much slows me down, especially when I need to act fast on an immediately available client requirement.

By: Amy Chulik

Amy Chulik — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:57:56 +0000

CareerBuilder.com continues to be the thought leader for the recruitment industry through both successful and testing times in our economy. We continuously strive to create results for both our job seekers and employers, while providing a seamless customer experience.

While we have been in the market with our own revolutionary matching technology for 5 years, Monster is paying and playing to catch up by outsourcing their technology through acquisition.

Our focus is on our customers, and our goal remains the same: to simplify the job search and recruiting process while making it easy for candidates and employers to connect this – and every – season.

By: Yasser Ismail

Yasser Ismail — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:02:09 +0000

The home page kinda threw me off, way too cluttered, had a corporate feel to it. That’s my only complaint, rest of the site looks great. The Related Searches function was fantastic, truly loved it.

http://www.jobstaxi.com