Due to the large amount of jobs posted on the Net, you need a granular site that allows you to create excellent member profiles! Star Reviews likes what Monster has to offer when it comes to support services. You can buy resume writing services, career advice, watch Pod casts on all sorts of topics and even receive additional exposure via their services.
What's New?
- Monster Mobile-- Search latest jobs in real time right on your cell phone, manage resumes & forward favorite jobs to your email!
Star Review's Favorite Feature – Network Now! You can make career connections with their quick keyword search, occupation, skills, company or schools. Once you have created your account and profile people can search for you - or you for them - based on your location, job title, skills, state and even zip code. This is a great way to build your Networking contacts list!
Monster Features:
- My Monster – Account, Resume, Quick Apply, Application History, Questionnaires, Networking Profile, Contacts, Message Center and Boards
- Find Jobs – Saved Jobs, Job Search Agents, RSS Feeds, Diversity Job Search, Instant Job Search - BETA, Be Safe
- Post Resume – Build On Line, copy/paste, Upload, Privacy Plus and Be Safe
- Market Place - Resume Center, Salary Center, Interview Center, Networking
- Education - Choose a Path, Select a Degree, Find a School, Pay for School, Manage Your Time
- Career Advice - Job Search Basics, Targeted Advice, Community, Monster Blog, Monster Services
Career Categories – Monster’s online job search is not as intuitive as other job search engines since it requires you to select locations and job categories while company and keyword search terms are optional to start the process. Other job search sites give you those links and have the job position organized for you in advance. It works but the drop down boxes for selecting all of your choices are not that appealing to use compared to other job search engines!
Searching for Jobs - When you start the search you can type in a job category and a location to start the search process. The results shown can be sorted by using date, company name in alphabetical order and by job name.
Advanced Job Search -You can perform advanced searches by allowing a radius of miles to searches from a main location. You can perform a more detailed search by selecting Job Locations, Job Category and Salary range. When clicking the posted job description you can expect to find a very detailed description of the position, requirements and a company overview. 6Star Reviews loves all this detailed information!
Create Specific Job Searches - Monster provides the ability to setup specific job search preferences associated with an industry or job role. Once you have done this you can save each search as a separate job search. These alerts can then be sent daily, weekly or monthly to your email. You can perform this function before you have setup your personal profile which is a time saving option. However, if you do decide to apply to a job alert, you will need to sign up and complete your profile, education, credentials and post your resume before applying. Once you have done that applying for a job is a breeze.
Monster offers support from various partners-There are companies that offer services such as resume writing, interview techniques and other related tips. The best option if you are in a hurry to find a job is to let a service post multiple resumes on other job sites. This allows you to gain more exposure and they will use your same resume, login and personal details so you don’t have to post this at each job site personally.
Membership Fees: FREE
Member Support: Monster offers customer toll free numbers and email support for job search related questions. They also provide great help tools online for creating your presence online. The key is their automated job match service that correlates to your career search specifications as these send you leads that are best suited for your skill set and overall requirements.
Upside:
Monster is a very popular job search site that employers and search firms often post on, providing you with broad ranges of job opportunities to seek online. Automated job matches sent to your email account are also a plus, as this will reduce your online search time. They also manage your job postings allowing you to keep track of what positions and companies you have sent applications for employment consideration.
Downside:
Monster does have a large amount of people seeking employment. Therefore, you must be clever in making your resume stand out in the vast sea of online job seekers. This may require spending some money to have them place it higher in their search lists to employers. You may want to try the services that also offer multiple job site postings outside of Monster to increase your odds!
Summary:
We really like Monster and think you have a great chance of finding a new career on this site. Not only can you search for countless positions by geographic region and industry, you can create a profile and post your resume for millions of employers to see. One downside to this site? Alot of people use it, so your chances of getting the interview might not be that great. However, they sure have enough resume and interview resources to help you stand out, so you'll be well-equipped!