Monster

Monster used to be the reference in term of job boards and career websites but it was years ago now.

They have become an unreliable aggregate of dubious and suspicious job "offers"

If you take time to look at it, and contact directly the companies who are supposedly recruiting, you will realise that the majority of their job "advertisements" are either outdated, online since years, or even fake.

Another thing than monster.com do is to multiply the same advert 5 to 6 times in order to make employers and job seekers think they have a lot of jobs on offer while they have few in reality (especially in 2014).

Besides having all these defaults, they also have a very deficient and limited search engine: it gives you results you don't ask for and you can't tune it a other job boards allow you to do. For example, if you want to have only job adds directly from employers and not form the employment firms publishing fake jobs to collect resumes, you just can't. Take indeed.com in comparison, where you can adjust these type of things in their search engine.

I think, monster.com is now too big to realise its own shortcomings and to change about it. It will take their competitors to overcome them before they react and start to stop taking employers and job seekers for idiots.

I run a small recruiting company and recently signed up for an expensive, one-year contract based upon a mixed, but occasionally positive experience I had with the company some years ago. Unfortunately, Monster.com's current level of advertising results and customer service is a pale shadow of what it was in the past. Most of our postings get very few resumes, period, and when resumes come in, they are very often of unqualified candidates. Some of the "resumes," in fact, are often one or two lines long! The last time I used Monster.com, they had a dedicated sales staff that provided support and guidance in how to best utilize their site. The experience this time, however, is far different. When I reached out to the company to complain about the poor experience and to seek help, I received a polite email reply promising that someone would contact me. It's now been weeks since I received that email, and despite again requesting the promised assistance, I have yet to receive a further communication from anyone at the company. Based upon my experience, I can not recommend Monster.com to anyone who wants to make productive use of their precious advertising dollars.

As a business owner, I am always on the lookout for efficient and effective ways to find qualified candidates for my service company. Unfortunately, my recent experience with Monster.ca has left me disappointed and frustrated. Here's why:

Unfriendly User Interface: Navigating the website was a challenge due to the unintuitive and cumbersome user interface. It was a struggle to find and manage the features I needed, resulting in wasted time and effort.

Unresponsive Customer Support: I submitted a help ticket to resolve some issues, but I never received an email response within the promised 1-day timeframe. In fact, I never received any response or even a confirmation that my ticket was received.

Inexplicable "Paid Clicks": While I did get some clicks on my job posting, I was also charged for "paid clicks" without any explanation of what they were or why I was paying for them. This lack of transparency is concerning and frustrating.

Overcharged: I explicitly requested a $10/day budget, but within less than two days, I was charged $50. This unauthorized and unexpected charge is unacceptable and reflects poorly on Monster.ca's billing practices.

Poor Applicant Pool: Despite being charged for over 19 "paid clicks", I only received two applicants, neither of whom were located in Canada (despite my ad clearly stating this requirement). As a service business, this was a major issue and rendered the entire process useless.

No Applicant Search Function: The platform does not offer any way to search for applicants or understand what you are paying for, which severely limits its usefulness as a hiring tool.

I cannot recommend Monster.ca for your hiring needs. Save your time and money by exploring other, more reliable options for your recruitment needs.

Trying to post a job was extremely frustrating. The sales rep badgered me into signing up, not explaining that I would have to pay the second the company signed up through the website. When I explained to him that I was extremely busy for the next couple of days, he called and emailed over 10 times until I did what he asked. When I received an invoice, I expressed my concerns, since I was never told I'd have to pay. Now six months later, after talking to a number of employees at Monster, my concerns were never answered, and my bill was given to a third party.

COMPLETE MISTAKE USING THEM.

The only job offers that i received by applying to anything with them were all scams. Sold my number to keep harrasing me.