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Monster+
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Martina C.
Legal Services, 1-10 employees
Used weekly for 2+ years
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Monster allows me to apply for several positions within a few minutes because my resume is stored.
I have no complaints about Monster. My employer found my resume on Monster and I have been gainfully employes for over 7 years.
Maria Alejandra R.
Outsourcing/Offshoring, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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I have had a great experience with the app, which has allowed me to explore large numbers of candidates.
One of the best features of the application is that it has and extracts candidates from many other platforms, creating an apliam candidate pool that facilitates access to contact information and allows very good headhunting processes.
It has a limit of spots to publish vacancies, so it limits the reach to active candidates to recruit and in general, all the candidates it returns are passive candidates.
Jabar A.
Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Like most using monster. And this very useful for recruitment
There is no cons. Because of it's interfere
Ivan L.
Staffing and Recruiting, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Monster is a great platform to fullfil your hiring needs.
We get the right results whether you looking for executive assistant or a software architect. You can find anything there.
The licence are starting to get a bit expensive
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Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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When searching for the right candidate, monster job portal is the ideal choice.
One of the most user-friendly portals that I have used. So easy to access the right type of candidates be it for the cleared or the non cleared positions.
I like most of the features. The only suggestion is to upgrade the user interface.
Faraz K.
Staffing and Recruiting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Overall experience with monster is really good
The candidate pool that monster provides, makes it easy to find viable candidates for different positions.
There is no such thing that I dislike about Monster
Usman S.
Staffing and Recruiting, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I am using it daily for finding the right talent for right job. I am using it for more than one years. This is easy and there are various options for finding.
This is best in his field. There are no cons in it.
Brandee O.
Libraries, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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With a huge influx of candidates for one area Monster helps dwindle it down, and when there are few applicants, it pulls suggested candidates to contact. It absolutely is a useful tool, but it needs some tweaks to get to unbiased, diversity hiring.
This software is good for large companies that need to weed through applications as it has features to screen out those that don't meet qualifications.
Good candidates were screened out sometimes for specific reasons unknown. Leave the algorithms alone or fix them!
Marina R.
Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Love Monster since its inception in early 2000, had made a career of finding the right talent on Monster.
Monster is a fantastic search website and a pioneer in the job-searching and recruiting services. It has a very easy to use interface, it's very user friendly and delivers great results. A very solid algorithm on parsing and search.
Well. I wish there were more candidates who would post their resumes on Monster. I feel like these days everyone is on Linkedin and they are using the feature of "open to opportunities" as opposed to posting their resumes on a search website.
Darrell W.
Entertainment, 1-10 employees
Used other for 2+ years
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Didn't really get any good candidates the last time we needed it.
It is simple to use and easy to set up for hiring and adding a job search for candidates.
It used to be the standard to get lots of choices in candidates, but it seems like it has been reduced to "also ran" status. Nothing wrong with it by why am I using it if there are other products that will yield much greater results.
Randy Z.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall experience with Monster TMS is great. I would recommend it.
This software helps people to find positions. Some employers find me from this software, great software.
This software does not give employees opportunities to select employers, I wish this features can be added.
Michael R.
Accounting, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I set objectives for each of my team and it is a bit cumbersome to do it and track it. Monster TMS allowed me to easily perform this task
Allows me to enter information on employees and contractors and monitor their progress and achievements
It is a bit expensive but I do think it is worth the money
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Warehousing, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for 2+ years
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Overall I like the Monster platform a lot and will continue to use it when I am seeking a job.
-Monster seems to do a better job than most sites of filtering out recruiters that post generic ads without having actual positions available -The advertisements (seriously, the ads make this platform pretty well known to employers and job seekers) -The interface is pretty easy to navigate -Mobile app is better than most recruiting platforms
-Similar to Indeed, a lot of employers simply link you to their internal recruiting platform which can be tedious to re-enter all of your information into again, rather than one-click apply like Zip offers -I believe Monster may sell your profile/data to recruiters so that they can more readily access you even when you're not seeking a job
Christopher E.
Staffing and Recruiting, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I am in the staffing industry, and this software is one of my top go to usage. We generally use this every day on the recruitment side of things, and we have had very much success with its job searching and job board functionality.
There is an ease and flow in using this system that I have not received in any other software design. Once we were trained, as a company to use it, it was very seamless in it's functionality. I really like the use of boolean searching and its design and functionality thru this software.
I can't really argue with anything, but if I had to be picky, the customer service and sometimes technical issues or blips in the system can be better. There sometimes can be a glitch or 2 that needs work on for it to be overall amazing.
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Telecommunications, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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- Every recruiting company should start using Monster TMS ASAP to make their life easy. - Recruiters can expand their options and area to ultimate talent from an unexpected source. - They have four different modules so that hiring company will have all the information regarding process. - It's very flexible to use and the company can focus more on internal process with the help of this software because it minimized so much work load of recruiters. - It works on both mobile as well as web. - They also offer a free trial of the software. - They will notify to via email and massage for every new update.
- It is not affordable for small companies. - If the user doesn’t know how to utilize all the features of TMS perfectly. Then it will increase more work for a staffing company.
Anthony R.
Hospitality, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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This website has helped me find jobs before
Do some minor updates to the website and it will be good
Joshua L.
Human Resources, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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The software is helpful as a recruiter but could expand its marketing
It is easy to find candidate information and most recently updated candidates by area and search date.
Monster attracts the least amount of new applicants for finance and accounting jobs. This is compared to indeed and careerbuilder.
Johnson J.
Human Resources, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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monster is a good portal and easy to search candidates by Boolean search and we can select the candidate visa category and select what kind of experience needed
easy to use but some of the profiles getting error and it difficult to login again
Shamroz s.
Human Resources, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Great job board. I really prefer people in recruiting field to use. Thank you Monster.
The best Job portal i have ever used and job the portal i have decided to use in my future till i work in recruiting industry. Monster has give us multiple methods to search best candidates with using AND, OR,"", etc. I have just started my recruiting career its been only 6-7 months and placed two candidates both the consultants i found was from monster. The best feature i liked in monster is power search.
sometimes there is a problem i don't understand and its not even logical. whenever a resume is not available on monster and i try to view it my account gets logged out. Please solve this problem. If the monster is open for a long time without any activity on it it gets logged out.
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Real Estate, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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I am hoping this is for the software of Monster where jobs are posted. If it is I love Monster for looking for jobs. The software is very easy to manipulate if you are looking for a specific job title or company. It is very up to date. When finding a position, the software allows you to access the position by sending your resume to the respective company, which I love. It also allows you to create a cover letter for the position.
At this time I have no complaints for this software.
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Human Resources, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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overall Monster is good, it helps me get qualified candidates however it strain me from viewing resume because of the limited views per month
- user friendly - easy to navigate - you can costumize your search by filtering your search such as location, years of experience, must have skills, etc. - you can be notified through email for new or updated resume
-the product is so expensive so your number of views on resume is limited - when downloading the resume that has pdf and word file, the word file that you downloaded is in picture form so I can't copy some details
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Human Resources, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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Monster is a thing of the past!
The only time my company has ever considered Monster is for roofing, customer service etc jobs which are not common for us. It would definitely not be something we pay for otherwise as it does not compare to what Indeed or LinkedIn can offer. Might be great for temporary workers, but that's not the industry I recruit for! I think out of anything Monster offers, TalentBin has been the most relevant - we do use that for sourcing, but Monster wouldn't be my first place to go for posting a role!
It's really not the place candidates go for professional roles anymore. I can't see me paying for Monster when there are better platforms out there. Monster was the place you'd go for jobs absolutely in the early 2000s, but there have been other game changers since.
Maria W.
Used weekly for 2+ years
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You get a great amount of resumes, the membership is affordable and very easy to search for resumes. The booleon searches are easier to utilize
The cons for me is the applicants seem to be more higher end applicants. With my particular work fields in manufacturing these applicants are just too overly qualified for my positions.
Seema Y.
Used daily for 2+ years
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MONSTER is a efficient recruitment tool that allow recruiters to search for and identify potential candidates with the ideal skill set for a specific job and get unique candidates with high tech skills. It also help build the pipeline for the current or upcoming client requirement. One word - AWESOME!!!!
Web version should be made little more lighter so it gains more weight in terms of scalability and speed.
Vince P.
Computer & Network Security, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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The product worked well, but we switched to a different company because it was just way too costly unless you are a power user and we felt that we could figure out a lower cost way to achieve our goals.
This is a viable software for businesses of all sizes and of different types. We used this service for technology and IT services. Some of the positives is that this software offers a variety of sourcing and screening capabilities. Such as candidate database, candidate matching, career page widget, custom application forms, custom branded website support, posting to external job sites, self-service career page, and social recruiting tools,, which is a plus. It also offers social media integration and job board integration, which was useful for us.
This web based applicant tracking and recruitment management solution offered services such as sourcing, screening, interviewing, and work-flow management, as well as custom reports. But it is very pricey per user. For us it cost you high. Unless you are a power user this is not worth the cost, at least it wasn't for us.