RobBob Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Okay, I've got a serious question. I'm considering the idea of hiring a specialized sales employee, but I don't want to advertise the position. (It'll have to be the right person, and unless I find him/her, I don't want to rock the current organization with news of a job opening.) I want to search resumes from a nationwide database. So my question is: Which service is best these days? I've never tried Monster, and at $1,000 for 2 weeks of access to their nationwide resume service, that's a little strong. Any of you goobers gotten a job or made hires from online job sites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Technical Sales or General Sales? Monster is big and broad, there's alot of chaff(whether your looking for an applicant or a job). There are a number of local job site services (like regionalhelpwanted.com), and professional association job sites that are more narrowly tailored to your needs. If you don't want your organisation to know be careful how you phrase and post the position - your current staff will probably find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 seattle.craigslist.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double_E Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 my resume is floating around on about a dozen job search sites out there; i think that each & every every time I've gotten a call from a recruiter about it, it's been cause they saw it on monster. two such calls led to job interviews, and one of those interviews led towards my current job. from the job-seeker's point of view, monster.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted October 25, 2004 Author Share Posted October 25, 2004 that's the kind of feedback I'm looking for. the candidates for this job are not likely to be found locally, and are spread around the US major metros..likely to have 5 yrs experience in this branch of sales. so Monster may be the best answer. But I hate to spend a grand to find out it's not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 I know you can do specialized searches on monster. I got 2 calls for positions I never even applied for. They found key words on resume that matched their requirments. I was offered both positions. I was surprised by the response from monster.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 TR: Monster kicks ass as a resume resource. Expensive but worth it for big hires. And they actually have real live staff who follow up w/in 24 hrs of your order to offer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I agree with Eric about getting calls where one's info is obtained from a resume on file at Monster. I didn't realize it costs $1,000 for 2 weeks to advertise on Monster. Hell, I've seen companies advertising for the same job on there for months and months. And some of these are for jobs I interviewed for but didn't get, jobs I could have done easily for them. So it's their stupidity or loss they didn't hire me if they're wiling to spend good money to continue advertising for it (I'm not that lame). This is not even mentioning the ones I was qualified for, sent my resume, etc. in, and didn't even get a response. Rob, have you looked in to Flipdog? It's a lot like Monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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