ALT-3 Website Reviews Monstercom
There is nothing less disappointing than to find a job search website with apparent great potentials to have so limited listing of jobs and a complex navigation of the search.
Boasting a job network across all continents, Monster's self declared goal is to "help you make the most of the 80 or 90 years you have on this planet by connecting you to the real world opportunities that can help you achieve your goals and realize your dreams."
Understanding it's only a recently established website, Monster has not attracted as many advertisers as other job search websites out there. Perhaps the problem is not concentrating on particular regions before they expand their networks.
Take Seek.com.au for example. An Australian based job search website that started with only Australian jobs. It waits until it is the absolute favorite job search engine in Australia before expanding its operations to New Zealand and the U.K.
The navigation of Monster.com website is also hard. The search boxes are located at the top of the website just below the title banner. Small and hard to notice. The selection box for job categories is a drop down box, which could easily confuse slow computer users and they may not comprehend how to select. The positive side on this is it does tell you how many categories had been selected to avoid the need to go back and count. The Advanced Search function is a lot more user friendly, but only when the website user as actually found the link into Advanced search, which is situated just below the normal search function in very small font and insignificant color.
Admittedly, the website is extremely attractive. It is clear that the website targets younger job seekers looking for that "calling".
Once you pass that first impression of Monster.com as being user un-friendly, too cool for school and not enough market exposure, it does have some merits when it comes to help for the job seekers. Career advice in Monster.com covers company research, resume writing and on how to handle interviews. Users can view information by job category which means the information provided will be related to the jobs rather than just general off the bookshelf information. There is also a salary outlook so you can check if you are getting paid too little or just enough.
Perhaps give it another year Monster.com will be more exposed to the job market and manage to get itself a decent listing of vacancies. Until then, it's probably better to stick to your local job search engines.
