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Monster offers online job search and recruitment services, supplying resume posting, job listings and career advice resources. Launched in 1999, Monster enables employers to find potential candidates through search tools and provides job seekers with opportunities across various industries.

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  • User-friendly navigation
  • Wide range of job opportunities
  • Positive user experiences reported
Cons
  • Poor customer service
  • Frequent scams reported

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    Billing

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2022

    Just by looking at their filtering you clearly see they are catering to the employers to make job seekers work harder to find their ideal jobs.... Meaning less filters on purpose such as salary filter don't exist. Vast majority of listings don't list salary... Job seekers want the best job for the best dollar, employers want the best talent at the cheapest pay possible... Who pays the bills for Monster.com, employers... Their competitor Indeed is way better in my opinion even though they have a lot more scammy jobs listed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2022

    ...Hi Monster Gulf .... I've received at least 10 personal/phone interviews. I'm proud to say, I just got an offer....I definitely could not have done it without you and I just wanted to say thank you for your help.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2022

    Monster.com is doing scam with common people. They sell your resume data to fake recruiting consultancy. And then after you will start getting calls for jobs. They will convince to pay registration fee then they will arrange a fake interview & they will select you and they will offer you good salary. The salary could be in lakhs or 5x or 10x salary from what you are currently getting now. They will make you feel so good that you will stop thinking about scam. Now their business start they will ask money on the name of medical, police verification & many more. Slowly slowly you will lose your thousands of money. Then they will ask you to wait and the wait will never end. And one they all phones are switched off. Happy Scam.... So don’t trust anyone, always visit office of the consultancy then pay for any service. Monster.com is fake scammer, don’t give your personal data.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2022

    I purchased "Premium Services" from Monster.Com. I paid US$319 supposedly for resume writing and to highlight my resume in their website. Now, already a month has passed by and I never heard from them again. I called and emailed them a today and I was told I cannot get a refund. Please, please, please WATCH OUT for this company! they are a bunch of SCAMMERS!!! I hope companies who are using their services can read this and will stop doing business with them too! A good company don't want to be associated with SCAMMERS like Monster.Com.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedOnline & AppStaffBillingLoan ProcessRates

    Reviewed July 6, 2022

    There are several types of scams in this world, but the biggest is always will be scamming people of money. The Monster.com is very much pro in doing that.

    What's monster.com:

    1. A job portal where an end user can upload his profile and apply for job and get calls from recruiters

    2. A database access for recruiters and hiring companies so that they can filter out their specific candidates profiles and calls for interviews

    These are two usually happens in every job portal But there's number 3 & 4

    3. Instead of giving database/our personal data access to hiring companies they SELL at high prices to banks, nbfc, brokers, real estate agents, freelancers, insurances, fake companies, spammers, fraudsters etc

    4. They ask money for profile upgrade or highlighting the job seeker profile or resume building etc they charge money and stops responding to candidates calls & emails

    Monster a spam website, majority of the job seekers don't pay attention to it.. If you upload your profile instead of getting calls from recruiters, you'll get calls from loans, credit cards, brokers, real estate, insurance etc. Few of them defraud of your money.. They clearly sell our data to other agencies, I approached an employee on LinkedIn and asked and he confirmed it too that they sell data to anyone even if it's spam or brokers or real estate, they don't care they just need money.

    If you don't trust me take a new number, upload it on the website as a jobseeker along with your resume, wait for 2 to 3 days you start getting fake calls, spam calls from banks, credit cards, personal loans, etc. I have experienced and tried deleting my profile, after one month of inactivity and uninstalling the app I still get calls and they say they got my number from monster.com. This is a data misuse, I don't know NAUKRI.com does this but this is not a safe place to upload your personal details. Forget about jobs.. you won't even have mental peace, you might lose money and time for fake job calls and interviews. Ask their employees. They'll tell the truth.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2022

    I was called up a few times by a persistent sales consultant from India. However he was legitimate because he asked me to log in agree to his proposed services. They delivered on the resume writing and cover letter. To be honest, I didn’t find this service good enough to be paid for. But I was after a job. And they promised to get me recommended to companies after this. It never happened. I spent close to $500 with zero results. However, I did get some hits on my profile with the free service. I’ve noticed that mostly Indian companies use this website. So if you are based in India or are looking to be hired by an Indian company, this is a good website to go to. I have not received any solicitations from companies from other countries though. Overall, it’s ok to use the free service. But don’t pay for their resume writing or job prioritisation service. Not worth it at all.

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    StaffTransparency

    Reviewed March 14, 2022

    I am grateful to Monster.com, I look forward to the opportunities & making it huge with additional updates. Associates are very helpful. I have received an opportunity to be availing these again in the future.

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    Tech

    Reviewed March 2, 2022

    Monster.com is a free job search site for job seekers. I never took Monster paid services as a Candidate. In the past years 2012 landed contract job thru Monster Recruiters. Currently need work and posted my Resume 1.5 month.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2022

    Monster has 2 platforms: Monster and Monster Plus. I tried their offer for a "Free" Job Posting. It is a nightmare trying to post a FREE job, but after a while I got it, BUT the posting was inactive. Supposedly it because they need to check out the company information. After 2 days I called them, then they told me that I had to sign up first and then post the job and this is why when they were researching my company information the job was not posted. I was told to post it again, which I did. After another day, the same thing happened. I called a 2nd time. The second agent just could not answer me straight if I have to pay for the job posting in order to post or if they have a "free" job posting available. If we must pay, just say so in plain English and cut the **. Terrible way to treat a potential customer.

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    Sales & MarketingBillingRates

    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2022

    After a week of signing in to their site, I receive a lot of spam credit card offers. They will send you a random job offer that doesn't fit your job description or skills. Even after deleting my account I still receive spammy credit card offers. I highly suggest not to subscribe or signup for their site, you will regret it! Your information is not safe. If there's a negative star rating for their site. I definitely give them -5 stars.

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    Customer ServiceTechSales & MarketingPunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2022

    India based companies have been pretending to be recruiters so they can gather resumes to fish out skills to use in Resumes for Green Card holders in the United States. Monster.com is the biggest culprit. Since posting my resume on Monster.com, I am inundated with spam calls from fake india recruiters offering job opportunities way outside my stated desired positions in my profile on Monster. Almost 50% of the phone calls I am getting are from indian speaking, fake corporations offering contract jobs all over the country. They call as late as 9 p.m. Eastern Time. They have sent emails claiming to have spoken to me and to send my resume to them as soon as possible. So if you are job hunting, do not use Monster.com, they are the single source of these phishing scams from India.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2021

    Very bad service by Monster recruitment, they are nicely talking till they get money, don't care to serve the customer. They promised something and not honour it. Don't go with them and waste your money, better put it in trash instead of paying to monster.

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    Refunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2021

    I have purchased the career booster at Monsterindia.com and I am satisfied with the amount I paid for. The Team has been very professional and cooperative. Though I have received a opportunity after 3 months of paying for the Xpress resume+ service, it is a relevant opportunity.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2021

    As recruiters, we have a system of testing and retesting different job boards. We haven't used Monster.com in years, so wanted to try them out again against our staples of Indeed and Linkedin. We paid $650 for a month of access and didn't get one interview from it. That same spend on Indeed would get us 1 or 2 hires. I would stay clear of this group and look elsewhere.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2021

    I created a profile and resume on Monster a few days ago and made sure it was private on not public view. I had not yet applied for any positions. I had my most personal information listed on my resume and profile due to when I apply directly with a company of my choosing, I will know the company, that it's truly local and trust them with my info. Well, I started getting MASS amounts of emails from all over the country, mostly foreign names, mostly claiming to be placement agencies in which I am NOT applying with and some are completely fraudulent. Monster allowed all my most personal information to be in public view although I was careful to make sure I chose it was NOT. VERY UNETHICAL and scary company. They have lost their morals and values. STAY AWAY, it's not the Monster Jobs of long ago when they honored your choice of not allowing public view of your information.

    I may have to change my email address due to this mess and a lot of important people/companies have my email who are trustworthy. I am beside myself and scared it's all going to end up all over the internet, sold to data brokers or whatever the sleeze all over the internet is called who publishes everyone's info against the will of the person. My personal info is not on the internet due to a stalking situation...so yes, I am beside myself. I had no idea that Monster had become regular sleeze and Career Builder did the same thing...However, I did apply for two jobs to what I thought was an actual company opening, not a placement agency. After I applied to them, same thing, mass crazy crap coming in and for jobs I have no experience or education in...because it's a scam.

    After I applied to one of the companies, I get an email from a company with a totally different name...I figured out that it was the company I had applied to...It was food service industry in which I do not work...A customer service rep from Monster said that all he could see was my WA Work Source Account, so these people have access to that as well. Funny, I don't have anything on public view on Work Source, but I do have an account, scary times, be careful, the companies that use to have morals, values, and were trustworthy are no longer these kinds of companies...I am making a complaint to the AG and even thought of a class action law suit, but right now I am just really upset and very sick at the thought of my personal info...address, phone, email, all my previous employers in the hands of mass people, many frauds, most with foreign names. BEWARE, DON'T SIGN UP with Monster or Career Builder...Find another way to seek out open positions in your area.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPricePunctuality & SpeedHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed June 14, 2021

    I have been looking for a job for 2 months. I waited until very recently to add my resume to Monster.com. Almost immediately after submitting my resume, I started receiving a constant stream of spam calls from overseas call centers for irrelevant temp jobs. Not a single call about an actual relevant, full-time position. Apparently "allow employers to contact me" means "immediately sell off my information to anyone and everyone that wants it". After using services like LinkedIn and Indeed, Monster.com just feels incredibly cheap and spammy and I honestly don't know why anyone would use it at this point.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2020

    Monster is a total scam! My experience had been back in 2015. They charged me almost USD 200 for absolutely nothing. They kept kicking back on me with a slang-English draft of what they believed to be a "gorgeous CV"! They showed no ethics what so ever in ignoring my complaints and demands. I consider their business as illegitimate in all means. They sell honey-speech on calls! Once trapped & charged, they disclose their cheap face right away. I stopped contacting them shortly thereafter; but kept all correspondents for records.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 10, 2020

    The first mistake I made was to sign up with Monster in the first place. Shortly after that (like minutes) the SPAM began to arrive. No one reads resumes there, the scam-SPAMMERS scrape contact info and then use that to send you garbage. Like jobs that are illegal, or not even close to what my resume describes. And whatever you do, do NOT put a phone number on your resume unless you've got a number just for that. Also don't use your primary email address, create a new one because your inbox will get filled with garbage. I CLOSED my monster account including removing the content of my resume. That was in January 2018. Over 2 years ago! And I'm still getting useless emails sent to me from the monster email system. So clearly monster hangs on to your info and does NOT remove it when you close your account.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 4, 2020

    Had canceled my profile on Monster years ago and am still get recruiters emailing me for positions halfway across the country using old contact information. Not what I would use for professional searches for positions or for new staff.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2020

    Monster never disappoints. I've got a job every time I have tried through Monster.com. Go ahead and give monster a shot. I mean what do you have to lose? Every single time I try with monster.com I always succeed.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 2, 2020

    I really like Monster. It is to navigate. Always has jobs relevant to search. I like the handy tips that are on the site for instance what is relevant as far as experience. Very helpful. I believe that out of all the search engines Monster will be the one that I find gainful employment that I like.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 30, 2020

    I opted to post my resume on their site and immediately began long tirade of ROBO calls. I suggest not to post resumes online. This did not end until I changed my phone number. I found that many ads were actually links to other job search websites like Snagajob.com and Jobs.com and Hired.com.

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    Reviewed June 29, 2020

    Monster is a good site to research hiring companies but I recommend going to the main company's site to apply if you really want the job you discovered on Monster. Otherwise you'll most likely never hear back on any application filled out.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 28, 2020

    I know and trust Monster.com since they’ve been out there the longest and their job opportunities are spot on. I’ve searched for job and placed jobs on monster.com so I know both sides of the spectrum. You can find any kind of job on this site from entry level to executive level.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2020

    Monster has some of the best results for food service management executive level jobs. I found my last position has Director of ops with Lamadeliene on Monster. The results can even be regionalized for better results.

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    Customer ServiceTransparency

    Reviewed June 26, 2020

    The resume portion needs improved with MS Word to assist in copy and paste of a resume. Next the overwhelming recruiters sending emails after you update your resume or a simple edit due to bad copy and paste function.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 25, 2020

    Monster is one of the original Job Search Websites. I just compared it to Indeed for Legal Assistant Jobs in the Santa Cruz, CA area. Indeed was much better. Half a dozen jobs showed up for Indeed, none for Monster. The best feature for Monster has always been its Career Advice section - good information about resume prep, getting ready for interviews, etc. Actually finding a job using Monster, not as good. This comes from someone with 15 years as an Employment Specialist.

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    Reviewed June 24, 2020

    Jobs are explained thoroughly and to the point. Very nicely put together. Has a lot of jobs offered. Very easy to go through. Used over and over. Used for the last few years. Much easier than most sites.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2020

    I enjoy using the Monster site. It gives you really great search options and also they alert you to job opportunities that come available. Some of their categories are grouped together and I would like to see some of those separated.

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    Customer ServiceStaffEase of UseRates

    Reviewed June 22, 2020

    Like the feature of the inbox where potential employers can message you if they are interested in you as a candidate and want more info or to arrange an interview. Also like email alerts about jobs that match your previous searches. Makes using this this site easy to navigate and very user friendly.

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