<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>I think the point of monster and sites like it are to generate revenue for their stockholders and investors. What I found on these sites is a sea of recruiters and resume harvesters. Monster and sites like it have not focused on individual job seekers' needs, but instead focused on where the money is coming from (job posters). Monster has also be less than proactive when it comes to ID theft. This is my opinion. I do not mean to besmirch an honest business, but this is just my limited experience with them. </div><div><br></div><div>Craigs, on the other hand, is a great tool. Simple and to the point. What you see is what you get. I admire those guys for the hard work they have done fighting the spammers.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div></span></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Jul 15, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Paul McKibben wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">James asked: Any suggestions for a newbie to the job hunt?<br><br>James, my advice is the same for job seekers as it is for those who are hiring: get to know people.<br><a href="http://asktheheadhunter.com">http://asktheheadhunter.com</a> is a great resource for job seekers and understanding the often broken hiring process.<br> <br>Also, since you're a student, your school should have a career center that may be a good resource to find companies who want to hire new grads.<br><br>In my last message, I forgot to mention that a *good* recruiter can help both for job seekers and those who are hiring. I slammed "body shops" (and rightfully so), but there are also good recruiters out there who get to know PEOPLE - hiring managers as well as candidates -- and find good matches, not just on skill set, but on personality and ability. I can recommend somebody, but please e-mail me privately for that. I don't want to get my wrist slapped for advertising. :) By the way, these types of recruiters are good because they do what YOU should be doing--getting to know the people who can help you.<br> <br>-------<br><br>Jeff said: I resent the comment about Monster.com.<br><br>Jeff, sorry, I don't mean to offend. You're among the small percentage who actually succeeded with a job board. However, there is documented evidence that both for job seekers and those hiring, the job boards are much less effective than real, personal relationships (see <a href="http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/newsletter/OE20030617.htm">http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/newsletter/OE20030617.htm</a>). My experience says the same thing. If you reread my e-mail, I used words like "rarely", because luck can happen. But I truly believe you are the exception, not the rule. Again, sorry if I offended you or anyone else.<br> <br>--Paul<br><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ale mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>