Here's the situation, you're looking for qualified individuals to fill a position within your company. You've used Monster.com before and got hundreds of unqualified leads, of which you or someone had to waste their time filtering through. For other business services that produced results like this, you'd ditch them in a second.
The catch is, just about everyone looking for a job posts their resume on Monster.com. No other company out there does more marketing to job seekers than Monster, everyone from your 11 year old to your grandma has heard of them, and its probably the 1st thing someone does when they say 'today is the day I will find a new job'!
You now just need to learn how to fish with a spear and not a net.
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Two Words: Resume Search.
When you're looking to fill a position, a broadcast message brings in everyone who *thinks* they're remotely capable. Odds are they aren't. Either they didn't understand, or didn't even look at the job description and think somehow, you'll fill the position with an unqualified person just because they applied.
By using the resume search, for about the same price as posting a job, you can find a candidate who fits what you're looking for. Saves everyone the time and money!
I recommend: Visiting this link. Monster would rather you give them their contact info to get pricing, so their aggressive sales team can upsell you. Skip that
here.
Get Mean.
Mean can be a good thing here. Be extremely explicit on your job post, to the point where there is no ambiguity. Add on things like "incomplete submissions will not be accepted", and "citizenship required".
This will stave off many unqualified people. If the person you are looking for is out there, these things don't apply, and they'll just take it in stride. The only people that will take offense are the lazy or unqualified!
I recommend: Require a cover letter - you'll know a lot more about the candidate before you contact them. If they are too lazy to write a cover letter, you don't want them as an employee. And if you get their obvious form letter, be skeptical!
If you have been with your company a long time and haven't looked at how Monster.com works,
post your resume. Sounds silly, but you'll see what resources the posters have, so you know who's just sending out a 'mass application', and who truly took the time to apply for your job.
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