Sunday, January 23, 2011

New Job site threatens monster.com

I just read a story in the Washington Post about a new domain, "jobs" that looks like a big threat to Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. It could do to those job sites what CraigsList did to newspapers' classified ads.
The jobs domain was authorized by the Internet registry, ICANN. It was opposed by newspapers and long-term nemesis Monster alike. The jobs domain lets companies post help wanted ads for free. You go there by typing something like http://ma.usa.jobs/writing, and see a list of postings. Companies love it because they can put up ads for free. Monster.com charges up to $395 for an add, or $230 a piece for ten or more. For a big company with a lot of openings, it's a significant saving.
If you're job hunting -- or hiring -- its worth checking out.

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