I've been following "Ask the Headhunter" on PBS for a while. Most of what he writes makes sense, but this column of his is smack on target!
Why HR Should Get Out of the Hiring Business
One telling point he makes is about Monster.com as an example of non-value job boards:
"Wasting money. Last year, almost a billion dollars was sucked up by just one online "job board," Monster.com, which was reported as the "source of hires" only 1.3% of the time by employers surveyed. HR could be advocating for the personal touch in recruiting, but blows through massive recruiting budgets with little to show."
I'd like to see the actual survey, of course, but I presume only those companies who actually paid for Monster.com ads were included in the survey.
Why HR Should Get Out of the Hiring Business
One telling point he makes is about Monster.com as an example of non-value job boards:
"Wasting money. Last year, almost a billion dollars was sucked up by just one online "job board," Monster.com, which was reported as the "source of hires" only 1.3% of the time by employers surveyed. HR could be advocating for the personal touch in recruiting, but blows through massive recruiting budgets with little to show."
I'd like to see the actual survey, of course, but I presume only those companies who actually paid for Monster.com ads were included in the survey.