Monster offers the standard mainstream digital job board features, and also makes an effort to zero in on millennial applicants with its Monster Studios video app. But after the free trial expires, you’ll have to sign up for a monthly membership without a pay-per-day option.
Create and edit your job posting at any time, pausing and reposting as necessary. Candidates get email job alerts matching their qualifications, and you can manage the posting with collaboration tools for your entire team. Monster’s key features include:
Monster also posts your job on its sister sites, including CareerBliss, Jobs.com, Nurse Jobs, Monster College, Monster Communities and TopUSAJobs.com.
Monster offers a free seven-day trial for any plan you choose. After that, here’s how much you’ll pay for each membership:
| Starter | Standard | Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $249 | $449 | $999 |
| Number of jobs | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Features | Video interviewing | All features of Starter and:
| All features of Standard and:
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Monster also has an Enterprise level for companies searching for a customizable pricing solution. Get the process rolling by submitting an online form and a Monster representative will call you with a quote.
If you’d rather not sign up for a membership, purchase an à la carte Monster job posting.
| Description | Cost for 30 days | Cost for 60 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium job ad | Post an ad and get all the features of its Premium tier. | $499 | $529 |
| Enhanced job ad | Post a job ad and reach over 30 million candidates on Monster and hundreds of sites in its partner network. | $449 | $479 |
| Standard job ad | Post an ad and get all the features of its Standard tier. | $375 | $399 |
| Veteran job ad | Reach over 10 million veterans by posting your job to Military.com. | $90 | $95 |
It also offers an à la carte option called SearchMonster, which lets you download resumes and connect with top talent across its job board. One month of SearchMonster — including 500 views — costs $650.
With the Standard and Premium plans, Monster posts your job to “relevant sites.” But what exactly does that mean?
A “relevant site” means that we put your ad in front of job seekers where they search on the Internet. It could be other job boards and it could be other types of sites. It strategically places the ad where qualified job seekers spend their time online.
Candidates are redirected to your job posting after they click on the ad.
Weigh the benefits and drawbacks before posting a job, including:
No, Monster doesn’t automatically post to job boards like Indeed or ZipRecruiter. However, it does publish ads on its sister sites and on local newspaper partner sites around the web, directing potential candidates to your job.
See Monster stacks up against the competition:
As of October 2020, Monster for employers has a 3.3 out of 5-star Poor rating on Trustpilot, compiled from about 200 reviews. The general consensus is that Monster is an easy-to-use and helpful resource for generating applicants. Most complaints are from people who are disappointed that they didn’t find a candidate to fill their position.
However, people on Reddit who’ve used Monster to look for jobs report multiple scams, mostly from recruiters advocating fishy positions. In a comment thread from July 2019, users state that they were contacted about MLM schemes, insurance sales and positions vastly below their experience level.
To post a job on Monster, you’ll need to sign up for a free seven-day trial.
After that, Monster walks you through the process of creating your first job posting.
Monster is a job search engine that went live in 1994 as one of the first digital job boards. It lost market share when the space was disrupted by the likes of Indeed and LinkedIn, but in 2019 its CEO announced a fresh vision to focus on attracting millennial job seekers, especially in fields like manufacturing, nursing, logistics and entry-level tech.
Today, Monster is privately owned and operated by global staffing firm Randstad.
Monster’s customer service team is available weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. Here’s how to get in touch with Monster if you’re a business owner:
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