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Hi All,
Does anybody use the Monster web site, in the UK there TV adverts have been replaced by Reed (so annoying...)
I just applied for a role that linked through to the Monster site. A lot easier to use than I remember... 
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The problem with Monster and their ilk is numerous:
1. it is trolled by Indian "placement" agencies, probably off-shore. 95% of the calls I get are from nearly impossible to understand Indian speakers with names like "Jack." As rude, racist, arrogant and type casting as it may sound (and actually is), I literally have taken to hanging up the instant I hear an Indian accent.
2. nobody actually pays attention to flags like "will NOT relocate."
3. nobody seems to look at anything except the last 6 months of experience. I have 2 years of Ruby on Rails and 10 years of C#. What do I get calls for? RoR.
4. If not trolled by #1, the remainder are American head hunters. I have, not once, received a call from an actual company looking to hire.
5. When I apply for a job, I invariably discover I just "applied" via a head hunter agency, not the direct company. I don't think companies directly advertise on Monster anymore.
6. I have never actually gotten a job through Monster (and no, it's not because I hang up on them.)
Waste of time, in my opinion. It's who you know that can recommend you that has always been the way I've gotten a job. The only exceptions are cold calls/emails because someone wanted to hire me as a result of a Code Project article I've written.
Marc
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Not really but a monster recruited me some 17 years ago...  (Now I'm looking a way to get out...)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Monster
I actually got one job from monster. It lasted almost 10 years. Nothing since then though. I use Dice but have similar experience as the others. Mostly barely English speakers wanting to know if I would move 3000 miles to the middle of nowhere for a temp job that will only last 3 months. And, when I tell them "no", they always come back with, "but you would be a perfect fit!". Not too often but more often than Monster, I get a call for an actual real job from an actual corporate person. They usually have equally unrealistic expectations though.
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If you do search on monster or dice, find a somewhat unique phrase in the job posting.
Then search the Internet and you can usually find the job posting from the original company and bypass the headhunters completely.
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You can do that, but many HR departments have a preferred suppliers list which means they'll only accept applications from agencies
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Mostly I've been using either efinancialcareers.co.uk or jobserve.co.uk recently, depending on the season I tend to get A LOT of calls and emails from agencies.
I've taken to having a specific phone number with a recorded message stating my requirements and asking them to leave me a message if it fits. Those that do, get a call back.
On the email side, I direct all job related spam into one email folder where I have a custom extension that bounces a reply with the same message as above and a copy of my cv to any email address listed in the mail.
I'm starting to think however, that directly calling companies and making more use of LinkedIn might be a better way to go.
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Wow: stunning. 
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Wow that is really amazing, would love to have that capability in photoshop.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Don't trust anything you "see" or "hear", only those things you can touch and feel, i.e., "see" as in elephants that walk on the beach sand and leave no foot prints.
Dave.
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Member 4194593 wrote: Don't trust anything you "see" or "hear", only those things you can touch and feel,
Well I disagree - I can see the moon but can neither touch it nor feel it, but nevertheless it is there! 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Member 4194593 wrote: <layer>Don't trust anything you "see" or "hear", only those things you can touch and feel,
Agent__007 wrote: I can see the moon but can neither touch it nor feel it, but nevertheless it is there!
Am I missing something? Do you trust the moon? 
I think you're on the wrong argument sir. He's talking about trust not existence.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Karen Mitchelle wrote: Am I missing something?
Ok, I give up. What's the answer? 
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Well, you CAN touch the Moon if you have enough cash and the right hardware. You can certainly feel its effects (tides). I think that counts!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PhilLenoir wrote: you CAN touch the Moon if you have enough cash and the right hardware. You can certainly feel its effects (tides).
Ok, how about Deneb[^] which is only about 2600 light-years away? 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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DO NOT trust Deneb!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Great find. Thanks for the link - haven't read a SIGGRAPH document in years.
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I've managed to survive on pay-as-you-go for quite some time but now think a proper plan with some data might be better.
Best I can find so far is: Ultra Mobile[^].
Anyone got any experience with them or have any alternates? Just not used to paying the ludicrously high charges that you get screwed with in the US - Ultra Mobile is more like it!
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mark merrens wrote: ludicrously high charges that you get screwed with in the US
Were it not for ISPs and mobile services, I'd never get screwed. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Were it not for ISPs and mobile services, I'd never get screwed
Ah.
You're married then.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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99% sure from the price, frequencies used, and international calling included that you'd be on TMobile's network. As long as you don't ever need coverage outside of urban areas  it's a usable cheapskate network I guess.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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