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Monster Establishing 19 New Recruitment Sites

The term "monstrous" needn't always have a negative connotation, and to prove the point, the Monster employment company just got a lot bigger in a good way.  A full 19 co-branded recruitment sites are coming into being.

Director Steps Off Monster's Board

Companies’ directors don’t do much on a day-to-day basis; their departures don’t, to be honest, cause any real-world cogs to stick.  Still, it’s not too encouraging that Philip R. Lochner, Jr. left Monster Worldwide’s board of directors as the company’s stock sat near a 52-week low.

Monster Buys Affinity Labs For $61 Million Cash

Monster Worldwide, Inc. announced the purchase of Affinity Labs' year old network of vertical community sites for $61 million cash today.

Canadians Favor Internet Guidelines At Work

Canadians think that too much time is being wasted on personal email and Internet use at work. More than half want clearer guidelines from their employers, according to a new poll from Monster.ca.

Social Networks Positive For Job Recruiters

Sixty-eight percent of staffing and recruiting professionals say they use social networks at least occasionally to source candidates, according to an online survey from Bullhorn, "Making the Most of the New Tools: How online resources impact placement ratios, time-to-fill and profitability."

Monster Rampages With New Pricing

The job classified competition with CareerBuilder has heated up, with Monster.com readying new strategies to fight back against the news publisher/Microsoft-controlled site.

Has Google Created A Monster?

The Google vs. MSN Rock Em Sock Em fight provides an interesting juxtaposition. In an outcome that seems surreal, like when Tyson took a bite out of Holyfield, Google has taken so much out of Microsoft in the online arena that folks are starting to wonder if it's a fair fight.

Job Wars: Networks Versus Boards

The future of finding employment via the Internet will make 'who you know' very important, but getting a start will be a function of 'what you know' and what positions you can find to get in the door.

Monster Heating Up Job Boards Battle

Job boards stand to gain tremendously over the next several years, and the competition between two of the top sites, Monster and CareerBuilder, will increase along with those markets.

Vista And The Frankenbuild Monster

Adventurous people have found ways to workaround the activation system used for Microsoft's new operating system, and the company has been forced to deal with the problem only a few weeks before Vista launches in the consumer market.