Is Monstor.com good for senior positions in finance industry---any personal experiences?
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Absolutely correct. From personal experience, your friend will be inundated with calls to work for 100% commission positions and nothing more.\n\nThese online websites might be good for lower level tech and staff positions but the cherry positions that are posted are often simply a way the company meets the criteria for posting a job in line with EEOC requirements. In other words, the jobs are already filled.\n\nHe'd be better served posting his resume directly to company websites.\n\nBut the best way is to leverage a personal network to gain access to companies they want to work with - school alumni clubs, job networking forums, etc.
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I am a Stationary Engineer currently looking on various job websites.  I have several leads from hotjobs, CareerBuilder, Monster, and the OPM website.
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Monster.com is great.
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Yes.  There's a company that's been around a long time.\n\nhttp://www.elance.com\n\nVery iffy quality for a lot of the work through any of these sites though.  Most of the work is undercut in price, sold as prebuilt components that only sometimes work, and the developers disappear as soon as the final payment goes through.\n\nWhether you're looking for work or looking to hire, you will have a tough time guaranteeing quality before you finalize the contract.\n\nDepending on the scope of the work, you could either hire a student that's just learning, or go with a proven company.  I work for a proven company.  While our rates are more than freelance work, most of our clients have found that we end up cheaper in the end because our estimates are actually met.\n\nGood luck.
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At least one good money making opportunity that I am involved with right now is this:  I used to be a network engineer for eight (8) years, feeling not making enough money for my family (wife & 2 kids).  I wanted a career change to financial industry.  I came across with this company, World Leadership Group / Global Equity Lending, Inc. and committed full-time Loan Coordinator helping people financing their real estate property.  I'm doing very well so far.  My total income from the last three months (Sep - Oct - Nov) surpasses half-year's income of the network engineer job.  I am so delightful with the move that I've made.  Feel free to check out my Personal-Corporate website if you're interested.
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it is a very competitive business. watch for hidden extra fees and charges. shop around, check the internet and negotiate with the one you feel comfortable with, using the prices you have found elsewhere.\n\nFirst Data Corp was the big provider when I used to do Credit cards.
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monster.com is good, and jobs.yahoo.com are also good
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I've been a financial planner for 9 years. For the first 8 years I worked for the big insurance/financial services conglomerates. I learned very quickly that your clients are not doing business with the logo on your business card, they are doing business with you.\n\nWhile the big name may help a little if you are mass marketing or cold calling, it will mean very little to your clients as long as you are providing trustworthy, accurate and insightful advice. \n\nMore importantly, does Foresters have the same level of support and resources for you practice as Mass does? If you are new to the business go where you will get the most training and support. Like I said, I spent 8 years between two different "massmutuals" and I learned alot of valuable lessons. I have since gone independent and I have never been happier. Good luck.
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Once I wrote in a forum, that they sponsored, and got a reply from Tom asking me if I would be interested in being a regular writer on their team, but I declined.  I used to be a stockbroker with a large firm and I wrote about why I thought the average large stock brokerage firms overcharged for the dismal advice that their stockbrokers, who actually are nothing but overpaid salesmen, gave.  I didn't want to get in the middle of a lawsuit with my employer.  After-all, they have more money for lawyers than I have.  But the threat of lawsuits is how they keep the truth sequestered.\nThe Motley Fools boys seem to do their homework, but in the end, I haven't seen anyone say that their stock picks are better than anywhere else. Learn why someone recommends something.  Don't just place a bet.  In investing there is an old saying, "ride your winners and sell your losers".  Like many other advice columns, they tend to brag about their winners and keep quiet about their losers.
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Here is a very thorough and point-by-point comparison of these two products:\n\nhttp://financialsoft.about.com/od/reviewsfinancesoftware/a/MDel06vsQDel06.htm
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Well, I gues there's Monster and HotJobs, but I wouldn't waste your time.  You'll mostly get contacted by insurance companies looking for salespeople, and if there are any decent jobs, the competition is fierce.  It's better to look up companies' web sites individually and look for job postings.  Or better yet, try to meet people through friends/family/church that do what you want to do or work where you want to work, and see if they can put you in contact with someone at the company.  This is much more effective than any web site.
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Yes, I've heard of them. They appear solid.\nAny company that managed to exist for 25 years has to know what they're doing.  BTW, check out http://ibooyah.com for investment ideas.
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Sadly, I'm just responding out of support... I'm curious to know if they are worth it as well!   Thanks for the heads up about mbabuzz.com
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Depends which field.  Generally, they'll skim over your work XP unless you have something fantasic that's a very good fit.\n\nFor analyst type positions, the most important thing is probably how well you can think on your feet.  They'll grill you for the whole day with brain teasers, finance questions (if you majored in econ/finance), statistics, probability, algorithms, and other similar things.  You obviously don't have to get them all right, but your general pattern of thinking and coming to the right solution is important.\n\nTraders are probably more personality fit since that's an important part.  Sales is more talking.  There are tons of entry level positions at GS.
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I checked the major business databases and they are not listed.\n\nIf this is some "employment opportunity," then it is definitely a scam.\n\nI'd definitely stay away.
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It may help to use a service such as Monster.com:\n\nhttp://hiring.monster.com/index.aspx?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Frecruiter%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Findex%2Easp
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You should be able to find out here:\nhttp://www.familydollar.com/careers.aspx