Looking for applicants? Using job boards? Using Craigslist?

[Mel Kleiman]

Just take a look at the numbers vs. the cost. Craigslist (www.craigslist.com) sure isn't pretty and not right for a lot of jobs, but it does get the traffic and ads placed on CraigsList get picked up by the consolidators so they will appear on two of the other big job boards too: Indeed and SimpleHire.

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Traffic - daily site page views per million total internet page views

-- craigslist.org -- monster.com -- careerbuilder.com

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Applicants per Job Ad (Yahoo Finance, november 2006) 1. careerbuilder 69 replies 2. craigslist 51 replies 3. monster 7 replies 4. hotjobs 2 replies Job Board Effectiveness (WSJ article, april 2000) 1. craigslist 4.25 2. careerbuilder 4.00 3. monster 3.79 4. hotjobs 3.50

Price Per Ad Comparison craigslist monster career builder hotjobs Atlanta $25 $475 $359 $275 Boston $25 $475 $359 $275 Chicago $25 $475 $359 $275 Dallas $25 $475 $359 $275 Denver $25 $475 $359 $275 Detroit $0 $475 $359 $275 Houston $25 $475 $359 $275 Las Vegas $0 $475 $359 $275 Los Angeles $25 $475 $359 $275 Miami $25 $475 $359 $275 Minneapolis $0 $475 $359 $275 New Jersey $0 $475 $359 $275 NYC $25 $475 $359 $275 Phila $25 $475 $359 $275 Phoenix $25 $475 $359 $275 Portland $25 $475 $359 $275 Raleigh $0 $475 $359 $275 Sacramento $25 $475 $359 $275 San Diego $25 $475 $359 $275 Seattle $25 $475 $359 $275 SF Bay Area $75 $475 $359 $275 Toronto $0 $475 $359 $275 Vancouver $0 $475 $359 $275 Wash, DC $25 $475 $359 $275