In case you are aware of the 15 popular recruitment websites in Malaysia, you will notice that Monster.com is not included in the list. However, as expected, the Monster Malaysia website has since making its way into upper half of the list. The website, which was launched in January 2008 (thanks to William of the marketing team for the info), is quickly gaining acceptance, particularly due to its already established presence in the overseas market.

The first and original Monster was created way back in 1994 (JobStreet.com was born about a year later) by Jeff Taylor, who was also heading a recruitment and advertising firm based in Boston, US. The initial response from the employers was somewhat skeptical and they did not like the idea of a job board associated with ‘monster’. Only many years later, with the company now listed in NASDAQ, they realized that the name itself was the driving factor of their success. All statistics are showing the signs that Monster.com is the world’s most popular recruitment website on earth. The website was ranked among the top 20 most visited website worldwide in 2006.

Since the Malaysia operation is relatively new, it is only fair to say that at the moment, much effort is focused at business development while at the same time attracting the candidates and crate buzz. Hence, you will notice that the number of jobs is rather limited. Will it be the same in the next 3 months?

Only time will tell.