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September 24, 2008
Monster, the Job-Search Behemoth, Enters the Admissions Game
Monster Worldwide Inc. is delving into the admissions game with its newest Web site, Admissions.com. The job-search company announced the site’s arrival today at the annual conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, in Seattle.
The new Web site includes an “ask an expert” feature where high schoolers and their parents can pose questions to a panel including Andrew Flagel, George Mason University’s dean of admissions, and Mark Kantrowitz, founder of FinAid, a popular financial-aid Web site that is also part of the Monster network.
Beginning in November, the new site will also run top-10 lists of colleges for different majors, based on input from users of Admissions.com and other Monster Web sites. —Beckie Supiano
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I am a bit disappointing actually. I thought finally there is a centralized site to let students apply colleges online. Isn’t that what Monster does? Let you post your credential, and recruiters can search and pick. Wouldn’t it be nice if you only need to fill out one application form to apply all schools in the country? People applied college or graduate schools before know how much time you have to spend to fill the application form for each school.
— Terry Sep 24, 05:52 PM #
Terry I thought the same thing. I think it is smart on their part, and they will have people that can search for job placement 4y ears from now. It will be interesting to see what happens with this after a few cycles
— Jeff Jackson Sep 30, 02:53 PM #
who cares, she graduated.
— Jeff Sep 30, 03:16 PM #