Comments on: Craigslist charging $25 for job posts in 8 more cities

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:40:03 +0000

In the past I used CL to post jobs for a well known hotel chain here in Austin, Tx.

Now that CL charges $25.00 we will not be using CL for job postings. We already have a forum for listing jobs, and used CL anyway as it helped to spread the word. Sad to say, but no more.

By: Martineaux

Martineaux — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:00:09 +0000

On Flakelist.org & Newsvine.com I posted an “Open Letter To Craigslist”, suggesting they charge A BUCK for a Help Wanted ad everywhere besides the high-priced area. I think that’ll help weed out the bottom-feeders that hide behind blind ads & Gmail addresses on CraigsList.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:48:54 +0000

I am a small biz owner who uses CL for most of my marketing and for potential employees I may hire. I loved the idea of this simple site free for us to use. Maybe they should put some kind of checks and balances against those who post to ensure they are legit or a vetting process whereby we could get ‘whitelisted’ and a link on the site to report a fake job for the job seekers. This seems like it would reduce fake jobs, spammers, etc, and also allow businesses who are legit to continue tom post for free. If I have to pay $25 to post a job opening I have to help someone in these times I am not going to use CL, instead I would use the local newspaper. I think this is a bad move on their part, especially in these trying times.

By: Elvis

Elvis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:01:38 +0000

They need to do this in Las Vegas, too. There are so many fake jobs posted and it’s ridiculous. I’m looking for a job and have sent over 70 resumes in. I have a clean criminal and driving record and still NOTHING. I have a feeling that these posts are from people that think it’s funny to fuck with the unemployed or scammers looking for personal information. Come on, Craigslist. Start charging a fee here, too.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:35:37 +0000

I saw this the other day and thought it might be a good time to start a website where you could post jobs for free. Granted its a new site, but it’s free. The new site is jahbs.com. Feel free to leave me any comments.

By: Patty in Miami

Patty in Miami — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:00:48 +0000

I think it sucks that south FL is now forced to pay $25 to run a want ad. Anyone with a half a brain already knows how to sift thru the garbage JOBS, anyway. Now under ETC, I’m lucky to any service available besides EGG DONORS. SHEEESH!!! hAVEN’T seen practically anything posted IN DAYS!!!

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:20:52 +0000

I’m glad that Craigslist will be charging $25.00 to post ads for jobs. Even though it is a hard economic time It will keep spammers off of posting ads and also fake jobs/fake posts. The only thing I hope and wish it will require with this fee is that Employers would be required to show their business information so potential employees applying for the jobs can follow up with the job to see that they received the information and get their interviews lined up. It is extreamly frustrating on Craigslist that makes it an option to put a generic email to a job posting and not being able to follow up!!

Even though a lot of job that I look for are professional and extremely reliable it give people an uneasy feeling when a potential employee trying to find a job and sends their info to a generic craigslist email. I know a lot of employers don’t like getting calls to see if they received our info for the job posting and setting up interviews but that is part of the process for employees to follow up and set up interviews.

PLEASE MAKE IT SO EMPLOYERS POSTING JOB ADS HAVE AND MUST PROVIDE THEIR COMPANY INFORMATION, PHONE NUMBER ETC….. SO POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES CAN CONTACT THE EMPLOYERS!!! PLEASE NO MORE GENERIC CRAIGSLIST EMAILS FOR JOB POSTS!!!

By: william

william — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:26:32 +0000

Craiglist is a great resource, but we are in a recession/depression, and now is not the time to raise prices for employment listings. We should be lowering prices for this type of service to encourage posting.

One thing that I also want to point out is that it is time that sites/companies that charge communities for listing give something back to those communities.

At adelph.us all classified listing are $5 and part of the revenue is donated to community causes