FlipDog‚ is a search engine‚ powered by Monster.‚ It doesn’t offer too many bells and whistles for both employers and job seekers, but‚ to its benefit, is very easy to use. Job seekers can simply enter keywords or a U.S. State to begin a search, or click on any of the “most popular” links to get started. From there, a job seeker can drill down through more specific criteria such as cities, regions, job categories and the like. Because FlipDog is searching the Monster database, there are plenty of listings to find and apply to, but only come from Monster and nowhere else.

Why use FlipDog at all? Once you decide to apply to a job listing, the site links out to Monster for that process. FlipDog seems to exist purely for the utility of providing a listing and then flipping - pun, I’m guessing, intended - the job seeker over to Monster. In the end it’s hard to understand why one wouldn’t skip the whole thing and go right to Monster. At FlipDog there is no ability to create a profile, save job searches, subscribe to an RSS feed, or perform any of the higher-level functionality that users have come to expect.

For recruiters, Flipdog can be used to find competitive intelligence. For example, if you are searching for candidates skilled in say Java technologies in the Washington, DC area, Flipdog will allow you to use boolean search strings (AND, OR, NOT) based on key words. From there, you can see which companies and competitors of yours are seeking the same type of resources. This will give you a very solid indication that they already have that type of talent in-house, and you can focus your sourcing strategies on recruiting their internal employees.‚ See the example below: