Julie G.

While there's nothing particularly bad about Monster, there's just nothing good about it anymore. Once the biggest job board around, Monster has become another place for companies like Farmer's Insurance and temp staffing agencies to troll for people's contact info. After realizing I was only getting the trolls calling me, I closed my account for good. Sure feels good to be free of that "Monster"! (hehe!)

Indeed is like most of the big job boards out there - mostly junk listings that are way outdated, but some good jobs in the mix. Just like craigslist and other job boards, be wary of what contact information you choose to share on your uploaded resume, as recruiters can and will contact you for jobs that you aren't qualified for if they've got your phone number. And from my experience, they have no concept of time zones either.

I'm an honest person and a hard worker with a profile full of excellent feedback, but Odesk pulled the random "your account is on review" trick on me as well. After emailing them for a few weeks, I was finally told that the review was complete and that my account had been reinstated. When i went back to check it out, I still couldn't apply for jobs after an entire month. I can't run my business like that, which is why I've never been back to Odesk to see if the problem was fixed. I'll keep my 10%, thank you very much... DO NOT USE ODESK!
UPDATE 1-18-15: Once my account was finally restored, it took two weeks of emailing them back and forth to get the geniuses at Odesk to CLOSE my account. Good. Lord. Do not use.