Monster.com is a very powerful, well known job search engine and widely used in Europe and US. The activity of monster can be seen here.
Any candidate can make a profile, look for a job on the posted vacancies and apply for FREE while the employers or recruiters have to pay a fee in order to access a candidate’s CV.
When visiting the site for the first time, the candidate is able to choose from a number of monster sites around the globe, but I would suggest using the standard one at http://www.monster.com/
Before starting make sure you have finished your CV and that you have it in a format in which you can easily copy-paste text, so you don’t have to type it again.
Tip: if you CV is written in MSWord, copy the whole document (Ctrl-A & Ctrl-C) and paste it (Ctrl-V) at new Notepad document. Then use the text from Notepad.
Do not get disappointed by the amount of time you might need for completing your profile. It might take up to a hour, but believe me it worth’s it.
Once you’re done with filling in all information, upload your CV in MSWord format.
Tip: Make sure that your document can be accessed by MSWord of PDF reader. A less used document format, like OpenOffice document, will require extra effort from the one who wants to read it and as people are usually lazy, they won’t put this extra effort...
Select the countries you want your CV to be visible and indicate whether you need a working permit for the indicated countries (for the 15 EU countries, EU15 citizen’s do not need a working permit). Also indicate that the CV should be visible to all (Public).
Benefits of using Monster.com:
- Once you have a completed profile, you can just sit back and wait until someone contacts you for extra information or for an interview
- You can set up and configure to 5 agents (automated searches) to report to you daily, weekly, biweekly and so on, via email
- You can Create (or upload), store and edit up to 10 resumes/CVs and 5 cover letters
- You can see how many people have accessed your CV so far (when the visibility is set to Private and then back to Public or when a new CV is uploaded, the counter resets)
- You can search based on Location (continent, country, state, county, city, postcode, etc.) occupations (up to 20), type of employment (full time, part time, temporary, work from home, etc.), keywords, industries (up to 20)
- It offers free monthly newsletters, tutorials, a site demo, a help center and much more
