CV settings in Monster.com - Location and Visibility settings

Besides uploading or deleting your CV, Monster.com gives you also the possibility to set its visibility status (if set to not visible then employers cannot see you), change the locations you are looking for a job, set the industries and positions you are looking for, indicating your salary range or the date from which you are available.

How can you do all these?

Start by managing your CV. You can find a drop down menu at the left top corner of Monster's site, once you have logged in. Click on Manage to access the CV managing menu.

If you haven't uploaded your CV you can easily do it or you can create your resume using Monster. Both options are available.

Once your CV is uploaded you can manage its settings. Just scroll down and fill in whatever you think is necessary.

Once your CV is uploaded, some settings are filled in automatically, like the location you are looking for a job. Other working locations can be selected once you have chosen that you are interested in other locations.

You can use the boxes for selecting the country you are willing to work. Remember that you'll be asked whether you are allowed to work in this country. Make sure you have found out about this in advance.

Be aware that you can upload several CVs. This is wise for uploading the same CV in different languages and making them available in different countries. For example, it is most probable that a France employer will ignore a CV written in Greek.

Searching for a job via EURES

The main objectives of EURES are:

• to inform, guide and provide advice to potentially mobile workers on job opportunities as well as living and working conditions in the European Economic Area; 
• to assist employers wishing to recruit workers from other countries;and
• to provide advice and guidance to workers and employers in cross-border regions.

EURES is much more than the Job Mobility Portal. EURES has a human network of more than 850 EURES Advisers that are in daily contact with jobseeker and employers across Europe.

In European cross-border regions, EURES has an important role to play in providing information about and helping to solve all sorts of problems related to cross-border commuting that workers and employers may experience.

Set up in 1993, EURES is a co-operation network between the European Commission and the Public Employment Services of the EEA Member States (The EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) and other partner organisations. Switzerland also takes part in EURES co-operation. The joint resources of the EURES member and partner organisations provide a solid basis for the EURES network to offer high quality services for both workers and employers.

Visit the EURES job search engine

Setting the Monster to search a job for you!

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

Getting a job in English...

Globalization! Isn’t it great? That’s one of the reasons that people do not have to learn the local language before getting a job abroad. In the past, it was a must to know the local language, today it is an asset at your CV.

Most of the international companies are using English as the official communication language within the company. Doing so, there is no miscommunication among there branches located in other countries and easier to approach the international market.

Learning the local language is needed if you want to survive and to get a social life in the local community. Keep in mind that even though a company’s policy is to speak English in meetings and other cases, this is not valid during launch or coffee breaks.

Bottom line is:

-         include in your immediate plans (after getting a job) to learn the local language

-         during the job interview mention that you are going to start language lessons as soon as possible

-         ask your future employer if he is going to support you for having a language course, by paying for the lessons and/or being flexible with your working hours

Paperwork... Curriculum Vitae

The CV (Curriculum Vitae) of a person can speak by itself to the employer or the recruiter.

A professional looking CV would give higher success rate to a person, compared to a CV made with a sloppy way. You would do the same, if you would be the employer.

Once you finish it, give it to a few people for evaluation. Consider their feedback and correct your CV if it’s necessary.

Europass - CV Template in various languages

Europass - Instructions of filling in your CV

Europass - Examples of completed CV’s