Blog Profile / The Monster Blog
| URL : | http://monster.typepad.com/monsterblog/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Career & Jobs / Career Advice | |
| Posts on Regator: | 364 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.3 | |
| Archived Since: | February 12, 2008 | |
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Monster Global Poll: ”Ever Done Something Regrettable at an Office Party?”
Poll Reveals That Approximately One in Ten People Have Engaged in Career-Damaging Behavior at an Office Celebration A poll conducted by Monster shows that too much cheer can be dangerous at the office holiday party, as one person in ten...
Monster Healthcare Virtual Career Fair
From December 13 to 15, Monster will be hosting a Healthcare Virtual Career Fair, created to help healthcare professionals connect in a new way with national and local healthcare providers and companies with positions to fill. To participate, all you...
Office Holiday Party Etiquette -- Monster Twitter Chat Edition
By Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor Work-related holiday events -- not everyone is a fan. In a 2010 survey, Monster.com asked people, "How do you feel about workplace holiday parties?" -- and 43 percent of respondents said that, at best,...
Holiday Parties: How to Make an Impression to Help Your Career
By Vickie Elmer for Glassdoor.com Holiday parties may seem like a time to kick back and enjoy -- and yet they also may be the best opportunities all winter to grow your network and add a little warmth to those...
Creating Credibility: Ten Tips for the Workplace
By Dianna Booher, Guest Blogger Words have to match actions. In addition to meeting your deadlines and hitting all your goals, it's vital to establish trust in your word -- to build your credibility. In both verbal and written communications,...
Monster Employment Index Rises 10% on an Annual Basis
The Monster Employment Index (MEI) -- a monthly review of millions of job opportunities posted on online job boards and corporate career sites in the United States -- showed strong hiring in November: The year-over-year growth trend from November 2010...
Can Facebook Get You a Job?
At Monster, we believe that effectively using social media is an important part of the modern job search. So when bloggers and journalists pose the question "Can Facebook Get You a Job?" We say, "Sure, it can! That's part of...
Turn Your Seasonal Gig into a Full-Time Position
By Nancy Mann Jackson for Glassdoor.com So you’ve landed a temporary seasonal job. But you’d like to stick around even after the holidays are over. While full-time positions may be few and far between when the holiday rush is over,....
Something about Summary Statements, based on GRINDSTONE
http://thegrindstone.com/career-management/resumes-strategy/resume-objective-summary-successful-resume-tips-589/
Keep Your Job Search Going Through the Holidays
By Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor Most of us have a lot to do during the holidays. There are more social events, more family obligations, more errands and chores -- our calendars start to look pretty crowded. So it might...
Employers Gain New Recruiting Tools with the Free BeKnown Jobs Tab
New BeKnown features should make the professional networking app on Facebook even more attractive to job seekers. Today, Monster announced some exciting new features it has added to BeKnown, the fast-growing professional networking app on Facebook. BeKnown's new Jobs Tab...
Cool Jobs of the Week: CyberMonday Edition
On CyberMonday, the world turns to their computers, for a little bit (or a lot) of shopping. So to mark the start of the holiday online-shopping season, we're looking at some of the coolest jobs at the intersection of retail...
Career Advice: Have an "Attitude of Gratitude"
This week, most Americans are gearing up to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with loved ones. And many of us participate in the annual Thanksgiving ritual of listing the things we're grateful for: our family, our friends, our homes, and our...
Cool Jobs of the Week: Thanksgiving Edition
Thanksgiving is about spending time with loved ones, expressing gratitude, and contemplating our nation's unique history. Also, it's about food. So for the Thanksgiving Edition of Monster's "Cool Jobs of the Week," we are serving up some interesting and unique...
Monster Global Poll: How Far Would You Go to Achieve Success?
Poll Reveals 86 Percent of Respondents Wouldn’t Engage in Unethical Behavior to Get Ahead A poll conducted by Monster shows that a majority (86 percent) of people polled would not engage in unethical behavior to advance their careers -- even...
The Monster 5 for Friday -- Careers Edition -- November 18
On Fridays, we take a look back at the week that was, and show you five of our favorite career-advice articles -- tips and news you may have missed during your busy week. On the employment front, we're looking at...
7 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Next Business Networking Event
By Ali Brown, Founder of Ali International, LLC Over the next few months, many job seekers will see plenty of invitations to business conferences and professional networking events. A live event can be invaluable, providing opportunities to learn new skills...
Cracking the New Job Market
The rules for finding a professional job used to seem fairly simple: you put together a resume, practiced answering interview questions, and got out and did some networking. But while these tactics are still important and effective, there are new...
10 Tips: Managing Diminished Career Expectations
By Meghan M. Biro for Glassdoor.com There are lots of people writing about how to do resumes or manage a job search, but not too many who are willing to admit there’s an elephant in the living room. But there...