Attracting Talents

Diversity - The Unrealised Potential of Workers with Disabilities.

Monster recently provided advice for the student ‘career corner’ at City College Peterborough: This guest blog post from Assistant Principal Tasha Dalton-Winterton highlights that workers with disabilities still face stigma in entering the workforce: At City College Peterborough – Study programmes, we work with and support young people to educate them with the skills and […]

Use These Six Values To Build An Effective Employer Brand

Your recruitment process needs to speak to the values that motivate good candidates. Monster has been working with behavioural scientist Richard Shotton, including in our recent webinar “Applying Behavioural Science to Recruitment“. Richard’s research shows candidates are most strongly motivated by extrinsic values, rather than simply intrinsic values like salary. You can read more about […]

How to Write Job Adverts With Diversity and Inclusion

We look at ways to write job adverts that are inclusive and promote diversity.

Applying Behavioural Science to Recruitment

 Applying Behavioural Science to Recruitment Webinar – Wednesday March 25th, 11am “Behavioural science is the study of how people actually behave – rather than how they claim to behave” – Richard Shotton Ultimately, recruitment is a process about understanding human behaviour.  There are a wealth of Behavioural Science studies, experiments and advice you can apply. […]

Four Evidence-Backed Ways Science Improves Recruitment! 

Your preferred style of interview might be down to personal preference, tradition, familiarity or time in your schedule. Does it help you make the best hires? Finding the “right-fit” is possibly the trickiest part of recruitment. Candidates thrive when they genuinely engage with your company culture as well as having the right skills on paper. […]

How to handle hiring in a tight labour market

The market is tight, but the talent is out there. Try these strategies to locate and find the best fit for your business.  U.K. recruiters know that ease of hiring waxes and wanes. This depends on whether you have easy access to a large pool of workers, or if your vacancy is in one of […]

Hire and develop 'soft-skills' to get the right fit

The importance of finding the ‘Right fit’ emphasizes the value soft skills bring to the workforce. Technical skills are important – people need to be able to, or be trained to, be technically able. But even as we face an increased skills shortage, employers increasingly recognise the value of soft-skills. These attributes are easily transferable […]

Living up to your employees' dream job expectations

When an employee lands their dream job how important is it to exceed their expectations as an employer? Employees can have grand expectations when starting a new job, and it’s important to manage these by setting employees up for long term success. With these four simple tips, your employees will be more engaged and motivated […]

Monster's Campaign reaches over 1.8 million UK Candidates in January

1.5 Million UK Candidates In January, Monster Launched our second global brand campaign, “Bad Fit, Good Fit” promoted digitally in the UK across multiple social channels. Our 2019 global campaign offered an honest perspective on the job market today, showing that the system is broken. Now, in 2020, we are showing what our fix is: […]

Set Your Recruitment Resolutions for 2020

The New Year is a prime time for recruitment, and for resolutions. January is a fresh start for everyone and that means new careers for some. This is a crucial time for recruitment so you need to ensure that you’re prepared and don’t fall behind competitors. Here are some new year recruitment resolution ideas to […]