Attracting Talents

How to Write Unbiased, Inclusive Job Descriptions

Whether you are writing a job description, social job ad, email, text message or video job ad script, it is important that each and every communication is unbiased and inclusive. This begins with unbiased, inclusive job descriptions that attract a wide range of highly qualified—and diverse—candidates. Follow these writing tips to ensure every qualified candidate […]

How to Find Good Hourly Employees

Hourly employees comprise a significant portion of the workforce, yet many employers are unsuccessful in their efforts to find qualified candidates in sufficient numbers and fall short of retaining top employees long enough to realise a return on their investment. This is especially hard on smaller, retail employers whose workforce is primarily comprised of hourly […]

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 […]