Talent Acquisition

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Future of HR - Raconteur Report distributed in "The Times"

The future of HR is a Raconteur publication discussing many hot HR trends. We have promoted our Video Job Ad tool – “Monster Studios” here, because it directly addresses many of the problems and concerns raised. HR Leaders must think like Marketeers The report covers many topics – including how in the future “HR Leaders […]

5 Steps to attract the best talent for your company

How to attract the best talent for your company We all understand the importance of having great people working for us. With a talented and motivated team on board, your business is far more likely to be successful. This means recruiting and obtaining the right people for your business is just as vital as managing […]