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…