The Secrets of Registering on the Monster Job Search Site

If you've received poor response from your Monster.com Job Search or other online career site submissions, you may be able to change all that because here's a secret about Monster® that most folks don't even know about that will draw far more responses.

You can greatly increase your exposure to the Monster Job Search site with your judicious use of focused keywords in the spaces provided on your online registration form.   Monster gives you significant opportunities in this area. 

Note: It is absolutely essential that you first follow directions in "Online Resumes" to effectively build your resume for online posting.  That way, you'll get the greatest keyword exposure for Monster®.

So, let’s get started...

Once you establish a new account with Monster choose: "Build Your Resume Online".

This will take you to an initial screen with several information boxes that you will need to fill out as appropriate.

Here are some of the most important areas to be aware of, and how to best answer them:

Resume Title:
70 characters here. This will most often be your current job title. Think of the most prevalent term you might put here. You don't necessarily want to get too specific here as this will be the first thing a human will see, but do think of a high ranking keyword title you can put here. Make it a key term that is most relevant and searchable.

Work Experience:
Start here with your present job. Your job title has 70 characters. If there might be more than one way to describe your job title here (Like "Software Engineer", "Software Developer", "Programmer"), you might want to include all those that are most appropriate.

There is also a box where you can describe in detail your work experience.  There is a 3,000 character limit. Here is where you make sure to include every relevant skill-set that you possess.  Keep to the bare facts. Almost every word you put here should be a searchable term.  You want Monster's employers to find you and here is your catch-all chance to do it.

Also, since many employers are looking for people who have, or are working for certain companies or organizations, make sure that you list every corporation that you have not only worked for but also have done business with as a client.

Do the same for each job you have held. (You'll get the opportunity to do this when you press the "Continue" button at the bottom of this entire page.)

Objective:
This is your stated job goal and has a 2,000 character limit with Monster.  You should have a decent short paragraph that showcases and combines your current skills and your future goals.

You want to stay away from standard cliches such as

"Challenging opportunity as a (title) where I can effectively use my (managing and sales, etc.) skills in my ongoing effort to help grow an organization, blah, blah…"

This is not only boring, it’s also highly ineffective. Instead try something like:

"Solid Java Developer with strong (skill#1), (skill#2), and (skill#3) to make major programming contributions to remote server projects while growing to project lead role.

The difference is each of the above underlined terms is now searchable.

Target Job Title:
You are allowed two different job titles here. It might be the same as your resume title. You could also include the job title of a job description that might be different, as in the next job you'd like to have. Only 25 characters each here. Once again, think keywords here.

 Affiliations:
These would be any professional organizations or business related societies you may belong to. Especially important if they are national or otherwise well know within your profession or industry.

Skills:
This should be your ticket to keyword heaven. Put all relevant skills here. Remember, these are all searchable terms here.

References:
Leave Blank. Never give references to strangers nor at the early stages of an interview.

Salary:
This would easily screen you out if your salary was either too high or too low. Leave it blank

Additional Information:
This is your final opportunity to include any relevant information that was not included elsewhere. This should be business-related and not personal.  Do not include hobbies, marital status, how many kids you have or religious affiliation-type stuff on your resume.  It's extraneous information and may actually act to screen you out.

Summary

Don’t rush this experience. The online resume-builder will act as both resume and as a screening tool. This will gain you the edge as a screen-in tool rather that a screen-out tool.

Your objective with Monster is the same in as with all these online resume posting sites. Make it keyword-rich and you will definitely get more hits. More hits will generate more calls.

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