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This cast concludes our guidance on how to use job boards as part of your search. Click here to view full post and listen to podcast

Wondering whether a job post is worth the effort that applying will take? Monster customers pay to post jobs on our site, and we work with them to craft effective posts — so you have much less to worry about on Monster than on, for instance, job boards where potential employers can post for free. [...]

This cast gives our guidance on how to use job boards as part of your search. Click here to view full post and listen to podcast

The debate rages on: Should a job candidate name a salary number first, or wait to hear from the employer? Money is on the line and feelings are strong on both sides of the issue. Most experts suggest that applicants should keep their mouths shut and make the employer talk first. New research suggests, though, [...]

What’s going through a hiring manager’s mind during a job interview? The answer may surprise you. OfficeTeam, a leading administrative staffing service, has identified five things job seekers should know about the interview process — from the interviewer’s point of view. ” Many job candidates may not recognize that hiring managers can be as anxious as [...]

A job seeker recently sent us a note with a question about how he could document his job-search efforts — people who are receiving their unemployment benefits may be asked to substantiate these efforts. And Monster.com Product VP Matthew Mund responded with three suggestions for how a Monster.com user can keep track of the jobs [...]

We recently asked our friends on Monster’s Facebook page about their biggest job-search hurdles, and how they overcame them. Here are five of their comments, as well as some expert advice to help you if you’re facing similar challenges in your hunt for a new job: 1. K Bar Newman had one word for us: [...]

The film Horrible Bosses opens on July 8th.  The basic plot, as I understand it, is that three guys who hate their bosses, played by  Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis, conspire to murder them.  I don’t recommend that way of dealing with a bosshole, and have been suggesting more constructive approaches (see this [...]

It can be a make or break moment in any job interview: when the interviewer asks, “So, do you have any questions for me?” This is your chance to demonstrate your understanding of the position and the company, to show that you’ve done your research, and even to give the interviewer a little bit of [...]

You don’t want to talk about it, but you can’t ignore it: You left your last job because you were fired. Or because you shouted “I quit!” in a rage and stormed out. Or maybe your last job wasn’t the problem, but you can tell that this interviewer is just, as they say, “not that [...]