Monster Improves Job Search With Changes To User Experience
Monster Improves Job Search With Changes To User Experience
WESTON, Mass., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster, a leading solution for connecting people and jobs, is reaffirming its commitment to advancing the lives of job seekers through meaningful enhancements and algorithm changes geared towards helping reduce the stress, anxiety, and time waste of job searching.
Over the last six months, the company has brought in an almost entirely new executive team, with the goal of evaluating all of the company's offerings and looking for opportunities to better serve both customers and candidates. As part of this effort, Monster's product and marketing teams--now led by Chief Product Officer Chris Cho, formerly of TMP Worldwide, and Chief Marketing Officer Jonathan Beamer, formerly of SolarCity--have been analyzing the job search experience on Monster's own site as well as across the industry. What they found left them disappointed on both fronts. They discovered that Monster had been following the trend of an industry that commoditizes individuals--turning what should be a transformational experience into something that is purely transactional.
"Let's be honest--our industry has failed both the job seeker and the employer by not making the matching process easier," said Beamer. "What everyone forgot is that on the other end of this equation are people--unique individuals who bring unique skills, personality and dedication to their work. At Monster, we're committed to refocusing our efforts on the people we're serving. We're intent on taking this company back to its initial purpose of helping people advance their lives, and are working on new ways for people and companies to showcase the best versions of themselves. The changes we've made so far are just the beginning."
Over the past several weeks, the Monster team has begun to introduce improvements to the existing user experience--a process that will be ongoing while teams are also working on product innovations that are expected to be revealed over the next several months. Changes in recent weeks are aimed at:
-- Refining the Matching Process. As a first step, Monster updated search
algorithms and results to ensure matching the right people to the right
jobs is the priority. Among the changes was the decision to remove ads
from job search results on the site and sent via emails, a practice that
has become all too common in the industry and gets in the way of
connecting people to relevant job listings. By making these changes,
Monster is helping to reduce wasted time and the anxiety of not finding
matches, the success of which is confirmed in an increase of nearly 20
percent in job applies during testing of the change.
-- Improving the User Experience. Monster is actively working on ways that
it can eliminate unnecessary time wasted in the job search process. The
first of these was improving page speed. Understanding that 53 percent
of people will leave a mobile web page if the load time is greater than
three seconds, our teams have been aiming to get sitewide page speed
below this benchmark. Currently, 97.5 percent of our job view pages load
in less than one second. Monster has also implemented a two-panel
combined job search and job view experience. This combined view allows
the seeker to scroll search results and see--or even apply to--expanded
job descriptions all in the same view. This eliminates the time wasted
navigating back and forth between search results and job ads. This new
experience first rolled out on www.monster.com and will soon be
available on other entry points, such as email links, in the coming days
and weeks.
-- Helping People Create Their Best Resume. To help people improve their
candidacy to potential employers, Monster relaunched its free resume
assessment tool using a proprietary smart resume-scanning technology.
The assessment, which relies on machine learning, provides detailed
feedback on the appearance and content in a resume--including keyword
optimization, as well as a prediction of a recruiter's first impression.
For those job seekers who want even more confidence, Monster also offers
a premium Resume and Cover Letter Writing Service ($129 to $349) in
which a Certified Professional Resume Writer will create or edit the job
seeker's materials to highlight his or her skills, experiences and
unique value.
All of these updates are rooted in Monster's commitment to humanizing the job search process. By serving as an ally for people in the job market and offering better tools to achieve better results, companies and employers will benefit, as well. Helping people in their job search is Monster's priority and it will continue to look for ways to improve the process moving forward.
Visit the Monster website or download the Monster app (iOS, Google Play) to find your next, best job.
About Monster
Monster is a global leader in connecting people and jobs. Every day, Monster makes meaningful human connections that advance lives and strengthen businesses by helping individuals find better jobs and employers find the best talent. For more than 20 years, Monster has worked to transform the recruiting industry. Today, the company leverages advanced technology using intelligent digital, social and mobile solutions, including the flagship website Monster.com®, Monster's innovative app, and a vast array of products and services. Monster is a digital venture owned by Randstad North America, a subsidiary of Randstad Holding, a $26 billion (US) global provider of HR services.
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