Monster.co.uk Announces Half a Million CV Milestone

Monster.co.uk announced the resounding success of its CV posting service, as Scottish jobseeker Joanne Rostant became the 500,000th person to post a CV on the Monster.co.uk site.

Monster.co.uk is the first exclusive online career portal to register this significant number of CV postings, well ahead of any competitor. Since its launch in 1996, Monster.co.uk has helped thousands of people find employment throughout the UK and abroad and this trend is set to continue with demand for online CVs and applications on the rise.

Joanne Rostant, an Administrator within a Derivatives Control Team, is the 500,000th person to benefit from the service. Currently working for a leading financial organisation in Edinburgh, Joanne is keen to progress by moving jobs within the financial services industry.

Having worked for the same company for almost two years, I believe that now is the right time to move on, to broaden my experience and develop my skills in this field, commented Joanne.

My main barrier has always been finding the time to search through the recruitment papers and send off my CV. So, I was really pleased when I discovered that I could create my CV online and apply for jobs immediately over the net, through Monster. The Monster CV builder service is really easy to use with step-by-step instructions and the CV which I created as a result was very professional. The CV builder helped me streamline my CV with useful tips from the CV Expert to keep me on track. As well as this, it helped me create a cover letter and I could refer to the Career Centre for industry advice.

I am very excited to be the 500,000th person to have my CV on Monster and now look forward to the floods of e-mails from prospective employers!

The Monster CV builder allows jobseekers to create up to five CVs, which can be tailored for different job applications. Once activated, the jobseeker can be easily searched by thousands of UK employers and hundreds of thousands employers globally!

Commenting on this figure, Mike Hunter, Director, Monster Scotland said, Monster has worked wonders in empowering people to take control of their career paths. The service has made a real and visible difference to both employers and jobseekers alike throughout the UK and, indeed Scotland, and I am personally delighted as Director of Scotland to congratulate Joanne on helping us achieve this significant milestone.

The fact that half a million jobseekers have to put their CV online with Monster in the UK demonstrates the demand and growth in the online recruitment sector in this country as a whole, as well as Monster''s success in attracting such jobseekers to the service.