Monster India launches Video Resume

Revolutionary Feature is an Innovative Solution that Simplifies the Hiring Process

Monster India, today introduced Video Resume uploading facility giving a whole new face to e-recruitment. The new feature provides quick and easy uploading of Video Resumes to Monster India website.

Job seekers can now upload their Video Resumes in the same way as text resumes. This facility will allow the job seeker to personally market oneself by presenting a resume and a video that speaks directly to employers.

“The new feature allows job seekers to speak directly to potential employers,” said Vikas Agarwal, VP- Product & Technology, Monster.com India, “and increase their chances of finding their dream job.”

The Video Resume uploading facility will revolutionize the way employers search for candidates. By seeing the candidate’s presentation skills online, it will help in speeding up the recruitment process and in reducing the costs on preliminary rounds of interviewing. The Video Resumes will allow recruiters to do a preliminary screening of the candidates without getting involved in the onerous processes of interviews and practically evaluate how they present their experience and skills.

Recruiters will be able to make complete use of this facility by searching for video resumes in the same way as text resumes and also receive the video resumes as job applications.

Video Resume service reiterates Monster India’s commitment to provide innovative, world-class solutions to jobseekers and employers. Monster India has pioneered several innovative solutions such as Magic Search and intelligent Quality Filters. In May 2007, PC World expert panel declared Monsterindia.com as the best job site in India on design, content, technology and usability.

About Monster India:

Headquartered in Hyderabad, Monster India is present in nine other cities viz., Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Baroda and Chandigarh. Monster India launched a complete make over of the site in February 2006 through which Monster introduced Magic Search, a revolutionary and innovative search tool for the employers to enable accurate search for high quality resumes. Monster in India has over 10 million registered users and Monster advertising can be seen on all the prominent Indian Internet sites and also on Television.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST), parent company of Monster(R), the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to bring people together to advance their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100. To learn more about Monster’s industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at www.monsterworldwide.com.

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