How We Use the Information We Collect
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We use personal information for a variety of business purposes. When you share personal information with us, we use it across our products–not just for the individual website, service, subscription or Monster product you are using. For example, we use the information we obtain about you to:
Provide, Customize, and Improve the Services
- Administer your account on our websites and apps and in conjunction with our products
- Provide products or services you request
- Make your resume and Job Seeker Profile available to recruiters through our products and services
- Process, validate, and deliver your purchases
- Support our customers and respond to your questions
- Manage your participation in our events and other promotions, where you have signed up for such events and promotions.
- Operate, evaluate, and improve the products and services we offer
- Analyze and enhance our marketing communications and strategies, like identifying when emails we have sent to you have been received and read
- Analyze trends and statistics regarding visitors' use of our websites, apps, and social media assets, like the top jobs viewed on both our websites and third-party websites
- Analyze trends and statistics about the job market and career mobility in local and national markets
- Provide information on jobseeker and job market trends, analysis, and metrics to our customers who buy certain Monster products and services and for advertising and marketing purposes.
- Provide you with information about where you stand in the hiring process of certain employers.
Market the Services
- Maintain a record of the jobs you view and apply to, both on our websites, apps and products and on third-party websites
- Optimize our website search engine results and permit search engine access to public Job Seeker Profile information
- Contact you to deliver career development opportunities, educational opportunities, or services that are targeted to your interests
Correspond with You
- Inform you of job postings, information or tools that may be relevant to you based on your interests as expressed through your behavior and preferences on our platforms
- Provide notices about the use of our websites and apps, like updates to this Privacy Policy
- Enable you to communicate with us through our blogs, social networks, and other interactive media
- Solicit your feedback and input
Meet Legal Requirements and Enforce Legal Terms
- Protect against fraud, unauthorized transactions, and other liabilities
- Secure our website and apps by identifying potential hackers and unauthorized users
- Enforce our Terms and Conditions
- Comply with applicable legal requirements, court orders, legal proceedings, document requests, industry standards, and our internal policies
Create Job Seeker Profiles
We create a Job Seeker Profile for job seekers when a resume is uploaded to our websites and apps.
Analyze Aggregate Data
We compile aggregated information for labor market research and statistical purposes. The compilation process begins by de-identifying any personal information within the dataset. We do not recombine de-identified data with other datasets at any point, nor do we attempt to re-identify individuals within the dataset. Therefore, the data used for Aggregate Data analytics is no longer related or linkable, either directly or indirectly, to a particular individual.
“Aggregate Data” for our purposes is the demographic information (such as zip code, age, gender, race or ethnicity) and employment information (such as occupation, education and experience) of many individuals that is combined together.
Aggregate Data is used to analyze the characteristics of various populations. We collate Aggregate Data, which is disclosed in prepared reports for our users (typically recruiters or educators). We may also use and disclose de-identified data to track trends in the labor market as well as use of our products and services. Some Aggregate Data analytics reports can be used to better understand individual Monster Profiles.
We also use third-party analytics services to help better understand the use of our websites and apps, which is described in the Cookies section.