1 How do I alter the country of origin within my CV?

When you send your CV to an employer, it includes your country of origin. This is used by recruiters to assess your legal status for working in their country.

The information for this field is taken from your account profile in your My Monster account.

The Country field is set to select the country of the site you first used to set up your account. So, if you set your account up on Monster.com (our U.S. site) then your country of origin will automatically be set to U.S. Similarly, if you set up an account on Monster.fr, your country of origin will be set to France.

Changing your country of origin is easy.

First go to my.monster.co.uk and login to your My Monster account with your username and password.

This will take you through to your My Monster home page. Once here, click on 'Account Profile' in the purple bar about 2 inches down from the top of the page. This will take you to your personal profile page.

On the field marked "Country" click on the arrow to the right of the box and select your country of origin from the list that appears.

Once you have done this, enter your password in the box at the bottom of the page and click on the button labelled "Submit". Your account will be updated immediately.

You will not actually see the change on your CV because this information is only pulled into your CV when you submit an application, but employers will see the correct information when they receive your CV.