Monaco has taken a significant step forward in modernising its employment system, launching a fully digital process that allows employers and job seekers to manage recruitment entirely online.
The announcement was made on March 30th during a press conference, bringing together the Department of Social Affairs and Health (DASS), the Labour Directorate and the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Digital Transition (DITN).
What changed
From March, employers registered in the Principality can complete the entire hiring process through the MonGuichet.mc portal, available around the clock.
This includes filling in hiring authorisation forms online, signing documents electronically, and paying the associated fees by bank card or SEPA mandate — all without setting foot in an office.
Alongside this, a new online CV library has been launched, allowing registered job seekers to upload their CV’s and become visible to Monaco employers searching for candidates.
Officials highlighted that the system had been developed in close collaboration with the private sector. Marine Rolando, head of the e-Government division at the Digital Services Directorate, explained that extensive groundwork had been laid before development began. “There were many workshops held upstream, even before the tools were built, to properly capture needs and address the pain points,” she said.
Currently, over 3,600 private sector employers are registered with the Labour Directorate, some 40,000 job offers are submitted each year, and more than 60,000 hiring authorisation requests, modifications or renewals are processed annually.
With these new features, more than 250 job seekers have already given their consent to appear in the CV library, over 210 candidate applications have been submitted online, and more than 80 hiring authorisation requests have come through the digital system.
The goal is to reduce administrative burden on Labour Directorate staff so they can focus on people rather than paperwork.
“We have too often reduced the hiring process to a purely administrative task,” Emmanuelle Cellario Florio, head of the Employment Service said. “Thanks to digital tools, our advisers are freed from time-consuming tasks. They now have more time to analyse the needs of businesses, to advise job seekers and to support them in retraining or professional training projects.”
More to come
The government also highlighted that this is not the end of the road. Pascal Rouison, head of the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Digital Transition, confirmed that the same approach would be applied to other areas of public administration, including residence permits, company creation and the management of certain public-sector roles.
Christophe Robino, Councillor-Minister for Social Affairs and Health, added “We have the ambition of a labour market that is more dynamic, more competitive, and forward-looking.”
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Main photo credit: Stéphane Danna, Communication’s Department