SMARTER WAYS TO FIND A JOB
One more thing that sets me RANTING is when I see people use third person on their LinkedIn profile.
I know a lot of career marketers talk about this, but it seems not many people are listening.
How do I know this?
In 2014 I did a deep dive into 200 profiles. I found that that 80% of people in this sample were guilty of this crime.
If you’re not sure what I mean by third person, take a read of this snippet from a summary section.
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One of the things that I find consistently annoying is how fixated people seem to be on applying for a job online.
To be honest though, I am not that surprised.
Over the last 10 years, online job boards have spent big bucks getting you to think that it’s the fastest and easiest to find work.
The truth however is really really different.
Applying for a job and relying on online boards as your main marketing channel, can be one of the loneliest and most frustrating paths to take.
So for my own grey hairs and sanity, I’d like to change the way people look for work starting with some solid facts about what’s going on behind the scenes that makes it so difficult to find a job this way.
Along the way I’ll give you some ideas about how to do things differently.
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If you’re looking for a job and feeling daunted about where to start, then please read on.
There are heaps of online tools to make your research more efficient.
Today’s guest post is from Vikki Bell, the Founder of Bellinform Research.
I met Vikki over a coffee and a mutual interest in LinkedIn a few months ago.
When she told me that she trains people on making the most of LinkedIn as a research tool; AND that she works with people going through outplacement to help them refine their job research techniques, I got a little excited.
So I asked her to share her expertise with InterviewIQ readers.
Here are her tips on advanced job research techniques, that will help you uncover hidden gems.
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One of the things I see people constantly write on their LinkedIn profile headlines is “currently seeking new opportunities.”
Seeing this drives me slightly nuts.
You may be tempted to do this, thinking that it might help your job search.
The reality is, it can brand you as a bit desperate.
Employers are hiring you on the value you can add to them, not so much on whether you are immediately available.
If they need you badly enough and have to poach you from someone else – they will.
So, before you even start to think about writing your LinkedIn profile, watch my video for some quick tips on managing your online brand.
Then after you watch it, I’d love to hear your tips as well.
Please leave a comment below.
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If you are looking for a job right now and wondering why it’s taking so long to hear back from an employer, then I urge you to think about this.
Your Google resume may be just as important to your future employer, as anything they can read on paper about you.
Sonia Kokkalos seems to think we are seeing the end of the paper based resume.
Sonia is the CEO of Recruitment Pool, an organisation she set up to help organisations and job-seekers find each other via social media.
Here’s her take on where the resume is heading, and some advice on what you should be doing right now to help you find your next role.
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Do you have a medical specialty interview soon?For over 10 years Impressive Interview’s Deborah Barit has helped hundreds of professionals succeed through the extremely challenging process of medical specialty interviews.
Pardon the pun, but her list of medical specialties is impressive.
There are lots of people who’ve tried to imitate her in this area, however Deborah is the only person in Australia with a real depth of experience training in this specialised area.
She now has clients fly in to Australia just to see her for interview training.
She’s constantly innovating to deliver her interview training in more effective ways to suit the needs of medical specialists. Many of her clients have topped the state.
So I am pleased to announce that Deborah has developed an exclusive interview training Master Class.
An area she focuses on in her training is helping visual learners.
It might seem strange that we’re talking about this. However this is a huge problem.
Visual learners really struggle in interview because they are not given any visual cue (for example, a question that is written down), to help them understand the questions. So an interview which is all based on verbal communication, leaves them struggling.
You may not know you are a visual learner.
You may just know that despite your best efforts, you flounder in interview. You might also find yourself preparing for interview like you would for an exam – that is memorising your interview answers.
(If you do try to memorise your answers in interview, your interviewer will actually know that you do this. Read this post if you need to know more about how.)
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