The Great Online Job Search
The 21st century is the Internet century. Be it personal or professional lives, we cannot be detached from the online world.
Don’t say hired, getting noticed in the first place might already be a problem in a recession dominated climate where people seeking for jobs far exceeds that of the vacancies available.
If you think that emailing resumes to online job portals like JobsDB.com and directly at corporate websites is more than enough, then you are seriously wrong.
Read on to discover how you can differentiate from other job seekers and get that dream job, or just any job.
1. Transform boring resume into a multimedia machine
Traditional resume consist of usual standard elements in Word or PDF document. It is dead and boring.
Why not try VisualCV.com, this wonderful website jazz up your resume with sildes, spreadsheets, images, videos and audio clips to build up a complete multimedia experience for your prospective employers.
If you have any special skills, you can always demonstrate them and upload it in a video. Not only this, before presenting yourself in front of the interview, you can in the first place do a good presentation for them to see in videos.
Identity theft and stalker is totally not an issue if you are like a pretty woman walking down the street, there are security settings to allow one-to-one sharing instead of broadcasting all your private information to the whole world.
Most importantly, it’s free!
2. Leverage = less effort to achieve same result
The age old saying that networking is leverage in achieving things. There is no doubt that using some online networking sites like LinkedIn, which is for professionals, not AdultFriendFinder.com, assists greatly in securing for yourself a good job in these tough economic conditions.
Having a profile page on LinkedIn is a must, as it not only increases your exposure to prospective employers but also can be used to find business opportunities. It is like an online CV permanently there for employers to see.
Here are 4 simple tips to get more benefits out of LinkedIn,
a. Thoroughly complete your profile page. All employment details and history are recommended to be included regardless of whether they are relevant to the job applying for or not. This is simply because employers value those with more social and work experiences.
b. After you are done with the above, do add your previous bosses and colleagues provided you are in a good relationship with them before. If you due to some reasons, cork up working relationships with some previous bosses and co-workers, please do not be dumb enough to add them.
c. Give and you shall receive. Once you have added them, write a good recommendation for them and ask in a demanding polite way to write a similar one in return. Of course, if one of them is trying to be funny and write the recommendation in such a way that no one in the right mind will hire you, you can always don’t approve. Just like Friendster.com.
d. Last but not least, you have to leave an email address that is checked frequently. Otherwise, what is the use of having an impressive resume and CV and at the end of the day, no one can notified you to go for an job interview.
3. Free career advices are over there
There are many career blogs dispensing useful information to help you get a job. I can tell you what they have is really insightful and enlightening.
The following 3 blogs are my top choices should I need to look for a job now.
This is by far the best website giving unique and quality advices on career that I have ever come across.
Other than the usual blog posts, what sets this apart from others is the educational and entertaining videos on on the same subject.
After getting a job, there is also tips on giving interesting presentations which is one of the important things that you need to do regardless of your chosen professions.
This blog touch on an area that is neglected by most other websites but it is nevertheless important.
Once inside a job, it is not the end of the story. What happens next is actually an endless series of challenges to excel at your profession.
If you got a business, distinguish your products and services from others is essential to gain higher profitability.
Similarly, in the workplace, having a “unique selling position” and develop your own personal brand to differentiate yourself from others is also the key to advancements and higher incomes.
This blog totally focuses on this subject of “personal brand”.
c. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/
The fact that her career advices appear on over 100 newspapers and even the prestigious Time magazine already tells you that you will not waste time reading it for good advices on career.
But sometimes, I find the words hard to swallow yet at the same time practical.
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You hit the nail right on its head, though I may dispute the point of having a multimedia resume the way VisualCV advocates. Having a well-written resume is still key to sell yourself, and more often than not a simple way to access these information would be preferred by recruiters.
I also concur on the point of LinkedIn. I can testify that it worked for my career progression
Nice post. Thanks for sharing these tips.
When you start earning online, you could choose Google Adsense but when time goes on, you could use other programs.
This beautiful idea forces me to leave an appreciation here!