Latest Discussions at Job Metrx Friday, January 27, 2012 - 9:12:47 AM by Chris BilottaOptimize Résumé Key Words In the current job market, recruiters and hiring managers are being inundated with résumés. Many resort to using automated tracking systems to identify the right candidate. Unfortunately, this process has two possible outcomes - your résumé can either be picked or be completely filtered out. To achieve the former state, your résumé must contain the right keywords to at least get a first look.
Conducting thorough research on the company, as well as on the specific position can help you identify key words that can be incorporated in your résumé including your personal job title, introduction statement, and throughout the actual body. This is known as keyword optimization. Imagine that you are going to Google yourself. If you want to be at the top of a search, you have to include specific words, the more the better. You don’t want to end up on the tenth page of the search results. The same idea applies to customizing your résumé and making it as relevant to the targeted job as possible.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 8:04:57 PM by Chris Bilotta No More Résumés In the January 24 WSJ Careers section, an article notes that companies are increasingly relying on social networks to gauge candidates' suitability for a job.
Instead of asking for résumés, some companies are asking candidates to send links representing their "web presence," such as a LinkedIn profile, Twitter account or blog. While most still request a résumé as part of the application process, some are bypassing the staid requirement altogether.
If you haven't considered creating your own personal website because you think it will be a while before everyone is on board, don't fool yourself. There is no time like the present. The digital world is only getting larger. Job search and career management are next and the conversion has begun. It won't be long before a paper résumé will be mentioned in the same breath as the VCR. Doesn't that feel just like yesterday?
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 3:12:42 PM Ruling Your Reputation In a recent WSJ article, Holly Finn writes how it's time to worry about what you've spilled to the world. As she points out, reputation is a tricky business. While reputation was once a qualitative measure of our behavior, today's digital world has made it quantitative.
There are now companies that apply online analytics to establish the weight of an individual's "social capital," meaning your online influence. These companies are developing actual numerical reputation scores for each of us, similar to a FICO credit score, but for our whole lives.
What others say about you will matter more and more. These scores will be used to make decisions about you. The ability to search online and forensically re-create people is very high and the risk that companies are willing to take on hiring people today is very low. This places great reliance on what someone can find online, often what's on the first search page to make quick decisions about whom to hire.
It has become more important than ever to be cognizant of and manage your online reputation. Don't let a Google search negatively rule it.
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:39:39 PM by Craig Toedtman Think Before You Leap There was a recent column published that encouraged new job seekers to "Jump Right In" their search for new employment. My advice is to give some thought to your present state before you hit the streets. Take the time to get your head straight and define your intentions - the market, the location, the type of position, etc. Your target must be crystal clear before you launch your campaign. Then make certain that all of your marketing materials support your intentions. Define your target market. THEN, jump right in...and don't look back!
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 2:49:25 PM by Craig ToedtmanDo you want mail? Many résumé services provide emailing services, submitting information to their list of recruiters, employment companies, search consultants, and job boards. To remain in control of a job search, the job seeker email address should be the return address. If not, recruiters replying will be sending messages to the sender - not necessarily to the job seeker. While this may eliminate inbox traffic, it will also take away the ability to immediately reply and keep the middle person out of the communications cycle. Job Seekers should want mail - so, if the provider cannot comply, take over the distribution list!
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