Are you getting plenty of interviews but no job offers? If so, you have some work do to on your interview skills. One part of doing well in an interview is preparing for it! The Jobs Guy offers some extremely useful steps to take before going on any job interview. Do these things and you’ll have a lot of material you can use to succeed in an interview! Interviews Are Precious… Are You Preparing Enough to Get the Job?
Archive for the ‘LinkedIn’ Category
Are You Applying to Jobs through Job Boards? Get Tips Here! – from Job-Hunt.org
Learn why you shouldn’t focus all your energy on a job-board job search… and how to best use job boards if you’re using them! Heat Up Your Job Search: Avoid Job Boards – from Job-Hunt.org
Social Media Tools for Your Job Hunt – from Janet Fouts
Don’t assume you know everything about searching for a job on line. Janet Fouts offers some great current tips on how to conduct your job search through social media. This article is worth a read! Job Hunting with Social Media
Job Seekers… Have You Heard About LinkedIn’s Job Seeker Premium?
If you are a LinkedIn member and you are looking for a job, you might do well to subscribe to LinkedIn’s Job Seeker Premium Account service. For just $19.95/month (basic membership), you get organizational tools and direct access to recruiters that you do not get with a regular LinkedIn account. You will also be *featured* as a job seeker to help you get noticed in the big LinkedIn pool.
There are more expensive versions of this service as well. If it works, I hope you won’t have to subscribe for more than 2 or 3 months and you’ll get your value back a hundred fold.
Note: I’m not endorsing this service since I do not know the results people have gotten from it, but it’s important to know it exists and is an option for enhancing your online job search. My sense is that the service is most useful for someone contacting recruiters and hiring managers in a particular field. I encourage you to research the service to determine whether it is right for you.
For more information see LinkedIn Job Seeker Premium on the LinkedIn site.
Of course, it won’t help to get the attention of recruiters and hiring managers if your LinkedIn profile is not up to par. The Essay Expert’s LinkedIn Profile Services will help you ensure that your LinkedIn image makes the right impression. I recommend working on your profile first, and then signing up for the premium service if you’re interested.
If anyone has used this service and has results to report, please share them in the comments. I’d love to know whether you have found value from upgrading.
Should I Include My LinkedIn Profile URL on My Resume?
The short answer to the title question is YES! Your LinkedIn profile address has become a standard item to put in your resume header, along with name, address and phone.
WHY?
90% of hiring managers now use social media, with LinkedIn as a primary resource, to research candidates. So your email address and LinkedIn URL have become more important information for employers than your street address! In fact, some people are omitting their street address from the header and including just city and state, since correspondence happens most often by email.
CRAFT YOUR PUBLIC PROFILE URL
Make sure that before you put your LinkedIn profile address on your resume, or on a business card, you make sure you have the address you want. You can edit your “Public Profile URL” through the Edit menu on LinkedIn and get rid of all those distracting letters and numbers at the end of the URL. www.linkedin.com/in/brendabernstein looks so much better than www.linkedin.com/in/brendabernstein/16/b93/429 doesn’t it? And it takes up LOT less space on your resume!
Remember, if you have your LinkedIn profile URL on any documents or email signatures and then you change it, update your documents and signatures!
HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE LINKEDIN PROFILE
Whether or not you put your LinkedIn URL on your resume, hiring managers will search for you on LinkedIn. It is therefore essential that you have a LinkedIn profile and that it is written to impress.
My LinkedIn e-book, LinkedIn Power Tune-Up: 17 Expert Tips for a Highly Effective LinkedIn Profile, is just $9.95 and will help you craft a profile that keeps you in the “Yes” pile when a recruiter or hiring manager finds you on LinkedIn. The Essay Expert also offers individualized LinkedIn Profile Reviews, as well as LinkedIn Profile Construction and Rewriting, for more in-depth service.
Don’t send potential employers to a half-done or sloppy profile. Get assistance if you need it to clean up — and step up – your LinkedIn profile. Contact The Essay Expert for help.
7 Secrets to Getting a Job Using Social Media – from InternsOver40
Staying with the theme of a social-media based job search, I’ve attached this article from InternsOver40 emphasizing (and this can’t be emphasized too much) that today’s job search is about making connections and getting to know people, NOT just about submitting your resume to job postings. Of course you do need a great resume once you find and connect with the people who want to see it! Getting a Job Using Social Media
How to Use LinkedIn to Get a Job – from NewGradLife
If you are a job seeker, make the time — and take the time — to read and implement every one of these tips for finding a job using LinkedIn. How to Use LinkedIn to Get a Job If you find yourself overwhelmed by the prospect of taking all these essential and valuable steps, contact The Essay Expert for help.
5 Reasons Employers are Reluctant to Hire You — from New Grad Life
What I like about this article is that it confirms the necessity for professionalism and excellence in 1) your resume, 2) your LinkedIn profile and 3) your interview. The Essay Expert provides services in all of these areas and can help you make sure your resume, on-line presence and in-person communications give you the best chance of getting a job offer. 5 Reasons Employers are Reluctant to Hire You
E-Book Launch! LinkedIn Profile Tune-Up: 17 Tips for a Highly Effective LinkedIn Profile
I’m pleased to announce that my e-book, LinkedIn Profile Tune-Up: 17 Tips for a Highly Effective LinkedIn Profile, is now live! I am currently selling it for just $9.95 on my website (valued at $17).
This e-book contains information that no other “LinkedIn expert” covers. I offer 17 strategic tips – from how to get your profile to the top of an Advanced Search, to how to create arrow bullets – AND I provide examples of how to write an effective profile, from your Headline to your Status Bar to your Summary Section and more.
If you want to identify and strengthen any weak points in your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn Power Tune-Up is a must read. Follow this advice, and you will create a frequently visited — and highly effective — LinkedIn profile.
I also offer in-depth LinkedIn Profile reviews for $75, which you can purchase through my LinkedIn Profile Review page. You get a FREE copy of the e-book with every review.
Job Seekers – 20 Ways to Brand Yourself on LinkedIn – from reCareered
This article highlights 20 aspects of LinkedIn that are essential for job seekers. If you are a job seeker, read this article beginning to end, and use it in conjunction with my new e-Book, LinkedIn Power Tune-Up. The combination will set you up powerfully on LinkedIn to succeed in your job search. Job Seekers – 20 Ways to Brand Yourself on LinkedIn
