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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Use these crystal clear tips from InstruxionAE to help you network your way to a job on LinkedIn. How to Find a Job Using LinkedIn
Kate Seidametova provides solid, spot-on advice for using LinkedIn for your job search, and suggests some useful groups to join if you are a job-seeker! Job Search Networking on LinkedIn
What’s the difference between a resume and a LinkedIn profile? Brenda Bernstein of The Essay Expert answers this question and more on a recent interview posted on Bill Vick’s EmploymentDigest.net. Interview with The Essay Expert
One of the most important things to do as a job seeker or a business networker is to build your connections on LinkedIn. Susan Ireland provides key advice on how to write effective invitations that will succeed in building your network… and she also warns against lazy invitations that can turn people off. 2 Lazy LinkedIn Invitations That Can Burn Bridges - from Susan Ireland’s Job Lounge
