The 5 Habits of Effective Job Seekers. Habit 4: They Get Found!
It’s week four of our 5 part series on “The 5 Habits of Effective Job Seeker”!
The fourth habit of effective job seekers is: They Get Found!
What does that mean? 80% of companies are now searching resume databases to find their next hire.
With many applicants applying with unqualified credentials, employers offset this by turning the search around. Instead, employers are doing the searching. Knowing this, what can you do? Take the initiative to be found.
The benefit of posting your resume online is the increase in eyes that your resume will be receiving! Instead of sending your resume to a specific number of job postings and restricting your resume to be read by the HR manager behind those postings, posting your resume onto a job board allows a larger pool of employers to review your resume. Do make sure your resume is in the right databases by searching for and placing your resume in job boards that cater to your industry, function, or geography.
A quick tip to posting your resume online: format it to be posted online.
- Convert it to text-only form by saving it as a .txt file.
- Edit by left-aligning everything. Center or right-aligning text will be lost on most online resume postings.
- Indent using spaces, not tabs.
- Don’t use special characters or symbols.
- Protect your identity! Leave out personal information, such as date of birth and home address. Instead, post your city and state as an alternative to your home address, and set up a special email for job search.
Follow us throughout this week for more tips on getting found!
