PODCAST 9 How to get the most out of tech when job searching Viewpoint careers advice blog

PODCAST 9 How to get the most out of tech when job searching How can you use technology to enhance your job search? Listen to our podcast to find out: Podcast notes: Can you talk us through the options that exist when applying for a job at the moment? The short answer is that there are a lot of different ways that businesses can choose to advertise a job. This can range from the job being advertised on a companys own website, to individual recruitment company websites, to job boards to social propositions like LinkedIn and Xing. To explain this in a bit more detail, recruitment agencies typically have a website, as well as an app or mobile responsive website so that jobseekers can search and apply for jobs online. Job boards are a more recent digital-only phenomenon.  Examples such as Indeed or Monster are commonly known as aggregators. Just to explain the term aggregator a little more these are really comparison websites they list jobs from a lot of different recruitment agencies or direct from businesses on a single website, or job board. And when a jobseeker clicks on one of the jobs on the aggregator website they often get sent through to that recruiter or business website. The user experience that they offer is solely digital, and all about offering a larger volume of jobs than an individual recruiter can. And then the final way is via social platforms like LinkedIn. LinkedIn started out as a networking product which enabled people to connect with each other, but, over time, their product proposition has evolved quite a lot and has broadened to include jobs that have been posted either by a recruiter or direct from a company. Of course a lot of us start our job search journey on a search engine, and predominantly on Google. From your search results on Google you can find yourself on a recruiter’s website or a company website and apply for a job from there. Do you think that there is too much choice for candidates now? Arguably yes, but I think on balance having choice is a good thing. All recruitment agencies and job boards will want to get you to register with them and send a CV through. And if you take the time to do this, and upload your CV onto the recruitment agency website or job board then you will actually save time for yourself in the future, because the next time that you go back, your CV will already be there and you’ll be able to apply straight from there. Aggregators like Monster and Indeed, as well as LinkedIn have made the user experience easier for jobseekers. So we now have, LinkedIn Easy Apply and Indeed Fast Apply, and it’s the same advice job boards and recruitment websites too. The same job title can mean different things in different companies, so it’s worth varying your search terms too to maximise your job search results. What would be a good example of this? Well I think if we look at marketing for example, it might be worth searching say Marketing Executive, Marketing Manager and Marketing Analyst because all the roles that could come back in the search results may be relevant to you. So it’s using similar, but slightly different and nuanced search terms to get the most search results back. So how should a job seeker decide which job boards to target? The job seeking process can be time consuming and time can be a rare commodity for people these days. It might be that as part of your general job searching you always find yourself on the same job board or the same recruitment agency websites, possibly because they have the most suitable jobs that are most relevant for you. If so, then it would make sense to register with these sites to make it easier when you return there time and again. Your CV will be saved and you can apply for jobs in the future more quickly. Or through word of mouth, or perhaps more likely, through your social network, you may have heard from a friend or colleague who had a really great job application experience and so you can choose to register with the same recruitment agency or platform as them, and then hopefully when you find an opportunity that you apply for, you will have a similar successful and good experience. And what is your advice for candidates? Take the time. Simple as that. Its not really any different advice to what you would do in a non-digital situation. If you put the effort into creating your CV, or tailoring your CV for different roles and writing cover letters, then you are much more likely to find a job. So spend time looking at job details, spend time refining you CV and your cover letter to make sure it matches the job you’re requesting. If there is a consultant available then give them a call to discuss an open position and perhaps your longer term career ambitions too. So much of our time is spent in the digital world but it is just as important to prepare, take care and pay attention to detail when applying for jobs online. What is the mobile experience like for candidates applying for jobs? Thats an interesting question and the mobile experience does vary hugely across different websites and apps. So mobile usage in general is different across different ages and demographics. Mobile behaviour is that browsing activity which is easy to do on the move.  So just think about how much time you spend on your phone whilst commuting on the bus or train or whilst you are waiting to meet a friend for example. And the second reason is because a CV isn’t always available from a phone. Now it is possible to apply for a job on different websites without a CV but you should remember that this might not provide a recruitment consultant or in-house recruiter with much information about yourself, or as much information as you could possibly give them. And if a consultant has hundreds of applications to look through it is much easier to discard someone who they know the least about. So my advice would be if at all possible then keep a copy of your CV in a cloud environment, for example in Dropbox, or Google drive, etc. Is applying online not rather anonymous? Yes it is and if you don’t hear back about your application it can be frustrating too. Job boards and aggregators only have a digital platform sitting behind their website there are no people to talk to or get advice from. With recruitment agencies, a plus point is that their knowledgeable and informed recruiters are able to provide advice and help you in your job search and career progression. Therefore on a recruitment agency website you will often see details on their job pages about the actual recruitment consultant for the job so that you can get in touch with them. It’s also usually possible to track your application online, too. When you apply for a job you will typically see a confirmation screen showing you that your application has been submitted and you will also receive an email confirming that you application has been sent. Then in order to track any progress, you should be able to log into the website, you should be able to access an account area just for you. And you will see a record of the job, or jobs that you have applied for. If you are selected for interview you would then expect to receive a follow up email and also be see any status updates on that application, again in the account area of this website. Online chat is something that Hays has introduced for some of our markets. It is a good example of another option for jobseekers as there is a real person available to assist with answers to queries or help with an application process. This is a digital feature which is often expected in banking or in retail sectors, so we are all used to chatting online in various parts of our lives, and it is now considered to be part of the overall customer service, and is definitely a positive customer communications channel for us. And all of this is where the joined up nature of online and offline is really visible they are both part of the overall customer experience and need to be cohesive. Apart from searching and applying for jobs, what else is available for jobseekers and businesses online? We always tend to think about jobs being at the core of websites and the online recruitment world, and whilst they definitely are the centrepiece, there is a lot more on offer too. Job alert emails is an obvious thing to mention. The majority of recruiters and job boards offer the facility for you to sign up to job alerts. This is generally based on the search term that you have searched with, and results in you receiving an email on, probably, a daily basis containing jobs that match your search. So, going back to my previous point about using good keywords, we used the marketing example, it may be valuable to sign up for job alerts using similar, but slightly different, search terms. Then there are hundreds of tools and digital experiences available, examples are, salary checkers, CV creators and career development checklists and several websites have some of these tools. But alone the may not actually provide much value for you. A lot of them are really good, don’t get me wrong, but just by themselves they are not necessarily going to be the most help for you. What is more helpful, in my opinion, is the amount of content to watch and read, and some recruitment websites include the ability to read trusted career advice and download white papers applicable to certain sectors or HR themes. For example having world-leading content from the Hays Journal available in digital format, and also blog posts from the Hays Viewpoint blog, these are really valuable in terms of being able to prepare for the job search, application and interview process. In a world where video is the means by which so much of our online activity is consumed, there are also things like webinars that you can sign-up for on various topics and watch either in real-time or on demand after the event. Facebook Live and Periscope are also being used to greater effect for live-streaming. I couldn’t answer this question without briefly mentioning social networks as well, obviously everybody is active on different social networks and from a jobseeker point of view, you should be able to read, watch, listen and access all relevant content for you via the most appropriate channels and devices that you use. I am an active LinkedIn user, so I should be able to access this via my phone then? Absolutely and it will be at the time of your choosing. When you want to and how you want to, and in the way you want it to be delivered. How do you think the online job seeking experience will change in the future? I think there will be a few changes. That like all industries, the online experience in recruitment will become more mobile. It is also worth mentioning Artificial Intelligence, (or, AI for short). It is talked about a lot and there is a lot of excitement about the potential, as well as fear as to where the technology involving bots and algorithms could take us. But the key benefit I can see is that this potential can be harnessed and used to enhance the experience for all of us. And my final point would be to say that this is not just about a race to have the best technology. As already mentioned, the online experience for jobseekers needs to be robust and secure, so that you can access websites you need at the time you need them. But more value comes from having this supported and enhanced by the best people and advice too. We all know that technology will continue to evolve and provide excellent experiences, but having a trusted recruitment consultant available to assist you is a definite plus point for jobseekers. What is the best piece of career advice that you could offer our listeners? In terms of online and digital, you should make sure that you have consistency across all of the websites, job boards, and profiles that you maintain. Whether it’s a CV that has been uploaded to a job board, or your profile on LinkedIn. Your online and offline persona needs to be needs to be consistent, needs to be accurate, and needs to have attention to detail, so that whatever you are applying for, the application process that you give is the best that you possibly can. Looking for more careers advice? Then you may find some of our previous podcasts and blogs  useful: 3 quick and easy ways to refresh your CV 4 LinkedIn developments jobseekers need to know about The biggest social media mistakes jobseekers make 7 time-saving job search tips Six ways to stay job application ready 4 reasons you aren’t getting any interviews Subscribe to the HaysWorldwide podcast Did you enjoy this podcast? Subscribe to the Hays Worldwide podcast on SoundCloud and download it on Apple Podcasts.

How To Choose Best Professional Resume Writing Services

<h1>How To Choose Best Professional Resume Writing Services</h1><p>For the best proficient resume composing administrations, you will be coordinated to put forth a valiant effort to get a couple of tests from various composing destinations. The main method to decide the nature of a specific site is through its testimonials.</p><p></p><p>As a general guideline, it is a lot simpler to decide about a webpage's believability with its tributes when contrasted with the substance or experience of the site. Along these lines, pay special mind to believable sites offering master and expertly composed samples.</p><p></p><p>At a similar time, it is critical to check the way that if a composing administration truly has the ability to secure new position open doors for you. A trustworthy author can help you so as to secure position opening for those applications and furnish you with some valuable proposals. The absolute best compos ing administrations will even take some additional administrations and advices from you.</p><p></p><p>Nowadays, the online independent journalists are getting increasingly significant in proficient resume composing administrations. Be that as it may, how you select among them is significant. It would be better on the off chance that you will have a rundown of those administrations to which you will be directed.</p><p></p><p>Since, you will be searching for a couple of tests from proficient resume composing administration, it is critical to do your examination about them. Discover how they charge and how their installment strategies work and contrast and others.</p><p></p><p>You should likewise peruse surveys with respect to online resume administrations and mind different administrations too. Search with the expectation of complimentary examples first before you decide to join any assistance. You ought to likewi se check for criticisms from past clients.</p><p></p><p>Resume composing administration is imperative to make great resumes for requests for employment. Along these lines, ensure you get quality and simple to utilize tests from proficient resume composing administrations so you won't need to make such a large number of meetings with them.</p>

Rejection Review 7 Reasons For Not Getting the Job

Dismissal Review 7 Reasons For Not Getting the Job You are one of those people who looks so great on paper that you quite often get that require a meeting. You are energized; you get your hair style; you purchase another tie, shoes, or another shirt and coat. Upon the arrival of the meeting, you start to prepare in a lot of time â€" you need to look proficient and professional â€" downplayed cosmetics and adornments, a preservationist business shirt, and a completely squeezed game or suit coat. As a last measure, you brush your teeth again and snatch some breath mints, in the event of some unforeseen issue. You show up before the expected time and invest your hold up energy perusing a magazine or paper, attempting to look quiet and keen on the substance. Inside, you just have one idea â€" If you don't mind let this work out in a good way! In any case, it turns out poorly, and a couple of days letter you get the dismissal call or letter â€" once more! The issue, you know, lies in that pivotal meeting, however you essentially can't make sense of what you are fouling up. You may need to some genuine reflection as you read through this rundown of 7 reasons why you besieged. 1. Absence of exploration: You have not done any examination on the organization. Obviously you may realize that the opening for work involves, however how much time have you spent finding out about the organization itself. Have you been on its site? Have your perused what it says about itself? It's consistently amazing when you can say something like, I read that your business comes to over $1 million a year ago. I am truly amped up for the possibility of joining an organization that is truly developing! Even if your activity is in the IT office, potential managers like to like their triumphs â€" they're just human! 2. Absence of considerable prep: Certainly, you dealt with the physical arrangements. What's more, in the event that you've just experienced a few meetings in a similar vocation field, you have a general thought of the inquiries you will be posed. In case you're not getting the offers, be that as it may, there could be something awry in the substance of your answers or in the tone or style. You have to rehearse your answers before a mirror. How would you look when you give them? It is safe to say that you are looking at yourself straight without flinching? It is safe to say that you are sure yet not forceful? It is safe to say that you are excessively delicate or excessively uproarious? You have to have the substance of your reactions so imbued that you are not faltering, that you are not stammering or searching for words, but then don't seem like a robot who has retained quite a few words! 3. Going ahead excessively solid: You might be normally gregarious, however leave that piece of your character at home. Try not to command the discussion, and don't talk very quick! A tyrannical character is typically observed as a danger to collaboration and participation. 4. Going ahead excessively frail: Neither would you be able to be viewed as unassertive and unfit to have a solid supposition about something. You can't seem to be somebody others will stroll over or exploit or who will be dreadful of voicing their thoughts or considerations! You must locate that center ground, and once more, rehearsing your answers and your voice tone are extremely significant. 5. Be a decent audience: Directors and officials are typically genuinely put resources into their organizations. They like to address their achievements, to how the organization has developed, to the incredible individuals they have ready. Numerous individuals come out of meetings feeling that more often than not was gone through with the questioner talking, not them. They are shocked, at that point, when they land the position offer! Also, here's the reason they did: they sat up mindfully and tuned in; they looked at that individual without flinching; they gave non-verbal prompts that they were keen on what was being said â€" little gestures, little grins, and a tilt of the head to show intrigue. 6. Try not to be hesitant to concede a shortcoming in an aptitude or information: In the event that you please seeming like you are an ace at everything the position involves, you will seem like a misrepresentation or over-qualified for the position. On the off chance that you are posed an inquiry to which you don't have a clue about the appropriate response, don't attempt to rant your way through it â€" you won't look savvy. Rather state, You know, I don't have the foggiest idea about the response to that, however I am a fast report and I anticipate finding out about that. Now, yu look savvy and legit! 7. At the point when you're asked on the off chance that you have inquiries, don't pull out a rundown: Realize what addresses you mean to ask ahead of time, and have them in your brain! What's more, your inquiries ought to identify with the position, not your advantages, pay, or hours. Your questioner will either give you these recorded as a hard copy or disclose them to you. Pose inquiries like, By what method will the IT division extend throughout the following quite a while? Even in the event that you are urgent for the activity, the check, and medical coverage, don't act like it! Your activity currently is to back over this rundown and cautiously think about how you are acting during the meeting procedure. You can presumably locate a couple of things you have to change before that next meeting â€" jump on it! Andy Preisler is an exceeding blogger at Grabmyessay.com proposed to share his broad experience picked up during his long instructive way. 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Rumored News on Resume Writing Services San Diego Discovered

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Important Tips To Help You Teach Middle School With A Professional Resume Writing Process

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11 Unethical Interview Questions You Dont Need to Answer

11 Unethical Interview Questions You Dont Need to Answer Truly, its a meeting and youre attempting your best to be an accommodating person. In any case, that doesnt mean letting somebody ask you data that is beyond reach. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-advertisement 1467144145037-0'); }); Sometimes honest inquiries regarding your pastimes and your children can just feel like casual banter, however are covertly a snare to get you to uncover data that could influence your odds. Asking certain things inside and out can be viewed as segregation and is unequivocally not permitted by government regulation.Be careful for the accompanying 11 unethical interview questions and have a turn answer prepared. The best general guideline? In the event that an inquiry doesn't appear to be applicable to your obligations or execution or how well you'd fit into the organization or job, avoid it.1. What does your significant other/spouse do?Some states effectively deny separation on the grounds of conjugal status. These sorts of inq uiries are normally posed so as to oppress ladies, who may get pregnant or have youngster care worries that solitary up-and-comers wouldn't. Abstain from noting whatever appears to survey whether you have a companion at all.2. Are you pregnant?First of all, it's discourteous to inquire. Second, allude to the abovementioned. Any inquiry of your children, your arrangement to inevitably have children, or your childcare schedules are to be maintained a strategic distance from for the equivalent reasons.3. Do you have an incapacity that may meddle with your activity performance?(Or anything about a handicap or an example of sickness, for example days off, laborers' comp claims, psychological well-being issues, and so on.) These might appear substantial inquiries, yet it is illicit to pose any inquiries which would uncover the presence of a handicap before the proposition for employment is made.4. Have you at any point been arrested?Again, a few states expressly preclude this. Also, at ti mes, questions like these are utilized to victimize minority up-and-comersâ€"which is far and away more terrible than simply oppressing criminals, and really illegal.5. What year did you graduate?This is a tricky method of making sense of your age. What's more, age segregation is anything but something to be thankful for. It's been governmentally precluded since 1967 (at any rate as applied to individuals beyond 40 years old). Main concern: you absolutely never need to reveal your age.6. Are you in a union?You reserve an option to join an association and it isn't alright to attempt to restrict you from doing as such. Try not to be interrogated regarding your organization enrollment or goal to gain one, so don't respond to any inquiries that could give that data out.7. Would you take a hereditary test?It is absolutely unlawful to approach you for hereditary data, starting at 2008. It is additionally unlawful to get some information about your relatives. You are not at all required to step through any exam or give your potential boss any data about your genes.8. Where is your name from?These questions are planned for making sense of your ethnic foundation. Different inquiries as are this What different dialects do you talk? or What was your first language? Racial segregation is to be disliked. Try not to be a gathering to it.9.Where do you worship?Or: What days do you love? This may be proof of your boss attempting to make sense of what your confidence is. They may be honestly inquisitive on an individual level, yet you are not required toâ€"nor should youâ€"say. It could be a potential methods for strict segregationâ€"and unlawful as per the Civil Rights Act.10. Will you take a polygraph?Most businesses are governmentally not permitted to request that you take a falsehood identifier test as a state of workâ€"or to be terminated, not employed, or taught for can't. You can thank the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 for this.11. What do you as of now make ?There's another equivalent compensation law in Massachusetts that makes asking this unlawful. In any case, you're not required to answer it anyplace else either! Take a stab at rotating rather with a line like, I'd like to talk about cash somewhat later; at the present time Im simply inspired by whether this is a solid match for the two of us. Im sure we're on the same wavelength.

Why You Should Never Include an Objective Statement on a Resume

Why You Should Never Include an Objective Statement on a Resume Pop quiz: what is the first section on your resume that belongs right below your contact information? Most people would say either the resume summary or the resume objective. (If you came up with a different answer, wed love to see it in the comments!) This post isnt to compare and contrast the resume summary and resume objectivesyou can read that post herebut instead, we want to give our professional opinion. You should never include an objective statement on your resume Why shouldnt I include a resume objective statement? A resume objective will not help you land an interview. A resume objective is outdated, boring, and fails to tell the hiring manager anything of importance.  Putting an ineffective section at the top of your resume isnt helping you out! It could actually be costing you opportunities. Here are the 3 main reasons why you should leave the objective off of your resume: 1. Objective statements offer little value A resume objective provides very little value as it basically tells the employer what your career goals are. The issue is that most hiring managers could care less, they’re interested in what benefits the company. Also, if theyve been hiring people for any length of time, theyve seen every iteration of I need a job, please hire me. Here is an example of an objective statement: I want a highly rewarding career where I can use my skills and knowledge to help the company and my coworkers be successful. Dont we all? Couldnt any person applying for this position say the same thing? 2. Objective statements are boring Starting your resume off with an objective statement will be considered a negative with most hiring managers. You dont say anything that grabs their attention or anything unique about yourself. You may mention skills and knowledge but you dont specify what those are. The resume objective is genericand boring. 3. Resume objectives are outdated The use of an objective statement was once considered standard on resumes because people would stick to one career/position for decades. The hiring manager wanted to see that you would stick around with the company for the long term. That is no longer the case as people are changing jobs faster than ever before. Building a successful career no longer means staying with one company long-term. In short, the resume objective no longer meets the hiring objectives in todays workforce. Introducing: the resume summary Instead of the objective statement, use the top section of your resume on a powerful summary that captures the attention of a hiring manager. Here is an example of one from our post on how to write an awesome resume summary: Marketing director with six years’ experience leading teams in market research and innovative campaign design. Graduate of Number One Marketing University, 2002. In 2013, I led the team that created the You Can’t Say That campaign that won the Bravo Marketing Excellence in Messaging award. I was featured on the cover of Go, Marketing in September, 2014, for my work in launching the Crafty Marketers online forum earlier that year. I am a results-oriented and team-driven leader committed to mentoring new marketers and expanding the boundaries of marketing science and practical application. You can see for yourself that this summary would be a lot more captivating and effective than the possible objective from the same applicant: Looking to obtain a marketing position where I can use my vast experience and skills to really benefit the company. Summary The objective statement is dull, boring and seen as uninspired by many hiring managers. When there are hundreds of applicants competing for a single position, you need to stand out. An objective statement fails to do that and could actually be a reason why you’re not getting interviews. Use a powerful summary that tells the employer a bit about who you are and why youre qualified. The summary also allows you to take a more friendly and conversational tone where an objective doesnt. Use quantifiable achievements and captivating language toconvince the employer that youre the perfect candidate for the position. Good luck with your job search! Related posts: How To Write A Resume Summary That Wins The Interview7 No-Fail Resume Tips For Older WorkersWhat To Include (And What Not To Include) On Your Resume