Be Your Own Headhunter

The Problem Of Duplicate Job Postings

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From: Jeff Dickey-Chasins

You know what gets a job seeker truly steamed? Clicking on a link for a job posting – and discovering that it’s exactly the same job he looked at a few seconds earlier.  Same job, different listings = unhappy job seeker.

How does this happen? Well, any job board that allows 3rd party recruiters to post their open positions runs the risk of duplicate postings.  Let’s say that ABC Company has an listing for a mechanical engineer. The HR person posts it on their company site and also drops an email to three favored recruiters announcing the opening. The recruiters turn around and post the job under their own accounts – because after all, if they can get it filled, they’ll receive a handsome commission.

So what’s the problem? After all, the HR person just tripled their chances of a response by encouraging the recruiters to post the job separately. In fact, if the recruiters are using different job boards, the position could get even more exposure.

Use The Internet To Find A Job – Part 8: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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From: Matthew Warzel

Unfortunately with today’s online hiring and recruitment practices, some of the older job search methods, like only posting your resume on a job board like Monster, do not cut it anymore.

Effectively standout by creating and managing an online presence that puts your name at the top of the recruiters’ search results.  How?  Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  Large companies and organizations have used SEO techniques for years to develop their brands and reputations.  By doing the same, when hiring managers search for you, they can easily find you and information that represents you as the best person to hire.

1. Perform a search on yourself and delete anything you do not want a potential employer to see.  Most hiring managers search names as an online reference check for candidates in the interviewing process.  Failing to delete your “digital dirt” can seriously weaken your chances for a job offer.  Also, it takes a lot of time to build your online brand by maintaining a Website or blog.  Do not let any dirt ruin all your time and hard work.

Who's Hiring from the Fortune 500 - Vol 18

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From: CareerAlley

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

And what you see is not always what you get (not to be confused with "you don't always get what you want").

The Fortune 500, long a measure of successful companies, is not always what it seems. This is an excellent list to leverage in your job search, but be careful and do your homework.

Conduct research on the company, not just its financial soundness, but its public image and what its employees think as well.

I kick-off today's post with two research links in addition to links to the career sites of some of the Fortune 500.

Using Job Boards - Best Practices for the Job Seeker

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From: Christina Archer

 

Every day, it seems like another job board is born. Regardless of whether you flock to a local employment web site or one of the “biggies,” like Monster or Career Builder, there is one thing they all have in common; they protect the identity of the hiring managers and decision makers you are applying to.

Initially, this may seem like no big deal. Why does it matter who you submit your resume to, right? Today, I want to show you why it matters exactly how you use a job board, and discuss the best practices you can implement today, to make your entire job search process fine tuned.

Job Board Best Practices

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Since posting I have been asked what content do I have, what expertise can I share.

Last year I created the Be Your Own Headhunter concept with the focus of HOW to use Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and other tools like newsletters, RSS feeds, video and more to achieve goals.

I used HOW because my emphasis has been doing demos to show how to do this versus the why. How I use this every day so I can show metrics, successes and failures and how I have evolved different tactics.

There are enough people doing the WHY so I leave that to them when possible.

How to Target Hiring Managers and Crack the Hidden Job Market

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From: Kevin Donlin

Fact: The advertised job market is literally the tip of the iceberg.

Fully 70-80% of jobs go unadvertised by employers, who fear being deluged by hundreds of resumes from applicants, most of whom won't be qualified.

With that in mind, it makes sense to spend about 80% of your time cracking this "hidden" market of unadvertised jobs. And a good way to do it is to contact hiring managers at companies you want to work for. Your aim? To prove that hiring you would be a terrific investment, one that makes or saves them more money than they would pay you in salary.

So, where do you find a list of these hiring managers?

Add A Second Email Address To Your LinkedIn Profile

I wish I had written this post two years ago before the Great Recession started.

Last week during a job search webinar I was asked how to get back access to a LinkedIn profile. The woman asking the question had been let go by her employer, she had used her work email address on the account and now cannot remember her password.

So when she sends a password request it goes to the work email she no longer has access to.

That sucks.

I suggested she contact LinkedIn Customer Service but I would bet this is not an easy process.

April 2010 LinkedIn, Job Search And Social Media Seminars

For those not familiar with me and are wondering if a session(s) would be a good use of your time I am an IT Recruiter with 12 years of experience and have been speaking to groups of all ages and skill sets in groups of 20-200 (and now online) for 8 years.

I am the Managing Partner of Nerd Search, LLC a Minneapolis IT search firm, author of the Minnesota Headhunter blog, Co Founder and Coordinator of Minnesota Recruiters, listed as a Top 20 Minnesota Social Media Innovator and a national Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiter.

I am a frequent national and local speaker and article contributor on recruiter, HR, career, networking and social media topics.

Here is some background on presentations and interviews I have been a part of:

• Presentations
• Interviews
• Minnesota Social Media Innovator
• HRExaminer.com Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters

All presentations are 60-90 minutes with Q&A.

4 Ways to Launch A Successful Job Search Campaign

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From: Jessica Holbrook

 

After countless hours of tweaking your resume or finally deciding to have a professional write it for you, you now have your masterpiece in hand. With renewed confidence you’re ready to step out in faith and start your job search. But where do you start? The following four strategies will help you successfully start your job search campaign with your new resume.

POST YOUR RESUME ON JOB BOARDS

The first place to start is to take your resume and post it to the major job boards. You can do this yourself (it may takes many days to get all of the major job boards) or you can purchase a resume distribution service that will post it to approximately 100 job boards for you. Prices are reasonable and it saves you about 60 hours doing it yourself. Start here because this is a passive way to get noticed. Recruiters and hiring managers searching job boards will find you and contact you. Don’t just post to monster and careerbuilder. Those job boards have significant fees and some employers won’t pay to search or post. Instead post to a large selection of job boards free and fee based for employers you increase your chances of being discovered.

Email Etiquette for Job Seekers

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From: MJW Careers

• Keep your emails as short and to the point as possible.
• Use HTML to take advantage of tracking, but keep it simple.
• Intrigue your reader with the email message and get them to find out more by clicking your resume website.
• Spend most of the time on the top three inches of the email, because it is what people see if they are using “preview” in Outlook.
• Ask them to forward the email to other people who may be looking for your skills.
• Use an effective subject line.  It must reflect the contents of the email, but you also want to make it stand out.