Profile Visibility and Job Search

After getting rejected and instructed about low keywords, no impactful sections, poor layout and various other errors, you finally take up the resume, cover letter and LinkedIn writing services. The amount invested may vary from executive to royal packages, as provided by various resume writing companies and freelancers. So, after months of coordinating, modifications and time, once the draft is ready what next?

The first thing 90% of the candidates do is upload their resume at various job portals, indeed they should. But is it not a crowded party going on in those sites? With an average of around thousand people uploading their profile, the chances are very rare that your dream job would bump into you. So, In order to get noticed:

Say Hi To LinkedIn: One platform, where most of the leading HR’s and industry professionals are connected. So, it is essential that you increase your profile’s visibility, in order to do so, make some noise by linking, commenting and uploading new updates. Limit your updates within professional boundaries. Your social media activities speak a lot about your personality and can be misjudged if you post your selfie daily, or ask your connections to hit like to irrelevant photos.

Don’t Shy away from Groups: Join all the groups related to your profile, wherein lot many HR’s stay connected. Make it a point to participate in discussions and share relevant updates in the group. Think twice before hitting the share button, because once you start getting visibility you are in a constant glare of limelight. Also, if you join specific company related groups you will get the benefit of staying up to date with latest job openings in the organization, so after that all you have to do is hit apply.

Streamline your search: Think different and wise, why to follow the path which is overcrowded. Apply directly to the desired profile, not many job seeker chose this method so by doing so, your chances of getting visible may increase. Master the skill of Boolean search, all the probability mathematics that we learnt while dreaming about our childhood crush, can now be utilized with full potential. To start with, out of various combinations you can reach close to your target job by using “and” as well as “or” functions. For eg:

Target Job Designation: Sales Director

Industry Preference: IT and Ecommerce

Location: Delhi

The search string to place in google is: “Sales Director” and “IT” or “Ecommerce” and Delhi and Jobs

Now to specify the search: “Sales Director” and “IT” or “Ecommerce” and Delhi and LinkedIn and jobs

To search for multiple positions: “Sales Director” or “Sales Head” and “IT” and India and jobs

For some particular company: “Sales Director” or “Sales Head” and “IT” and “Flipkart” and India and jobs

To specify the search further: Sales AND (Marketing OR “Business”) AND (Client Relation) AND “Team Management”

When you keep words between inverted commas, google will search the word as it is, if not in commas the search engine giant will look out for every location that contains the particular word. So if you simply search Sales Director jobs, the search engine would show results individually related to Sales, Director and jobs.

Blog your mind: LinkedIn gives you a section to add your desirable post, why leave it blank when you are getting an opportunity.  Blogs have the potential to increase your visibility by attracting readers, also the kind of blogs you post shows your creativity and industry knowledge along with your personality. You can provide your viewpoint in any topic, but try to link it slightly to your current profile or industry.

Collective, you can use social media not only to stay connected, but also to open the right window that would provide the magnificent view of your desired job. Not only for job, you can also utilize LinkedIn for business promotion purpose. So, simply connect with right people at the perfect platform and have a blast at the job search party.