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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Get the domain in your name., example jonsmith.com or jon.smith.com. Hook it up with a free wordpress template and post your info up on it.An Update on this:
As of recently, I got laid off and have about two weeks of work left since my notice period was given to me. I have found the regular job search/headhunter/resume search services have a really low rate in terms of response. Benefit being that I am leaving my company is that I can be more out in the open about my job search
following this thread the actions i took were as follows: maxed out my LinkedIn profile and CV/Resume with the aid of a professional writer, cold emailed potential companies I would like to work for, started to mail out letters with details of myself and the benefits I can bring to the companies directly to the department manager or CEO if its a small company of less then say 25 employees following Andy Blacks videos, contacted old friends and university teachers for assistance/ internal jobs, applied for lower position jobs and tried to impress at the interview in hope of a better job.
Being honest things I didnt do but will immediately after submitting this post: Set up RSS Feeds as @johnp mentioned
I feel as though I have done what I could but know there are better ways about this, if some members can perhaps share some ideas with me of what I could do I would be grateful. Likewise if there are any members who would like help with how I went about doing what i stated above then feel free to ask.
Thanks
LinkedIn is crazy powerful, I just started using it for my business and it's insane.Thanks, you are definately right about how many people a CV goes through. I noticed in the past when I got no response through an agency, i then went out and found the same role directly through the companies website, 9/10 times as long as I was qualified I got a response.
I will have a deeper look on the LinkedIn thread, I have been taking a similar approach to @Fox but targeting recruiters through keywords on the network search
thanks
Just show up to a company. Its really not as scary as you think. I did this when I was still pretty shy.Thanks @Runum , I think a website will be great idea, especially in the modern world where an online prescence in itself can mean so much. Hey I Think the hawaiian shirts are great will certainly say I will never ever forget your videos because of them!
@Jon L Wow thats definately a brave decision, I will try it recruitement agencies first to improve my technique then start moving onto companies directly. However as now strangely I have had two interviews already using the rubbish conventional approach which is Ironic. They are both short term contract roles so in the background will keep looking for other roles using your method once I approach the end of them if im successful in the next round of interviews.
Thanks, you are definately right about how many people a CV goes through. I noticed in the past when I got no response through an agency, i then went out and found the same role directly through the companies website, 9/10 times as long as I was qualified I got a response.I did a video that might help you.
Here's a thread about LinkedIn that has a few tips as well:
I am going to apply your technique of going for a lower position, found one nearby perfect match for my background. Question is how did you do the switch at the interview? Where you blunt or subtle about it?
MMMmm, not really wanting J.O.B. anymore.
Post your ideal position on a job board and collect your competition's resumes.
Haha. Yeah, it literally took off all the IT roles from my profile a few years back because I kept getting spammed for roles by recruitment agents. (I've put them back now because it's obvious from my profile that I don't do IT now.)Thanks for your input guys, I am in the process of implementing your ideas. LinkedIn is proving to be a powerful tool in finding non advertised roles, I have been getting recruiters contacting me with roles I am underqualified for of which I would never would have the chance of getting an application through via conventional methods
this is interesting thank you sir
yes sir i too hae helped several people and apart from networking, using the buzz words woven in ones resume for a position is instrumental as well as COVER LETTERS. People fail to use cover letters .This really isn't an unconventional way, but I do have some unconventional tips such as using Slack to find jobs.
I got really good at this. In the last year I had landed myself jobs at two high profile startups (both sucked, more on that at another time) and two other positions for good companies. I have been doing a lot of job jumping, probably too much. But I'm still able to land jobs somehow.
Most people will tell you that job boards don't work. Here's my advice.
- There are many ways to find a job. I don't have any advice about networking. I suck at it. I use job boards and websites.
- Treat the job search like a marketer.
- Create a Google sheet. Track every single job that you apply to. Write down the name of each job, notes, dates, and status.
- Track conversion rates. For example, I know that with my style of applying to jobs 1 in every 4 applications will lead to a phone screen (statistically playing out in the long run). Then I know that 66% of all interviews turn into an offer for me. This is from about one year of stats. I can't say that it will always work out so well for me. There are many factors that influence this obviously.
- Write different resumes and split test everything from style to the copy on the resume. My highest preforming resumes listed skills first. That surprised me.
- If you have the time, add exact words from the job description to the body of resume (assuming that you truly do have the skills/experience). It takes less than 60 seconds.
- Adding a cover letter resulted in an 87% response rate from recruiters.
- A cover letter can be as simple as writing a 3 sentence paragraph followed by 7 bullet points about why you are fit for the job, then a closing statement. That worked like a charm for me and can easily be duplicated for other jobs.
- Job Boards - I personally avoided monster and simplyhired. LinkedIn was decent, but there seemed to be a ton of competition. I really had a ton of success with Indeed. With Indeed, I had most success with applying to Indeed jobs where you could apply directly through Indeed, rather than the listed jobs that take you outside of Indeed.
- I had terrible results when applying directly through a company application system that lives on their site. I have heard that these bulky systems are designed to filter our resumes by looking at keywords. So you really need to focus on using keywords if applying through systems like that.
- RSS feeds - This saved me a lot of time. Setup RSS feeds. I used Google then sent feeds into a Slack channel. This way I had Slack constantly sourcing new jobs for me. That's how I landed my most recent job actually. Slack found the job while I was making dinner. I applied. Then 1 day later I interviewed and was offered the job.
- Look at places where employers have to pay for the job posting. They obviously want a return.
- I found it good to source at night/afternoon, apply in morning.
- I found it also helps to have a portfolio to provide as a secondary source of information about you.
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