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To do something these days many social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedln has been very famous and center on many job hunters. But you have made some forays into these sites already. By this job search strategy many people are reporting success by incorporating these sites, if you have little experience using these sites, you might not know where to begin. Before jumping into this social media fray, first decide your overall purpose. In a recent interview by Shama Hyder, social media expert and CEO of the internet marketing firm, Click-to-Client, advises job hunters to first start with a focus. The biggest mistake she found is that they people just post their profile on these social media sites without having any future employee in their mind. So start with a purposeful profile and think from prospective of what overall first impression that employer will have of you. Hyder suggest that listing interest that support or underscore your purpose is a good option.

Most job hunters think of themselves as a list of skills, job duties and responsibility when anybody talk about purpose or focus. Obviously this thing is not going to make you stand out in world of social media. There are two major issues which grip employers: too little time, and unfilled job problems. Because no employer has time leisurely read through hundreds, if not thousands of candidate profile on facebook or Linkedln. Moreover there mind always focused on the immediate job openings and the problem this is causing them. So you can break this thing through the social media barriers?

Consider your BOD.

What special in you that an employer would hire you, you should always have this thing in mind before jumping into the social media world. According to Hyder there is one good way is to develop what she calls a “BOD”. This stands for Brand, Outcome, and Differentiator, and is a good way to answer the question “Why would an employer hire me?”

Brand

If you want to describe yourself in front of the employer a brand in concise sentence or phrase is a good option. Now days it is called a Unique Selling Proposition. What is it that sets you apart from other candidates looking for a similar job or opportunity? Since time is of the essence, Hyder goes even further by asking if your brand can be summed up with one word. While most of us may not be able to distill our brand into one word, we should at least have it down to a sentence or phrase.

Outcome

What is one single benefit you can give to your employer ? Always remember this thing that employers have no interest in pawing through lists if skill sets or past duties. They just want to know this thing that whether you can able to solve their problem or not. So imagine this thing that if the employer wants to hire you what the single benefit you can provide to that employer. This is the outcome of hiring you.

Differentiator

Before settling on just interview employers today may look thousand of potential candidates. So it is better if you ask from yourself that what potential you have that can stand you out from others. What contribution you can provide to the company which others can’t. This is your differentiator. Examples of good differentiators might be your expertise as a cold caller, your bi-lingual expertise or your combined technical and management abilities as a project manager. Look for factors that employers would highly value when searching for your differentiator.

Summary

It is true that these social media sites offers new space for both employers and job hunters, so always start with a profile that is beneficial to you. Always see that what your employer want and accordingly use your BOD to your best advantage to quickly cut through the white noise of the competitor. Onces your message is clear then this social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn can provide you better as a job hunter.

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Designing of the resume doesn’t mean that you get a job. A resume can’t make you qualified if you are not up to the mark .A resume won’t open up doors or knock down obstacle in your path. Executive resume’s are much longer (two or even three pages is the norm) if we compare it with entry level or mid level resume. Everything in the resume should support a specific career target. Resume should present a sharp, focused, cohesive picture of the person that who he is and why he is valuable.

1. A summary will give a better start to resume as compared to an objective. You should start your resume with an objective, what is required at the starting of your resume is a clear cut mention of your strong points which would inspire an employer to give proper attention to your resume. The summary should reflect the highlights of your career contribution and properly tell the kind of profile you’re looking for.

2(c) Work History should be shown chronologically. While presenting your work profile in your resume it is always good to display it properly in a reverse chronological way or it may confuse the reader. This format way finds an easy acceptance by most of the employers when they try to go through the resumes. Moreover, even when trying to show any less-than-stellar experience of yours in your work profile, make it a point to include the job title, employer details and dates of employment. In case, you are not following these standards, the chances of your resume not making an impression and going through elimination become quite probable.

3 Resume should be in proper order starting with your scope of responsibility then your achievement and your contribution. Contributions that improved the productivity, profitability, revenue, customer satisfaction or other things that contributed to other business activity. An Executive should be more focused on the strategic contribution rather than the administrative task that he has done. Always keep in mind that the resume readers are very smart they can make the assumption on the job title and general description. They don’t need everything to be spelled out for them.

4 Your impact will be more if you highlight your contributions in a context or as a specific challenge. Instead of writing that you have increased the revenue by 23 percent you should write that you reversed the downward revenue trend by focusing business development efforts in niche markets. And then you achieved the profitability for the first time since 2002. Use of the bullets and indentations make the information easy to absorb. Never make mistakes of spellings, punctuations or grammatical errors .

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Job fairs are great places to meet company representatives from corporations of all industries and sizes during a short period of time. To help jobseekers find their next job faster, JobConcierge.com has worked together with recruiters and HR event organizers in compiling over 300 career expos - making JobConcierge one of the most comprehensive lists of job fairs and networking events on the internet. http://www.jobconcierge.com/job-fairs

“The free job fair networking database is a great addition to the JobConcierge human-powered job search service. The list is extensive - there are job fairs organized as general fairs or by industry focus in almost every state from New York all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. The list is extensive - there are job fairs organized as general fairs or by industry focus in almost every state from New York all the way to Alaska and Hawaii (http://www.jobconcierge.com/job-fairs/organize-by-state). It’s one of the best resources out there.” says Jason Lee, JobConcierge.com founder.

“In today’s challenging environment, the keys to succeeding are being persistent and casting the job net as wide as possible. JobConcierge members have really taken advantage of the job fair networking database - while our members are out there meeting employers and growing their business networks, a dedicated team of professionally trained HR professionals are working hard screening job boards for opportunities for them. JobConcierge helps jobseekers optimize their job search by allowing them to cover more ground in less time.”

“The average jobseeker spends 50 hours each month in front of the computer searching through the major online job boards. What people don’t realize is that they’re finding the same jobs that everyone else has already found and wondering why their search isn’t going anywhere. We found that by only using the major job boards, many job searchers were missing as much as half the jobs out there relevant to them. We’re proud to offer the JobConcierge job search optimization service that’ll put more people back on track towards finding the careers of their dreams.” says Jason Lee, JobConcierge.com founder.

JobConcierge helps jobseekers widen their job searches and increase their chances of finding the right jobs in less time. It’s a human-powered job search service where real people search through over 300 job boards and submit applications by focusing on job search optimization.

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If an executive recruiter successfully places you in a position that you deserve, you both benefit from it. If you are successful, your recruiter will keep you in mind for future positions, and is also likely to see you as well as a source of information about individuals who could be good candidates for other openings. The most important thing to keep in mind about working with search firms is that you have an opportunity to develop a working relationship that should last over time. For that reason, you should consider executive recruiters as a valuable resource and a necessary part of your long-term career development, rather than just a one-time service that can help you find your next job. For a comprehensive list of executive job recruiters in your state or industry, check out the JobConcierge free list of top executive recruiters.

Never give repeated calls to the executive recruiter once you have sent in your information. The life of an executive recruiter can be quite hectic and intense, and repeated phone calls from you asking if they’ve found any job openings will annoy them and diminish your chances of being seen as a viable candidate. Give them a chance to do their job and keep contacts with them to a minimum. Call only to confirm whether they have received your material or not, you should definitely call them to know if your employment status changes. Otherwise you should expect to hear from them, rather than vice versa.

Sometimes when you apply for job openings on your own, you are informed that search is being handled by an executive recruiter. In that case always remember to ask whether the recruiter is Retainer-Based or Contingency-based firms. If it is being handled by Retained-Based firm follow the suggestions of the company about how to be included in the job application process. If handled by Contingency-based firms, in that case, it would be appropriate to apply directly to the company on your own; particularly if you are able to find someone in your network that can help you get past the initial screening process and get to the interview stage. There’s a lot of job advice out there on the internet. For interview advice or general job advice, check out the JobConcierge Collection of Best Job Search Advice on the Internet.

A good recruiter would have developed a clear understanding about your job specifications, so you must feel free to ask him as many questions; he will also be willing to share it with you. Always advisable to clarify the responsibilities you will have, who you will report to, the salary and benefits, and other information about the company that isn’t accessible on their website. The recruiter is likely to have helped the organization determine salary levels and other job particulars, and would be in a position to help you negotiate the details.

One should safeguard multiple search firms from presenting the same job opening. This can lead to real Conflict between the firms and the hiring company, regarding the payout fees for presenting you, incase You are hired. Other than executive recruiters, be sure to check out industry niche job boards at the JobConcierge Best Industry Job Boards.

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JobConcierge is inviting jobseekers to connect on its social networks to keep up to date on the newest job advice and strategies, and to network with recruiters and other job seekers. Social media continues to play an increasingly important role in the job market as the use of Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook and other networking sites grow. The recruiting industry has changed dramatically from a year ago, as jobseekers now have the upper hand in terms of the wealth of information and advice available online.

“Whether you follow our tweets (http://twitter.com/jobconcierge) along with our base of over 10,000 followers, interact with our 1,000+ members on the JobConcierge FaceBook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140213070625), follow our job advice bookmarks on StumbleUpon or just receive periodic newsletters from us, there are plenty of opportunities to share and network with others on JobConcierge. We’re proud that JobConcierge is one of the few jobsites that actually encourages people to interact with one another,” says Jason Lee, JobConcierge.com founder.

“As an added benefit, we offer our members as well as those who are connected with us on social media special benefits, invitations and discounts; they’ve received access to our Job Fair Database (http://www.jobconcierge.com/job-fairs) and Best Job Sites (http://www.jobconcierge.com/best-industry-job-boards) list weeks before the general public and have been able to participate in promotions and sweepstakes. All the networks, as well as the information on our website, are free so we definitely encourage jobseekers to check out the individual JobConcierge social networks and see which ones they’re most interested in joining.”

“The average jobseeker spends 50 hours each month in front of the computer searching through the major online job boards. What people don’t realize is that they’re finding the same jobs that everyone else has already found and wondering why their search isn’t going anywhere. We found that by only using the major job boards, many job searchers were missing as much as half the jobs out there relevant to them. We’re proud to offer the JobConcierge job search optimization service that’ll put more people back on track towards finding the careers of their dreams.” says Jason Lee, JobConcierge.com founder.

By focusing on job search optimization, JobConcierge helps jobseekers widen their job searches and increase their chances of finding the right jobs in less time. JobConcierge is a human-powered job search service where real people search through over 300 job boards and submit applications.

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A suggestion I would like to share with everyone - from recent college graduates to executives who are earning over $100k -is use social media and start a proactive job search. Over the past year the recruiting industry has changed dynamically; use social media and start a proactive job search. Posting ads on the traditional job boards or hiring headhunters is replaced by searching through candidate’s profile on linkedin and doing online their own diligence. If you haven’t done this than create an linkedin facebook and twitter accounts by taking some time out. In today’s competitive era the basic rule is to grow up or you will be left behind.

One way of extending your personal brand is to join and participate in discussions on facebook and linkedin. LinkedIn has Q&A sections and both sites have specialized groups. Participate in discussions leave your signature with your email address at the bottom of your message with the other media information so that people who enjoyed your posts and the web scouring headhunters can add and make connections with you. The only way is the sincerity and consistency. The great way to start is the jobconcierge facebook if you have not started. People quit in frustration people who get success are the ones who give proper time to this on weekly or monthly basis.

Merging social networking with the job applications is the second step of differentiating the application of your job. The very time consuming and tiring which can call job itself. Start from the best job board. This is a must if you want to maximize your chances for getting your next job and want to be thorough. When you start finding jobs accordingly by online job search than you must classify the job results in the following categories: (1)ideal job or (2) willing to work there. The chance of getting more interviews totally depends on the numbers of the jobs you applied for as it is a game. I know people who applied to 100 jobs in a week have only been getting interviews regularly. In this you get an assigned HR recruiter who search jobs and apply it for you what the Jobconcierge helps. The executive search services really works.

The search can be more refined by using the search box which is their in linkedin in right upper hand side. The members within 1st and 2nd degree connections are contacted by the clients , I suggested. You can make a basic ground by joining the same interest groups in which the person is to whom you want to contact and in which there is no basic ground. By messaging people and talking them on phone is the best way to know more about the company what we suggested. The surprising thing is the results that how many people are willing to help. Whether they have any information on the posting can be judged through the conversation if you know anyone in a particular division can bring you a HR contact or you can send your resume directly to HR attached with a suggestion.

Think strategically and take things one step further now. In past seven days I’ve had two Jobconcierge members thank me and tell me they each have received job offers. How they did it? It is not any miracle. The online job search took care by their Jobconcierge each week and found relevant jobs for them. They reached out and networked with people on LinkedIn for ideal level jobs. Their Jobconcierge filled out and submitted their applications for all the other jobs. Job searching is itself a full-time job. It means using your time in most efficient way and maximizing your results. 50 hours a month is spending by an average jobseeker online and getting nowhere. By classifying jobs you find online, starting a proactive job search, and reaching out to various connections on LinkedIn things can be taken one step further. How far you get might be surprised you.

JobConcierge is the destination for automated job search - real people search 300 job boards and submit applications to take care of your entire online job search. The site is also known for its best jobs for 2010

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