Editorial objective:1- give diverse jobseekers sound information on job opportunities and how to successfully navigate the job search process,2- invite “employers of choice” to share success secrets and valuable information on where the jobs are.
Issue link: http://diversityemployers.epubxp.com/i/224970
It's a Whole New World for JOB-HUNTERS is used (at this writing) by at least 200 million people worldwide. Employers from around the world who are searching for prospective employees are among them. General Description: LinkedIn gives you a "profle" page on which you can write anything about yourself and your history that you want to, using the standardized format or template that LinkedIn provides. Usefulness to Job-Hunters: If you have contacted a particular employer, most of them now search to see what there is about you on LinkedIn (and on the Internet in general, anywhere and every-where) before inviting you in, or deciding to hire you. Ways to Make It More Efective:13 Remember, this is a professional site. If you are looking for work, don't post anything here that isn't related to your professional goal. (Need I say, leave out parties, dating, summer vacations, etc.) Make your profle page really stand out from others' profle pages, when employers go browsing. There are ways to do this. Here are some hints: As social media and other famous sites have become more and more popular, job-hunters and employers alike have fgured out how to use them in the job-hunt. is mandatory. Every 1 A PHOTOrevealed that not having survey has your photo posted there is a turnoff for most employers. Make it a shot just of your head and shoulders, in fact, fll the frame with just your head and shoulders. Make it sharply focused and well lit, even if taken with an iPhone. Dress up for this one. And smile. manager would normally use to search for someone who does what you do, put in a slash mark, then add the title they would use. Alternatively, if you are looking for a change, after you list your current job title in this title section, enter a slash and then add the industry you want to fnd a job in (so that an employer's search engine will pick you up). LinkedIn gives you enough space to tell a story, so tell a story. JOBS 3 In describing your PASTmake aOR EXPERIENCE, don't just list of tasks or achievements. LinkedIn gives you enough space to tell a story, so tell a story. Summarize some major achievement of yours, in that job, and then tell a story of how you did it, and what the measurable results were (time or money saved, or the proft created, etc.). be state 4 In the SUMMARYthinksure toyou a whatever it is you gives competitive advantage in your feld, i.e. what makes you a better hire than nineteen other people who might compete for the kind of job you want. This is a place to highlight what makes you the best (or, for the modest, what makes you a better) choice for that kind of job. SPECIALTIES list every key5 Underyou can think of, that would word lead a search engine to fnd you for the job you want. If you don't know what keywords to list, fnd someone on LinkedIn who already has a job like the one you want, and see what keywords they listed. Copy the ones that seem relevant in your case. 6 LIST any hobbies, interests, education, training, community service, associations you belong to, etc. LINKS WEBSITE In 2 youthe section called JOB TITLE, if 7 ADDfeel wouldTO ANY stand out: you help you aren't searching for a careerchange, and you like what you've been doing, but the title they gave you aren't the words that a hiring your blog? (if you have one, and posts there are solely devoted to your area of expertise); your Twitter account? 12 Diversity Employers | DiversityEmployers.com | First Semester December 2013 (if you have one, and if you've only been posting tweets that manifest your expertise in your feld); your Facebook page? (doubtful, unless it looks very focused and professional—if it's sloppy, real personal, and all over the map in its content, it is unlikely to help you get hired, and may in fact hinder you). Consider flming a video of you discussing some area of your expertise (with numbers if possible), post it on YouTube, and link to it on your profle page here. If you don't know how to shoot and upload the video, there are loads of free instructions (even on YouTube) telling you step by step how to do this. 8 JOIN one or more LinkedIn groups, related to your expertise. Post sparingly but regularly, when they are discussing something you are an expert on. You want to get a name and reputation, in your feld. "Groups" are in the bar across the top of your home page. Once you've flled out your profle completely, click on "Groups" and then on the subheading "Groups You May Like." It will make suggestions, based on yourprofle, with information about each group, as to whether it is Very Active, Active, or very neglected. Join ones, related to your expertise, which are at least Active. Be aware, if you join list every keyword you can think of, that would lead a search engine to fnd you for the job you want. a group and then don't ever contribute, LinkedIn has a cute little habit of summarily removing you from that group without any advance warning. Just a nice brief note after the fact, saying "We removed you" due to your inactivity there. (And you thought they weren't paying attention! Oh yes, they do. They are. They will.) 9 You can use LinkedIn to DESCRIBE a project you're proud of, post a