Слайд 1Seven Career Tips You’ll Wish You’d Known Sooner
Слайд 2SPAM FODDER! Avoid words like ‘opportunity’ or ‘offer’ in your email
subject line for that next job application as they can set off sensitive spam filters. If in doubt use a spam checker tool to revise your email.
Слайд 3 RÉSUMÉ RUIN!
Never put your contact details in a résumé header
or footer as some recruiter/ employer technologies can’t read them and the information could come up blank
Слайд 4DIGI-DIRT!
The majority of recruiters and employers are now checking out your
social media. In fact over a third have rejected applicants because of digi-dirt!
Better hone that LinkedIn profile and clean up your Facebook
Слайд 5KILLER KEYWORDS: Recruitment Technologies can screen out up to 50% of
résumés before it lands on a human’s lap to be read.
Make sure your résumé is technology-friendly and includes key words from the job advertisement.
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HANDY HELPER! If you have a difficult name to pronounce try
adding to your resume or profile an audible name tag (ANT) or add the phonetic spelling to help employers communicate more confidently with you.
Слайд 7Best of breed
Go-getter
Think outside of the box
Synergy, and
Go-to person
PET PEEVES
According
to CareerBuilder.com the top five words hated by recruiters on résumés are:
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INTERVIEW KILLER: Pick your interview slot carefully.
Research has shown interviewers
may unintentionally look more favorably on candidates in the morning than the afternoon if they are interviewing back-to-back.
Also watch out for the just-before-lunch slot too when hunger pains may strike and interest may wane!
Слайд 9Get more great job search tips from
the Career Coaching team
at
Outplacement Australia
Trying to make the world a better place,
one career at a time ☺
Check out our articles on résumé development, new ways to find jobs, must-know interviewing tips and other great reads in our job seekers resources section at
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