Strategies for Getting Noticed by Recruiters and on LinkedIN Rick Heiges

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What is a Resume? Summary of Your Skills / Qualifications Work History Education / Certifications Accomplishments / Awards / Other Pertinent Material Selling Tool that sells “YOUR POTENTIAL” to the Employer MAIN GOAL: Gets You to the Next Step

Traditional Format Summary of Qualifications / Objective Educational Background Work History Title / Company Name / Dates / Location Accomplishments / Projects (with numbers if possible) Be Brief! / Less is MORE! / Avoid “Shotgun” approach Additional Activities / Information

Advantages of Traditional Resume Popular Expected Format Effective Use of White Space Traditional Emphasis: BOLD, Italics, Underline, C O L O R Professional HR Folks know how to read this format Job Sites have Automated readers for Resume Banks Keyword Search Intelligent Decomposition

Traditional Resumes Samples

Samples

Be Different! Customize to the Targeted Position, Company, Industry Use Appropriate Graphics – Color / 3D / Fonts Consider a webpage with a QR Code address that points to Your Blog YouTube Channel Twitter Feed Help the Reader of your resume find the Important Things! You are MORE than a piece of paper!

Non-Traditional Resumes Samples

http://mashable.com/2011/06/16/creative-resume-designs/#gallery/7-more-creative-social-media-resumes-to-learn-from/540dc7b7b05f9d0659002e27

Show Important Information Creatively http://spin.atomicobject.com/2010/09/28/rethinking-the-familiar-resume/

The Amazon Product Page Resume http://phildub.com/ http://mashable.com/2013/01/24/amazon-page-best-resume-ever/#ZDG9_aBaLmqu http://www.rleonardi.com/interactive-resume/

LinkedIn Strategy

LinkedIn is Different This is NOT Facebook or Twitter or Instagram Professional Based Social Network Maintain Business Contacts Announce Events, Articles, Products, etc to your network Find Potential Employees / Employers / Opportunities Avoid Politics, Religion, Birthdays, Games, Cats, etc Be Positive on Posts Don’t accept EVERY request to connect

Top Things You Can Do on LinkedIn Fill in a Complete Profile Summary, Location, Education, Industry, Skills Upload a Photo (Headshot – expression) Add Connections Join Groups Answer Questions Regularly Update Your Status https://www.blueskyresumes.com/blog/the-top-5-ways-to-get-noticed-on-linkedin/

Additional Steps Recommendations – ask for them Certifications / Awards – Use Acclaim Complete your Job History – More than just current position shows trajectory Endorsements – Good Idea / Bad Execution Volunteer / Charity Activity –Build a full picture Update regularly – Blog, what you read, what you are doing to further yourself, Professional Activities

Remember! Spelling / Grammar Less is MORE Be Honest / Don’t Exaggerate or Spin the Facts Know Your Social Profile Guide them to Appropriate Additional Information Cultural Differences What three things do You want the reader to remember? Your Goal is to Get to the Next Step