In today’s digital society, with almost everyone active on at least one form of social media, we each have a digital footprint that follows us wherever we go whether we like it or not. Managing your online reputation is increasingly important, especially if you are actively searching for a new role in the job market. […]
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How to use social media appropriately.
Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Some common platforms include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and You Tube. Using Social Media for your business can have the following positive impacts; Grow referral traffic to your website Drive lead generation or e-commerce […]
How can you make your LinkedIn profile appealing to hiring managers?
How can you make your LinkedIn profile appealing to hiring managers? LinkedIn is a must when looking for job opportunities. There is no doubt about it anymore. Either you are an active or passive candidate, hence why I strongly recommend you make your LinkedIn Profile active. What do I mean by that? […]
How to write a Linkedin profile that gets results
If you are looking for a new role or a new client, LinkedIn is where it’s at. The beauty of LinkedIn is that if you write a great personal profile you open yourself up to the opportunity to be found for work. Yes, that’s right, found for work. Potential employers or clients find you – […]
How to prepare your LinkedIn Profile
Let’s break this question into 2 parts: 1. What are recruiters looking for in your profile? Your profile picture, heading, summary and skills play a pivotal role in this aspect of your Linked In profile. A profile picture should be professional, remember the expression “a picture paints a thousand words” this reflects how serious […]
ARE YOU ON LINKEDIN? IF NOT, WHY NOT?
The Job Seekers guide to a killer profile – Land you dream job with a few simple steps You may have all noticed that we now live in, and have done so for some time, the “Digital Age”. When it comes to your professional world and career I have no doubt that it has […]
Looking for a job?
Looking for a job is more than just finding the job you want and applying for it. With a world now obsessed with the internet and social media you, personally can be googled and searched within an inch of your privacy. Follow the step by step rules to making sure that what you are putting […]
What would you like to be when you grow up?
Last year LinkedIn asked 8,000 professionals what they had thought they wanted to be when they grew up. The survey found that the top childhood dream jobs for men in the U.S. were a professional or Olympic athlete, airplane or helicopter pilot, scientist, lawyer and astronaut. Women said that their top childhood dream jobs were teacher, […]
Improving your LinkedIn profile
As part of creating the “You” brand you should focus heavily on your LinkedIn profile. To give you an idea of how big LinkedIn has now become it has 300million members internationally. 6million of these are in Australia and just 4 years ago this was only 1million. A completed LinkedIn profile will always be the […]
Branding yourself for your next interview
It is all about the way you market yourself. Think about the process from start to finish. The start of the process is not your resume or your cover letter. The start is your marketing… When was the last time you looked at your LinkedIn account? This is your online resume that recruiters and employers […]