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SIMPLE STEPS to get HIRED FAST

Follow this “SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST” guide, point for point, to get your dream job fast.

Step 1:  Look for available job opportunities.

To be effective in your “SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST” search, you need to treat job searching like a job itself. Have a strict daily routine. Start with a job search in  job search websites.  “Jobs near me” should be your first thought after breakfast. Bookmark and shortlist vacancies, put together applications and communicate. Monday to Friday – and repeat.

Write a list of your skills. Skills must include your education,  for example certificates or degrees. And personal skills or capabilities, such as a communication or technical skills.

Next, you need to understand the job market and where your own job skills are used. This ensures that you have potential for success. We put together a comprehensive list of all the different skills needed for every job sector.

Bookmark this site as your daily go-to jobseeker website. www.topjobjseeker.com updates its database with new vacancies every day. Keep a constant eye on the  jobs that fit your skills and remember: “Jobs near me”.  Always narrow your search to your city.

Step 2: A great CV should advertise you as the perfect candidate for the job you want.

To get hired fast, make your unique work skills stand out like this. SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST. You can get a free CV/Resume setup here.

Add the right skills to your CV:

  • Make effort to include the skills that the job requires.
  • Pay extra attention in regards to your work history.  This is a good time to point out how your skills were used in those jobs.
  • Highlight the fact that you have a history and experience in the right skills needed for certain job sectors. List the jobs that suit your skills.
  • Do some research for free online CV templates

Let your COVER LETTER be your best ad:

  • Your cover letter should contain a list of your skills. Make sure you point out previous work experience in which you demonstrated and used the same skills needed for the job you are applying for. Example: every evening for 2 years, you helped your aunt sell her goods. This experience should be included and phrased as over the counter sales or sales assistant. 
  • The cover letter needs to tell the interviewer that you are the perfect candidate for the  job you are applying for by using your skills as keywords.
  • Do some research for free online cover letter templates.

Write a fantastic ONLINE PROFILE:

An online profile can be called an executive bio, online executive summary and online executive brief . Having one can benefit you greatly as employers can search for the profiles they want, such as HR manager. Creating and having a professional online profile tells a lot about you.

The best online profiles are:

  • 200 words maximum,
  • Contain the right skills keywords,
  • Is updated and active on the biggest social networking sites, such as LinkedIn,
  • Is linked to a full resumé, minus a photograph. Resumés should be available in PDF, MS Word, and text.
  • It may include summarized information regarding qualifications (education and training) and accomplishments. Languages you speak.
  • Should include a condensed summary of work experience.
  • Make clear where “jobs near me” is.
  • Extra details regarding when you can work (eg, part-time, full-time, weekends).
  • Do some research for free online profile templates.
  • SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST.

Step 3: The importance of SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Your social media should paint you in a very good light. If you get it wrong, it will paint the wrong picture of you and hurt your image. This is where you are the brand. Recruiters may be looking for candidates on social media and you will possibly be searched by your hiring recruiters. A social media search helps recruiters understand applicants better. Make sure you shape the right impression. And take note:

Interesting statistics from Workology for jobseekers to ponder:

  • Only 4% of Recruiters Don’t Use Social Media in Hiring. Read that again and think about it.
  • Of all the candidates, up to 50% are considering making a career change soon.
  • The usual recruiter decides whether to stay viewing or go in 6 seconds.
  • 51% of recruiting companies are using search engines like Google to find and check out candidates.
  • 98% of interested candidates are under qualified and 2% of candidates will actually get interviews.

Avoid:

  • Questionable photographs and personal life sharing.
  • Constantly sharing details of your private life.
  • Not being on Social Media at all is not good. At the very least, create an account on LinkedIn. LinkedIn lets you illustrate that you are capable of communicating digitally and are technologically savvy.

Use Social Media to help you. SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST.

  • When you research a company that you want to apply to, check out their social media pages. Companies post relevant information, updates and events that can be extremely helpful to prepare you for the interview.

OPTIMIZE your SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS like this:

  • Share your photographs very carefully. Consider the pictures that an employee will want to see.
  • Match your most recent jobs, projects and skills. Recruiters will check and when social media profiles match your resume, it creates confidence in the jobseeker.
  • Jobseekers should always present themselves in an updated way on social media.  Recruiting managers often look for candidates before advertising vacancies.
  • Ask previous employees whether they will publicly recommend you.
  • Lastly, add “open to new opportunities” to make it clear that you are available on the job market.

LINKEDIN

LinkedIn is the recruiter’s number 1 social network and also the go-to network for jobseekers. Jobseekers’ top priority should be perfecting their LinkedIn profiles.   

  • Jobseekers on LinkedIn should create a customized URL (ideally linkedin.com/yourname). Now you can add your neat, professional LinkedIn url to your resumé and other social media accounts.
  • Work with a photographer or friend that is good with the camera. Discuss the soft skills you wish to convey. Warmth and passion, your type of energy and charisma, for example will come across. The photograph to your account, is packaging to product. 
  • Take the job descriptions of positions you’re looking for and enter them on a word cloud tool like Wordle. Now use the words that stand out in your bio, summary and other career information. They are the very catchphrases recruiters are looking for.
  • Try your best to think of someone that was happy with your work, and approach them for a public recommendation. Try to ask different individuals and request particular skills or experiences you would like them to mention. Be specific (and polite).
  • Join LinkedIn Groups of industry leaders.
  • Have at least 50 connections.
  • In your LinkedIn Company Name box add ‘In Transition’ or ‘Seeking New Opportunity’.

TWITTER

Follow accounts carefully. Who you follow and engage with on Twitter tells allot about you. The brands and people you engage with on Twitter directly impact your followers’ perception of you and may affect whether hiring managers believe you’re worthy of working for the company.

Keep in mind:

  • On Twitter, jobseekers should focus on the companies they want to work for. Your tweets, retweets and replies should focus on relevant material. topics that are relevant to the companies you want to work for.
  • Use keywords and hashtags that helps recruiters and professionals in your field find you.
  • To be noticed, retweet and share tweets from leaders in your chosen career field.
  • A modern networking method is to engage in a Twitter chat that is relevant to the industry you want to work in.
  • We update our Twitter followers constantly with new available jobs. Follow www.topjobseeker.com on Twitter

FACEBOOK

  • Start fresh, or spring clean your account. Make sure to delete, untag and undo any posts or photographs of yourself that compromise your professional image. Keep only appropriate content.
  • Keep a tight control of your privacy settings.
  • Public, must include your location,  employment history / information and professional skills. Be searchable to hiring recruiters.
  • Get yourself noticed by following the Facebook pages or Facebook groups of industry leaders. Comment and contribute to their posts, and very importantly: ask sincere questions. Intelligent questions can be networking gold.
  • We update our Facebook followers regularly with new available vacancies. Follow www.topjobseeker.com on Facebook

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Step 4: Get your job application right

  • Look into the company’s website before you apply to see if the firm is in fact where you want to work.
  • Remind yourself of the 2 golden rules: 1) Jobs near me 2) Companies I want to work for.
  • Edit your resumé keywords every time you apply for a new job online. 
  • Include more information by means of your updated LinkedIn URL and profile. (Make sure you followed the how to guidelines on our LinkedIn / social media section above).
  • Show yourself favorably in your cover letter. Add your work history and experience. Incorporate the company’s own values and mission statement into your application.
  • Remember the importance of keywords.
  • Type full sentences with perfect grammar and spelling. Keep your style on the formal side of friendly.
  • Type answers / information out and avoid auto fill.
  • Fill all sections with an answer. Even if the answer has to read “I don’t know”.
  • Remember, keywords, keywords, keywords!

STEP 5: MASTERING the SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW. SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST.

Again, prepare to use skill words during your job interview.

  • Practice a questions and answers scenario beforehand.
  • First pretend to be the interviewer. If this was your company and you are hiring, what would you want to ask? What answers do you need? What qualities are you looking for?  All the questions would be aimed to hear whether the candidate tells you it’s a good match, or not.
  • As the candidate, you want to give every reassurance that you understand the requirements of the job position.
  • By using skill words and how or when you would use these skills, you instill confidence that you understand the job requirements.
  • Prepare 3 questions of your own. These questions are very important.  Inform yourself and research the company and vacancy until you feel comfortable. Your questions will show the fact that you did research and through your intelligent, well prepared questions, you will convey that you went the extra mile. That counts.

Three points need careful looking at during your research, that should also become your questions:

  1. Discuss: the company’s apparent direction, mission and values and what it seems to be about. Question: Ask your interviewer to explain to you the company’s 5 year achievement plan. What are they aiming for by the end of the year / 5 years?  
  2. Ask your interviewer how your role in the company would help the company reach success? Which of your skills would mostly be needed?
  3. Lastly, ask your interviewer what could be expected as the biggest challenges regarding your role.

End your interview with a thank you and wish your interviewer well.

The above “SIMPLE STEPS, HIRED FAST” process guarantees the best methods to get hired fast. Make sure you set up all the steps that can be, such as your social media accounts. Ensure you repeat the preparation steps for every new application. Enjoy the feeling of being pro-active. Success breeds success. Movement makes movement.