Imagine a world in which you get approached by employers, rather than having to spend months trying to find a new position.  Well this can be a reality and in this article I share how this is possible:

Create an effective LinkedIn profile

An effective LinkedIn profile needs to be keyword optimised, showcases your skills and achievements and you need to be easy to contact. Literally thousands of recruiters are using LinkedIn to track down talent. But unless you optimise your LinkedIn correctly, you won’t be discovered. [Read more…]

In this article, I’m going to cover LinkedIn recommendations and what you need to now about endorsements.

In terms of recommendations, it is essential that you get recommendations from supervisors or your colleagues or even clients of the company you are working for, or have worked for, or as a business owner, get recommendations from clients, or even your staff.

So, why are recommendations important? [Read more…]

Being online increasing matters. Why:

• Employers and recruiters are head- hunting online.
  
• The majority of employers and recruiters Google you during the job selection process.
  
• Colleagues, clients and business partners use the web as the first place to go for information about you.
  
• Without an online presence you are effectively a ‘nobody’ (In the US many employers won’t hire people, who don’t have some sort of online presence. While this trend is not so prevalent in Australia, it is increasingly heading this way)
  
• You can use your online presence such as LinkedIn and website as a place you can refer people, if undertaking a direct job search.
  

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