1. Scan Your Resume For 15 seconds

That’s exactly what an employer will do, if you don’t get a clear message about what you can do for them, then it is not a good resume. Since this is the most important document in your career, make the investment and have a good resume professionally prepared. (But be careful as there are many scams and mediocre providers out there.)

2. Focus On The High-Return Job Efforts

Job boards have less than a 5% effectiveness rate while networking has over a 50% effectiveness rate. Start by selecting 10 to 30 companies where you would love to work. Do a company search on LinkedIn and identify the decision makers and their staff.

Then, see who you know who might know someone who can make an introduction for you. Follow the company and people on LinkedIn and Facebook, join their groups and conversations, and comment on their blogs and become known. This is how you move from a passive wait for the right job to appear on the job boards to an active job seeker targeting the kinds of positions you really want.
3. Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

If a recruiter was searching through LinkedIn to find people for the position you are seeking, would you show up? Try it and if you are not on the first or second page, go back to your profile and pepper it with the right keywords to get yourself a higher ranking. A simple trick is to look at the profiles of the people who rank well and follow some of the things they did.

4. Review Your Online Presence

88% of employers will Google your name to see more about you. Make sure you look good on LinkedIn (100% complete profile), review your activity in Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and any other online account. Take down or change any comments that reflect poorly upon you. Use your own blog, online exchanges and testimonials to showcase your professional knowledge.

5. Create Measurable Goals

Searching for a job is like any other project and you must stay disciplined, so set firm goals for yourself. For example, “I will make 10 networking calls and have two meetings per week.” Make sure you are focusing on high-impact efforts like networking versus job board submissions. Keep a record of your efforts so if an employer calls, you can quickly determine when and how they were contacted.

5.You may wonder why someone would bother to go to the trouble of creating a website that is just an expanded version of their resume .

Your website as a resume.

While social networking sites that are career-focused can be an outstanding place to host your resume, they do not give you any appreciable advantage over the legions of other professionals that are on that particular network. Why would a website work better? On a social network you are just a part of the pack, and having your own website marks you immediately as a maverick who is deeply committed to your career. Hiring managers make hiring decisions, and hiring managers are impressed by initiative and creativity. So few of their candidates have their own websites that it cannot help but make you stand out from the crowd.

Your website will:

Be among the top results in search engines when hiring managers inevitably Google your name.Give hiring managers more information on your talents and personality than even the best resume could possibly impart.Allow you the creative freedom to really display your skill-set, perhaps even with pictures or video presentations

There are some essential components that you will need to have an outstanding personal website for your resume.

Your resume: it may seem obvious, but your website should match what is included in your paper resume. Your website is a place to highlight, not embellish, your experience. Remember to include accurate and up-to-date contact information.

Portfolio: This is mandatory for creative professionals, but workers from many different career fields may benefit from displaying tangible results of their work, whether it is a picture of a house you worked construction on or a particularly delicious-looking meal that you created for a catering company.

A purpose: One of the greatest advantages of your website is that it gives you a forum to make a big statement of purpose. What are your career goals and what value do you bring? These are two of the biggest questions on the mind of every hiring manager and you can answer them before they even pick up the phone to ask you for an interview.

Whether you are a professional with many years of experience or just trying to get your foot in the door for the first time, you can benefit from a personal website. If you are interested in quickly introducing yourself to potential employers with your very own website, you can place your resume here and i will fix a demo resume website for under 24 hrs .Dont give up your miracle is on the way ,lol

Where are the jobs?!

lonngmann: Where are the jobs?!

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Are we not in Nigeria??...lemme book space first,i dey come

You're very right in respect of the first point made. Most employers would use between 10 to 30 seconds to screen your 'Resume' or 'CV' (as Nigerians would call it) and if they can't, in that short time, get what they're looking for, your CV is thrown in the thrash or gets deleted ASAP.

For those interested, I'll like to re-write your CV in advance (to see what it looks like to get crucial information from a CV in seconds). However, if you like the new look of your CV, you'll pay me a 'token' for a job well-done. Otherwise, you can ignore it and I'll accept responsibilty (no holding you to ransom).

Interested? Send your current CV to:
exceptionalcv2014@gmail.com
if you like, you may hide your name and contact address (to gain your trust)... Just let me 'wow' you.

Nice tips... Me likey

Benjom: You're very right in respect of the first point made. Most employers would use between 10 to 30 seconds to screen your 'Resume' or 'CV' (as Nigerians would call it) and if they can't, in that short time, get what they're looking for, your CV is thrown in the thrash or gets deleted ASAP.

For those interested, I'll like to re-write your CV in advance (to see what it looks like to get crucial information from a CV in seconds). However, if you like the new look of your CV, you'll pay me a 'token' for a job well-done. Otherwise, you can ignore it and I'll accept responsibilty (no holding you to ransom).

Interested? Send your current CV to:
exceptionalcv2014@gmail.com
if you like, you may hide your name and contact address (to gain your trust)... Just let me 'wow' you.

nice one...

Space booked

Make i book space too i dey come