Increase Your Odds: Candidate Job Board Tricks
Tue, Feb 10, 2009
Major job boards like CareerBuilder and Monster are one of the most popular ways for companies to develop a candidate pool when looking to fill an open position. CareerBuilder alone boasts 2 million unique users per month according to a report by Cnet News last year. With unemployment at its highest since 1982 and candidate competition increasing, how does a candidate stand out from the virtual pack when posting a resume on a major job board?
1. Your Resume Title. First impressions are important and the title of your resume will determine whether your resume gets a first look. Include action words in the title that best describe your experience and are different from the norm. An example would be “Certified AMX Audio Visual Professional.”
2. Include an Objective in your online profile. An objective describes what career opportunity as well as industry you are interested in learning more about. Recruiters spend roughly 10 seconds or less per resume. Keep your objective simple, direct and to the point. For example, “Seasoned and Certified Human Resource Director interested in opportunity within the non-profit industry.” Limit your objective to 1-2 sentences.
3. Resume Format. Include bullets, open space, dates, and quantitative numbers on your resume. Avoid spelling errors, unprofessional email addresses, and a format that is not easily skimmed and no more than 2 pages.
4. Update Your Profile Weekly. Job boards list resumes by most recently updated and allow recruiters to use search by resumes updated daily, weekly, and monthly. Keep your resume at the top of the pack by updating it weekly. You can also take advantage of CareerBuilder’s advantage option which automatically provides you this service but at a fee.
5. Use Searchable Buzzwords & Keyword Terms. Recruiters resume mine for qualified candidates also by keyword search. Include terms relevant to the industry or job you are interested in. Include any specialized certifications and their abbreviations as well as other specific qualifications to increase your exposure.
6. Include Your Contact Information. Recruiters do not have the time or patience to contact a candidate that uses an anonymous resume on a job board. Increase your exposure odds by including your contact information, including email and phone numbers. Monster has a feature called, Privacy Plus that allows users to block up to 20 companies from viewing your resume.
Tags: careerbuilder, job board, job search, monster
Very interesting information. It is a pleasure to find professional advices how to increase myself odds. It seems an interview tricks for candidates could be next point. I’ll wait for it:)
J.O.
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I think there are so many people doing this. Most of candidates are selected by these tricks.
Hi
This is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are unanimous and needs to be appreciated by everyone
scott
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Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.
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I think this is pertinent information since there are so many resumes floating out there on major job boards.
I found this information very interesting and I am looking forward to more posts!
Jacek, sound advice, but I would add another step. Get a referral who can call attention to your resume submission. Find someone who knows someone at that company/organization. Otherwise, you are just one of hundreds of submissions. Liz Ryan (job-hunt.org) calls this the “two step.” Job Boards in this market yield low results – dance the “two step” to increase the odds in your favor.
Find someone who knows someone at that company/organization. Otherwise, you are just one of hundreds of submissions.
Job Boards in this market yield low results – get a referral – find someone at that company.
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I look forward to more great postings like this one. Does your website have a subscription I can subscribe to for anymore information from you?