| When looking for that new job or if trying to get | | | | Use social media to research amongst other things |
| back into work after redundancy, many people start | | | | industries and opportunities. The internet has brought |
| their search by contacting as many executive | | | | the world onto our pc or laptop and with it the |
| headhunters as possible. This can lead to success but | | | | means to access all the information we need to |
| it does have a number of disadvantages in the | | | | further our careers. The leading social websites now |
| current competitive job market. | | | | enable you to not only find out information about |
| Firstly, the candidate is relying on the fact that their | | | | industries and companies, but to connect with people |
| career resume will automatically be read. In fact most | | | | directly who know about and can recommend you to |
| search firms now use a software package that can | | | | others who are looking for someone with your |
| read a career resume and search for keywords in | | | | qualifications and experience. |
| approximately two seconds. Your resume is then filed | | | | Copy the methods that so many internet marketers |
| in a database and perhaps not see the "light of day" | | | | use so successfully. What we mean by this is |
| for sometime. | | | | develop a method that gets your message into the " |
| The second reason is that recruiters and headhunters | | | | internet " marketplace. As an example set up a |
| simply do not have the time to read the thousands | | | | profile on the social media sites that are specifically |
| of resumes that come in every week. At best they | | | | designed for people like yourself. Then set up your |
| may find their way onto the desk of the head of | | | | own website which can be done at very little cost |
| research for that firm who may then send them on | | | | and then set up a blog and link them all together so |
| to the consultant in charge of a particular industry | | | | that when an executive recruiter does a "string |
| sector. | | | | search" you have a good chance of making it onto |
| Thirdly, it is becoming quite apparent now that many | | | | the first page of the Google rankings. |
| employers are bypassing the recruiters in favor of | | | | To continue on the theme of a blog, this can also be |
| doing their own search as they realize that there are | | | | a very useful tool when linked to the career resume, |
| many good candidates on the market and by doing | | | | as it means that you can update your details where |
| the recruitment themselves, they do not have to | | | | relevant without having to send everyone a fresh |
| pay high fees to a search firm. Whereas this used to | | | | copy of your resume. It also enables a prospective |
| take an inordinate amount of management time, | | | | employer to get a greater understanding of YOU |
| nowadays because of the internet and social media a | | | | rather than just reading a "dry" document. |
| company can source all the candidates it requires for | | | | Find an organisation who specializes in preparing visual |
| a job with just a few clicks of the mouse. | | | | career resumes and then approach companies directly |
| Whatever the reason, you are far better taking | | | | or use their marketing machine to present you to |
| control of your job search yourself. In a similar way | | | | potential employers. Many companies look on this as |
| to arranging your own holiday by booking hotels, | | | | an ideal way to do a preliminary screening of |
| fight tickets and travel arrangements on the internet, | | | | candidates, saving them both money and valuable |
| so it is your career or job search. There are several | | | | management time. |
| ways in which this can be done. | | | | |