LinkedIn is a great way to research the company, the staff and their experience. Where have previous employees previously worked? What type and style of employee does this mean they are looking for.
2. Check out the company’s website
Be thorough. Websites are getting more detailed. Some can be very complex. Dig beneath the surface to find out as much as you can before your meeting!
3. You must know your CV backwards
Have at least 3 great evidence anecdotes (stories) that highlight excellent achievement, focused problem solving, capable leadership.
Like websites, cars and fashions - fonts date. Keep your CV in a contemporary font.
2. A CV’s job is to generate interest in you.
Remember an interview is another name for a business meeting between 2 professionals. Unless you are in a job and are about to get head-hunted and you don’t have any meetings planned..is it likely you are going to get a new job?....Unlikely.
3. Remember your CV is a sales 'WOW' document
When people put together a CV they think it should be a factual reconciliation of their previous background and experience.......Right?.......Wrong!
Are you loving the google plus yet? Or is it just another social media network thing to think about? Right.
It just means more time doing computing and less time living! Right?
Google plus, Yawn… I only need Facebook and Twitter I don’t use anything else.
Wrong.
Social media is here to stay and Google wants a slice of it. Google plus will find you. I found a great blog hear from Ann Premazon about Google plus…worth a read!
http://www.annpremazon.com/google-plus/ or watch this
If you are into gadgets then there’s never been a better time to get into consumer technology.
Ipads, iphones, Samsung tablets and smartphones the list is endless, that’s before you talking about gaming, mobile phone accessories, flat-screen lcd tvs etc.
Consumer Technology for communications professionals is also a fascinating area. I have a number of PR agency clients who work in this burgeoning market and they are growing very fast.
I recently posted a new PR Account Manager with a PR agency in Aylesbury. She is really enjoying the role and the agency is doing very well.
I got the first sense this week in a long time that some kind a real jobs appetite was starting to return to the market.
The number of briefs coming in to our consultancy is starting, I think, to show that the demand is returning. You wont see any pictures of green shoots or mentions of anything green at all but if you want an instinct on what is happening, then there you have it.
It was good to see the Reed Index reporting some positive year on year stats for post Easter too.
I am looking forward to seeing some more good news reports later this year.
PR or Public Relations is usually a slick operation with well managed corporate messages and sleek running social media campaigns gathering sizeable click through rates for all clients right?......wrong!
On your coffee break … have some light relief. Check out these recent PR faux-pas.
McDonalds
Firstly remember the #McDStories that took off like a duck landing on a frozen lake without reverse thrust.
MacDonalds according to BusinessInsider a twitter campaign by McDonald's backfired when people started sharing the wrong kind of #McDStories (via @bored2tears).McDonald's kicked things off
As we have heard recently iob search site Indeed, already a long-standing powerhouse in the U.S., has overtaken TotalJobs to become the top job search site in the U.K. based on unique visitors.
Who are these job aggregators? Here are some of the aggregators Alexander Chase uses to penetrate the market for the best available talent.
Indeed.co.uk is a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.
Workcircleis a job search engine with live UK jobs and Global jobs to match most needs.
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