HOW TO GET NOTICED JOB TITLE
JOBSEEKERS hoping to stand out from the hundreds of others applying for the same role need only make a few tweaks to their resume and application.
Making minor adjustments that take advantage of digital technology in 2019 will go a long way to being hired.
ONLINE LINKS
Providing the URL to a LinkedIn profile or other professional web page not only ensures the hirer has the right person when they inevitably do their own search but makes it quicker and easier for them to crosscheck or gain more information.
Hender Consulting executive consultant Justin Hinora says anything a jobseeker can do to make it easier for the recruiter or hirer should be done.
But he says a link should be part of the resume, not replace it.
WORD FILES
Unless requested otherwise, a Word document is the best file type to use.
“One of the reasons recruiters would request applications in Word format is it is difficult to do a search of a pdf document as it’s an image, not text,” Hinora says.
Saving the document name as resume with your name also helps distinguish a jobseeker’s information from all others just labelled ‘resume’.
KEYWORDS
Exceptional Tuition and Resumes director Monique Jeremiah says jobseekers applying to larger firms, in particular, will have their resumes scanned by computer software to weed out spam or generic resumes. Reinforce to the hirer the position being applied for, especially if the organisation has several vacancies.
“A lot of people just put their name and personal details, and don’t describe the job itself,” Jeremiah says. “It looks like a generic resume.”
TYPING SPEED
Administration workers are not the only ones that may want to point out their superior typing speed.
“Employers are very timeconscious,” Jeremiah says.
“Knowing they can work at an effective pace can make all the difference.”