seven job search career tips you'll wish you'd known sooner
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Insider career and job search tips to help you find a new job. What not to write in a resume, the interview slots you want, what you need to fix now, and how to make it more comfortable for an employer to call you if you have a tough name and more.TRANSCRIPT
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Seven Career
Tips You’ll Wish You’d
Known Sooner
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SPAM FODDER! Avoid words like ‘opportunity’ or ‘offer’ in your email subject line
for that next job application as they can set off sensitive spam filters. If in doubt use a spam
checker tool to revise your email.
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RÉSUMÉ RUIN!Never put your contact details in a résumé header or footer as some recruiter/ employer technologies can’t read them and the information could come up blank
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DIGI-DIRT!The majority of recruiters and employers are now checking out your social media. In fact over a third have rejected applicants because of digi-dirt!
Better hone that LinkedIn profile and clean up your Facebook
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KILLER KEYWORDS: Recruitment Technologies can screen out up to 50% of résumés before it lands on a human’s lap to be read.
Make sure your résumé is technology-friendly and includes key words from the job advertisement.
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HANDY HELPER! If you have a difficult name to pronounce try adding to your resume or profile an audible name tag (ANT) or add the phonetic spelling to help employers communicate more confidently with you.
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☒ Best of breed☒ Go-getter☒ Think outside
of the box ☒ Synergy, and☒ Go-to person
PET PEEVESAccording to CareerBuilder.com the top five words hated by recruiters on résumés are:
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INTERVIEW KILLER: Pick your interview slot carefully. Research has shown interviewers may unintentionally look more favorably on candidates in the morning than the afternoon if they are interviewing back-to-back. Also watch out for the just-before-lunch slot too when hunger pains may strike and interest may wane!
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Get more great job search tips from the Career Coaching team at
Outplacement Australia
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Check out our articles on résumé development, new ways to find jobs, must-know interviewing tips and
other great reads in our job seekers resources section atwww.outplacementaustralia.com.au