Job Searching - Getting Found

“Candidates: You can get found a lot more easily if you know how to post your CV on Job Boards.”

The screen shot to the left is from the email box of a recruiter, every day he gets an email from the Monster database with a list of candidates, this features is available on all jobs boards not just monster. That list contains not your name, but the “title” of the CV the candidate wrote. And if we are honest, most people don’t write good headlines. Have a quick read of the tips he gives

The Horrible Truth about Recruiters

If your Monster resume headline stinks, I won’t open your resume. No recruiter will. Nothing personal against you. It’s just that we can’t open it. You haven’t given us a reason to, and there’s a resume right below yours that might look more relevant. Look at the following headlines from my Monster email above [my observations are in red]

Technical Director/Sales Engineer - Too vague. Director of of technical what?
Direct Marketing/Sales - Too broad. Marketing taxonomies included B2B, B2C, domestic and international — just for starters.
Vice President Supply Chain - What industry? It makes a difference.
Senior level Business Developer w/MBA - See my comments about the sales director.

My advice to candidates: Change your headline to tell us what we need to know: Function / Company / Industry / Salary / Relocation preference.

Like this: Email Marketing / Land’s End / Multichannel Retail / $85K / Will Relo

April 13, 2007 | Resumes, Advice