From recent graduates to executives who are earning over $100k a top embrace social media and start a proactive job search. The recruiting industry is changing over the past year dynamically; finding candidates via posting ads on the traditional job boards or hiring headhunters is replaced by the method of looking at the candidate’s profile on linkedin or using their own due diligence. If you haven’t made your account on linkedin, twitter, facebook than make it today. In today’s environment you have to upgrade yourself otherwise you will be left behind. As the limited space is given , I’ll skip the basics and take my concerns on personal branding and differentiating your job applications with linkedin.

Start extending your personal brand by joining and participating on discussions on facebook and lindedin. Q&A section is in linkedin and specialized groups are in both sites. Answering questions and participating in discussions is the best way to promote you. The web scouring recruiters and people who enjoy your posts can add and connect with you if you leave your email address, signature and other media information at the bottom of your message. The only way is for this to be sincere and consistent. Jobconcierge facebook is the best way to start. Frustration makes people quit and but you become successful by giving small time periods weekly or monthly.

Merging social networking with the job applications is the second step of differentiating the application of your job. The very time consuming and tiring which can call job itself. Start from the best job board. This is a must if you want to maximize your chances for getting your next job and want to be thorough. When you start finding jobs accordingly by online job search than you must classify the job results in the following categories: (1)ideal job or (2) willing to work there. The chance of getting more interviews totally depends on the numbers of the jobs you applied for as it is a game. I know people who applied to 100 jobs in a week have only been getting interviews regularly. In this you get an assigned HR recruiter who search jobs and apply it for you what the Jobconcierge helps. The executive search services really works.

There is a search box in linkedin at the upper right hand side where the search can be refined by company in linkedin. Apply to the first (ideal job) category if you see any of the jobs online, Connect to members working there who are within 1st and 2nd degree connections. The common ground can be found out by joining interest groups, if there is not any relationship. To learn more about the company we recommend messaging people and asking them on phone. You will be surprised to know many people are willing to help . How the conversation is going depending on that you can know that whether they are having any information on the posting, in the particular division know anyone can provide HR contact or the best thing is to submit your resume with a recommendation. At what you are surprised is the success of this strategy at getting your name out there and ultimately the interview and job.

Think strategically and take things one step further now. In past seven days I’ve had two Jobconcierge members thank me and tell me they each have received job offers. How they did it? It is not any miracle. The online job search took care by their Jobconcierge each week and found relevant jobs for them. They reached out and networked with people on LinkedIn for ideal level jobs. Their Jobconcierge filled out and submitted their applications for all the other jobs. Job searching is itself a full-time job. It means using your time in most efficient way and maximizing your results. 50 hours a month is spending by an average jobseeker online and getting nowhere. By classifying jobs you find online, starting a proactive job search, and reaching out to various connections on LinkedIn things can be taken one step further. How far you get might be surprised you.

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