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Standing out in the crowd is always a challenge in any industry. Similarly, there are thousands of recruitment agencies, job boards around and hence it is a much of a challenge to be on top of others. There are many start up recruitment service providers coming up each day. It is essential to be focused and to be in top among the client’s preference. Recruitment services need to attract right job providers, satisfy them in their recruitment needs as well as satisfy people who are looking out for jobs. Employers as well as prospective employees need to have confidence in the recruitment a...
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Employers look for passive and quality candidates. These candidates are usually not active on job boards or don’t respond to the any emails or calls by recruiters. Recruiters try to target them by posting ads in various media and also sending bulk mails. But these candidates don’t get attracted to any of these methods. Job postings most of the times are usually unsuccessful in targeting quality talent. Recruiters fail to understand why this happens. These candidates don’t look out for change if its not interesting to them. They only respond if the position and the profile is beneficial ...
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Resume SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is loading enough keywords in the resume so that it results in the search engine during the search given by the recruiters. One needs to highlight all the relevant keywords to get an attention from the recruiters. These are the few ways you can have resume SEO : Decide on Keywords : Make sure to use different keywords. Use all short forms, phrases, jargons which are your relevant skills. Person might search HR as either HR or Human resource. So keep in mind to insert both of these words. Similarly MS/Microsoft, TL/Team Lead/Tech Lead/Technical Lead. ...
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Visibility Establish your presence in sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut etc. Find out the relevant site for your target search. Join those sites. Bring enough traffic to your site. Provide all necessary feeds so that you can be searchable easily. This makes easier for people to reach you. Socialise Its very essential for a recruiter to get socialized. Participate in the discussions, conferences and recruitment events. Involve in the discussions, online groups, tweets etc. Increase your network and visibility. Share your thoughts, start new discussion threads and ask for opinio...
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As mentioned in the earlier blogs, most recruiters are adopting for creative method of recruiting. Facebook is one of such tools. It is necessary to understand how effectively we can use the features. One of the features is Facebook Events. There are more than 300 million users in Facebook and more than 3.5 million Facebook events created on each month. Most of the users login regularly and keep updating the status, add comments and check latest updates. Utilise this to advertise recruitment news. Create an event on Facebook. Provide details about the opportunity, your contact details so th...
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YouTube is no longer an entertainment site. It has now become the new age marketing and branding tool. The latest Web 2.0 recruitment helps the company toimage find the talent quickly with minimum cost and increases the brand reputation. Current generation is highly exposed to personal media like YouTube and reality television, and they expect the same from their employers. Companies using such effective tools are going to employ the right professionals.

Organisation needs to create its account on YouTube and get unique URL. 

Enter company description, related links, location and related information.

Customize by modifying the layouts to look more professional and gives a quick view in one shot.

Upload videos on campus tour, culture, employee interviews, a typical day at work etc. Here is an example, Microsoft Recruiting.

Keep uploading videos on current requirements. Here is an example.

How YouTube can be used for campus recruitment for schools?

Schools and universities can create their Youtube page to increase the visibility. This attracts companies, get a better feel about the institutions and to go further with their manpower requirements. Include campus tours, student, and alumni interviews, guest speakers and various events in this

YouTube for Job Seekers

YouTube is the best place to broadcast yourself. Lots of possibilities to get targeted audience if used properly. You can upload your brief video intro along with hands on briefings on your achievements, etc in a very affective way. If you are an Architect, you can probably showcase your models and things like that. A software professional can show his skills and a peek inside his logical abilities. A good video resume is highly effective. It needs to be short, precise, should showcase your abilities in the right way and your prospective Employer should easily value you as the right fit for the job requirement. You need to have good presentation skills to sell yourself. As you are filming yourself, you can try multiple times anyways.

Here is an example.

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VisualCV is a Web 2.0 site which allows you to maintain a complete picture of your profession, interest, resume, Jobs, charts, video, graphs, documents and many others. It is very simple to use, clean, uncluttered and easy to navigate. It helps you to stand out in the crowd and also has become a latest trend of job hunting. It allows the user for access control to his profile. It can be viewed and printed in PDF format. There are three primary users – Job seeker / Professionals, Employers and Recruiters, Students and Alumni to share information based on the university they attended which is free. VisualCV basic account is free for all the users.

How VisualCV helpful for Professionals?

Once the user registers, it allows you to customize your CV by editing the fields. It also allows you to import your details from LinkedIn and also linked with other professional networks. Complete the categories such as Portfolio, Objective, Work History, Education, Summary, Skills, Interests, Certifications, Clearances and Custom (user can create his own category). User can share his CV in many ways to friends and colleagues. Get Hired section helps to find job listing and to find jobs. VisualCV helps you to find a job, Stand out on job sites, networking, Socialize smarter, create your Web bio, Organize your Information and to blog better. It allows you to add sample work. It reinvents the resume by turning into a media-rich, career and portfolio management tool that user can securely share with others. The basic account is free which has features like building resume, audio,video and career portfolio, privacy settings and unique URL. User needs to upgrade to premium account to get addition features like access to other thousands of professionals, technical support, detailed activity information, customizable URL etc.

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How VisualCV helpful for Employers and Recruiters?

VisualCV increases the ability to find and hire most eligible candidate for employers. It reduces the time and cost in finding a talent. Employer can target both active and passive job seekers, post the active opportunities, managing candidates and also promote job listings on social networks. Employers must sign up for a Career Connection Account to get access to candidates, post opportunities and use other advanced features. This is free, but the employer needs to pay a fee based on the annual salary for the job when they fill a position through this site.

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Checklist for an Effective resume Writing
Posted by surfindiajobscom

Resume is the first channel to get you to interview. Resume gives the first impression on you. Review your resume before processing to any company. Attach covering letter while sending your profile to any company. Your resume can either be in MS Word format or PDF. Here are the few basic points which will help you in writing it effectively.

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Keep it short

Remember that there will be many who would have applied for a particular position and the hiring manager will have few seconds to validate your profile. Hence keep it short and effective. Don’t try to fit too many information and don’t try to sell too much. So avoid paragraphs. Make bullet points. Also tables are out!

Main points to be highlighted in the resume are:

Headline/Title

followed by your name, Email-id, Contact Number/Address/ URL of your website if any

Objective

Portray in a single line on your ability which can be beneficial to a company

Summary

Briefly mention about the your total experience, key skills and the domains you had worked.

Employment History

Details about the company, duration, position and the responsibilities carried out by you. Mention the details of current company followed by the previous ones (reverse chronological order).

Education details

Write them in a reverse chronological order and the details like university/school and year of pass out etc.

Accomplishments

Any recognition or rewards given by any of your employer

Personal Information(Optional)

You can mention your hobbies and interest.

Spell Check

Use simple language. It is very important to cross check your spelling and grammar are correct.

White Space

Use enough white spaces so that it looks neat and each category is easily identified. Also bullets must be aligned accordingly.

Font

Maintain the same font thought your resume. Keep headline and subtitles in Bold and little bigger font size than the remaining body. Font size should be medium and readable. Commonly used fonts are Times New Roman,Arial, Helvetica or Verdana. Colour should be black.

Use these effective methods of resume formatting. You will have a high chance to get the attention from hiring team!

Good luck!

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