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Great, you just graduated from a university with a bachelor’s degree and full of hopes for getting your dream job. You prepared everything from sending a good cover letter to constructing a proper resumé. If you got hired, brilliant! If not, its time for you to develop a professional online profile. Sorry to bore you with statistics but 73% of recruiters have hired a candidate through social media with LinkedIn being the highest one at 79%. Continue reading →

“Every time you post something online, you have a choice.You can either make it something that adds to the happiness levels in the world — or you can make it something that takes away." - Zoe Sugg Picture source from lifehacker.com Question: Discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed. Continue reading →

(Source: Everest) With Globalization, unemployment rate is shooting sky-high. Having a degree now is a minimum requirement! So how do we stand out? Reflecting back to topic 1, we mentioned that we are growing more like Digital “Residents”. Continue reading →

Imagine yourself as a recruiter. You have received hundreds of document-based resumes. A video like this comes your way. (Video Source: Mark Leruste, Youtube) Would you shortlist Mark Leruste? I would. Reason being this short yet communicative video entertained and convinced me of his creativity and wit. Leruste’s clever display of his Facebook, Twitter and blog links in his video feeds social recruiters quick information, proving transparency towards his potential employers. Continue reading →

In this digital age, it is really important for job seekers to evolve. Creating your own personal brand and telling your own story in the best way is very important and can help you stand out amongst the crowd! Here’s how: 1. Strategy Strategy outlines being purposeful in all your engagements and builds on your professional online identity. This helps to define your professional attributes and expertise to employers, organisations and the marketplace in the best way. Continue reading →

An online professional profile is a way of self-promotion and personal branding. It is also part of our sales and marketing toolkit. What is self-promotion? The web define self-promotion as: To publicize oneself in today’s digital age, the old fashion referral and interview is just not effective enough. We need to use the Internet to reach out to people and get noticed. Social networking platform allow us the chance to market our personal brand and reach out to managers. Continue reading →

With the digital world evolving, many people across the globe is relying heavily on the use of social media platforms, even I have to admit that I’m a culprit too. Due to this, the use of the web has definitely break through the traditional methods of looking for a job through newspapers or advertisements. Continue reading →

Q: Discuss the ways in which an authentic online professional profile can be developed Source Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. What first comes to your mind when you think of her? Definitely trendsetter, don’t forget perseverance, self-motivation, creativity and independence. This is the branding she has given herself. [1] And that is what we need to do – brand ourselves professionally online. Continue reading →

Developing an authentic online professional profile it’s like doing personal branding online. Creating a professional online identity (links back to Topic 2) instead of multiple identities to market yourself as a brand. Continue reading →

Getting a job now in this era isn’t all about your background, education or work experiences. According to a Social Recruiting Survey, 73% of the companies are hiring through social media and 55% of the companies has reconsidered candidates based on their social media profile. If you are interested in learning how to attract recruiters here is Creating your Authentic Online Professional Profile 101 Step 1: Being honest To have an authentic profile, you need to be truthful and genuine. Continue reading →