Employer Friendly Social Media Presence

Employer Friendly Social Media Presence When searching for a job, first impressions really do count even digital ones. Applying for jobs in today’s employment marketplace doesn’t just mean sending out carefully written resumes and applications. Jobvite’s Social Recruiting Survey showed that a whopping 93% of managers will take a look at your social media profiles as a standard part of their recruitment decision-making process. And we’re not just talking LinkedIn here. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram they’re all fair game. Your social media presence is all part of your personal brand that you present to employers.   But before we all panic and delete our social media accounts, remember this is also a positive opportunity. Your social media presence shows your personality in a way your resume never could. Not to mention, many bosses are looking for candidates with at least a basic amount of social media savvy. All those hours chatting on Twitter might actually pay off! So, before you start sending out applications, take some time to give your social media an early spring clean by following these steps to build  an employer-friendly social media presence. Your future (super-successful) self will thank you for it. 1. Keep it Clean Sure, social media is a place to express yourself but also keep in mind that you’re effectively speaking in public. Avoid and delete inappropriate jokes, swearing, stories about binge drinking, rants about your current boss, potentially offensive opinions… you get the picture! 2. Keep Some Things to Yourself Decide whether you want to share all of your personal information online. For example, while Facebook gives you the option to share your marital status, this might be something you prefer employers not know. Same goes for your age, sexual orientation, whether or not you have children and so on. While its illegal for potential employers to ask or use this information as a deciding factor, some still do, at least subconsciously.   3. Update Your Employment Info Make sure that your employment and educational history on your social media profiles matches what you have on your resume. This means updating your profiles to include your current and recent employment. It’s worth doing so on all of your accounts to demonstrate consistency and to show how important your career is to you. 4. Review Your Privacy Settings Get to know your privacy options and adjust your settings to suit you. You don’t necessarily need to opt for the tightest privacy settings available if you dont want.   You’ll find options that allow you to keep some parts of your profile and posts for the eyes of friends only and even for specific friends only which can come in handy if any potential employers of colleagues send you an unexpected friend request. If you are pursuing certain sensitive careers, such as teaching, then your privacy settings need to be as tight as possible! 5. Be Enthusiastic About Your Industry Social media is a great place to share your passion about what you do. Save those moans about work stress or approaching deadlines for chats with your best friends and use your online profiles to share interesting content from your industry, as well as your own professional development wins. Posting positive comments about your team also helps boost your image as a positive team player. 6. Facebook Timeline Review â€" Switch It On! If you haven’t discovered Facebook Timeline Review already, it’s going to be your new best friend. Switch it on and you have the power to review and approve anything that somebody wants to post to your timeline. Gone are the days of embarrassing photos from the night before popping up on your timeline before you can do anything about it phew! And while you’re at it, go ahead and un-tag yourself from any previous photos of you that you wouldn’t want potential employers to see. 7. Connect with the Right People Following and interacting with the top influencers in your industry is a great way of showing your enthusiasm for your work. Being a member of professional networks and getting involved in forum chats relating to your profession is another good way of boosting your employer-friendly digital footprint â€" as well as building potentially useful relationships. But what if your professional networking starts to overlap with your personal accounts? Check out Facebook’s ‘Custom’ option in your privacy settings if you would like to create a list of your professional friends and restrict the posts they can see. 8. Edit Your Bio Spend some time editing your social media bios to present yourself in your best possible light. Showcase your skills, highlight your most interesting and relevant hobbies and aim to create a cohesive personal brand across all of your accounts. With some social media platforms, such as Twitter, you could even consider creating a professional account to complement your job-seeking efforts. The app makes it easy to switch back and forth right on your phone.   9. Choose the Right Profile Picture Love that profile picture where you’re dancing on the beach with a cocktail on your hand? Sorry, it’s got to go. Choose a profile pic that is friendly and approachable but professional at the same time. You dont have to go overboard and use a stiff, formal photo of you in your best work suit, just leave the boozy beach shots for your private photo albums. 10. Google Yourself The easiest way of reviewing your digital footprint is to Google yourself. This is exactly what potential employers will do and it gives you a great overview of your online presence. Still got an old idle MySpace account? Delete it. Inappropriate photos of you showing up on a friend’s blog? Ask them to remove them. 11. Make Your English Teacher Proud No, grammar may not be sexy  but it matters. Forget about spelling and grammar and future employers might question your ability to do the job, so give your posts a quick proofread to make sure they reflect your dazzling communication skills. Is your social media presence helping or hurting your job search? Even if youre not looking for a new job, nows the time to start making sure your profiles reflect how you want to be seen professionally. Take these 11 steps to improve your presence today. About the author: Nicola is a social media consultant and content creator, working with SMEs such as Traveling Vineyard and Focus Clinics. She spends her days working to a tight but productive schedule in order to stave off the cabin fever induced madness of working from home. 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Is LinkedIn Resume Writing Service Good?

Is LinkedIn Resume Writing Service Good?A LinkedIn resume writing service is used by many people in the professional world to help them create a professional looking resume. It has become more important to be known in today's business world as it is one of the best sites to find professional jobs and information. The money is being made on the World Wide Web, which means that any time anyone wants to be found, they need to be seen to be found.The skills you can use with a good resume writer are to be able to write clearly, to be able to use a variety of formats, and to have an organized list of contacts. When you hire a professional to write your resume, you can't expect them to be able to create a professional sounding resume. They may get the basics right but not the style. This is why you will want to check into some reviews to see what other people have to say about different professionals before you go out and make a decision on the person to hire.Many people like to hire a resu me writer because they can have their resume written for free. You simply need to let them know exactly what type of resume you are looking for, how many pages you want, and what you are looking for in the resume. This is because many of these people will ask you questions to give you a sense of what the job is all about. The easiest way to go about this is to use the Internet.Many people who are looking for resume writing help will check out several places using the search engines. What they find is a few different places that will give you relevant details about a specific company. There are also some people who will use the social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter to find information about the type of services that are available.One thing to consider is that if you don't like the answers you get from a particular company, then the next company might not be the right choice for you. People are not going to like working for someone who doesn't give them an hon est answer about their company. Also, you may want to look at other forms of compensation, since people have different needs when they are seeking a career. Some people prefer long-term contracts, while others like the freedom of being able to choose the person they want to work for.Another thing to keep in mind is that in most cases, people who use a resume writing service, have already been in the professional world. If you are searching for a resume writer, you will probably need to submit a cover letter along with the resume. These are things that you want to do before you hire the person.Professional companies are a good way to stay ahead of the game. If you know what you are looking for and are willing to put in the work, then you will find that it is worth the effort. The goal is to find a company that will offer you a professional looking resume and cover letter.

Walmart Robot Janitors, Scanner, Vacuums Threaten Workers

Walmart Robot Janitors, Scanner, Vacuums Threaten Workers Greeters may be a thing of the past at Walmart â€" but there will be a lot more metallic help around the stores this year. Soon, 1,500 autonomous floor cleaners, 1,200 truck unloaders, 900 in-store pick-up towers, and 300 shelf scanners will be deployed across hundreds Walmart stores around the country as the company aims to cut labor costs and repurpose some associate-level positions to focus more on sales and customer service. But the implementation of these autonomous bots could lead to fewer hours for current employees â€" a problem the company hopes to skirt with employee attrition or reassignments. Workers are worried the bots will lead to shortened hours, fewer jobs, and further staffing shortages, according to employees and Organization United for Respect (OUR) at Walmart, a labor group that advocates for these retail employees. “This is one of a series of many decisions that [Walmart has] been making over the years to reduce the amount of humans and amount of staff that are working in the store,” says Andrea Dehlendorf, co-director of OUR Walmart. “And [it’s] dramatically increased the workload of people who are still working.” “Not one person I’ve spoken with says it’s going to make our jobs easier,” she adds. Walmart is the largest private employer in the country, with around 4,600 stores and 2.2 million associates. The massive retailer has a history of heavily criticized labor practices, including low wages, union-busting, limiting sick day policies, and an increasing number of part-time employees. Now, workers believe this investment in automation may exacerbate these issues for lower paid employees. “It’s the nature of the beast from what we’ve been experiencing for the last two decades,” says Arthur Wheaton, director of Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs at the Worker Institute at Cornell University. “The lowest paid, lowest skilled, and the most at-risk employees in the most precarious jobs are the ones replaced first by technology â€" not necessarily the CEOs or the people doing the programming.” Courtesy of Walmart The role of automation, however, is tricky. Walmart advertises the robots as tools to take care of menial tasks, like mopping the floors and scanning shelves to take track of inventory on the sales floor. Workers can instead invest their time in serving customers and making sales â€" a critical aspect of the in-store, brick-and-mortar experience, and perhaps a more fulfilling job overall, the company says. “The idea is that by leaning into the future, associates will be able to have more satisfying jobs as retail continues to change,” says a press release from the company this week. That’s not something workers are “philosophically opposed” to, says Dehlendorf, of OUR Walmart. It depends on how these robots are implemented, maintained, and managed, in relation to employees. Walmart’s minimum wage is currently $11 â€" an amount that has been contended with competitors like Amazon and Target, who have raised theirs to $15 and $13 an hour, respectively, in recent months. The use of automated technology could now be effective in bettering retention rates â€" but keeping wages low. “Do you increase wages to adequately fill positions? Or do we find technology to fill in low-skill or low-desirable positions and use our limited resources in other areas?” says Wheaton, of Cornell University. “It’s usually the people who desperately need the job who have lower wages and limited options,” he adds. Robot Hiccups Walmart has been experimenting with some of these new robots in stores over the last year or so before implementing them more widely. While Walmart has repurposed the tasks of a number of employees already, the automated technology doesn’t always work. When WiFi is finicky, the shelf-scanners struggle, some workers say. Or the pickup tower â€" an automated station customers can visit to pick up online orders â€" can have technical issues. To be sure, hiccups like these are to be expected. But workers and advocates worry that, in the long term, the technology that led to a smaller staff in the first place could malfunction and require staff members to step in and do work outside of their reduced roles to make up for it. “People are pretty nervous about jobs. I’m worried I might have to look for unemployment down the road,” says Kristi Branstetter, a sales associate at a Blue Springs, Mo., Walmart and organizer with OUR Walmart who says her store has high turnover and is short staffed. “It’s almost like the company doesn’t want human workers like me.” Branstetter’s not alone. About 66% of all retail employees believe at least some aspect of their job will be replaced by automation, according to a recent study from several labor groups, including OUR Walmart. That reflects predictions from organizations like the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, a consulting firm, that anticipate a high percentage of retail store jobs will be replaced by automation, as well as more than half of day-to-day task of these retail workers. Walmart views the use of automation as a potential recruitment and retention tactic. Without tasks like mopping floors or scanning shelves, an associate job could be seen as more desirable. “The tasks being automated are generally things that we struggle to find, hire, and retain associates to do,” says Ragan Dickens, director of corporate communications at Walmart, in an email. “As we’ve started changing the job to take out some of that routine work, it’s becoming easier to find people to do those jobs.” Dehlendorf, of OUR Walmart, calls these changes “meaningless” without “compensating the jobs with enough take-home pay that people can live on, schedules people can hold to allow them to be with their families, and full-time positions with benefits.” The organization has long pushed for Walmart to adopt new policies surrounding these issues. “Yes, our payroll is a big expense, but when you’re a customer, you really need to have that human interaction,” says Branstetter, the sales associate. “People come in for that interaction, whether it be positive or negative. I always try to make it a positive one.” This story has been updated.

5 Simple Career Management Tips You Should Follow - Work It Daily

5 Simple Career Management Tips You Should Follow - Work It Daily There are a few standard career management tips I recommend to every professional regardless of position, industry, experience level, or future ambitions. These things are super easy to do and they help ensure you’re taking at least a minimally active role in your professional development. Related: Preparing For A Career Discussion With Your Manager No matter how busy you are, there’s just no excuse to ignore these tips. Get started NOW. 1. Keep Your Resume Up-To-Date You never know when opportunity will knock. Even if you aren’t actively job searching, your resume should always be ready to go so you don’t get stuck making last minute updates. Your resume is one of the most important documents you have to offer so you don’t want to rush it or ignore it for years on end. If you haven’t looked at it since starting your current job, pull it out, brush off the dust, and add the relevant information. If you’re not extremely proud of it, keep working. Your resume is no place to slack off. Nowâ€"while you’re not in a panic searching for a new jobâ€"is a great time to work on it. You never know when the perfect position will open up and you’ll want to jump on it immediately. If you’ve been proactive about keeping your resume updated, you’ll be ready to pounce. 2. Join A Professional Association Associations are one of the most powerful career tools available and yet, too many people disregard them. Find out what’s available for professionals who share your role or work in your same industry. Join the group and attend the meetings regularly. Most offer valuable continuing education opportunities as well as the chance to meet and mingle with some of the top professionals in your field. I also suggest volunteering to serve on the leadership board if your schedule allows it. Through active participation you’ll get to know your fellow members and make a name for yourself. Remember that these are your people. Together you can share experiences, establish best practices and even explore new opportunities. Associations look great on your resume and are helpful networks to tap when job searching, but don’t wait until you need the support. Get involved right away and start building those relationships. 3. Get A Mentor A professional mentor can help guide you through your career by sharing his or her experiences and offering practical advice. Find a professional in your field whose career you’d like to emulate. It doesn’t have to be someone who does the exact job you’d like to do in the future. Instead, focus on finding a person who demonstrates the character traits you’d like to hone in yourself. It should be someone you respect and want to learn from. Ask the person if he or she would be willing to engage in a professional mentorship relationship with you. Define exactly what the means to you and how you’d like the relationship to work. For example, you could suggest doing a lunchtime meeting once a month to discuss specific issues you’re dealing with or goals you’re working on. Additionally, you might want to make time for two phone calls during the month for quick check-ins and progress updates. Keep in mind that everyone wants to know “what’s in it for me” and, for most mentors, this is an opportunity to share their hard-earned wisdom. Make it clear why you chose this person and that you’re very eager to listen and learn. If the person is unable or unwilling to commit to helping you, move on. A mentorship relationship is a two-way street. You need someone who sees your value and wants to help you grow and succeed. 4. Become A Mentor Regardless of where you are in your career, there is someone who can benefit from your knowledge. Find that person and take him or her under your wing. Being a mentor is a wonderful opportunity to learn while you teach. You can share your advice and help someone else grow while, at the same time, expanding your own leadership capabilities. Plus, it feels good. Approach the mentorship relationship in the same way described above. Make your proposal clear and be upfront about what is involved. Let the person know what you see in them and what you have to offer. It’s important to find the right person who really understands the benefits of mentorship and wants to learn from you. But once you start looking, you’ll probably find several potential candidates. 5. Keep A Win List As you progress through your career, keep a running list of your accomplishments. These can be any size at all so don’t be stingy. Even small victories should be recorded. If possible, keep back-up evidence in a file as well. For example, if you receive a nice letter from a client complimenting your service, make a copy for your records. This is the kind of thing that can help keep you motivated in the future when you’re feeling down. This list is also a great tool to pull out during performance reviews and job interviews. You can reference specific endeavors and projects you successfully completed, and you can offer details on how your work impacted the business. Plus, while you’re updating your resume, you can look at the list to get inspiration for the accomplishments you want to highlight. This helps make your resume more powerful and demonstrative of your capabilities. This post was originally published at an earlier date. Related Posts Career Management: Top 10 Career Limiting Moves Career Management: Are YOU Lazy? Career Management: 8 Tips For Disagreeing With The Boss   Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!

The No. 1 Way to Recruit and Retain Women That Most Employers Overlook

The No. 1 Way to Recruit and Retain Women That Most Employers Overlook Most employers today will tell you they believe in advancing gender equality, but that doesnt necessarily mean theyre taking the right steps let alone any steps to achieve parity. Some have a hard time prioritizing long term goals in the face of what feels like more pressing hiring needs, some might fail to understand or recognize the business case for gender diversity, and some even the best-intentioned employers simply cant figure out how to effectively recruit and retain more women.The missing link for many of these companies is simple storytelling. Why Storytelling in Recruitment Marketing Will Achieve Gender Equality at Work, a new ebook co-authored by Fairygodboss and Stories Incorporated, takes a deep dive into why stories are crucial to recruiters success and how talent acquisition teams can easily pull from accessible resources to produce narratives that will appeal to female talent.In the ebook, you ll learnWhy stories and storytelling are so important for creating a more human and personalized recruiting process throughout the entire candidate journey.What women in the workforce are truly looking for in their next role and how to best highlight company benefits to better share those benefits with women on the job hunt.Why companies should highlight womens stories, and give a voice to groups who are underrepresented in the media and beyond.As the authors write, recruitment marketers and employer branding professionals are in the unique position of having a treasure trove of story content at their fingertips the experiences of their fellow employees.Candidates are three times more likely to trust company employees than the company itselfto provide credible information on what its like to work there.In fact, in one recent survey where participants were asked the question Which spokesperson is fruchtwein credible for a brand?, 59% percent of people responded, A person like yoursel f.Thus, if companies want to recruit more women, the most effective way for them to do so is by highlighting the women already working there through storytelling.To learn more about storytelling as a means of recruiting women and advancing gender equality in your workplace, access the full ebook (for free) hereWhy Storytelling in Recruitment Marketing Will Achieve Gender Equality at Work.

Definitions of How to List Freelance Writing on Resume

Definitions of How to List Freelance Writing on Resume Actually, if youre a freelancer, you might not require a resume in any respect, as you will be self-employed and searching for clients, not jobs. Today, youll find freelancers in practically any business. The thing to consider is that sometimes clients hire freelancers since they dont understand how to do what you do. In bigger companies, freelancers (often known as independent consultants) are often asked to supply resumes. Nevertheless, the part of the freelance jobs is ambivalent because of an uncertain attitude of unique employers. Dont neglect to include things like any award or accolades and should you are in possession of an expert blog, ensure that the recruiter knows about it You could potentially lose work that wouldve been perfect for you, and it is not exactly simple to locate a job in the very first spot. You might have to prepare a skill-based resume for each individual job youre targeting. The Key to Su ccessful How to List Freelance Writing on Resume Freelancing provides the perfect respite, if youre one of many who is running the success-race in Freelance resume writing. Dont be concerned if youve got an entry-level Freelance Writer resume. It can be difficult to fit an independent career into a traditional resume structure. Freelance jobs are getting mora and more popular, therefore we made a decision to describe how to add them to your resume and to benefit if youve experienced employment gaps. How to List Freelance Writing on Resume - the Conspiracy On-line writing is not the same ballgame. In an identical way as selling yourself, if youre planning to be a writer for some company, then place in skills that you believe can help you get the job instead of just place everything youre good at. Unfortunately, the term freelance in the industry world may have a slightly negative meaning. Above all, it has to be a simple read. If youre asking for work thats a stretch, you have to do extra work. Still others wish to benefit from the benefits many company workers enjoy benefits which are rarely readily available to freelance workers. If you are searching for work through third parties, including agencies or independent menschlich resource managers, they can request your CV to find you the most effective fitting choices. If youre returning to the conventional office work, your resume remains the basis of the search for traditional employment. Sadly, freelancer sometimes includes an unfavorable connotation. As an expert freelancer, you probably have an on-line portfolio or website you can share in your resume. As a freelancer, you can believe you dont require a freelance resume. Even should you not use your freelance resume for each possible client, its still far better to be well prepared and have one ready, in the event you require it. Its better to include published work, but inexperienced writers may consist of work thats unpublished. Acti ve folks usually become involved in different kinds of freelance work.

A Guide to Construction Project Manager Resume

A Guide to Construction Project Manager Resume In addition, you can look for product manager jobs on Monster. Project Managers should know a number of topics, including information technology, advertising, and construction, based on the facts of their undertaking. Construction Managers are critical to the total success of a construction undertaking. What to put in your project list Beyond the fundamental details (project title, client, distributionspolitik, value) include more information to inform the entire story of that initiative. Its quite possible that you will be tempted to having the project done for a determined fee. Once in an organization or at the degree of construction manager, there are lots of diverse avenues you may take. There are lots of avenues a construction manager may take to attain his job title. Service oriented and extremely self-motivated team player. A Diploma Supplement is going to be accepted in place of an award certificate and transcript if i t includes all the needed info. If youre looking for Construction Project Manager Resume Template youve come to the proper location. The Death of Construction Project Manager Resume Teams have to work out whos doing what. Our team consists of qualified construction managers, who have extensive knowledge in the area of ICI construction and project administration. It is possible to then go ahead in the event that you satisfy the demands of the building project manager job to generate a great objective statement for your resume by highlighting the big qualities that you possess. Concentrate on the result and tell the listener what will occur. Larger sttte means more responsibility and same is true with senior project administration. The End of Construction Project Manager Resume If your business is considering doing SEO in-house, there are a few crucial questions which you should address before you proceed. If you wish to work in a construction firm, you have to find resumes be forehand. Prepare For Frequent Communication Once you have selected a candidate, prepare for frequent conversations utilizing the handiest means. At the exact top of your resume, below your name and address, you wish to include either a career objective if youre an entry-level or mid-level candidate, or the expert summary if youre a more experienced, veteran candidate. Thus, it may boil down to some additional qualification or the excess ounce of knowledge that might develop into the parameter for recruitment. The course was made to demonstrate a candidates capacity to take on more responsibility and serves to boost their profile in the business. When listing your education you should incorporate all appropriate information for every one of the qualifications listed. Therefore do consider all the advantages and disadvantages carefully before accepting the place of an accounting project manager. There are quite a lot of columns and sections where its possible for you to incorpo rate various facts about yourself. If youve got an extensive project list, make an addendum page with your complete list to supply separately. Begin with a template which may be project management specific. Next ensure use of good resume keywords. Ruthless Construction Project Manager Resume Strategies Exploited A good suggestion is to appear more formal than the normal employee in that organization. It will probably be the very first point of contact between you and a possible employer. Once you locate the right resume that you could use, the next step is going to be to go through the work description and the requirements necessary for the post youre applying for. Bear in mind that employers might already have an awareness of job duties, particularly if theyre all in the exact same field, and instead wish to see something which impresses them and makes you stand out. The Construction Project Manager Resume Cover Up Project managers have plenty of wisdom and skills, but s howcasing that data in a resume isnt effortless. The qualification needs a secondary degree of education together with extensive experience working on construction projects. Check to make certain youre providing all of the info required and clearly define your skill sets with respect to application requirements. Dont start to your professional experience section, thats just for professionals Hence the capacity to resolve conflicts and manage strong personalities is important. There are several lower level employees that are required to perform the construction based diverse activities in various ways. Whether there are any delays or problems, the customer meets with the manager to work out a solution. The changes can be quite scary. Top Construction Project Manager Resume Choices Adding action verbs to your resume is a fantastic way to strengthen it and ensure it is more targeted to the position youre applying to. Winging its not a prosperous method. Image is important in practically every position you may be seeking to fill.