One often-neglected section of a LinkedIn profile is the summary (background) section. This is where you can enter a bunch of keywords that recruiters, customers, suppliers will use to search and find your profile. In spite of this, all too often people don’t even bother to fill either section in. Summary: Why should you fill…
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Employee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
Ever wonder why you don’t get called up for an interview? It could be that you are using a resume or CV based on a template. Your resume probably gets about 5-10 seconds before the person screening it decides to read on or chuck it in the bin. HR people, recruiters, and hiring managers see…
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8 Steps to Writing a Bio Like a Pro
A short professional bio has become increasingly important as most of us suffer from information fatigue and cannot be bothered to read lengthy documents about anybody. Experts such as Matthew Levy reckon your bio is the most important document you will ever write. A bio is useful for a host of reasons, such as applying…
Yes, the words ‘work’ and ‘Facebook’ do sound like a contradiction in terms; some offices have even banned Facebook for being the ultimate time waste application (back to Solitaire everyone). During the last few years, we have learned how one can easily get fired by using Facebook, all you have to do is update your…
Google Alerts is a fine tool provided free by Google for monitoring your online presence. It is very useful for anyone in to Personal Branding as you get alerts sent to you as soon as you are mentioned somewhere on the Internet. Other uses for Google Alerts would be to monitor news about your company,…