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WEB PROFILE for business and social networking sites such as Viadeo, Xing and Linkedin |
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also suitable for "Personal Statements" required for many job application forms |
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Many recruiters now regularly monitor business network web sites as a reliable source of candidates for their vacancies and many will check your on line profile when you apply for a job via other routes. Your on line profile needs careful construction and careful management. LinkedIn has around 50 million members, Xing over 100 million, and the total is extimated at over 1 Billion people, so its a large pool in which to fish. Sites include e.g.Viadeo, Ecademy, cmypitch, fastpitch, perfectbusiness, networkingforprofessionals, plaxo, upspring, jasezone, .biznik and several more. Its not a media from which the serious job seeker can afford to be absent.
Those viewing your profile largely depends on the extent of the networks in which you are a member, but the profile describing you is key to receiving the call or email about a job opportunity. It needs to be written with the same level of professionalism as your CV and application letters but it needs to be structured for the web and to create instant appeal for the level of job you seek with your skill set, experience and style very clearly defined in very few words - and keywords are crucially important.
If you want to widen your job search, perhaps internationally and improve your on-line visibility and stature, then investing in a professionally written profile by one of the experienced consultants at PerfectCVs is likely to prove a shrewd move.
If you are not a member of business network or social network sites, we would encourage you to join and if you are looking for some impartial advice on this topic call Angela at our Customer Support Team on #44 (0) 1344 752757 or contact her via the on-line form on our Contact page. She has extensive knowledge of using these sites as part of a job search and will be pleased to help.
We would also urge you to consider creating a Personal mini Web Site to supplement (and linked to) a Web Profile or to stand alone. These are not simply "on line CVs" and are no substitute for a profesionally constructed conventional CV. Personal web sites present a complete picture because the summary of skills, experience, employment history, achievements, style, etc can be fully described on separate pages allowing the reader to select what they need to see without compromising the key "hire me because" statements. Further, Personal Web Sites have been shown to create a considerably stronger impression on the recruiter because design, pictures and colour form part of the communication that words on paper or screen cannot achieve.
Personal Web Sites are ideal when examples of e.g. graphic work need to be displayed to a potential recruiter or for consultants and interim managers that need to validate their skills in case studies of work undertaken. Most recruiters are now scanning the business and social network sites for suitable candidates for their vacancies; a candidate that offers a complete picture by a simple click through is far more likely to get the interview invitation.
Perfect CVs can offer construction and hosting of Personal Mini web sites, click the button for more information 