Use LinkedIn to do more research on
the hiring influencers at the companies and non-profits you want to reach.
Make sure you follow a few simple rules to ensure that you are dressed to impress
your hiring influencers at a job interview.
Not exact matches
Yes, you're going to feel panicky
at times, and you'll want to speed up the process by pushing
hiring influencers or by offering greater incentives to potential employers.
In these final days of 2015 when so many assume it is a quiet
hiring period, ramp up your activities to attract attention from executive recruiters and
influencers at your target companies.
Word of mouth is a major
influencer in the recruitment marketplace and if people have not been successful
at interview, they are more likely to say positive things about your business (and to other potential
hires) if they feel the recruitment process was reasonable and courteous.
An Applicant Tracking System, or
ATS, is the screening software used by recruiters and HR professionals to weed out resumes that don't match the jobs they're looking to fill: Can your resume pass this technology test and make it to a human
hiring influencer?
When a
hiring influencer such as a recruiter or HR manager receives a resume, it is scanned or uploaded into the
ATS and is evaluated by a parsing program.
Use a professional (or
at least a professional - looking) headshot, as this is the first visual impression you are making with many
hiring influencers.
Instead of emphasizing your personal STAR stories and your individual achievements,
hiring influencers are looking for leadership, team performance, and your effectiveness
at working closely in a group are the main focus.