Tips On How To Improve Your Job Hunting Quest

Are you a newbie seeking to land your first job or a seasoned worker looking for a new company to work with? We understand that job hunting can be a daunting task. Every day, millions of job seekers compete for finite positions. Therefore, you have to keep up with the latest trends, failure to which you lose a competitive edge against the others. In this post, we give you some tips on how to boost your competitiveness to enable you to land your dream job. 

Get Active Online

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Walk-in applicants have the upper hand over remote applicants because they get to see the HR staff and may even be interviewed right away. However, it is also advisable to be active online as that increases your chances of landing a job. 

If you are active online, potential employers just have to check your profile and your resume, so there is seamless communication between you and your future employer. You don’t have to waste your money, effort, and time going to companies with the hope of getting interviewed. Moreover, having an online professional account shows that you are tech-savvy, which works to your advantage. Some of these accounts include LinkedIn and UpWork among others. 

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Clean Up Your Online Reputation

You need to be very careful with what you do online, including in your personal social media accounts. Recruiters tend to go an extra mile and do some background check on you before they invite you for an interview. Therefore, it is important to have a good reputation online as it can make or break your career. 

If you want to clean your reputation, get the help of Google’ Brand Yourself, which enables you to clear all information that trails back to you to reinvent your online presence. It also enables you to control the number and type of links that pop up whenever someone searches your name in the Google engine.   

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Acquire new Skills

Having a bachelor’s degree is not enough for you to land a job with a good paycheck. You need to take more steps and achieve new skills and experience to become an asset not only to your present but also your future employer.

Trends keep changing, so you must be flexible and willing to change as well.  If you want to learn a new skill, there are online tutorials to help you. There are also various informative articles to update you about the current trends in your field. Therefore, the possibilities to expand your knowledge are endless.

[su_quote class=”cust-pagination”] “It is what you do with the free time which determines who you are.” — Jack Ma [/su_quote]

Work On Your Communication Skills

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Once you hone your technical skills, do not forget to work on your communication skills as well. No matter how great you are, you can always fail if you cannot communicate effectively. Since a harmonious relationship is needed for a company to survive, you should learn to relay your opinions to your workmates without hurting their feelings or ego. You also need to learn how to be a good listener to be able to welcome new ideas that may contribute an improved performance or productivity.