As a job tool, you just can’t beat the power of LinkedIn. With numerous ways to display your skills and core competencies, the site allows you to be found by hiring managers and recruiters, with little effort on your part.
However, using it incorrectly can actually reduce your chances of being hired. Here are 3 common pitfalls to avoid when setting up and using LinkedIn for a job search:
In reviewing resumes, I often come across terms that are overused and don’t provide a lot of value to your document. Here are some examples:
Great communication skills
This tends to be a throwaway term because few people even recognize (much less acknowledge) their poor communication skills. I always cringe a little when I see this included in a resume that also contains improper sentence structure or awkward verbiage. Generally, unless you’re applying for a position for which excellent communication skills are imperative, those abilities should shine through in the quality of your resume—without your having to spell them out.
Today I get to highlight the expertise of my good friend, Thom Singer. Thom is a career networking and personal branding expert living in Austin, Texas. Thom’s guest post today highlights the hard work and, to use Thom’s words, “tenacity” required for successful career networking.
Confidence is a tool you can use in your everyday life to do all kinds of cool stuff, not least to stop second-guessing yourself, manage your fears and become able to do more of the things that really matter to you. But not many people realise that their self-confidence works just like a muscle – it grows in response to the level of performance required of it. Either you use it or you lose it. That’s why I’ve given you 63 ways to grow your confidence so that you can become a giant.
We all know how draining the interview process can be. If you really want to kick butt and take names you better get your game face on. What does this mean? It doesn’t mean you should be a “face painter.”
“The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.” – Author Unknown
Author Byline: Joshua Waldman, CareerEnlightenment.net
Author Website: http://careerenlightenment.net/confidence/stressed-out-job-seekers
HOUSE: I love the cranky bastard.
During last year’s season finale of the TV show House, though, I learned something … and that is the absolute power our right brain has over our lives.
