Job Searching in the Web 2.0 Digital World
Regardless of your experience, industry or educational background the process of identifying and applying for your next career opportunity has seen immense change over the last 5 years.
We are now in the Web 2.0 era and fast approaching Web 3.0, where ‘Digital and Social Recruitment’ have become the recruitment tools of choice for employers and recruiters wanting to reduce ‘time to hire’, ‘cost of hire’ and ultimately to identify and acquire the very best talent to create and sustain competitive advantage.
Whilst it is now easy to make multiple online job applications, one of the most common frustrations experienced by job hunters is that their applications often disappear into a black hole, never to be seen or heard from ever again! From a job hunters perspective, digital recruitment can be a solitary and demoralising process.
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CooperHoward is an independent consultancy offering practical job search advice including insider “tips and tricks” from Recruitment and HR Advisors to help you cut through and overcome the obstacles faced by job hunters in the 21st century.
Having a well written CV in today’s competitive digital world is simply not enough. The key to any successful job search strategy is to understand the “Inner workings” of digital and social recruitment.
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Our simple, straightforward advice has been developed through years of experience working as HR and recruitment professionals and at times ‘job hunters’ across multiple sectors and at all levels within both the public and private sector.
We work with permanent and interim professionals and all levels of management through to ‘C’ suite across all industry sectors and disciplines.
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Recruitment Evolution
As new technologies emerge, digital recruitment evolves. More companies will harness the talent acquisition opportunities provided by social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, BranchOut, InTheDoor, LinkUp, Google.com/reader, Zoominfo, BeKnown and LinkedIn. New trends, methods and mobile applications will be adopted including video CV’s and on-line employee referral programmes. Organisations will continue to invest heavily in Employer Branding and Talent Community Building to ensure a steady pipeline of pre-qualified talent. It’s imperative that job hunters adapt and evolve at the same pace if they wish to secure the best opportunities. Empower, Engage, Succeed. Click here for some interesting social job searching facts from the States courtesy of Jobvite/MBAonline.com