Enhance your social presence to land a dream job
More and more companies are slashing their budgets on job advertising, instead deciding to divert their recruiting process onto the path of referral hiring and alumni networks. Top HR managers are turning inwards in order to recruit people. In other words, they are drawing on the existing employee’s social contacts to attract the most qualified prospects and to take job vacancy details to candidates.
What this essentially means is that your social network presence can help you get a dream job as it can help employers reach out to you. Apart from possessing the requisite qualification and merit, you must also have a strong social presence. The more extensive and solid your personal/ professional network is, the higher your chances of tapping these unadvertised job vacancies.
Do requisite groundwork
With the business environment still very much challenging and global economy on a gradual recovery path, the job market is yet to gather desired momentum. But there is no need to despair. Things are bound to change for the better, at some point of time. This is the transitory period in which a savvy job seeker must do the requisite groundwork and prepare the launch pad to propel your career. Instead of waiting for things to happen, you should try to make a mark into the social media sphere.
Reach out and actively connect to key people
It is extremely important to enhance your social networking by reaching out and actively connecting to people with whom you want to build a lasting professional relationship. If you don’t directly know the person, you may start off by opting to subscribe to their feed or asking a mutual contact for initial introduction. Remember, as in real life, online communication can arise from both direct and indirect means – a friend’s friend, a senior colleague, a neighbor’s boss, etc. You should look to tap all possible connections.
Check releases and announcements
Many companies host their career events and job openings on their LinkedIn/ Facebook Pages. Make it a point to connect to the official pages of domain-specific companies, which are significant from your career perspective. Once you establish your network, which takes time, effort and persistence, you will start receiving good job openings in your news feed by default.