How to Find Hidden Jobs (v2.0)

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Japanese college students raise their fists at a job-hunting rally in Tokyo February 5, 2009. Some 3,000 students from business schools kicked off their efforts to job-hunt and held a morale-boosting rally.

SAME GOAL (Job)
SAME TIME (Recession)
+ SAME WAY (Tradition)
= SAME RESULT (no Job)

v2.0
How To Find Hidden Jobs
Presented by: Jim Stroud
You’re hired!

How do Recruiters find candidates?

Employee Referrals
Job Boards
Career Sites
College
Direct Sourcing

200 Companies surveyed across various industries.
Employee referrals are a LOT cheaper than hiring a search firm and typically employees know who would be a good fit for the company.
This is why networking is important!
Direct Sourcing is not the biggest source of hires, but it gets a lot of attention. Why? (I’ll explain in a moment.)

Job Boards Cost money

Comparison Chart of big boards and what companies pay
* Data courtesy of DirectEmployers. org

Would I find your resume in a Google search?
This is where direct sourcing comes in

Tip #1: Post your resume online
* Posting to a job board is not enough
* 4 Million reasons why you should be posting your resume online
* It’s the gift that keeps on giving
Umm… For example…

Posted this in 2002
www.jimstroud.com/resume.htm

Number One Search Result!
5.3.2010
* Not interested, but I can refer others who may be a fit.

Hmm… What catches your attention more? A video thumbnail or another link?

Where are the online jobs?

Job Board Traffic Skyrocketed
Everybody is going to the major job boards for jobs! Good start, but not a good finish…

Pop Quiz
How many job boards are there online?
Right answer = special prize

“Use WEDDLE's Guides to find the best of the 100,000+ employment-related sites on the Internet.”
www.weddles.com

Tip #2: Search all the Job Boards
* Searching 100,000+ job boards is easy
* All online jobs are not on job boards
* Automate when possible

http://tinyurl.com/googlejobsearches

http://www.google.com/alerts

Quote: More jobs on company career sites than on Monster
http://tinyurl.com/careersections

Search Career Sections from one page

Are you on Twitter?
Do you know what Twitter is?

Tip #3: Get on Twitter
* Find jobs in real-time
* Connect with hundreds of Recruiters

“I need to hire”
“I need to interview”
“send me your resume”
“My company needs”
“anybody know a”

* 8,000+ Recruiters on Twitter

http://profiles.google.com/jimstroud

Tip #4: Get a Google Profile
* Google has Facebook envy
* Another free resource for recruiters
* Potential SEO love

Information overload?
Time for Q & A

Bonus Material

www.linkedin.com/skills

www.slideshare.net

youtube.com/jimstroud

I must speak with Jim Stroud
Let’s network:
www.JimStroud.com
jimstroud@jimstroud.com
404-939-5752

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How to Find Hidden Jobs (v2.0)

by Jim Stroud on Apr 07, 2011

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