This is a presentation designed by the team at www.zigo.co.za for a Career Expo a few months ago. The presentation was aimed at young people who may be faced with writing their CV for the first time and looking for employment online. www.zigo.co.za is an aggregrator where candidates can apply to jobs on a single platform.

1. AWESOME CV & LINKEDIN 101B Y V U Y O S E R I P E & L E R ATO R A P E T S OA
Brought to you by
Executive Placements

2. ABOUT US
• Zigo.co.za was first launched a year ago and is part of the zigo.com Group.
• Zigo.co.za is fast becoming South Africa’s leading Job’s aggregator and gaining an
international reputation with recruiters and candidates
• The company was established 5 years ago and is ranked amongst South Africa’s top
5 recruitment portal
• Lerato Rapetsoa is a Sales Executive who specialises in signing up recruitment
agencies to the website and trains people to use the site efficiently
• Vuyo Seripe is the Senior Writer who writes CVs and LinkedIn Profiles for people
all over the South Africa and the world. She has been a CV writer for past three
years and written over 1200 CVs for people in different industries; she has also
been a copywriter for the past 8 years

3. SIGNING UP TO OUR JOB PORTAL
• Zigo.co.za is a job portal where candidates upload their CVs and recruitment
agencies source candidates from our database of CVs
• Jobseekers can easily find jobs and apply to them through their personal account
• It is very important for both candidates and recruiters to use industry-specific
keywords
• When you upload your details on the website please make sure you use specific
keywords that would make it easy for recruiter to find your CV
• That means if you typing in your JOB TITLE with (current) means you need to state
what your JOB TITLE is at that moment
• It is imperative to update your profile/job advert frequently so that your
advert/job profile ranks higher in searches

4. HOW TO FIND US
Go to www.zigo.com
• Jobseekers go to Upload CV and add all
of your information
• Your CV is automatically available on our
sister sites, Job Placements and Executive
Placements (senior level candidates)
• We have two sister websites Executive
Placements that mainly caters for
Executive, Professional, Senior level staff
that earn more than R600k p/a. Executive
Placements shares their database with
another portal called JobPlacements that
caters for candidates that earn less than
R600k p/a

5. UPLOAD YOUR CV TO ZIGO.CO.ZA
• So if you upload your cv on ZIGO.CO.ZA you have a high possibility of being found
on either databases
• We have prestige recruitment agencies that hire from us but you need to know
exactly what to do for them to SPOT you faster that the next candidate

6. AWESOME CV 101
“You never get a second chance
to make a first impression.” -
Unknown

7. YOU HAVE 7 SECONDS
• The truth is: recruiters only spend a few seconds
on each CV
• 100s of people may apply to the same position,
so you need to think about how to stand out at
first glance
• The key is to get straight to the point; don’t beat
about the bush and stay away from fancy text,
unnecessary graphics and photos
• Tailor your CV to match your aspirations, be
clear about what it that you are good at, what
your skills are and what you are qualified in
because that’s what may get you in the door

8. FORMATTING, FONTS AND
LENGTH
• Your heading should be your name, where you
reside and your phone number
• Choose simple readable fonts; I recommend
Arial. Calibri, Times New Roman and TW Cen
MT are acceptable too
• Make sure your CV doesn’t have any borders,
unnecessary personal details and long job
descriptions – keep it simple.
• Your CV must be 1-2 pages, 3 at the most and
4 is ideal for highly qualified academics; at 5
pages, you’re bordering on a biography…

9. COVER LETTER
• This is your chance to make a great impression,
avoid repeating what’s already on your CV
• Make sure all your contact information is
available on the cover letter; either as a header
or as part of your signature
• Ensure that the opening greeting is brief and
direct
• State where you discovered job opening
• Include why you’re applying to the position
• Consider adding two or three targeted bullet
points for emphasis

10. LINKEDIN 101
• LinkedIn is gaining popularity in South Africa
and quite a few recruiters look to LinkedIn to
headhunt candidates
• LinkedIn is also a fantastic way to network with
other professionals
• Make sure you have a nice picture of you,
looking professional, a nice shirt doesn’t hurt
and you should smile!
• Tell people about you in 120 characters in your
headline
• Describe what drives you, what you’re good as
and what’s next in your career in the summary

11. LINKEDIN 101 CONTD.:
• Ensure that you list all your jobs you’ve held in
the past and what you have accomplished in
each position; if you have footage and photos;
add them
• Detail your education, include extra mural
activities if you’ve had any along with any other
accomplishments
• Don’t be scared to add your volunteering
experience along with the causes you’re
interested in
• In the skills and expertise section, list every skill
you possess and try to get former colleagues
and managers to endorse you for those skills
and even leave a recommendation for you

12. KEYWORDS IN YOUR
PROFILES
• The right keywords give your CV a better
chance of being passed on to the HR
• Analyse the job description (and also those for
similar roles) to identify particular qualifications,
skills, or types of experience
• Ensure you're covering all possibilities, include
synonyms, examples or variations of the same
word in both your CV and covering letter. For
example, if you're applying for a Java
programming role, you could include program,
programmer, and Java

13. THANK YOU