LinkedIn profiles are great, but recruiters usually want to see a resume. Make it easy for them by including your resume in your LinkedIn profile. To add your resume, select the edit profile link, and there will be a section to add applications. Select the Box.net application. This application allows you to upload a Word [...]
August 7th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 1 comment | ContinuedOther Recent Articles
What are your LinkedIn Contact Settings?
Do you know what your LinkedIn Contact settings are? If you don’t have them set correctly, recruiters are not supposed to contact you about job opportunities. Your LinkedIn profile is like your resume; it is a living document. Keep it current! If you are open to job opportunities, MAKE SURE the Career Opportunities box is checked [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Join our LinkedIn Group
Get to know the Hire Austin members through our LinkedIn Group! Join the Hire Austin group today!
July 27th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Follow us on Twitter
Keep up with the latest news by following us on twitter: www.twitter.com/hireaustin
July 27th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Why do you want to work for us?
A common question asked by recruiters in an initial phone screen is “Why do you want to work at company X?”. It is a valid question and shows what the candidate knows about the company and the position. Guess what answer we have heard WAY TOO MUCH? Many candidates have been answering this question with [...]
July 21st, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Keep your information in sync
Some of you may be doing some major modifications to your resume to fit a job you are applying for. Be careful when you do this because savvy recruiters will look at your LinkedIn profile and if there are major inconsistencies between your resume and your profile, they might move on to the next candidate.
July 14th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Your email address – does it help or hinder you?
Your email address is one of the many ways you brand yourself. It is fine to have an address that reflects your personality or hobbies, but please don’t use this on your resume or any professional correspondence. Yesterday, as I was looking at someone’s resume on Monster, their email address was so unprofessional, I did not [...]
June 25th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Use your full name when you register
When you create your login – try to use your full name as your userid. This will help people get to know you when you post. It will also help us get to know each other on our LinkedIn Hire Austin group.
May 19th, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
We need a logo!
Any of you talented graphic designers want to donate your services and create us a new logo? Email me if you are interested. terri at hireaustin.org
May 3rd, 2009 | Terri Bishop | 0 comments | Continued
Thank you to Paul Menard of CodeHooligans
I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to Paul Menard for doing the customization of this site for us. Paul is great to work with and really knows his WordPress stuff. I would recommend him for any WordPress projects you need help with. Check out his website www.codehooligans.com for contact info.
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