Position yourself to become the candidate that recruiter look for
Although employer is using social media to find the talent that they want, but they also use social media to weed out candidates. There are more than 50% of employer decide to reject the candidates based on their personal social profile. Therefore, what job seeker can do is to clean their personal social media page and make sure the page is tidy and neat and presented at its best to the employers.
Add the right details
Employers is going to pay attention to every information that they can access about you and they will judge your online photo before meeting you. So, let them see your best to maximize your success. Information that can be included like professional photo and link to your resume in your social media page will increase your probability to success in the interview.
Investigate employer’s page
Social media is an expansion playing field where it is necessary for you to narrow it down if you want to have the job that you great with. Other than that, it is important to recognizing the company in your industry that have major presence. This is because there are many small business suing social media to connect with other big player in the industry. Then you can use the chance to build up your own networks with them.
Get some endorsement
Endorsement is one of the important factor that decide whether you get the job or not. It will reflect your performance in your last company and what the last employer think about you. If the endorsement is nice and perfect, then it will greatly increase your chance to get the job you want. If you are fresh graduate or just work for a short time, you can try ask your previous colleague or customer to provide their comment about you.