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How to Get Employers Chasing You and Land the Job of Your Dreams

  • 29th July 2021
  • Investing in Women
  • 3 mins read
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Finding a job is a full-time job in itself. You’ve probably sent lots of applications with no feedback. How do you make your job hunt easier, develop a multi-funnel approach, and ensure that you are the ideal candidate? How do you package or sell yourself to employers and get them to chase you?

In this episode, Caroline Green joins us to explore how to get employers chasing you. Caroline is the founder of Talent Cycle and a career development expert who supports people in figuring out what they want in their careers and the practical skills to get employers chasing them.

In the LinkedIn Live session, Caroline shares steps to get employers chasing you, including building a fantastic brand, building your professional network on LinkedIn, accessing the hidden job market, and evidencing your amazingness through your CV. Caroline shares tips for selling yourself to employers, the best CV formats based on your experience, tailoring your CV and having an ATS-compliant CV.

Highlights From The Episode

[01:03] About Caroline Green

[03:48] How to get employers chasing you

[06:34] Working out an amazing brand

[11:37] Identifying what problem you solve for your potential employer

[13:51] Telling your employer how amazing you are

[15:14] Building a great LinkedIn profile

[19:48] Proactively using your LinkedIn profile to access hidden job markets

[23:37] Evidencing your amazingness

[24:13] Different CV Styles

[29:05] Building an ATS-compliant CV

[32:39] Tailoring your CV and taking out irrelevant things

[34:06] Backing up your argument on LinkedIn

[35:45] To connect with Caroline Green

[36:36] Importance of having cover letters

[38:56] How to sell yourself after a long career break

[40:33] How to enter a new industry if you have no experience

Notable Quotes

  • When you’re selling yourself, it’s not about you. It’s about them and how you can fit in and solve a problem for your audience.
  • Ensure your LinkedIn profile matches your CV regarding your jobs and the dates you did those jobs. Don’t just copy and paste your CV into your LinkedIn profile.
  • When we want employers to chase us, we’re not just going to sit there passively. We’re not only going to do a lovely profile that people know or may not see. We have to go out there and proactively use LinkedIn.
  • Every sector has its own language, and half of your battle with an employer is learning that sector’s language.
  • CVs are not there to be pretty. They are there to sell you for a particular role.

Resources

To connect with Caroline Green and find out more about her services:

LinkedIn

Website

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