Seven Rules for Posting Your Resume on Job Sites

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Seven Rules for Posting Your Resume on Job Sites - Shoul I post my resume on job boards? Posting resumes to job boards is has gained its popularity in recent times. Here are SEVEN rules for posting your resume on job boards effectively. These rules will help you in getting best results from boards, and avoid some of the common mistakes.

RULE 1: Post on few select job boards

There are hundreds of job boards where job-seekers can post resumes. But before you post your resume, decide on which job boards will be best for your job search. The job boards are mainly of three types -

(a). Large Job Boards (Like Monster)

(b). Geographic - like “New Jersey Jobs”

(c). Industry specific like Dice.

Select the right job board according to your target job.

RULE 2: Fill the profile form provided by job boards correctly and completely

This is important for your CV being thrown up while searching on specific fields e.g. 'education', 'key skills'. Here are some of the fields you must give your attention:-

RESUME HEADING

Giving a proper heading will increase your chances by multifold. For example if you are looking for a job as "Technical Architect" appropriate title will be "Technical Architect" rather than "Experience software professional having 8 years of experience"

SKILLS

Try to be specific in specifying the skills, especially regarding software skills, and use the skill section to list keywords associated with your background and experience. If you are not in software mention the skills you have in your field.

For example a Sales persons can mentions - 'Key Account Management", Direct Sales, Channel sales. Similarly a Finance person can mention - Capital Budgeting, etc.

SALARY

Give the correct figure in appropriate currency

LOCATION

Give location preferences correctly

CONTACT DETAILS

Give complete contact details - phones (home, mobile, work), fax, e-mail, mailing address. This will increase your chances of getting contacted faster. Also make sure your reply promptly if contacted by any of the means above.

RULE 3: Use the right keywords (as you want recruiters to see) in all fields

Recruiters search on 'keywords' and selecting the right keywords will help in your CV being thrown up in search results. A good combination of keywords will help your CV being positioned at the top of list based on relevance.

While selecting keywords - think like a recruiter. Right keywords will increase the probability of your CV being short listed for right jobs. To identify the right keywords search for the job postings in which your are interested.

RULE 4: Do attach your formatted CV (if allowed by job board) apart from profile forms provided by job board

This helps in two ways. First while doing "full resume search" the probability of your resume getting selected is more (if you have used right key words in your resume. Second, it helps recruiters in quickly processing your CV if required.

RULE 5: Update regularly

Recruiters normally search for resumes which were freshly updated - showing that candidate is actively seeking job. Try updating your resume every month.

RULE 6: If you do not want your employer to see your resume use the "confidential" feature on job boards

While doing this make sure you also remove your contact details from resume attachment (formatted resume).

RULE 7: Do not submit your resume to every job board OR apply to every posting

The indiscriminate posting will result in you getting unwanted calls, which are not suitable to your profile. Be careful on which jobs you are applying to - read the Job description carefully before applying.

This will make sure that your resume is not floating freely in market and will also help recruiter in managing information.

Hopefully, this article will help you to get your dream job soon.