How Can one Optimize Job Portal Profiles?

Job Portal Profiles Optimization Guide.

Firstly, ensure your professional job portal profiles on various job portals are complete and consistent with your resume. Imagine having something on your resume and something completely different on your profile and recruiter realizing this mismatch; the profile will be immediately trashed.

Deluge your profile with all related information so that recruiters while short-listing/hiring are aware of almost everything about your profile and nothing really comes to them as a surprise during the interview. Identify keywords / terminology what recruiters look for in resumes while hiring, and include those terms in yours.

Recruiters essentially search profiles using their industry-specific keywords. Include current and desired job location as recruiters often search on a job seekers location because they prefer local candidates. In case you are also specific about a particular location, indicate that in your profile and resume as it will help save time (yours and the recruiters) by not getting unnecessary calls from other locations.

Design the profile heading on the job portal appropriately as that is the first thing recruiters read while hunting for profiles online. Catchy and direct, giving all the information in a short and crisp manner is what will catch a recruiter s attention immediately. I am a fresher looking for a job with immediate joining is only wasting that precious space.

Recruiters are interested in skills, strengths, experience and so on. Keep your profile live by visiting and updating it regularly, recruiters repeatedly check on the last updated on status during online searches as it gives them an idea about interest levels and urgency of the candidate for a job change. Add a latest and professional photograph of yours on your profile as well as resume, while some recruiters feel that it s not essential, majority of them find it advantageous as they feel a photograph of candidate the profile or resume gives it an identity and a top of the mind recall while short-listing later.

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