Shaping Ideal Careers

Transition & Job Search Strategy

Is your Facebook page scaring off employers?

Have you increased the privacy level on your Facebook settings? If you do, it not only protects you from harassment from some nasty virtual stalkers, but also spares you the silent grilling of employers who are now screening candidates by looking at their Facebook pages. A survey conducted by the online employment website CareerBuilder found…

An Ancient Secret For Job Search Victory

As a job seeker you want to get noticed and stand out from the crowd during your job search. To achieve this you need to do things differently. Nowadays almost everyone conducts their job search electronically. Job applications are made online or via email and a lot of networking is done online as well (using…

Frequently Change Your Profile On Job Boards, To Get More Attention From Recruiters

Just a few quick tips for profiles that you maintain on different job sites/boards: Many job board search algorithms give extra weight to updated profiles, so when recruiters search for candidates, your profile will appear higher in the search results Recruiters also filter their search to include only recently updated resumes, since they don’t want…

Is It A Good Idea To Follow Up After Making A Job Application?

There are two camps as far as post-application follow-up is concerned. 1). Do Follow-Up “Having hired 100′s of staff directly, I can’t tell you the number of times a call has made the big difference. A call to tell me just how interested you are in the post, and to show that you really want this…

Use Job Aggregators To Search All Jobs In Singapore At One Place

Instead of using individual job boards, it’s better to use a job aggregator to look for jobs in Singapore. These are the popular job sites in Singapore: JobsDB, JobsCentral, JobStreet, Monster, EFinancialCareers, ST701, JobsCyclone, StreetDirectory. Most people will use 2-3 of these boards to search for job openings. However, it is a waste of time to…

It’s Really A Numbers Game With Singapore Job Sites/Boards

With Singapore job board applications, it’s a numbers game and is easy to get lost in the crowd. People are often surprised when they submit 10-15 job applications and receive no response. When this happens they panic and think that something is wrong with them or their application. They also write off Singapore job sites…

To Find Jobs In Singapore, The First Step Is To FOCUS

Don’t use the carpet-bombing approach, of trying to apply for any and every possible job in Singapore, thinking that something will come through. This approach takes more time and doesn’t provide good results. Quality is definitely better than quantity and therefore you need to be very clear on the type of jobs you want to target….

Jobs For Students: Insights Into The Hiring Process [With Infographic]

Millennial Branding and Experience Inc. surveyed 225 employers who provided jobs for students, in order to obtain insights on things like hiring sources, skills in demand, hiring process and experience requirements. While the study was conducted in the US, I think many of the insights are useful for people in other parts of the world as…

If You Lie On Your Resume, You Are Likely To Get Caught

Whether it’s to hide certain elements of their background, or, to make themselves look like stronger candidates, people often succumb to the temptation of lying on their resumes. What harm can one small-little-white lie cause, right? With more companies conducting background checks and with the vast amount of information available on the internet, it’s quite easy to…

Use Twitter To Find Jobs In Singapore And Separate Yourself From The Flock

In a previous article, we talked about how you can use Twitter to find employment agencies and develop rewarding relationships with them. The reasoning is that an increasing number of recruitment agencies in Singapore are using Twitter. However, at the moment not many job seekers think of Twitter as a way to get jobs in Singapore….

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