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7 mistakes job seekers make online
and how you can avoid them...
{Not Again!}
“No one else can control your career as well as you can”
6 months of no luckUsed my suggestions
17 inquiries next week
Recently laid offActively used
LinkedIn6 months later, 2
raises
so what’s different withtodays
jobsearch?
hiring practices have
chang
ed
here are some factshere are some facts
only 3.5% of jobs make it toonly 3.5% of jobs make it to3%3%
jojobb boards andboards and 300:1
people to jobs
134 M 134 M professionalsprofessionals
95%
Personal
branding
mastery
#FAIL
= the the maybemaybe
pilepile
mistake 1:not having
a brand
Who You AreWho You Are What They What They NeedNeed
mistake 2:your headline
is not just your job title
mistake 3:a rambling profile
summary
hello, my name is...
I’m a...
specializing in...
1. who are you?
what problem do you solve?
2. what do you DO?
try naming one of your biggest successes
3. why are YOU the best?
what kind of job are you looking for?
4. what do you want?
1. Who Are You?
2. What Do You Do?
3. Why You’re the Best?
4. What Do YOU Want?
mistake 4:not getting to
100%complete
ii ’’m tall, m tall, dark and dark and
handsomehandsome
yea! yea! right!right!
mistake 5:looking like an axe
murderer
mistake 6:not using a
reading list to show motivation
eek! networking!eek! networking!
“I’d like to take this off line and find out if I’d be a
fit for the company or not so that I am not wasting your time or mine. What day next week will you have 30 minutes to chat?”
mistake 7:leaving your
online relationships online
positioning
polish your profiles
polish your profiles
take it offline!
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