Job Hunters Turn To Tech Tricks to Optimise Job Hunts

As the UK job market continues to face unprecedented levels of redundancies, both employees and employers are embracing a variety of online tools to increase their opportunities.

This week TheLadders.co.uk, the careers site for executive job seekers has announced that they have reached a total of 300,000 members in less than two years of business. According to Jean-Michel Boujon, Marketing Manager at TheLadders, this is just the beginning of the internet as a recruitment tool.

He explains: “The Internet is a tool that we use in all areas of our lives, and so it makes sense that we should use technology to help us get ahead in our careers. Many mature web users, often in senior management positions are now comfortable sharing personal details like their CV over the web, as long as it is with a trusted and reputable brand”

In fact job-seekers are becoming remarkably creative when it comes to ensuring their CV stands out from others online. From using tools to search and specify the types of jobs, salary, location and job title, they want to opening up direct access to the recruiter, job-seekers are able to regain control of their career progress and ensure that they are not missing the right opportunities.

TheLadders.co.uk has been able to monitor the trends and requirements of its members, showing that some business sectors are reaping greater benefits of online recruitment services than others. Jean-Michel Boujon continues: “There are, inevitably, certain sectors which perform better than others online. These sectors are Consulting, Marketing, technology and Sales. Individuals working in these sectors tend to be very entrepreneurial in nature and are often looking for a more challenging opportunity.”

So, how can we learn from the web savvy job-seekers in these markets? Boujon has developed four top tips to have at your fingertips:

1) Stick to the Arial font, size 11 or 12 with your on line CV wherever possible
2) Google yourself – they will so make sure there is nothing out there that will wreck your chances.
3) Observe Netiquette – online courtesy is still a valuable asset – if you don’t know how to present something, research – don’t just ‘wing it’.
4) Your online profile is a reflection of yourself, but without personal contact/body language/colloquialisms’, so if you wouldn’t say it, don’t display it.

About the Author

TheLadders.co.uk is the UK’s leading online recruitment service catering to the hi-end £50K+ job market. Launched in January 2008 the London-based company is the first port of call for senior executives to keep their finger on the pulse of the elite job market, with a suite of services including access to the most £50K+ jobs in one place, links to the UK’s biggest corporate employers, agencies and headhunters, CV critiquing and customised profiling, regular email alerts and an environment to prospect for new opportunities within the country’s biggest industries – finance, sales and marketing, legal, technology and operations. TheLadders.co.uk is owned by TheLadders.com. Founded in 2003 by Marc Cenedella TheLadders.com has grown into the largest specialty employment website in the world, with over 1,900,000 members and over 35,000 recruiters. TheLadders.com is headquartered in New York with European headquarters in London. To see more, please visit www.theladders.co.uk