WiPJobs Recruitment

Melike Albayrak @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Facebook is a platform that includes many social services, and its prevalence is increasing day by day. We can say that it is in demand after certain career organizations, especially in job searches. So how can we use Facebook in the job search process?

How does it work? How do we reach?

On a particular company’s Facebook page under the Jobs tab, according to certain criteria in Facebook’s jobs board section; job postings appear according to the criteria determined according to location, job concept, and category types.

Another fairly common option these days is Facebook groups. Groups are organized for certain countries, and for certain cities, to show that certain languages are present in the group. Thanks to job postings and job searches published in the group, people communicate with each other and the process is carried out. 

Maybe you come across a job posting that may be more difficult to reach than you expected, and once you see, you are doing the job you are looking for.

What are the advantages?

-You can apply for a job directly on Facebook, and you can contact directly within the shared job postings. Thus, this process is carried out faster and easier.

-You do not have to repeat your education and work history with each new job application. Recruiters can access your profile information if you allow them.

-Since employers can review your profile and see what you post on your Facebook page, it’s in your best interest to avoid things that might make you look negative. Both you and your Facebook profile representing you must be suitable for the job posting to be applied for.

What can you do?

Appropriate and well-written posts, the scope of the shared content, specifying the talents and skills possessed, and specifying the scopes suitable for the industry will create a preferable profile for employers.

There are some simple guidelines you can follow to increase your chances of success. Here are some tricks from us for you 🙂

What you can do on your Facebook page before applying?

1. Your profile picture is the first impression

Your profile picture is one of the first things a prospective employer will see after you apply for a Facebook job posting. That’s why it’s a good idea to avoid any photos that might fall into the inappropriate category. Do not forget that the first impression that will be formed about you is hidden in your photo.

2. Basics

Be sure to check that your basic knowledge is sufficient. Since your CV cannot be added to the Facebook page; Make sure your contact information and address are up to date. It is useful to include your date of birth, skills and experiences. Please indicate your phone number and your active e-mail address so that you can be reached.

3. Cover letter

Since you cannot add your CV to your job application, you can prepare a short cover letter. You briefly mention yourself in the text box; education, experience, and a letter that may be compatible with the job you are applying for will be effective for your employer. It will be the right way for you to proceed in a style similar to the motivation article. Your thoughts on why you think you are suitable for this job and why they should hire you will become a criterion in influencing your employer.

-Be sure to follow the pages of the job postings you are interested in, and do not disrupt the interaction. Know what the company is interested in, what its current status is, and how it is. Let them know that you know them and that you are following them.

Everyone wants the relevant employee 🙂

If you have done all the tricks and followed the steps in a planned way, we do not doubt that you will get a job thanks to Facebook!

Clara Valencia @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Standing out on your CV is now one of the criteria in the job searching. The content should be easily read not only by the recruiter, but also it has to be easily read by the applicant tracking system (ATS).

1) Keep it short
First of all, it is about writing the CV in brief and in general it must be written in only two pages of A4, unless you have more experience (this only applies if you have +5 years of experience). 

2) Use plain sheet
You have to use plain sheet color paper, which will look professional and may be conveniently read. 

3) Choose the right font
You have to consider the font type and size. The ideal ones are the Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibri and the font must be readable and consistent in the whole CV, normally the font size is between 10-12.

4) Don’t forget keywords
Keywords should be applied on your CV, especially related to the job you would like to apply. Not only that but it also can easily be recognized by ATS, whose function is to track and analyze the most relevant CVs and be in the shortlist for the next step, which is the human review. Then, those words should also be in the active voice instead of passive voice. The last one is to write everything honestly, never exaggerate or lie on your achievements and experiences.

Some information you need to know:

Different countries may apply various CV requirements. In Europe, the CV might be different from the one in Asia and America. For example, in Europe, most companies would like to accept the colorful CV, unless in Asia and America, they require the ATS-standard level of CV, which is the one-color CV or even just white. Moreover, if you apply to more than one type of job, you must have your personalized CV too. The reason is because one job will have different skills requirements than the others, in particular, a customer service job will require more communication skills. On the other hand, an engineering job will require you to be able to do math and physics. Hence, to keep in mind, prepare several CVs that can fit the jobs you would like to apply for. So, whenever you are going to send your application, you already have your CV in your hand.

One of the basic ATS-standard CVs you can actually see is the Harvard University version. It is very simple yet clear because you just write your information in detail with their templates. You can actually use a free platform to make your CV. There are several applications that you can use to make your CV. One of them is Canva, which not only you can make your CV creatively with a lot of features, from the templates to the fonts and colors but you can also make Instagram posts, reels, etc.

Big companies, especially when they have a lot of people applying to their job vacancies, they use the technology to filter and make the recruitment process faster. Therefore, in my opinion, the ATS-friendly CV is better to be sent to them. Moreover, there are several criteria to make your CV stand out, which is about the languages. Usually, when you apply for jobs in the US or even European countries, it is beneficial for the candidates to be able to speak more than their native languages. So, for example, there is someone who would like to apply for a job in Italy. Not only does he need to be able to speak English but also the native language in that country. It is useful for him too to have good communication in between colleagues in the office, especially during lunch breaks or have a night out together. Even though you can still speak English, maybe it will show more comfort and support using their native language. On the other hand, in several conditions, such as when there are clients that you need to have consultation with, it will be easier for you to make them understand by explaining them in their languages.

What is written inside the CV should be quite in detail due to the information that will be gotten on the selection process. The first crucial one is about your basic information, such as name, address, telephone number, email. These may make the recruiters easier to reach you when they need you.

The second one is about your educational background, when you are now searching for work, it is better for you to write starting from your university education. For example, if you have your master degree already, you can write both your bachelor and master degrees. Moreover, specify it in detail and also your GPA if possible. The third one is about your experiences, it may be in a form of work, internship, or even voluntary jobs. During writing those experiences, you might have to write in your job descriptions, especially the ones that are related to the job vacancy you will apply for. Highlight the skills and tools that may be useful for the recruiters to review if you suit the position. The fourth one is about your organizational experiences, for example you join student organizations or even national and international organizations, in particular, you join model united nations, or other related organizations. It might have additional value to your CV.

Conclusion

No matter how colorful your CV looks or just white plain paper, the best CV may also depend on what you experience and the relation between your CV and the job vacancies that you apply to. Furthermore, do not forget to make your CV personalized when applying to different companies and make sure your skills are actually what they are searching for. 

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WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Should you mention hobbies in your resume?

The resume is your green card towards the job interview that you were dreaming of. Thus, you should build it carefully and with consciousness. Listing your professional experience and education is obvious but what about hobbies in a resume? Is it ok or should you avoid most of the time?

Well, there are, as always, several opinions. Some say that mentioning hobbies in a resume is a waste of time. They say that hiring managers do not really care about your free time activities because they need you to work.

However, WiPjobs has a slightly different point of view on this issue. So let’s learn why, when and how listing hobbies in a resume is a good thing to do!

< the WHY? >

Hobbies in a resume can tell a bunch of things about your personality. Let it shine through the whole serious layer (while staying professional, of course). Mentioning hobbies can really help you to stand out from the crowd! And sometimes (though really not that often) it might even help you to find something in common with the hiring manager or the possible employer.

<the WHEN?>

You should always only talk about your hobbies when it is relevant. It depends on the situation, but please consider the fact that your hobbies have to be somehow related to the field you are applying for. At least this should show what skills you are able to develop through one activity or another. Not a single thing has to be random on you resume!

<the HOW?>

While keeping it relevant to the job position, remember not to talk too much. Please mention no more that 4 hobbies (or field of interest). Otherwise, it might look exaggerated. Plus, keeping things short demonstrates your ability to prioritize and put things in order (which is always nice)!

List your hobbies in resume: be creative, brave and know your goal!

Photo: Barn Images

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Free resume templates to try out

Your resume is a key to the job interview you were aching for. But you know it right: boring resumes do not interest anyone anymore. Thus, WiPjobs suggests you take a look at these amazing free resume templates to build the resume that you are truly proud of!

1. Ikono.me: a creative yet minimalistic design. Build a resume that is both, stylish and informative!
2. Typographic resume: this one is probably the most outstanding! Get an unusual approach and impress your future employer!
3. Hadi Reda: a hyper-minimalistic resume to show your best skills! Keep it short & keep it clear!
4. Look professional: this free resume template is probably most universal one out of these Top 5. It looks simple but makes a clear statement about yourself. Plus, the possibility to grade your best skills from 1 to 5 which looks very nice!
5. Build your personal brand: if the industry that you apply for allows it and if you want something a bit fancier, this one is extremely good! Don’t talk too much – show what you want via graphics because visual information is at its peak now!

If you like those free resume templates, feel free to download them and use it for your good.

Embrace your creativity, good design, and curious ideas and freshly dive into the job search!

Source: creativeblog.com

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Improve your resume: your qualities and other details

A resume is a key to a good first impression. Thus, if you really want to have a great start and to stand out, you need to improve your resume writing skills. WiPjobs has now prepared a series of ‘how to’ articles that might be helpful in creating your image and representing yourself. In the first part, we’ve discussed the best ways to start: storytelling and formatting. The second part was dedicated to your experience and education. Now, we would like to talk about how to accentuate your qualities and what are the other important details that you should know while building your resume.

Qualities: what makes you great

Highlight your skills and interests in order to show your individuality.

1. Definitely include your skills in the resume: only there are two basic rules! 1) Mention the skills that are appropriate and relevant to the position you are applying for & 2) avoid mentioning ‘universal’ skills that everybody masters nowadays.
2. Make some space for your interests: accentuate who you are in order to leave some individual and unique image of yourself. However, you should only mention the interests that are somehow related to the field you are willing to work in.
3. Avoid anything that might have any controversial connotation: politics, religion or race are not the themes that are likely to leave a nice first impression, really.

Details: polish your resume

Have those in mind because the essence lays in the little details.

1. The short-term jobs: do not mention it if the job wasn’t supposed to be a short-term one but you just didn’t stay long at that company. It makes a superficial image of you. Instead, focus on the jobs that really mattered to you and helped you acquire great competencies. Note: if you had several temporary jobs, this rule doesn’t count!
2. Explain the longer ‘jobless’ periods of time: accentuate why you had to take these and what you did during this time. This will make you sound serious and reasonable.
3. Make sure your grammar is impeccable: because grammar is important!
4. Save your document in a pdf format: avoid any possible misunderstandings of formatting.

We hope that these tips will help you create an outstanding resume and get the job you want! Be serious, be brave and take the challenges!

P.S. if you have somehow missed the previous articles of the series, they’re here: Part 1 & Part 2.

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Improve your resume: experience and education

A resume is a key to a good first impression. Thus, if you really want to have a great start and to stand out, you need to improve your resume writing skills. WiPjobs has now prepared a series of ‘how to’ articles that might be helpful in creating your image and representing yourself. In the first part, we’ve discussed the best ways to start: storytelling and formatting. The second part is dedicated to your experience and education.

Work experience: the competencies you acquire

The right description of the competencies you acquire is absolutely one of the most important things in a resume (if not the most important). There are some rules how to make it look better.

1. Recent and appropriate experience: remember that you do not have to mention ALL the work experience you got. The most important task is to mention the experience that is suitable and applicable to the position you’re applying for. Keep in mind that the most recent roles are the most interesting as well because they prove your current competencies. Besides all that, think properly before filling the work experience part of your resume because you may have perfectly rich competencies even if the role you’re applying for now is different than the previous one!
2. Bullet points: consider making strong bullet points because bullet points are always better than an entire text. They make you go straight to the point, they are clear and easy to understand. Make around 5 bullet points to describe a previous role.
3. Mind your language: remember to describe your work experience in the way that is easily comprehensible to everyone. Try to avoid a certain professional jargon if you can say the thing in other words. Furthermore, avoid drivelling and use the words that really make sense.
4. It’s your show time: prove that you are worth the position not only by mentioning the tasks you had to get done but also the things that you’ve accomplished while managing those tasks!
5. Every experience that made you gain some competencies counts: mention volunteering or your hobbies if it has made you improve your skills!

Education: the knowledge you have

The education you have demonstrates your skills and also can show your intelligence, so be sure to know the details you need to accentuate.

1. Put education after experience: if you have enough work experience, put it first to highlight the experience part. If not, highlight your education.
2. Put everything in a reverse chronological order: this makes you accentuate the most recent information.
3. No need to mention the years: mentioning the degree is usually sufficient.
4. Mention everything that has enriched your knowledge: remember that online courses or classes you took beside the degree count just as well!

Have these tips in mind while creating your amazing resume! And check out the next part of this series of articles coming soon.

Source: themuse.com

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Improve your resume: storytelling and formatting

A resume is a key to a good first impression. Thus, if you really want to have a great start and to stand out, you need to improve your resume writing skills. WiPjobs has now prepared a series of ‘how to’ articles that might be helpful in creating your image and representing yourself. In the first part, we would like to discuss the best ways to start: storytelling and formatting.

Storytelling: showing who you are

First of all, the structure of what you want to tell about yourself really matters because it can show a lot of refined points (of which you might have forgotten): from your ability to prioritize even to the level of your self-confidence.  Have these in mind:

1. Decide what to put on your resume: you don’t have to tell every little detail about yourself. Instead, you should consider what is the most important and what is suitable for the position you are applying to.
2. Focus on making the best first impression: consider putting the most appropriate information about yourself (and your eligibility for the role) in the top third of the document.
3. Arrange everything in a reverse chronological order: it will show your most recent position first and accentuate your actual competencies.
4. Keep it short: try to stick to one page because shorter resumes tend to get more attention.

Formatting: the visual expression

A nice visual expression can make you original but you should remember some details:

1. Simplicity: choose a basic font and a normal font size (10-12). Make sure the document is easily readable and the page is not all covered in text.
2. Creativity: use your creative powers to stand out. Just remember to be appropriate to the situation: the more traditional the role is, the more traditional the resume should look like. Otherwise, some interesting design or lovely details can really help you to stand out of the crowd!
3. The contact information: make sure it is clear. The most important things here are the telephone number and the email. Only use a professional email address! And you can as well add the link to your LinkedIn account in order to make a professional and even more serious image of yourself.

Think of these tips while creating your impressive resume! And check out the second part of this series of articles coming soon.

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

The most important points in your resume

Have you ever wondered what the recruiter sees first in your resume? To make sure your resume is a WIN one, you must understand the recruiting process when they look at your resume in the first place.

According to the top recruiters, the recruiting world is not somewhat difficult to understand like people tend to think. It is much easier to understand if you know those things below. Let’s find out more about this with WiPjobs!

Things a recruiter notices first:

• Most recent role

What is the person’s current status? Why do they have an interest in a new role? How long have they been working in the last position? And most importantly, the recruiter wonders about this question: Is the candidate most recent experience relevant to the position they need?

• Overall experience and recognition of the companies:

They need to know the frame of your last company. For example, if you work in Amazon, it means you are probably accustomed to working on international projects. If you’ve worked for a startup company before, it means you probably have worked in different positions simultaneously.

• Keyword search

They have to look through many resumes, if you do not include the keywords that they’re looking for, it will take longer for them to read yours. This lowers their interest in you, therefore, you should ensure that the keywords contained in the job’s requirement are represented in your resume.

• Overall appearance

The ability to present the idea clearly, the spelling or grammar mistakes are all noticed by the recruiter at first glance so make sure to do it all well!

Things recruiters do not pay as much attention:

• Education:

Except if you are a new graduate and lacking experience, they will look at your experience first. According to a recruiter: “ There have been times in my career where I could go a month reviewing hundreds of resumes and not recall looking at that section even once.” However, there are some companies or industries where education is an important component, for example, consulting company.

• Fancy formatting:

What you do not know is that when you are applying for a position online, many companies’ tracking systems scan your resume for information and convert it into the plain text format. Normally, they do not see how fancy or creative your CV is. The original file is still there for them to look, however, they hardly click on it. It is recommended to put the resume in PDF format so that it can be converted into text clearly and look readable.

• Personal details:

In Europe, it is common to include citizenship, family status or photo in the resume. However, in the US, it is a little bit different. The employers want to avoid any type of discrimination. Therefore, seeing this information makes them feel uncomfortable as they just want to pay attention to your work history.

• Cover letters:

They just want to see your resume. It is common that a lot of candidates do not do it anymore unless the application process requires.

This is based on the answer appeared on Quora: What do recruiters look for in a resume at first glance? 

Answer by Ambra Benjamin.

Featured Image credit: Createer 

WiPjobs’s Team

Writer @ WiPjobs Recruitment

Find some tips to get your resume look better

We know that having a good job is really important. And also, it is well known that we are not the only one who do apply for a job. Recruiters receive more resumes than you can imagine for every job offer that they post. Because of this amount of applications, sometimes they do not have enough time to go through each of the documents. Of course, there are a lot of bad ones that won’t even get touched. But how do you know that your resume can be a winner? In order to be the best of all, you must create a considerable one. You need to attract recruiters!

In this article, we will give you some advice.

In any case, we need to describe what recruiters want. They decide whether your job application will be accepted or not, so you should know how to attract a recruiter’s attention.

Firstly, recruiters need to open your CV. What a surprise! Who could have imagined it? Yet, this is the first step and maybe the most important one. But for this, you need to write a short but strong cover to get the attention on you. Two or three sentences can be enough and make sure that you match your skills to the requirements of the offer.

Secondly, recruiters have just a few seconds to scan your profile and decide what to do with your application. That’s why your point is to write a simple, clear text, and also to highlight the key information, such as skills and experiences.

Moreover, recruiters are focusing on your recent role. They will be looking for your position within the organisation, the work what you’ve already done, and also they will be interested in people you interact with. Achievements are really important for them because they want to see how ambitious you really are.

And for sure, be aware that they are looking for those small mistakes, undescribed or unexplained gaps in your resume.

In the end, remember: leave no spelling and grammar mistakes and make out of your resume a well-organized one!