The post What You Should Do to Guarantee Your Career Success in 2020 appeared first on BC Jobs Blog.
]]>The professional world is moving more and more towards digital and social media platforms, so it is imperative that you are up to date and looking fresh online. Make sure your LinkedIn account is up to date and has a professional profile photo.
According to LinkedIn, users with a profile photo have 21 times more views and requests than users without one. Embracing the digital age will do wonders for your resume, career opportunities, and connections.
Handing in an outdated resume is like giving a new friend your old number… it’s just not going to work out. It says a lot to a recruiter if you haven’t put in the basic effort to put in accurate and relevant information.
Make sure you’ve done some research and can address the recruiter or hiring manager by name when you submit your resume. According to zety.com, 84% of hiring managers are likely to reject an impersonal resume submission.
Though often overlooked in the past, in favour of GPA scores and technical ability, soft skills are now trending. Recruiters want to know if you’ve got self-direction, motivation, leadership or teamwork skills, and whether you can make a good first impression. Look at Careerbuilder’s explanation on why soft skills are so important. Then check in with some friends and colleagues to find out your strengths and include them on your resume.
When you’re applying for a new position, consider which skills will benefit the position the most, and find out if you need to improve any soft skills. Walk into the interview confident that you’ve got what it takes to exceed their expectations.
It will be very important moving forward for you to be familiar with remote-work applications such as Zoom for video conferences or Asana for remote team projects. It will be important for employers and employees to adapt to shifting working conditions and locations.
Some of these platforms are usable even when life is nice and normal, and many companies may continue to use them regularly. Familiarizing yourself with these will be helpful, whether we’re in the middle of a pandemic or not.
Last, but far from least, guaranteeing your career success requires constant vigilance. Always be watching for new opportunities and new relationships. Whether in your current workplace or looking elsewhere, professional contacts can make or break a career. Consider taking on side projects or creating proposals for a new position.
Staying committed to your own career success should be the number one priority. Don’t lose hope, continue to work hard, and your success will be right around the corner.
Job Search Tips: Top 15 Words to Include on Your Resume
Related posts: 8 Tips to Follow for a Successful Career in 2020
5 Go-To Tricks to Writing the Best Executive Resume
How the Market for Remote Work is Growing
These Jobs Will Be in Demand in 2020 in Canada
Top 5 Jobs In The Technology Sector 2020
BCjobs.ca is Western Canada’s largest job board, with majority of the jobs coming from Vancouver. For nearly 20 years, BC Jobs has connected job candidates with companies looking to add talent to their team. Here at BCJobs, we understand that looking for a job is difficult. To support our candidates, we recently launched a podcast to help you stand out during your job application. Listen to weekly episodes on our podcast to hear what recruiters are thinking and what companies look for when considering their next hire.
The post What You Should Do to Guarantee Your Career Success in 2020 appeared first on BC Jobs Blog.
]]>The post 5 Go-To Tricks to Writing the Best Executive Resume appeared first on BC Jobs Blog.
]]>Don’t turn in a multipage resume and expect it to be read, especially if you’re sending it electronically. Make sure to upload your single-page resume in an easy to read but not an altered format, such as a pdf. Use fonts that will catch the eye but not get in the way of clarity.
A justified font will turn your single page into a blocky mish-mash, so consider using a standard professional font such as Arial. Break up the sections with lines. If possible, build your resume in a table in word so you can add color to some portions of the table and easily manipulate the data to keep it on one page.
Job Search Tips: Top 15 Words to Include on Your Resume
Consider setting up your headings in a unique color and add underlining in the same color to keep the headings on your executive resume consistent. If you have a remarkable certification, work experience, or educational credit, flip the color of that portion of the resume to the unique color and turn the text to white [1].
For example, if you set your headings up in navy blue and participated in a study or working group that dealt with an extremely difficult topic, make sure to cite that special experience in a navy blue box in white font. That said, don’t use ultra small fonts just to fit everything in the page; you’ll make the resume unreadable.
Related Post: Important Things You Need To Include In Your Resume
Add columns to your executive resume to demonstrate growth. For example, your educational progress and advancement in previous employment settings will make great reading from left to right in columns high on the resume. If you can use three columns, consider changing the background color slightly in the second one for easier reading.
Consider starting each column with a keyword. Make this keyword a different color and set it to bold. Avoid using larger fonts in keyword layouts. Large fonts leave white spaces that look like an odd gap, and you don’t want a gap in your educational history.
Related Post: 5 Tips to Get Your Resume Noticed
When using bullet points, take care to let the text stretch all across the page. Make sure the alignment of these bullets wraps so that all text is left-justified to the start of the top line, and that the next line doesn’t wrap under the bullet point. If you’re using numbers, use them all the way through. Be aware that numbers 1 and 2 alone can look sparse, so if you don’t have three things to list via bullet point, use a consistent symbol.
Color considerations can help when putting bullet points to use. For example, you can add bullet points around the middle of the page and use a slightly grey or tan background with different colored bullet points while you promote a new skill or educational effort. Keep the color choices simple and professional to avoid building a resume for a position working with kids.
Related Post: Search for Jobs on Western Canada’s Largest Jobs Board Website
Center justification works great at the start of a section, but too much center justification will look like a recital program or a wedding announcement. Make your executive resume easy to read, share, and understand by focusing on the left justification for the basic features of any resume, such as Degrees Earned or Previous Work Experience. Again, if you’ve participated in a committee that was working on a particular problem or project in your community, you can use center justification, a color change, or a font change in this section only.
Consider adding a hyperlink to this section to a particular newspaper article or community website in this section. Encourage the folks reviewing your resume to find out more with a simple click of the mouse. (https://www.terrariumquest.com)
Your resume needs to match all your online profiles, including LinkedIn. Be aware that your Facebook page may be stalked. Try to keep your posts pleasantly neutral, and if you can’t, go through and delete any recent unpleasantness that you or others may have said or done online.
Simon Chou is the Vice President of Operations and Growth at BCjobs.ca. Over the course of his career, he carved a niche in brand development, marketing strategy, and online presence for startups. Prior to joining BCJobs.ca, Simon was an advisor for several global blockchain projects including Litecoin, NEM, and Ripple. In the past, he also worked with Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare space through SM Digital—a global marketing agency.
The post 5 Go-To Tricks to Writing the Best Executive Resume appeared first on BC Jobs Blog.
]]>