16% of job seekers found jobs via social media
One of the interesting results of Jobvite’s Social Job Seeker Survey 2011 was the above statistic.
LinkedIn has over 100 million users
Twitter likely has over 300 millions users
Facebook has over 800 million users
When you put these numbers together, you realize that either many, many people have still not begun using social media for their job search, or if they are, they’re not yet getting results.
Continue reading >> [POLL] Have You Told Your Social Networks About Your Job Search?
--Jacob Share
This poll was inspired by a recent talk I gave.
Why this is important
In 4 Things to Know and Do Before Employers Google Your Name, I mentioned a 2008 survey that reported how 20% of American employers researched candidates’ backgrounds on social networks.
In April 2011, career expert Joshua Waldman – who sponsored the just-ended 5th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest – quoted a more recent survey claiming that 81% of American employers google candidates.
And in a recent talk I gave at the Jerusalem Business Networking Forum…
Continue reading >> [POLL] Have You Ever Googled Your Name?
--Jacob Share
Too many, too few, or just the right amount?
I remember when I was a student at McGill University in Montreal, I thought that job hunting was a pure numbers game and that I needed to get out as many resumes as possible if I wanted a good chance at finding a job.
Luckily, at that time I didn’t know about resume distribution services, also known as “resume blasters”, where you can pay to have your resume sent to thousands of recruiters or employers, turning yourself into a creator of job search spam.
Can you imagine what it’s like to be on the receiving end of those resume blasts? And we wonder why recruiters don’t always respond…
Continue reading >> [POLL] How Many Resumes Have You Sent in the Past Month?
--Jacob Share
The most accurate poll I’ve conducted so far this year (probably).
Read on to find out why that is, but first…
The poll results and what they mean
Here are the official results of the poll:
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86% You did it alone
Not much surprise here, you probably wrote your own resume too.
8% Someone else (mostly)
This poll answer could have been clearer, but I think voters did understand that it was for the case where the main writer of your resume wasn’t you or a professional resume writer. Perhaps it was a family member, a friend, a school counselor, a job search coach, a career center staffer, etc.
When I found my job at Amazon, a friend helped translate translated my resume into French. He did a great job, and the result was memorable in a completely unintentional but positive way- there were some Quebecois expressions that got a chuckle from French recruiters.
Continue reading >> 14% of Resumes Not Written By The Job Seeker [POLL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS]
--Jacob Share
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