Monday, July 25, 2011

Nicole's Notes: Optimizing Your StyleCareers.com Profile


Job hunting in the fashion and beauty biz is already hard enough, but it gets even trickier when you consider the wide array of networking sites that ask you to create online profiles. Between those finicky resume-uploader-thingys and figuring out which keywords will make you stand out, it becomes a fine art to create a profile that works for you and not against you.

Stylecareers.com is one such website that allows you to create a custom profile. Chris Kidd, creator of the site, has offered a few tips to make your page shine!

COMPLETE THE RESUME SECTION - Make sure the Resume Section of your online profile is filled-out completely. Use the What Employers See link to view your profile as a recruiter would see it.

Note: If pasting your resume from a word processing application like MS Word, it is likely that any special formatting will be lost. Use keyboard characters to re-format your resume if this happens. For example, use ALL CAPS instead of bolding and a dash (-) or and asterisk (*) instead of bullets. The system is WYSIWYG, if your profile looks bad to you, it will look bad to recruiters.


TITLE FIELD - Make sure to fill-out the Title field of your online profile with your current OR most relevant title.

Note: This is the most popular search field used by recruiters; avoid abbreviations and spelling mistakes. If your current or most recent company uses non-standard position titles, include a standard title as well.


USE THE CHECK-BOXES - The check-boxes in the Email Notification of New Job Listings section are used as database markers by recruiters when searching the StyleCareers.com resume database. EVEN IF you elected not to get email notifications from StyleCareers.com, make sure to check the appropriate Categories, Job Functions and Regions so that recruiters have an easier time finding you.


KEYWORD BANK - Include a Keyword Bank in the Resume Section of your online profile. Recruiters use keyword searches to find candidates for their positions. They will often use words and and phrases from the job description of the position they are trying to fill.

Note: A Keyword Bank should contain words and phrases that ARE NOT on your resume BUT THAT WILL help recruiters find your profile. For example, a Technical Designer should include Technical Design, Technical Designer, Tech Design, Tech Designer, TD, Spec Tech, Speccing, Spec Sheets, and any other words/phrases that a recruiter might use to find a Technical Designer.


KEEP YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT - Make sure to update the Resume Section of your online profile as soon as your professional situation changes. Verify your email address, phone numbers and mailing address every time you update your profile.


Thanks for the great tips, Chris! Now head over to Stylecareers.com and get started on those awesome profiles!

5 comments:

  1. I have my online profile on a social website like that which helps the students to be hires by the employers and the employers can explore more to find the best match for their job easily.

    ReplyDelete
  2. When you have style so you can progress in that career and can tell the users about the http://www.commacheckeronline.com/best-sentence-comma-checker/ but the ideal situation is not every where.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Extremely sound and to the point dialog about Pump House utilizing the Google guide to comprehend the correct area. Some concealed certainties about this one posted here which are new for me and I don't have thought before come here with respect to it. Be that as it may, I need a site like http://www.resumeexamples2018.com/receptionist-resume-examples-2018/ and some more valuable certainties likewise identified with it referenced in this site.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I revere examining Fox in Socks since it has such a vital number of senseless rhymes! In class, we play with words too. Now and then we do this with everything considered class, similar to when we perused words from the sack of "chips". Unmistakable conditions we utilize words in focuses or with no other data to check, similar to when we slice and paste letters to make words.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I think you have issue in setting up a sensible mystery word approach, the underlying advance is altering peril, consistence, and comfort needs, trailed by guidance and approval." This suggests it's reliant upon you to guarantee that most of your agents are following strict security standards for their passwords. Well! I require a site like http://www.resumetips2018.com/skills-to-highlight-on-resume/ and yet trust above article help to recoup the secret key.

    ReplyDelete