Social media is fast becoming a cool and effective way to improve your career options. Once you have got past the idea that it is just for kids with nothing better to do than tell people what they had for dinner, you will start to understand the massive potential that is possible to realize. It is not just as easy as telling people that you want a job, and being offered a dream career on a golden plate, you need to be smart and maximize your potential in the right way.

This article looks at some clever ways to ensure that your resume is taken seriously by the people that really matter – your potential employers.

Connect To The Media – Now!

Most resumes are now available online, the days of hard copies are long gone, but how visible is your fantastic resume? No matter how top notch your legal skills may be, nobody will care if they can’t see for themselves. You need to work the promotion side of your resume or risk being stuck in that dead end job for a long time. Link your resume to whatever social media you are currently using, all of them if that is the case. Simply add your profile URLs at the top of your document. These days, this is as vital as including your phone and email contact details.

Stay Updated

So you have linked your resume to all of your social media profiles, and that is a step in right direction for sure. But you should ensure that the details on your resume match the details on your social sites. Your potential employer will not be impressed if he sees some discrepancies between these connected details. Ensure that they match and update your personal details as soon as you possibly can. The potential employer will have many profiles to check out and will happily remove yours if he sees something that doesn’t quite match up. You should try to bring all of your profiles up to speed at least once a month.

Be Creative

It may seem a thankless task, but cutting and pasting your resume details into your social media profile is not the way to go. Of course you can copy bits and pieces, but too much information will risk flooding your social profile. Pick out the most impressive and relevant details form your resume and once you have altered the wording a little, add it to your social profile. Employers will soon get bored of your details, especially if they see that you have not put sufficient effort into the presentation and content.

Keywords

The best way to ensure that your resume finds its way to the top of the employer’s search request is by using keyword. It is a fact that potential employers tend to favour the large search engines to find their future staff. You have to play the game if you want to achieve success, it may not seem that fair, but when you are looking for that dream job, use whatever methods work for you!

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This post was contributed by Jeremy Fields; he is a part of the team at Burgess Paluch Legal Recruitment Agency which is one of the best agencies for legal recruitment in Melbourne. He likes to write blog articles on various methods which would help lawyers improve their chances of being hired.

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