I. A Slave to the Social Networks

By supporting your resume with the efficient social network profile, you kill two birds with one stone. From one hand, you offer a resume to a wider range of your potential employers. From the other hand, you confirm your technical and PC skills starting from layout design and ending up with various additional tweaks.

Whatever you write in your profile, you should realize one thing: it looks like a drop in the ocean until you make it stand out from all the rest.

According to statistics, it is enough for HR staff to take a look at your profile or resume for 80-85 seconds in order to make a decision whether to stay or leave your page immediately.

For instance, one of the most original and fresh ideas is creating a video resume. It suits networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter just perfectly. Your live message will certainly catch the eye of any employer. It can be explained by the fact information is best remembered for fast moving subject. That’s why video ads are far more effective than written ones.

Video resume provides features that are difficult to implement using a standard resume. Situation: You’re applying for a movie operator vacancy. It’s quite difficult to demonstrate the whole range of your abilities in this area by a written CV/resume. At least, a short video message may be used instead of a cover letter in this case. It will certainly raise your chances to get the job.

Don’t Let Them Fall Asleep! Enrich your plain text with several visuals, links to some other resources of interest, and available reports. Turn to Cat Knarr’s page for more examples.

Let’s get back to the traditional methods.

III. Headlines To Pop Up

Headline, in fact, is the second most valuable thing after the keywords. A headline, like an article’s title, can hold a guest of your page as well as distract him from moving further. They should sound as a challenge and a proposal at the same time (i.e., “Make A Quick Buck”, “Left & Right Brain Thinker”, “A Hard Business Nut To Crack”).

V. When Less Means More

Don’t act a fool by adding up JUST EVERYBODY. Manage your contact list: if you are aimed to get the job, approve only those people’s invitations who specialize in the same area, your work colleagues and potential employers.

Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image

However, does it really work in the field of social networking? Vice versa, to attract more attention, name some famous people who inspire you. For instance, if you desire to become a biologist, recall such outstanding persons as Claude Bernard or Edward Jenner and post the reviews of their most known discoveries and works. Don’t be too banal to name only Darwin.

Remember: people love success stories. Feed your visitors with them pretending you are already one of those lucky beggars. If I don’t boast, nobody will praise thee.