- Get on LinkedIn. If you haven’t joined yet, I would highly recommend it. Recruiters are on LinkedIn every single day doing keyword searches for candidates with your type of skills. Even if you haven’t applied to a job, recruiters will still reach out to you if you have skills they are looking for. Or, once you’ve applied to a job, recruiters and managers will look at your profile before calling you for an interview.
- Download the Indeed app on your phone. Indeed.com is quickly becoming known as one of the best job boards there is. It’s an aggregate site, which means it pulls job listings from many of the other sites, such as Monster and CareerBuilder, to compile them all in one spot. The Indeed app for your phone is very easy to use and lets you apply to many jobs right on your phone with a saved résumé .
- Don’t overlook Facebook. Think Facebook doesn’t matter in your job search? Think again. In my area, there is a private Facebook group called “Jobs in Loudoun County” that you can join that is exclusively for job seekers and employers who are hiring. Employers post their listings and actively look for candidates in these groups. I have personally gotten a face to face interview from this site. It works! Search for a similar one in your area. Of course, that means don’t put anything on your profile that you wouldn’t want an employer to see because, trust me, they can see it.