The CV Website
The rise of social networking sites, such as Facebook and Linked In, and the mass of CV distribution services, are the new weapons in the war for talent among recruiters and companies. A CV website is no longer an optional extra for the professional; it is a key part of your online profile, working alongside your business contacts, networks and colleague recommendations, to market yourself to recruiters. A CV Website and LinkedIn presence are worth your investment.
Who looks at a CV Website
“78% of recruiters use search engines in their research when they screen new candidates”
Recruiters and others are looking to verify your CV and find additional information about your career and personality. A CV Website, working with your Linked In and Google Profile, can help create a great impression when managed strategically.
"Sites like LinkedIn…really give you a chance to access people that you normally would not be able to get to on a resume search or database search because they're not on the marketplace,"
R. Boroff of Reaction Search International, San Francisco.
Companies are always trying to use headhunters to pick up the best candidates who are still not on the job market, but could be poached. Linked In, Google Profile and a personal CV Website put you on the market without formal applications.
Your Website CV is part of your Online Career Management Strategy
With employers checking you out on Google and LinkedIn, you want to ensure that the best bits about you and your career come up highly on Google searches of your name and background. Your CV Website can be SEO optimised to help it appear high up in Google searches, but you don't need to stop there!
To cover your bases, personal pages on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter all rank highly in Google searches. LinkedIn especially sends a positive message to potential employers, since it's widely viewed as a highly professional network. So you need to build your profile, develop some relevant and attractive networks and obtain positive recommendations about your past work. You can then link your LinkedIn and Google Profiles to your personal CV Website to lead recruiters to more credentials.
CV Website Design and Online Strategy Development from Platinum
At Platinum, we develop your new CV and then build a succinct and professional website to distribute it with SEO optimisation, alongside more content that presents you in a positive light. We then can work with you to develop and implement an online strategy to establish your general online presence in key networking sites that will drive recruiters to your CV Website.
For a free discussion please email us at: info@professionalcvwriting.com or contact us here.