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Get yourself noticed and be headhunted
Many people romanticise the idea of being headhunted. They imagine the headhunter contacting them at random and simply presenting them with a new job on a plate. Although the reality is often quite different, it is possible to improve your chances of being headhunted – even on Jobindex.
No matter how skilled you are, you need to make yourself visible before an employer can contact you with an exciting job opportunity. There are a number of ways to make yourself visible, e.g. on a job site. Whichever way you choose, you must introduce yourself in a way that ensures that an employer can pinpoint precisely what you can do.
Create a CV on Jobindex
Be headhunted via Jobindex
If you would like to be contacted about relevant job opportunities, create a CV on Jobindex and you will be listed in our CV database. Employers and Jobindex recruitment consultants are constantly searching for exciting profiles here – sometimes they even headhunt here.
Help with creating your CV on Jobindex
When you create your CV in our database, you pave the way for new and exciting job opportunities because employers and Jobindex’ recruitment consultants will be able to contact you when a vacant position matches your skills and job requirements.
How to get headhunted via your CV
Once your CV is in our database, companies and our own recruitment consultants at Jobindex can contact you via your CV. External companies and Jobindex staff use the same system to search CVs.
But what happens when a company or Jobindex contacts you in response to your CV?
How to get spotted and contacted
- A company is looking to hire a new employee for a vacant position and intends to chivvy the process along by encouraging relevant candidates to apply for the position.
- Either independently or with help from Jobindex’ recruitment consultants, the company searches our database for relevant CVs by entering relevant keywords, job titles, location (e.g. postcode or city) and job categories.
- Relevant candidates receive an invitation to apply for the job. Candidates may be contacted by email or by phone.
Now that you know that prospective employers and Jobindex recruitment consultants search CVs based on a series of criteria, you can better optimise your CV to make it easier to spot. Get great tips for spotlighting your skills in relevant searches right here.
How to make your CV more searchable
When you fill in your CV, think like an employer! They are looking for a specific profile and specific skills. Employers and Jobindex’ recruitment consultants base their searches in the CV database on a series of criteria, especially job title, location (e.g. postcode or city) and job categories.
This information is relevant to you when you fill in your CV, as you are asked to indicate how many kilometres from your home you wish to find work or to set a geographical radius within which you are willing to work. Headhunters may also define other factors, such as professional and management experience, not to mention the industry a candidate wishes to work in and the job titles they imagine they could have in the future.
Follow this advice and make sure you pop up in relevant searches:
- Feel free to enter multiple job titles.
- Feel free to use multiple words to describe your skills.
- Mention all types of experience – your job titles, industries and management experience (if any).
- Think carefully when determining your geographical radius.
- Search job ads and note down words that are commonly used and use these to describe yourself in your CV.
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