Posted under Branding, Career Management, Career Planning, Internet Job Search on December 31st, 2007
Did you know that 20% of Fortune 500 firms and all of the top 10 recruiters go to ZoomInfo.com to look for strong candidates? Staffing.org listed those statistics in a recent newsletter.
Go to ZoomInfo now and enter your name in the search space. Do you come up near or at the top of page one? That’s where you want to be. If you are not there or don’t like what you see, you can create your own profile rather than allow ZoomInfo to compile data on you from all over the Internet. According to Staffing.org, ZoomInfo.com has profiles on 39 million people and 3.6 million companies, with thousands of new profiles added daily. If you’re on LinkedIn.com you probably already have a personal brand summary that you can copy over into Zoom Info’s format. Or start from scratch using one of ZoomInfo’s as a model.
It’s all part of the changing nature of both search and job seeking. Recruiters and hiring managers proactively go out and search for top candidates whether they are employed or not. Job seekers are increasingly building distinctive personal brands that help make them the go-to person for a specific role. So be out there. Make sure your name and the information you want people to see shows up.
For ideas on building and strengthening your brand, you can’t do better than William Arruda’s and Kirsten Dixson’s Career Distinction. Start your New Year off right!
Posted by Jean Cummings
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