Help Recruiters Find You:

A lot of jobs are never published by hiring companies. Instead, recruiters search resume databases to find candidates for these positions.

Optimizing your online profile with StyleCareers.com (and other sites) will go a long way in helping recruiters find you for unpublished jobs. Please see below for our recommendations on optimizing your profile for resume database searches. Think of this as SEO for your career!

TITLE FIELD

Make sure to fill-out the Title field of your online profile with your current or most relevant title. Note: This is the most popular search field used by recruiters; avoid abbreviations and spelling mistakes. If your current or most recent company uses non-standard position titles, include a standard title as well.

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE OFTEN

When a recruiter searches the StyleCareers.com resume database, relevant candidate profiles are listed in order of “last updated” date. In short, every time you update your profile, it moves to the top of the list. The more often you update your profile, the more likely it will be seen by recruiters.

COMPLETE THE RESUME SECTION

Make sure the Resume Section of your online profile is filled-out completely. Use the What Employers See link to view your profile as a recruiter would see it. Note: If pasting your resume from a word processing application like MS Word, it is likely that any special formatting will be lost. Use keyboard characters to re-format your resume if this happens. For example, use ALL CAPS instead of bolding and a dash (-) or and asterisk (*) instead of bullets. The system is WYSIWYG; if your profile looks bad to you, it will look bad to recruiters.

USE THE CHECK-BOXES

The check-boxes in the Email Notification of New Job Listings section are used as database markers by recruiters when searching the StyleCareers.com resume database. Even if you elected not to get email notifications from StyleCareers.com, make sure to check the appropriate Categories, Job Functions and Regions so that recruiters have an easier time finding you.

KEYWORD BANK

Include a Keyword Bank in the Resume Section of your online profile. Recruiters use keyword searches to find candidates for their positions. They will often use words and phrases from the job description of the position they are trying to fill. Note: A Keyword Bank should contain words and phrases that are not on your resume but that will help recruiters find your profile. For example, a Technical Designer should include Technical Design, Technical Designer, Tech Design, Tech Designer, TD, Spec Tech, Speccing, Spec Sheets, and any other words/phrases that a recruiter might use to find a Technical Designer.

KEEP YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT

Make sure to update the Resume Section of your online profile as soon as your professional situation changes. Verify your email address, phone numbers and mailing address every time you update your profile.

DESIGNERS: INTEGRATE YOUR PORTFOLIO

StyleCareers.com allows designers to integrate StylePortfolios.com portfolios with StyleCareers.com profiles. By integrating your portfolio, you are allowing a recruiter that finds your profile in the StyleCareers.com resume database to have one-click-access to samples of your work. Let recruiters see your talent by integrating your StylePortfolios.com portfolio with your StyleCareers.com profile!

If you don’t have a StyleCareers.com profile but are in the market for a new job, visit www.stylecareers.com to create one (it’s free!).