Ask a Recruiter: Tips to Stand Out in the Job Search and Interview, With Marjorie Kalomeris
Feb 27, 2022
auto_awesome
Marjorie Kalomeris, Senior Recruiter at HubSpot and Career Coach, shares tips on optimizing your LinkedIn profile, highlighting accomplishments in a resume, expressing interest in a job, and the power of vulnerability in job interviews. She discusses how to get found on LinkedIn, make your resume stand out, and sound more focused during recruiter interview calls.
Keeping your LinkedIn profile updated with relevant keywords increases your chances of being found by recruiters.
Incorporating strong keywords throughout your LinkedIn profile and emphasizing achievements on your resume can help you stand out to recruiters.
Deep dives
The Importance of LinkedIn in the Recruitment Process
As a recruiter, LinkedIn plays a crucial role in finding candidates and potential hires. Most recruiters rely on LinkedIn Recruiter, an enterprise version of the platform, to search for candidates using specific keywords and profiles. Therefore, it is essential for job seekers to keep their LinkedIn profiles updated with relevant keywords in their summary, about section, and experience sections. This helps recruiters find them even if they are not actively searching. Additionally, having a clear and universal job title, along with strong keywords, increases the chances of being found by recruiters.
Tips to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Job Search
To make your LinkedIn profile more appealing to recruiters, it is crucial to incorporate strong keywords throughout your profile. This includes the summary, about section, and experience sections. Having as many relevant keywords as possible increases the likelihood of recruiters finding your profile. Additionally, it is advisable to keep your job title clear and universal, avoiding overly creative titles that may confuse recruiters. Your headline, located beneath your profile picture, is an excellent opportunity to showcase your role or overarching department. Lastly, taking advantage of LinkedIn's job posting information, such as the recruiter's name, gives you the opportunity to send a personalized email expressing your interest in the position.
Resume Tips for Standing Out in the Recruitment Process
When it comes to your resume, clarity and results orientation are key to standing out in the eyes of recruiters. Keep your resume simple and easily readable, ensuring that your work experience is clearly stated, including job titles and duration. Emphasize your achievements, quantifying the impact you've made on projects or teams, preferably within the first line of each bullet point. Additionally, consider structuring your resume using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to provide recruiters with a clear understanding of your problem-solving skills and accomplishments. While adding a photo to your resume is optional, focus on presenting a clear, well-structured, and results-driven document that highlights your qualifications and experiences.
In this episode, Senior Recruiter at HubSpot and Career Coach Marjorie Kalomeris gives us advice directly from a recruiter's viewpoint! From tips on how to better get found on LinkedIn to how to make your resume stand out, she even speaks about how to sound more focused and prepared on your recruiter interview call. Marjorie is the Founder of MK Career Coaching and has previously worked as a recruiter at LinkedIn and Optimizely.
Get the Snipd podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share & Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode