Job searching is a tedious task but if you learn to use the sources around you properly, it won’t be that difficult. The power of social media can’t be underestimated here also. In 2019, an estimated 2.95 billion people were using social media, which is expected to rise up to 3.43 billion by 2023. LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. are being widely used among these.
Gone are the days when Social Media was just a social media and people used it purely for personal networking and sharing pictures and statuses. People have found smarter ways to turn it from just a regular social media platform to a multi-purpose site ranging from advertising, shopping, voting, protesting to job search too. Yes, now you can use it for even finding a job for yourself. In fact, 94% of recruiters use or plan to use social media in their recruitment process. There is an emerging job searching and social networking platform these days called apna. You can also find various job groups on the app, which can help you in building a professional network, learning and applying for the jobs in your desired sector.
But how to begin your job hunt on these social media platforms including apna. Here is the list of few important aspects that you should consider before you begin your job search :
Make an impressive and updated profile
93% of recruiters are likely to look at a candidate’s social profile. Therefore, you need to make and edit your profile as per a recruiter’s eye. Put a decent profile picture and write a simple and short ‘Bio’ of yourself. You have to delete or hide too private and offensive content since it can impact your image adversely. You should also update your profile regularly especially in terms of location, last/current organisation, certifications/degrees, societies etc.
Find New Career Opportunity: AI Jobs in India
apna app asks you to make your profile in the form of ‘Job Card’ which includes your profile picture and a basic description of your background, which helps you to get relevant jobs as well as to get connected with the relevant job groups.
Be professional and authentic
You have to always keep in mind that you should not appear very casual in anything and shall be very professional and decent while interacting, posting and commenting on such websites. Use your full and official name in profile instead of nickname or fancy fake name. Also, your language speaks a lot about you. Avoid using harsh, foul, silly or objectionable words and phrases. Usage of such terms can snatch any good opportunity from your hands any time. There are cases where people lost their jobs due to inappropriate behaviour on social media platforms. So mind your words, tone and behaviour over there too.
Build a good and useful network
Networking is something which we all have been doing on such platforms for years but it’s also very important for you to build a network which can help you in job search also. Thus, you need to connect with professionals and HRs in your field of job. They can provide you assistance and you never know who may post job vacancies anywhere looking out for you only to respond.
Explore Top Verified Sales Jobs in India
You can find a lot of job groups on apna too. These groups help you in learning and finding the job as well since people of the same community keep posting jobs regularly on the groups. Lot of people have already got jobs by associating with such groups and have been influencing and guiding others now.
Show your skills
As you know, you shall have the right skills set for any job. Henceforth, you also need to depict those skills in your profile on social media. There is a special section dedicated to skills in LinkedIn. Similarly, you can also highlight your skills on apna app. These skills tell the employer about what you are good at or what you are able to do.
Reach out to the employer directly
There is always an option on every social media platform to contact or send messages to any person (sometimes with conditions). You can use this “DM” (as it’s popularly called these days) feature to contact or send your job query to the employer directly.
In apna app too, you can directly call the HR for the job you are interested in. This ensures an immediate response from the employer and shortens the waiting time as well as the recruitment process for both the parties.
Get active on job pages and job posts
There are few websites which facilitate direct job search and dedicated job pages where people can post, view and apply for the jobs easily. So you just need to utilize this salient feature of such websites.
This is also the most important feature of apna app which pops up as soon as you download the app and give your basic details (in Job card). You have to enter your field of interest for the job. For example, if you have chosen “Back office/ Back end jobs”, then all the jobs which are related to Back-office will appear in your search result immediately.
Taking care of these factors will enhance your employability by multiple times. So it’s time for you to get active on your social media accounts again and grab a suitable job opportunity which you weren’t able to notice otherwise. Download apna for best user experience in the job search.
