Successfully Filling Out Online Job Applications

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IIn today´s episode of ‘Professional Success Podcast’, host Sheila Boysen - Rotelli, a Master Certified Career Coach, Recruiter and Talent Development Leader who coaches purpose driven individuals to help them develop their personal brands. In this episode, she shares her views on how to proactively apply to online job applications.

 Episode Highlights: 

  • Sheila Boysen says that we need to network to apply for online job applications and talks about the statistics involved in the process.

  • As per Sheila, before we apply we should look for networking to really increase our chances of standing out from the large pool of applicants.

  • Sheila shares a few tips if one doesn’t have a direct contact in the organization.

  • How to answer salary related questions and how to do related research, advises Sheila.

  • Sheila gives her views on whether you should apply for more than one job in a company.

  • She asks, “What if you have some red flags in your background?”

3 Key Points:

  1. Sheila Boysen states that 61% of hires come from some type of referrals and one in ten of these personal referrals get hired.

  2. She instructs on how to stand out among everyone else and talks about the reasons why you should Network.

  3. Sheila suggests that we may have job gap in the past but such background should not affect out potential job deals. She gives some tips on how to overcome such a situation.

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “Since only 10 to 20% of hires are made from job board, that’s’ 1 in 219 online applications, we need to make sure that we’re networking and following-up after we submit an online application…..” - Sheila Boysen – Rotelli

  • “Now, in most states, it’s becoming illegal for someone to ask you about your past salary history….” - Sheila Boysen – Rotelli

  • “That you’re a little bit scattered, unfocussed or not being strategic about what you want” - Sheila Boysen – Rotelli

  • “Episode 2 of the podcast is titled at ‘How to Address Gaps on Your LinkedIn’. This might be a great episode to go back and listen to if that is specifically one of the things that you’re worried about”. - Sheila Boysen – Rotelli

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