The Ultimate Guide to Finding a New Job Fast & Efficiently

Finding opportunity during COVID-19

1. It is hard to find a new job in a market where job opportunities are limited and unemployment rates are rising

2. You will need the right tools and knowledge to truly stand out, so we have teamed up with industry experts in recruitment, sales and sourcing to help you

3. You need to have a process in place that can help you find a job as quickly as possible

1. Create a stellar LinkedIn profile

2. Create a resume that will land you an interview

3. Find relevant jobs at scale

4. Find the right stakeholders and their contact details

5. Stand out with your application

6. Prepare for your remote job interview

1. Create a stellar LinkedIn profile

This section will show you how to create a stellar LinkedIn profile that can easily be found by recruiters 🕵️‍♀️.

Example of a good LinkedIn photo
Example of a background that catches your attention
Click on ‘looking for job opportunities’
You should see ‘open to job opportunities’ added to your profile

You can restrict yourself from appearing in searches by not correctly adding the right location diameters. The best solution to this is to simply include your Zip or Postal code in your profile. I also recommend including (Greater Minneapolis-St Paul Area) under your experiences. You can include a zip and (Greater) in both areas to cover all your bases.

My personal “about” section. You will be surprised how many people refer to Burning Man 🔥
Update your skills in the ‘skills’ section under ‘Add profile section’

Be mindful of the verbs and the pronouns — avoid things like “maintain” or “support”, talk about what you actually did / built / created

Be aware of using words like “we” and “they” — you want to talk about things that you did — being a team player is great! But they want to hear what you did specifically.

Thanks Cédric ;)

2. Create a resume that lands you an interview

This section will show you how to create a resume that actually lands you an interview

Hard-working waitress with 3+ years of experience in a high-volume steak house on the waterfront in Portland. Seeking to provide friendly, fast service to dining guests at The Flight of Dragons restaurant. At The Foam & Loam, maintained a 97% favorable customer service score. Commended 5x by kitchen leadership for speed and communication skills.

3. How to find relevant jobs at scale

In this section you will learn how to scrape all relevant jobs that are relevant for you from LinkedIn in a matter of minutes 🤓.

Search result based on our example
Tip: only select “Past Week” for the most updated job openings
Select what level you are interested in

In this section you will learn how to use Phantombuster and scrape your results from LinkedIn and quickly find jobs that are relevant for you

This is the name of the “Phantom” you need
Copy paste the search URL in the “Search input” bar in Phantombuster
Copy the search results URL in LinkedIn under “search input”
Example of what the results look like in Excel after you converted your CSV file

3. Find the right stakeholders and their contact details

In this section you will learn how to find the right contact person and to find their contact details

Click on the name of the company to go the companies LinkedIn page
Select the title of the person you are looking for and/or other filters that might be relevant

Try to find the recruiting manager and also the person the job reports to — it will usually say in the job description, and if not, do a little searching, this will help make sure you’re getting in front of the right people. When you email them, would email both, on the same email, so they feel more of a sense of obligation to respond — it works :-)

Example what your results could look like

I apologise for reaching out on their personal email address, but tell them that I am really excited to get in front of them and want to make sure they got my email.

3. Stand out with your application

In this section you will learn how to use personal video messages 🎥 and emails 📧 to make you stand out and land interviews on a consistent basis.

- Personalise your video to the person you are reaching out to.

- Introduce who you are

- Explain why you are reaching out

- Explain why you are interested in them

- Explain why they should spend time on YOU

- End with a clear call to action

- Keep the 🎥 short!

Example of Guillaume applying for a sales position

Avoid using !#$%$@*? characters

Don’t use more than 38 characters

Avoid using emoji’s 😎

No Punctuation marks outside of dash “ — “

Don’t go CAPSLOCK CRAZY! Just normal sentence capitalization will do

Example of a great personal outreach (and yes did candidate was invited for an interview)
I truly use this photo in my emails to candidates and potential clients (and triggers a smile and a reaction)

6. How to prepare for your remote job interview

In this section you will learn to get the basics right for any remote job interview you might have 💻

- Make sure you have the right log in details for your call and download any necessary apps ahead of time.

- Research your interviewers on LinkedIn and potentially other relevant platforms. Find something you have in common or something interesting to comment on. It’s good to show you have done your research and break the 🧊.

- Turn off anything that can be a distraction. Notifications, email, Facebook whatever and ensure that you have nothing that is going to distract your awesomeness on the call.

- Make sure you have a great sound and no (or very limited) background noise. Don’t use the microphone of your computer but use headphones. Test this upfront with someone to make sure you sound great.

- 90% of video quality is down to lighting. Sit facing a window if you have one, put a lamp in front of your laptop and make sure people can see your face and your expressions!

- Look into the camera on not to your screen (this is hard 🙄).

- Try to set your camera at the same level as your eyes so your interviewers will look you straight in the face. If you use a laptop put it on a pile of books to level it out.

- Log in early to the call.

- Be yourself, be confident, smile and just nail it 💪.

So what’s next

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become” — Carl Gustav Jung

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Co-founder of MatcHR, investor, entrepreneur. Obsessed with (team) culture and recruitment. Four time Burning Man 🔥 attendee and Ironman 🏊🚴‍♂️🏃.

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Adriaan Kolff

Co-founder of MatcHR, investor, entrepreneur. Obsessed with (team) culture and recruitment. Four time Burning Man 🔥 attendee and Ironman 🏊🚴‍♂️🏃.