Internet: The best and the worst of things
Internet is increasingly being used for recruiting purposes, particularly by the larger companies. While a curriculum sent by Internet must always match the same criteria as that of one sent by post – it has to be catchy, stress the candidate's experience and projects -, it can also suggest hypertext links providing full and direct access to the theses, dissertations, essays, memos, or other works you already have completed.
Do not attempt anything spectacular, but always be careful to provide the person who may give you a job with a clearly laid out, neat and tidy copy of your CV.
Being a member of one or several social networks can also help boost your chances: 45 percent of all recruiting agencies consult Facebook, Myspace or LinkedIn. But be careful to always avoid:
Compromising or provocative photographs;
Information that could reflect negative aspects of your personality;
Disparaging comments about your former employer or your former colleagues.
Unfortunate entries of this nature account for the rejection of more than a third of all applications. Conversely, 18 percent of human resources specialists in the United States say that information discovered in these networks has led them to hire candidates.
S. Leclère & Consultants is sinds 1973 dienstverlener op het gebied van Human Resources. Het bureau is gespecialiseerd in Rekrutering en Selectie van gekwalificeerde en getalenteerde medewerkers. Wij hebben met talloze firma’s partnerships opgebouwd, variërend van grote multinationals tot kleinere KMO’s en we zijn trots op de duurzame relaties die we met hen opgebouwd hebben.