7 Steps to Success
Indeed, is the number one job site in the world with over 250 million visitors each month and is overflowing with companies actively searching for candidates just like you.
With over 14 million CV profiles across the UK and a staggering 580K added or updated every month how can you ensure its your CV that stands out to hiring managers?
To increase the odds of opportunities landing in your inbox and capture the attention potential employers, lets take a look at my ‘7 Steps to Success’ guide.
1. Get noticed with a headline and bio
Having a headline and well-structured bio on Indeed CV provides an opportunity to stand out. It can strengthen your overall application and help to attract attention from recruiters. CVs with a headline or summary are twice as likely to be contacted by employers.
Use your summary to draw attention to Career highlights, key achievements, skills, professional attributes, industry qualifications and training. Include a professional title that describes your area of expertise and reflects the type of job or sector you are targeting.
2. Identify what employers are looking for in a candidate
Running a job search is a productive way of identifying the requirements of your target jobs to gain an insight into what skills, experience and qualifications employers look for in potential candidates. Review job descriptions and advertisements to better understand what skills and experience employers look for and value in potential candidates within your chosen sector. Customise your CV using the information you have sourced, tailoring it to demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the role.
3. Include sector and role specific keywords
CV keywords are words or phrases that describe specific job requirements. They include qualifications, experience, abilities, skills, and expertise, that the recruiter is looking for in their ideal candidate. Applicant Tracking System (ATS) rejects 70-75% of applications CVs, so by including keywords for the types of jobs you’re interested in ensures your CV appears in search results, increasing your chances of landing a job interview.
4. Highlight key achievements as well as responsibilities
Including key accomplishments on your CV is a great way to make it stand out from other candidates’ applications. Emphasise what results you’ve delivered in previous roles including metrics to quantify your previous career successes. This enables employers to better understand the impact you’ve had in previous posts and access the value you are likely to bring to a new role and their wider business.
5. Set your CV to public to standout
To maximise your discoverability and boost your chances of recruiters reaching out to you set your cv profile to public and let your CV go to work for you. A public status enables employers to view candidates’ key details including professional bio, career summary, skills profile, and qualifications and match them to any relevant vacancies they have. Don’t be concerned about your details being compromised, information such as location, email, and phone number are not shared publicly.
6. Use the ‘Ready to work’ feature
If you are keen to move into work immediately you can flag this to recruiters by switching on the ‘ready to work’ feature on your profile. This allows you to become instantly discoverable to those companies looking to fill positions urgently. On the flip side of this, companies can filter applicants whose status is set to ready to work, making this a win, win, feature all round.
7. Specify your job preferences
To ensure that you to receive relevant job recommendations from indeed it is worth completing the job preferences section. Here you can specify details such as job title, contract types, availability, desired work setting and salary expectations.
If you are new to using indeed follow Guide: Using Indeed Job Search | Indeed.com UK for an overview of basic features.
Now that you have gained an insight what's required to clearly showcase your Indeed CV, its time to take action and upgrade your profile to get ahead of the competition.
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