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Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, and I hope you’ve had a Productive, Prosperous and of course Safe week so far. Last week we spoke about some of the way’s we’re looking for work these days. Here at WAOC we’ve mentioned Social Media a couple of times and I believe it very well may be one of the most convenient and easiest way to hear about openings, especially with temp agencies or temp to perm positions. Over the last couple of months, I’ve joined 9 different groups from various cities and states, really just to learn the platform and I’m trying to decide if it’s a good starting point for us as job seekers to find our career position’s. I think they may be the easiest thing I’ve seen, very convenient but are they always productive? I’ve definitely see a whole of scams out there, quite a bit of work from home, like commission work and things that are so ridiculous I seriously doubt anyone ever falls for them. That being said, I’m also impressed with all the companies doing a good job advertising their positions and job fairs. I find most of them are really well written, giving us the pay rates, a good job description and all the qualifying information.
I’m excited about our visitor today, Sharon is a recruiting specialist in the light industrial arena and she helps place order selectors, forklift drivers, runners, lumpers, loaders and sanitation positions every day. She just so happens to utilize social media quite a bit with her searches. It’s always nice to have a returning guest on the show.
Sharon thanks for join us again, have you stayed busy since we last spoke, you putting plenty of us to work ma’am?
For our new listeners could you tell us how you landed in the Sourcing and Recruiting field?
Do you find it interesting and rewarding?
What all forms of postings or advertising do you utilize for your positions?
Today we’d like to talk about Social Media & Job Posting. Are you finding them a productive resource?
Can you list a few of the Wrong things you see us Applicants do when replying to postings?
How could we, again as Applicants, better utilize the forum to our advantage?
Do you think Companies ever check out our Profiles, I assume they’re of course wanting to learn as much as they can about our Personalities, Motivation and interest? Just as I would hope we as Job Seekers should learn a little about prospective employers we’re interested in working for?
Any parting advice you could offer us Job Seekers and Applicants, maybe something that would greatly increase our chances of getting your attention to call us or land that face to face interview?
Well I learned a lot here today, I think social media is a great forum for us job seekers. I think we’ll experience greater success with it though by focusing on it as a resource, another opportunity in finding our next position. I think we have to remember we’re communicating with a professional that is seeking good workers, someone serious about finding a job and we need to be as direct, informational and detailed as we can with our responses and comments. There busy and they may have literally 50 people responding and we want to be the one that is answering their questions and to be honest the one making their job of selecting a candidate easier than anyone else.
I think its important to take the information given, call that phone number immediately, leave a message if we have too. And be sure to email our resume to them if they’ve add an email address to the posting. If an address is given, we need to dress appropriately and show up with our resume and work history in hand ready to sell them on us!
I want to thank you for listening in with us today, I hope you learned something with me today and found some value with our discussion! Be sure to check out any missed episodes at warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com and join in on our discussions on facebook and twitter @whseandops. Good luck on your job search & remember Safety is going to be priority one with any job we land!