How to Find & Impress Recruiters in Your Industry, with Blake Thiess

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Recruiters receive dozens of cover letters and resumes every day. How can you increase your chances of getting noticed by recruiters online and receive more job offers? Find Your Dream Job guest Blake Thiess offers a specific set of strategies. In order to get noticed online, Blake says you need to engage with recruiters in your chosen industry often enough to be recognized. Blake also shares the types of content you need to be posting online on a regular basis. About Our Guest: Blake Thiess (https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakethiess/) is the director of talent acquisition for Prestige Care. It’s a skilled nursing and senior care company with more than 85 locations in eight states. He’s passionate about training and development and all things recruiting, human resources, and job seeking. Resources in This Episode: If you’d like to know more about employment opportunities at Prestige Care, visit their website at prestigecare.com/careers. Your presence online is critical in order for employers to find you. Learn how to use your social media to make a favorable impression by enrolling in our free online course, How to Wow and Woo Employers Online (https://macslist.teachable.com/p/impress-employers-online/?src=podcast). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.8	This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you
1:17.2	want, and make a difference in life. I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of
1:22.3	Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps professionals find fulfilling careers.
1:29.1	Every Wednesday on Find Your Dream Job, I interview a career expert.
1:33.6	We discuss the tools you need to find the work you want.
1:37.0	Today, I'm talking to Blake Tees about how to stand out online with employers.
1:52.9	Music stand out online with employers. Would you like a recruiter to approach you about a job?
1:56.4	Our expert this week says it happens all the time.
2:00.1	Blake Tees is in charge of hiring for a national
2:02.1	company that operates in eight states. He says professionals who stand out online regularly get
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