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Page 1: Awesome CV and LinkedIn 101

AWESOME CV & LINKEDIN 101B Y V U Y O S E R I P E & L E R A T O R A P E T S O A

Brought to you by

Executive Placements

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ABOUT US

• Zigo.co.za was first launched a year ago and is part of the zigo.com Group.

• Zigo.co.za is fast becoming South Africa’s leading Job’s aggregator and gaining an international reputation with recruiters and candidates

• The company was established 5 years ago and is ranked amongst South Africa’s top 5 recruitment portal

• Lerato Rapetsoa is a Sales Executive who specialises in signing up recruitment agencies to the website and trains people to use the site efficiently

• Vuyo Seripe is the Senior Writer who writes CVs and LinkedIn Profiles for people all over the South Africa and the world. She has been a CV writer for past three years and written over 1200 CVs for people in different industries; she has also been a copywriter for the past 8 years

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SIGNING UP TO OUR JOB PORTAL

• Zigo.co.za is a job portal where candidates upload their CVs and recruitment agencies source candidates from our database of CVs

• Jobseekers can easily find jobs and apply to them through their personal account

• It is very important for both candidates and recruiters to use industry-specific keywords

• When you upload your details on the website please make sure you use specific keywords that would make it easy for recruiter to find your CV

• That means if you typing in your JOB TITLE with (current) means you need to state what your JOB TITLE is at that moment

• It is imperative to update your profile/job advert frequently so that your advert/job profile ranks higher in searches

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HOW TO FIND US

Go to www.zigo.com

• Jobseekers go to Upload CV and add all of your information

• Your CV is automatically available on our sister sites, Job Placements and Executive Placements (senior level candidates)

• We have two sister websites Executive Placements that mainly caters for Executive, Professional, Senior level staff that earn more than R600k p/a. Executive Placements shares their database with another portal called JobPlacements that caters for candidates that earn less than R600k p/a

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UPLOAD YOUR CV TO ZIGO.CO.ZA

• So if you upload your cv on ZIGO.CO.ZA you have a high possibility of being found on either databases

• We have prestige recruitment agencies that hire from us but you need to know exactly what to do for them to SPOT you faster that the next candidate

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AWESOME CV 101“You never get a second chance

to make a first impression.” -

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YOU HAVE 7 SECONDS

• The truth is: recruiters only spend a few seconds

on each CV

• 100s of people may apply to the same position,

so you need to think about how to stand out at

first glance

• The key is to get straight to the point; don’t beat

about the bush and stay away from fancy text,

unnecessary graphics and photos

• Tailor your CV to match your aspirations, be

clear about what it that you are good at, what

your skills are and what you are qualified in

because that’s what may get you in the door

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FORMATTING, FONTS AND LENGTH

• Your heading should be your name, where you

reside and your phone number

• Choose simple readable fonts; I recommend

Arial. Calibri, Times New Roman and TW Cen

MT are acceptable too

• Make sure your CV doesn’t have any borders,

unnecessary personal details and long job

descriptions – keep it simple.

• Your CV must be 1-2 pages, 3 at the most and

4 is ideal for highly qualified academics; at 5

pages, you’re bordering on a biography…

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COVER LETTER

• This is your chance to make a great impression,

avoid repeating what’s already on your CV

• Make sure all your contact information is

available on the cover letter; either as a header

or as part of your signature

• Ensure that the opening greeting is brief and

direct

• State where you discovered job opening

• Include why you’re applying to the position

• Consider adding two or three targeted bullet

points for emphasis

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LINKEDIN 101

• LinkedIn is gaining popularity in South Africa

and quite a few recruiters look to LinkedIn to

headhunt candidates

• LinkedIn is also a fantastic way to network with

other professionals

• Make sure you have a nice picture of you,

looking professional, a nice shirt doesn’t hurt

and you should smile!

• Tell people about you in 120 characters in your

headline

• Describe what drives you, what you’re good as

and what’s next in your career in the summary

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LINKEDIN 101 CONTD.:

• Ensure that you list all your jobs you’ve held in

the past and what you have accomplished in

each position; if you have footage and photos;

add them

• Detail your education, include extra mural

activities if you’ve had any along with any other

accomplishments

• Don’t be scared to add your volunteering

experience along with the causes you’re

interested in

• In the skills and expertise section, list every skill

you possess and try to get former colleagues

and managers to endorse you for those skills

and even leave a recommendation for you

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KEYWORDS IN YOUR PROFILES

• The right keywords give your CV a better

chance of being passed on to the HR

• Analyse the job description (and also those for

similar roles) to identify particular qualifications,

skills, or types of experience

• Ensure you're covering all possibilities, include

synonyms, examples or variations of the same

word in both your CV and covering letter. For

example, if you're applying for a Java

programming role, you could include program,

programmer, and Java

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THANK YOU


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