Using Pinterest for Job Search – Candidate view

In my previous post, we discussed about how to use Pinterest for Job postings – a Recruiter view.   Now, let us see how Candidates can use it for Job Search.

Create Resume Boards: Resume pin board should be created highlighting the achievements.  Creative jobs like designers, Infographics, Social media experts, may want to create different resume boards for different activities that they participate in.  Make sure that your board name contains Resume so that it is easily searchable.  For resume examples, click here.

Be Active on Pinterest:  Update your resume and other pin boards in Pinterest with latest information and achievements.  This shows that you are active and throws more light on the latest happenings in your world.

Job Search:  You can search for companies and/or job title within Pinterest.  Recruiters will be posting jobs to Company Pin boards. For example, click here to see the search results for Software Engineer.

So, have you created your Resume pin board yet ?

Using Pinterest for Job Search – Candidate view

In my previous post, we discussed about how to use Pinterest for Job postings – a Recruiter view.   Now, let us see how Candidates can use it for Job Search.

Create Resume Boards: Resume pin board should be created highlighting the achievements.  Creative jobs like designers, Infographics, Social media experts, may want to create different resume boards for different activities that they participate in.  Make sure that your board name contains Resume so that it is easily searchable.  For resume examples, click here.

Be Active on Pinterest:  Update your resume and other pin boards in Pinterest with latest information and achievements.  This shows that you are active and throws more light on the latest happenings in your world.

Job Search:  You can search for companies and/or job title within Pinterest.  Recruiters will be posting jobs to Company Pin boards. For example, click here to see the search results for Software Engineer.

So, have you created your Resume pin board yet ?

Using Pinterest for Job Postings - Recruiter view

Now, we know the popularity of Pinterest.  How can we leverage it to attract Talent ?  Here are few thoughts.

Create Pin Boards:  Different Pin Boards should be created based on the Category and/or location etc. For example, one of your Pin Board name could be: "Nurse Jobs - MyHospital".

Add image(s) to Job description: Note that images should talk about the Job.  Here is an example.  See more examples here.  Please note that you can pin videos as well and hence adding video(s) to Job description is also recommended.  For example, you can add a Youtube video which talks about "Work at MyCompany".

Add PinIt button: You can add Pin It button to your Job Details page. This allows the visitors of the career page to easily share it on Pinterest. Read more about Pin It button here.

Search for Candidates:  You can also search for candidates in Pinterest.  Search for "Resume", "My Resume" etc and refine it further for more suitable candidates.

When are you starting to use Pinterest for your recruitment needs?

We will talk about using Pinterest for Job Search - Candidate view in my next post.