NESA Webinar
Understand how online applications and recruitment databases are screening out your job seekers resumes
Tuesday 26 May 2020
2pm AEST (1:30pm SA & NT and 12 noon WA)
Target Group
All frontline staff
Summary
ideal for frontline staff who are advising clients on applications, job coaches or job search trainers who are assisting individuals in improving their applications for greater chance of success.
Have you ever pulled together a great job application, flicked it off, waited, waited and waited, and received no reply? Will these days many organisations use HR Software to screen out your documents based on formatting, lack of key words and other things that you may not be aware of.
The change from human eyes reviewing the initial application to computer software analysing the application has changed the way successful applications are formatted. This webinar will provide an understanding of those changes and how they are impacting on your job seekers success. It will make you look at your resume templates in a whole new light.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
- An understanding of how online applications are processed by screening software – essential to know so your clients aren’t screened out on the first pass
- The importance of key words in your job seeker’s application – and matching these to the advertisement or industry that they are applying for
- Formatting and making things pretty – why this doesn’t work with online applications. Fonts to use, and fonts not to use!
- Keeping it simple – how irrelevant or complex information on your online resume or application can be hurting your client’s chances of ending up on the ‘yes’ list
FACILITATOR
Rebecca Herbertson
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Career Development and other qualifications in Training, Management and Human Resources. With over fifteen years’ experience working in Employment Services and nine years delivering industry training, Rebecca is able to relay her knowledge and experience using a common sense approach and an informal manner which is popular with her clients. Her Employment Services work has primarily involved facilitating the Certificate IV in Employment Services throughout Western Australia and assisting organisations with other business needs such as tender writing and policy development. Currently the Director of Training and Compliance at the Betterlink Group, a Western Australian based RTO, she is also the WA president of the Career Development Association of Australia, an internationally certified Continuous Improvement Coach, SME Executive Coach and NLP Practitioner.
