The document provides tips for finding a job during the COVID-19 pandemic. It recommends updating your resume, networking actively on social media platforms like LinkedIn, and taking online courses to learn new skills. Specific tips include customizing your resume to be AI-friendly, using hashtags recruiters search for in your LinkedIn headline, and networking in virtual groups on platforms like Upstream. The document stresses staying positive and taking advantage of online tools and communities for virtual engagement during social distancing restrictions.

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How to Find a Job During
Pandemic
Since coronavirus has affected nearly every industry of the global economy, many experts agree
– the whole world is headed to an economic decline. Unfortunately, we have many people today
who weren’t prepared to deal with all this recession and lay-offs. What does pandemic mean to
them today? After falling to a down pit of unemployment they are plunging into a vague and
rather uncertain career market today. Some haven’t saved enough money in bank accounts. This
de nitely is not contributing to the feeling of con dence or protection during this messy time.
What steps can be taken for getting back on track
with careers?
How to nd a new job during recession? Well, the rst thing that you can do for nding a new
job is start updating a resume after you are done with a career skills reassessment. Second, try
to stay positive and quit thinking there is no way of nding a new job during the COVID-19
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pandemic. In case if you’re currently going through tough times being laid off by employers. Are
you sitting in quarantine and freaking out not knowing what to expect next after losing a day
job? Remain focused and try not to panic. Think strategically and start collecting information
that helps you to nd effective ways to get you back in the game.
Even though many businesses reacted to coronavirus risks with furloughs, still plenty of other
businesses post career ads regularly with jobs available. So, just nd a new job by starting to
network actively. If your circle of friends is modest, nd other ways to go about it.
In this blog post, we’ll make an overview of some strategic steps on how to get a job and useful
approaches to follow to learn how to nd work and succeed in getting a new job. No matter
whether you want some tips or just browsing around online, this information is helpful.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tip 1. Find a new job with active networking on
social media and with online applications
How to Find a Job During Pandemic1
What steps can be taken for getting back on track with careers?
Tip 1. Find a new job with active networking on social media and with online applications
Tip 2. The best way to nd a new job is to go with online tools you’ve already used
Tip 3. Find a job now by crafting your resume and making it AI-friendly
Tip 4. Best way to nd a job online is to develop a network with LinkedIn
What are the most needed jobs right now?2
Bottom line

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Since we all have to cope with new regulations regarding social distancing, the best you can do
in this situation is to start taking advantage of technology and social media. If you have an
Upstream app, available on iPhone, go ahead and become a part of the “Coronavirus Helping
and Hiring” group. This platform contains job posts of companies that are still offering jobs
even during the pandemic. The best feature of this platform is that It will connect you to
recruitment companies directly.
You’ll nd recruiters from such big corporations like WP Engine, Greylock Partners, and
Wealthfront. You’ll get access to job offers and work with liaisons between job seekers and
companies that hire. Don’t have an iPhone? Not a problem – seek individuals you can get
access on behalf of and apply. Upstream made an announcement that they’ve been working on
building the same service for Androids as well. So, soon this service will be available for Android
users.
By the way, if you want to dive deeper into the business capabilities of the Facebook platform,
an online course “Facebook Ads For Beginners (Part 1): Prepping For Your Ad” will be a good
one to take. Educate yourself on how to build and design Facebook ads.
Learn how to create them from scratch and about the best strategies for reaping immediate
results. This course is good for absolute beginners providing lots of instructions step-by-step,
as well as actual examples. No speci c requirements for taking this course. All you need is a
computer, Internet, and a Facebook business page.

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Tip 2. The best way to find a new job is to go with
online tools you’ve already used
Are you stuck at home without having too many face-to-face interactions with other people?
Social distancing doesn’t equal isolation. Don’t feel like you’ve been cut off from the rest of the
world. Need more tips for nding a job? Go to web tools and resources that you’ve already used
to connect with your business peers and entrepreneurs before the pandemic hit.
Facebook Live, GoToWebinar, Google Hangouts, WebEx, Vimeo Live are the handiest resources
out there used for virtual engagement, web interactions, networking events, and online
conferences. We also have digital-only and Instagram TV (IGTV) virtual communities that are
nurturing network activities around these resources in nearly every location.
Most recruiters admit that one of the most widely used online platforms for hosting events has
been Meetup.com. This platform has multi-language support for non-English speakers. And, of
course, there is the StreamYard – live streaming tool which lets you stream directly from your
home to LinkedIn, YouTube, and many more other Internet virtual spaces.
Do you want to get more useful information about the most effective methods used for setting
up a successful webinar? Take an online course “How To Use Webinars For Your Business”.
You’ll get down to 8 effective techniques that will help you to create a high-quality webinar for
free.
In case you like YouTube a lot and want to collect more tips and hints on how to establish online
visibility with high-quality videos, take a useful online course “Video Marketing Hacking: How to
Fire Up Your Online Presence”.
Market yourself or your business with video marketing strategies. Learn what mistakes to avoid
and what methods to use for immediate results. Also, you’ll learn how YouTube videos generate
massive tra c sources for your website, which will skyrocket your business and bring it to a
whole new level.
Tip 3. Find a job now by crafting your resume and
making it AI-friendly

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If you’ve been working hard on updating your resume and tailoring it to be sent out to individual
recruiters, try a different approach. No secret, today lots resumes are read by robots, so make
your resume picked up by a parser easily. The whole trick here is you need to set it up as
straightforward as possible with a simple language. Forget about intricate formats or owery
terms used in a description. In other words, don’t confuse a robot while passing your resume
over to recruitment platforms.
Some tips for you how to go about it:
Keep a job title simple. Stick to the exact description of the title that the employer would
use. For example, don’t describe your skills as “I’m a coding ninja”, just specify that you’re
Since over 70% of companies use some sort of resume
parser to sort information out, creating summaries, and
ranking candidates, you need to make sure that your resume
will be understood by the parser with no problem.

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a web development engineer.
Keep a standard format for the document. Since all robots like well-organized and
structured data, using too much creativity for designing a resume will not help. For
example, using a two-column approach while presenting information about yourself and
your skills won’t be helpful and understood by parser. So, keep the description in a more
traditional manner – linear or top-to-bottom standard format.
It’s okay to stick to a straightforward language which is rather simple. Maybe you are a
fan of prose or sophisticated terms in sentences. However, this won’t do any good if a
resume will be overloaded with too many confusing descriptions. Again, don’t confuse a
robot. Speak to it in simple language avoiding long sentences. Specialize your application
and make it robot-friendly.
Are you wondering how to nd a good paying job by aiming for a speci c employer? Note it at
the top of a resume. Write a few sentences stating this. Are you after a very creative job? Go
ahead and submit two different versions of a resume to see which one will do the job and get a
job. Remember, there is an option of submitting a cover letter where you can show off writing
capabilities or your unique persona to employers.
Go to the resume-building website Zety to view samples and nice templates of professionally
done resumes. This website has a vast ocean of good info on building your resume from
scratch and making it stand out.
Looking for more opportunities for boosting knowledge in marketing terms and phrases to use
them later in a resume? Take an online course “Business English | Marketing Phrases”. This
course will teach you the most essential phrases used in marketing breaking them down to
more simple meanings.
This course is useful for job seeking individuals and professional business people who want to
learn o cial de nitions of marketing terms fast and without hitting too many books. If you’re a
non-English speaker you’ll be thrilled with not only learning a lot of useful information but also
with practicing correct pronunciation of everything you learn.
Tip 4. Best way to find a job online is to develop a
network with LinkedIn

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What are the most needed jobs
right now?
Go ahead and nd out with LinkedIn. This is one of the most popular channels actively used
today by both recruiters and job seekers. LinkedIn has over 660 mils of users all over the world
and provides plenty of information about places that pay well and best industries to work in.
It’s easier now for candidates to get on the radar of recruiters if they manage their LinkedIn
pro le wisely. Why advertise career skills with the LinkedIn platform? Because you can impress
According to recent statistical data collected by Jobvite
from 200 recruiters, over 60% of companies do their talent
hunting on social media sites today.

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hiring companies with samples of your work and show off an already well-established brand.
LinkedIn is a gateway to career opportunities and has been actively utilized by such monster
corporations like PayPal, Indeed, Microsoft, Ford for identifying, mapping, and reaching out to
desired candidates. As it’s been already reported in the previous year, every eight seconds
somebody gets hired through LinkedIn. However, today having an actively maintained account is
not enough, you need to use a strategy for staying on the radar.
Some tips on what you can do to integrate the key elements of creating a strong headline into
your LinkedIn account. Make it more visible to recruiters:
Introduce yourself with LinkedIn headlines. Remember, LinkedIn headlines are commonly
used as a business card, as well as an elevator pitch of a digital pro le. A headline is
usually placed right under your name and gives a good chance to advertise yourself.
Sometimes a well written and strong headline can make a rst impression. It can be a
decision-maker for the recruiter who decides whether he wants to select your resume or
not.
Stick to a concise and succinct language while emphasizing your skills. Recruiters state
– those headlines that deliver a clear message about the most important achievements
within seconds are appreciated the most. So, if you’d make smart use of the word limit by
highlighting what experience you can bring to this particular company, you’ll be a winner.
Create it like a slogan and you can also separate key phrases with a pipe key to make it
easier to read and skim.
Try not to be too wordy. Try not to use full sentences when creating your headline.
Recruiters say that in most cases headlines with full sentences are harder to read. Another
thing is they suggest staying away from “bragging” by using such words as “stunningly
attractive” or “in uencer”.

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Ask a professional for feedback and acquire a second opinion. Have somebody else take a look
at your headline and give you honest feedback. You need to be sure that you did a good job of
delivering a message.
First, ask whether your headline looks professional or needs more work with that.
Second, nd out what message it sends exactly.
Third, make sure that your headline stays consistent with the rest of the info you provisioned in a
LinkedIn account.
Fourth, try to nd out whether your headline is missing out on anything. Or whether there is
anything that needs to be added to it.
Another good thing to remember is to create a headline key-word friendly. Keep it optimized and
consistent with the rest of the pro le.

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Do you want to learn more about the job interview process, what kind of buzz words recruiters
use? Do you want to show up for an interview all self-con dent and well prepared? Take an
online course “The Complete English for Job Interview course | 2019 Edition”.
After going through the course, you won’t feel terri ed of job interviews anymore. Take this
course and learn what questions you’ll be asked by recruiters and what are the best answers to
provide to get your dream job.
Bottom line
No matter what your current situation is in terms of a job search, or if you still can’t nd a job –
stay positive and don’t hesitate to use the extra time for learning new skills! Go to Grinfer to
check it out for more great online courses and boost your career with new skills.
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Think about what most commonly used phrases recruiters
apply while browsing for applicants in one industry or
another. Make sure the headline in your resume contains
enough essential keywords. This will make it more
searchable to recruiters.
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