<div class="block">The job market is as competitive as ever but we have a few tips that could help boost your hiring profile. We heard from Trevor Bogan, Top Employers Institute, who shared some insight that could help your resume standout from a deep field of other potential hires.</div>

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How to Get Noticed When Looking for Work

Now you're looking for work, want to change jobs or enter the workforce for the very first time. Well, the competition is fierce right now. So here are some tips on how you can get in and get noticed. You need to be strategic, especially when an employer gets tons of applications and you need to stand out. So how do you get that dream job? We have some inside tips. You work hard to search the sites and apply for the job. You've always wanted, Trevor Bogan of Top Employers Institute gives us some out of the box ideas for getting noticed. You have to have a blend between some of the larger sites and then some of the smaller sites as well for you build there linked in, in the zip recruiter, all the large ones, but there's also some smaller ones like flex jobs ladders. Trevor also likes the smaller sizes like get work and snag a job less competition and more boutique job offerings are you experienced in start ups. It then target your search, well founded one that really works with start up pivots. And so these are sometimes companies that are all sizes that are really looking for someone to meet in the it space. Get work is one that is looking for those job speakers that are newly listed opportunities. The key is to be very specific to get noticed, focus on matching your skills with what is in the job listing and get your profiles in order. Make sure your linkedin is updated, get a really professional profile picture because first impressions are everything, make sure to work your contacts and be proactive. Great things about linkedin is a huge platform for people to network and grab mentors. Get a good connection, but really be strategic in your job. So it's proactive and you'll find the best opportunity for real, not only should you be checking job sites, but you should be looking at companies you truly admire, you may have the qualities they are looking for. Good luck job hunting. I'm Janice Lieberman and that's the real deal.