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Top Tools & Apps to Get Hired
Getting hired is hard. It's noisy, crowded, and there are a lot of different angles to navigate. To help you make the most of your career search, we've highlighted our favorite apps to stand out, get noticed, and ensure you have the key tools in your tool belt.
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Organizing & Managing Your Job Search
We teach our candidate network that can't rely on just a job application to expect the best results when trying to land your dream job. You must instead take a diverse approach to getting yourself in front of the key decision-makers, using....
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Job Applications
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Emails
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Calls
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LinkedIn
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In-Person / Office Visits
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Snail Mail
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Using Networks
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Social Media
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Recruiters
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Events
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Company Groups
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Conferences
JOB TRACKING PLATFORMS
Keeping track of all of these different touchpoints won't be easy. As such, rely on these apps to help you manage all of your target companies and jobs.
JibberJobber was designed by a job seeker for job seekers. The problems we solve include helping you stay organized in your job search and do better follow-up. Modeled after CRM software that a salesperson might use to organize and manage prospects and customers, JibberJobber helps job seekers organize and manage contacts, target companies, jobs applied to, and communication with and between any of those.
Teal is a personal career growth platform that gives you the tools, skills, and recommendations you need to accelerate your career, starting with the job search. Teal's job tracker is intuitive and helps job seekers find a job they love. The tracker includes features like, rating the excitement level of a job, and extracting keywords, including hard and soft skills, to customize your resume.
Huntr is a job search tracker and CRM that helps job seekers organize their search. Huntr's chrome widget allows users to track every detail about their job search, including notes, dates, tasks, descriptions, salaries, locations, and company data. Huntr also auto-fills application forms using information from a user's Huntr profile.
CRM'S (Customer Relationship Management Tools)
You can also use free versions of these CRM (customer relationship management) apps to organize and execute your communications and contact organizations.
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ORGANIZATION TOOLS
There are also some great organization apps to keep all your notes, tasks, goals, and more in one place. Use these tools to collect articles, take notes on the companies you're targeting, and keep everything handy for easy viewing and organization.
Milanote is a cloud-based tool to help with tasks like: Storyboarding, Creative writing, Mind-mapping, and Brainstorming. This is our favorite tool to visually organize projects and specific goals/tasks.
Miro is a digital whiteboard. It's similar to a physical whiteboard, but it's online. Users can create notes, designs, and maps, and communicate through video calls or online chats.
Trello is a web-based project management tool that helps you organize and manage projects, workflows, and tasks. Trello uses a Kanban-style design with cards and allows users to add files, checklists, and automation to their boards.
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Mastering Your Email Approach
Much of your outreach and communication will happen over email. As such, utilizing these key tools and apps will help you stay organized, rise above the noise, and be impactful when communicating with key people during your career search.
EMAIL TRACKING TOOLS
Become a pro at email through productivity tools, including the ability to check engagement on your emails (opens, clicks, and read times), to send emails at later times, create follow-ups, and more.
Right Inbox is an email productivity tool for Gmail. It allows users to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders for follow-ups, and create recurring emails. Right Inbox also lets users turn their most effective emails into customizable templates.
Mailtrack is a free email tracker for Gmail that lets users know when their emails have been opened and read. It can also track the number of clicks and how many times a recipient has opened the mail.
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Mixmax works with Gmail and Google Inbox. It offers free unlimited email tracking, instant scheduling, reminders, and more. Mixmax can help you automate repetitive tasks and streamline workflows.
EMAIL WRITING TOOLS
Write emails, messages, and replies faster by inserting templates in Gmail, Outlook.com, LinkedIn, or any other website.
Magical is a free email automation tool that can help you save time and reduce typos. It can create shortcuts for frequently used messages and text, and can also auto-fill spreadsheets. Magical can also help you fill out forms and databases with the click of a button.
OTHER EMAIL TOOLS
Here are some more valuable tools as you master your email approach.
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WiseStamp is a cloud-based service that helps professionals and businesses create and manage professional email signatures. Boost your email marketing with a professionally designed email signature. Pick a template, add your details, links, and cool add-ons.
Lavender is a browser extension that uses AI to help you write more effective emails. Lavender compares your emails to millions of successful emails and your own historical emails. It then suggests ways to make your emails more impactful. Lavender also includes tools for spelling, grammar, spam checking, subject line analysis, and company research.
Join our Candidate Network
Using these tools will set you up for success and help you stand out among the noise of other candidates. The next step is to get coaching and support to really differentiate yourself and make the most of your career search!
Sign up for a free consult with our team and join our Candidate Network to get 1v1 coaching, accountability, advocacy, and more throughout your career.
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Finding Key Decision Makers
Okay - you've identified the companies that match your career purpose and goals...now what? You've got to get in front of key decision-makers to build awareness of you and your candidacy and to make an impact through communications, connections, and meetings. Here are the tools you'll need to make it all happen.
TOOLS TO FIND NAMES, EMAILS, & CONTACT INFO
These tools will help you find the right key decision makers - whether hiring managers or department leaders - and give you access to their emails and phone numbers.
Each platform provides a free version to start mining for contact information. As such, we recommend utilizing more than one platform in your search efforts to ensure up-to-date and valid contact information.
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Seamless.ai finds verified cell phones, emails, and direct dials for anyone you need to contact. Get 50 free credits with no credit card down and discover why 500,000+ people and companies use Seamless.AI.
Apollo's Lead Generation tool uses data-driven marketing campaigns to generate leads based on industry and geographical location. Apollo's database is the world's most up-to-date lead database. It includes verified emails and phone numbers.
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Getting Ready for the Interview
You made it through the noise and the recruiter or hiring manager wants to set up a first interview. Considering 86% of recruiters are still conducting virtual interviews, it is imperative that you are ready with the right video and audio settings.
PREP YOUR COMPUTER WITH THE MOST USED VIDEO PLATFORMS
Don't wait until right before the interview to get set up with the video platform that the interviewer is using. Instead, have these three video platforms ready on your computer, including ensuring your name is loaded, your background settings are set, and you've updated to the latest versions.
Click on the icons for tips and resources for navigating each platform.
UPGRADE YOUR WEB CAMERA
If you don't have a good camera built into your computer, here are our top 2 recommendations.
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Other Helpful Tools
Here are some more of our favorite tools that we recommend to our candidate network.
SPELLING & GRAMMAR HELP
This is a must. A no-brainer. Download the free version of Grammarly and ensure that you never have a typo, mispelling, or bad grammar again. Use it seamlessly to check your emails, resume, LinkedIn page, and every other communication and piece that you send to others.
Grammarly is a cloud-based writing assistant that offers real-time suggestions to help you write better. It works on mobile and desktop, and can be used with Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other apps. Grammarly reviews your writing for spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement, and delivery mistakes. It also detects plagiarism and suggests replacements for identified errors.
UPDATE YOUR RESUME
We see A LOT of resumes...yet the majority look the same. Stand out with a better design that truly showcases your personality and your best workplace experiences.
Canva is a free online graphic design tool that allows users to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, and logos...including resumes. Canva has a simple drag-and-drop interface and offers a large library of templates, fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips.
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Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling handmade and vintage items. This includes a large selection of beautifully designed and unique resume templates. For just a couple of dollars, you can stand out with a professionally designed email template.