How Instagram helps you find a Job

From Common people like you and me to popular brands and companies, the first thing which comes to mind regarding job search is LinkedIn.

And yes! LinkedIn is a powerful platform to connect with recruiters and job seekers, but don’t we all wanted to be off the shelf?

Instagram it is

Now, most of the businesses and companies turn their head towards Instagram to endorse their brand, culture and job offers. Using Instagram for job search may enhance your marketing skills and as well endorse you as a digital savvy.

 6 Simplified ways to use Instagram as a job search medium:

• Create a professional Instagram account

If you want to use Instagram for job search, consider creating a new Instagram account. As we all know, our personal Instagram account has lots of personal photos, which we might not want our recruiters or employers to see.

 But now it’s handy to manage separate accounts with the recent Instagram update. So you can always swap between personal and professional account.

Tip: Create your User Name more professional without any emoji’s, by just giving your first name & last Name or your profession followed by your Name or brand name.

•   Brand Yourself

 Create a short captivating and professional bio about who you are and what you do, if needed you can also add your LinkedIn profile as your bio link, which might strongly indicate that you are into a pro job search.

 Tip: You can also use your LinkedIn summary for your Instagram bio to cast yourself as a pro. 

•  Reach out to the companies

 A report from Statista, states, In USA 2018, over a billion Instagram accounts were created. Most of the company’s brand name were established via Instagram through their influential employee in Instagram, as they share the work culture.

 To get it more interesting, start following the company to which you are applying or make a list of companies which falls ally to your dream company and check their updates

It’s very easy to follow a company account and don’t feel worried whether this account is genuine, nowadays lots of business accounts in Instagram are verified.

 Tip: Google this formula for better search experience:  “Company Name” + “Instagram”

•   Expand your Network

 If you couldn’t find the company in Instagram, doesn’t mean you’re fallout from the job search. You can simply search for the Company’s LinkedIn profile in google and find out employee names who are all already working in the company and from here you can follow the same strategy which is google: “Employee Name” + “Instagram” and start connecting with them, remember it should be a healthy connection and no one will like a stalker, so make sure you don’t keep reacting to their picture which has been posted years ago, which lands you into a bad reputation. Follow make more connections and grow your network.

Tip: Build your connections by commenting

• Use Hashtags

 Using hashtags are the most efficient way to grab attention from your preferred company to your Instagram account. You can search for popular or trending hashtags, to which industry people are using, and use them.

Try out the most relevant tags to grab the heed.

Tip: You can use your desired company’s name or brand name as hashtags, if you have attended their recent events or seminars, you can post that picture with the hashtags of that the company and promote the event.

•  Showcase yourself

 Last but not the least, Its always the people who leap for the extra mile are better than the average ones, so think different and put some little extra effort than the other people who don’t.

Since you have chosen Instagram as your job search platform, your uniqueness starts here, where you can showcase your talent by posting your job-related pictures and your achievements.

Tip: Share your achievement pics, best employee award or you can share your creative work and uploading them on Instagram.