The document provides 10 tips for getting a job in 2016. The tips include disrupting your CV with digital elements, ensuring your online and offline profiles match, being open to freelancing opportunities, targeting realistic jobs that match your experience, promoting yourself on social media, studying relevant qualifications, being a change agent open to innovation, maintaining a network of quality connections on LinkedIn, learning to cope with rejection from applications, and staying on top of a recruiter's list by keeping them informed and following their advice.

1. HOW TO GET A JOB IN 2016
OUR 10 TIPS
“Having the right qualifications,
skills and experience are no longer
enough.”
Jason Walker
Managing Director at Hays New Zealand
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2. 1. DISRUPT YOUR CV
We’ve all heard of digital disruption, so think about
how you could ‘disrupt’ your CV and add a digital
element to it.
While a traditional CV remains the accepted way to
show you have the necessary skills and experience
for the role, you could add a link to a website, video
or blog post that profiles digital examples of your
work or demonstrates your expertise in a particular
area.
Adding such links at the end of your CV will help
you stand out – provided they are relevant to the
role you have applied for.
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3. 2. ALIGN YOUR ONLINE AND
OFFLINE CVS
Hiring managers will research you online, so
make sure the CV you submit matches your online
profile. Any discrepancies throw up a red flag. At
the very least you’ll be asked some hard questions
in the interview, and at worst your CV will be
removed from consideration.
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3. Be open to…

4. 3. BE OPEN TO FREELANCING
Expect the number of contract and temporary
assignments to continue to surge ahead.
With employers looking for flexible headcounts
and jobseekers looking to expand their industry
experience and networks, freelancing is an option
worth considering.
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4. Target…

5. 4. TARGET REALISTIC JOBS
Employers are becoming more impatient with
candidates who apply for a role that they are not
suitable for.
In 2016 it is therefore important to be realistic in
the roles you consider, and clearly demonstrate
your suitability for a role based upon your
experience.
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5. Promote…

6. 5. PROMOTE YOURSELF
You need to go outside your comfort zone and
promote yourself on social media to get ahead in
2016.
A LinkedIn account will not be enough if you are
not active online – so like, post, share and
comment on relevant content, ask for
endorsements, be active in relevant groups and
showcase examples of your work and
achievements.
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6. Study…

7. 6. STUDY RELEVANT
QUALIFICATIONS
Keep up-to-date with industry developments. If you
need to undertake training make sure it’s the right
training. In every industry there are certain
qualifications that employers value above others.
So make sure you do your research and work
towards the qualifications that employers actually
value.
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7. Be a change…

8. 7. BE A CHANGE AGENT
In our increasingly technologically sophisticated
world of work it’s inevitable that significant changes
lie ahead.
Employers are starting to look for candidates
with an appetite for change, so in 2016 make sure
you are known for driving innovation, integrating
technology and learning best practice from others
in order to make informed changes to the way
business is done.
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8. Size doesn’t…

9. 8. SIZE DOESN’T MATTER
If you choose not to hide your LinkedIn
connections, be aware that employers can make
assumptions about you based on the quality of
your online connections. For many employers, the
value you can bring to their business is an
important consideration in their hiring decision.
Your connections should show potential
employers that you are associated with people
relevant to your field, which can be a powerful
endorsement of your reach.
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9. Learn to cope…

10. 9. LEARN TO COPE WITH
REJECTION
Highly-skilled professionals are in high demand,
but that doesn’t mean employers will leap at the
first candidate they find. As well as the required
technical skills you need to have the right industry
background and cultural fit, which means it could
take a few applications before you find the right
role for you.
Don’t take the rejection personally.
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10. Stay on top…

11. 10. STAY ON TOP OF A
RECRUITER’S TALENT LIST
There are a few simple ways to stay at the top of
your recruiter’s talent list. These include keeping
your recruiter informed by updating them if your
circumstances change, following their advice, and
keeping your word.
So if you say you’re only interested in permanent
work then decline an interview for a more lucrative
contract role your credibility with your recruiter will
take a hit. Similarly, trust your recruiter and don’t
go over their head to contact an employer direct.
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12. Hays is the most followed
recruitment agency on LinkedIn® in
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by following Hays Worldwide.
Get expert advice, insights and the
latest recruitment news by following
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