To find the job of your dreams, it is important to mobilize the right resources and use the best tools. Find Your Way offers a list of the 10 best sites to facilitate your research and increase your chances of making a good impression with the recruiter.
Text Blaze
Text Blaze is a free Google Chrome extension that allows you to save up to thirty text templates for free. To stand out among recruiters, on LinkedIn for example, the keyword is personalization. Text Blaze allows you to stand out from other candidates while saving time. Thanks to keyboard shortcuts, you will be able to add previously saved generic texts.
To set up this Chrome extension, simply follow the following steps:
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- Download the extension by clicking on this link.
- Click Add to Chrome.
- Click on Add extension.
- All you have to do is log in to your Gmail account to identify yourself.
Mail Track
If you are tired of doubting whether your email has been read by your interlocutor or not, we have found the best tool to reassure you! MailTrack.io is an email tracking extension for Gmail and Inbox that lets you know if your emails have been read or not yet. As on social networks, it adds double verification marks to let you know if you should follow up with your recipient or wait a few more days.
Hunter.io
Hunter.io will allow you to find the HR email of the companies that make you dream. Even if these techniques raise controversial questions, this tool remains very useful and a formidable weapon for recovering the email addresses present on the web of all members of a company.
Maestro by CVDesignr
If you want to stand out and make a good impression on your future recruiter, it is important to work on your CV well. To successfully complete this exercise, you can go to CVDesignr to have access to many free models. You can choose from several models, opting for a professional or more designer appearance.
Canvas
Canvas is an essential tool for finding the right CV template and adapting it according to the sectors of activity or positions that you like. In addition to CVs, you can use it to create a LinkedIn banner or a portfolio in your image, reflecting your creativity. This will allow you to greatly gain points with the recruiter who will say that you are someone who is meticulous. The tool is quite easy to use and intuitive for beginners in graphic design. However, you will need a little time to adapt.
BOXMYJOB
BOXMYJOB will allow you to better organize yourself in your job search. When applying, you will be likely to send endless CVs to get an interview. This tool offers you a modern workspace to save time. You will be able to:
- Save a long list of advertisements from different job sites in the same place
- Link these announcements to key information: response received, call received, employer contact details, etc.
- Set an interview date
- Receive alerts directly on your computer or phone.
Microsoft Editor
The best way to lose credibility with the recruiter is to make spelling mistakes. We therefore advise you to be very careful and to reread your CV and cover letter several times. If you want to be sure not to make any mistakes, Microsoft Editor is the ideal tool for you. It allows you to scan your texts and automatically detect small spelling or careless errors that have crept into your applications.
Shapr
Shapr can be compared to professional tinder. It will allow you to transform your career. This is a networking app that offers you a list of professionals to meet every day, based on your location, interests and past experiences. Every day, you will be able to interact with recruitment professionals from renowned startups: Payfit, Spendesk, Partoo, Qonto, OpenClassrooms, Ornikar, etc.
PFP Maker
PFP is an acronym for “profile picture”. This site will allow you to make a good first impression with recruiters. The profile photo is the first thing people see when they view your LinkedIn profile or your CV. Studies show that based on profile photos, people choose who to friend, who to date, and who to employ. If you want to make a good first impression, you probably won’t post anything incriminating like a photo of yourself drunk at a party. PFP Maker will allow you to perfect your CV photo. This will allow you to remove your background and add a more stylish one.
LinkTree
LinkTree is a tool that will allow you to group several links in one place. You can use it in your signature to link to your portfolio or your social networks. You’ve probably already come across this link, given that LinkTree is used a lot at the moment by content creators on social networks, like Instagram or TikTok, who now group all of their links in one place.
