(Source: Indeed.com)

Indeed.com allows us to make a zoom on the retail industry for a more precise analysis of the employment market trend in this sector.

What is interesting to see is that even if hiring needs in retail have increased (+17%), they have not increased as much as the demand for retail job opportunities (+50%). There has obviously been a much higher number of job seekers in 2009 than last year.

The second interesting point is that companies tend to hire more between August and November in order to be ready for the holidays. This is even more obvious when looking at Florida. Whether Bal Harbour, Boca Raton, Worth Avenue, Lincoln Road, Sunset Place or Aventura Mall they all work on a 6 month-year during winter. If they have to hire new Store Managers or Sales Associates, they have to do it before December or risk to loose of lot of sales by lack of sales staff or retail management.

We will talk about the economical situation and employment market trends in the United States. We will provide insights to job seekers willing to work abroad:

• Why the United States?
• How to prepare you career plan?
• How to start searching for career opportunities?
• How to contact?
• How to use Social Media in your job hunting strategy (linkedin)?
• What are the management cultural differences between the US and Europe?
• How to assess your strengths?
• etc…

This year the HEC Career Fair holds many conferences and workshops in English, so that it opens itself even more towards international business. In addition the HEC MBA students and alumni, who are non-French speaking for a vast majority will have the opportunity to be fully involved in every event.

Hopefully this will help keeping on building even more the HEC brand and reputation among American companies.

“social media” Job Trends

“social media” jobs

As most of you have already noticed, ACCUR has always managed to be a innovative regarding its online marketing and communication strategies. We are very successfully using WordPress blogs, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter.

If you want to be updated with our career opportunities, job hunting tips and employment market trends you can connect with us clicking on the following links:

Also ACCUR’s representatives are active members of both Refresh Miami and the South Florida chapter of Social Media Club, the only two social communities of Web 2.0 and Social Medias enthusiasts and professionals in South Florida.

Social Media and Social Networking have now become a very hot and serious subject. Companies are investing a lot to improve their presence on the web and their Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We can mention for example in our luxury and consumer goods industry the Kiehl’s Gives Back and the Club Swatch. Both these companies have understood the interest of increasing their reach to existing communities on the web whether through their blog, Facebook pages or Twitter accounts.

The issue is that while recruiting such type of expertise, you will very quickly notice there is no academic program, no university and no previous specific background apart from a “field” experience no older than 6 months. In addition true professionals and experts in the field are very rare and almost impossible to recruit without real initial Social Media and Web 2.0 experience.

Thanks to its excellent reputation among very famous clients and its expertise in Social Media, ACCUR is proud to announce its new Social Media Recruiting Practice.  So whether you are looking to launch and maintain a corporate blog, do some buzz on Facebook and Twitter, or launch viral marketing strategies, don’t hesitate to contact us. In a click we can contact thousands of potential candidates in the fields and we have all the experience to select the true professionals among them.

If you are looking to hire Social Media professionals don’t hesitate to contact us here and if you are interested in Social Media career opportunities, you can submit your resume here.

The article is an interview in French of ACCUR’s CEO and Executive Recruiter, Edouard Thoumyre about the current situation of the employment market and the history of his Executive Search firm.

FrenchMorning.com recently opened its activity in Miami after gaining a large readership in New York. Watch them closely, there are about to open other major cities in the US.

But you have to keep in mind that this won’t make us call you for a job unless you have also sent us your resume or applied to one of our jobs on our Job Board. I see many people connecting with me on these social media tools or social networks asking me to keep them in mind when a good opportunity arise matching their previous experiences and professional skills.

With all the good will in the world, it is not possible to keep everyone in mind, this is why recruitment firms use ATS (Applicants Tracking System) to sort, search and select the best candidates for each job. If you are not is our Applicant Tracking System, you are loosing a lot of chances to be contacted.

Executive Search firms and recruitment agencies work all the same. They are contacted by so many people that you, as a candidate, need to be very clear and striking upfront. It is right that we want to make sure you can be polite, but it is not enough!!!  We need to know right away what are your skills and previous experiences and obviously it is always a plus (or an obligation) to be polite.

ALWAYS attach your resume when contacting a recruiter for the first time!

1. US Sales Manager for Wine & Spirits (Miami, FL)
2. Marketing Manager for Food & Beverage (Miami, FL)
3. Area Sales Manager in Luxury Goods for Latin America and the Travel Retail (Miami, FL)
4. Marketing & Sales Coordinator in Flatware & Dinnerware for Latin America (Miami, FL)
5. Assistant Brand Manager in Fragrances & Cosmetics (Miami, FL)
6. Central America Sales Representative  in Flatware & Dinnerware (Panama)
7. Latin America Controller in Wine & Spirits (Miami, FL)
8. Regional Events Coordinator / Office Manager in Luxury Goods & Fashion (Miami, FL)
9. Account Executive in Luxury Goods for the Caribbean Duty Free (Miami, FL)
10. Store Manager in Luxury Fashion and Luxury Goods (Bal Harbour, FL)

This also gives you a good understanding of what we usually do and recruit for.

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The idea is that the form has to be standard and perfect for our Applicant Tracking System to analyze properly and our eye to read it easily… Forget about graphic design and colors. Keep it simple and crystal clear.

Are you sure your resume will be found and read ?

Like many other recruiters, whether in-house or from third-party employment agencies, at ACCUR Recruiting Services we search resumes most of the time through a “Search Engine” (our internal Resume Management System (Also called Applicant Tracking System ATS), CareerBuilder, Monster, Linkedin…)

Have you ever heard of Search Engine Optimization for websites ?  (Meaning: making sure you website appears on top in Google (and others…) when someone types specific keywords)

For resumes it works the same way, but it is much simpler and everyone is able to do it !!

Search Engine Optimization for a resume doesn’t make it a good one no matter what, but at least makes sure it will be found when a recruiter searches for someone like you. There are not too many options for us when we use a resume database and the type of keywords we enter are always the following:

• Industry description
  
• Type of products or services
  
• Group / Company / Brand names
  
• Titles
  
• Territories (mostly for sales)

The conclusion is that you always should write 1 or 2 lines after each company you worked for explaining the industry and the type of product and service sold. You can also mention the industries you want to work with in the “Objective” section of your resume. Don’t hesitate to indicate the clients and suppliers you had, or their industry description, as they will act as additional keywords.

More keywords = More calls from recruiters !!

If you have more tips on how you write your own resume, don’t hesitate to share them below in the comments.

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