{"id":2675,"date":"2011-06-01T08:18:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T12:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2024-04-12T04:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:40:27","slug":"google-alerts-executive-job-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/google-alerts-executive-job-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Your Executive Job Search with Google Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you realize that when job-hunting you\u2019re in a sales and marketing campaign for your company of one \u2013 BRAND YOU INC.? Your mission is to pitch your value proposition to prospective employers and get them to choose you over your competition.<\/p>\n<p>But how can you know what messaging (through your resume, LinkedIn profile and other career marketing communications) you\u2019ll need to create to resonate with employers if you don\u2019t know exactly which employers you\u2019re targeting?<\/p>\n<p>Step 1 in your job search is getting clear about what kind of job you want and targeting the companies and organizations that will provide that opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2 \u2013 research and identify 15-20 companies\/organizations that will fulfill your needs, along with key decision makers within each one, which you\u2019ll work on connecting with.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3 \u2013 set up an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\">Google Alerts<\/a> with Alerts for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your name<\/li>\n<li>Your blog and website names<\/li>\n<li>Names of your target companies and\/or those you want to be informed about<\/li>\n<li>Names of key decision makers in your target companies<\/li>\n<li>Job title(s) you&#8217;re seeking, i.e.,\u00a0&#8220;COO Manufacturing Operations&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Key word phrases relevant to your niche<\/li>\n<li>Names of your target companies\u2019 relevant products or services<\/li>\n<li>Names of subject matter experts in your niche<\/li>\n<li>Names of any people whose radar you want to get on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>What makes Google Alerts so valuable?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Almost as it happens, you\u2019ll receive an email with links to the highest-ranked latest news and information published on the Web relevant to your chosen Alerts.<\/p>\n<p>Although some of the Alerts you receive will not be helpful, many will. Some of them will lead you to information and resources you never would have found otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>And Google Alerts will lead you to places where you can position your value proposition \u2013 or personal brand \u2013 and generate interest in you and evangelism for your brand.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Some of the ways Alerts are helpful:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To keep an eye on market trends and opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>To provide targeted industry and company research for due diligence, market intelligence, and to position yourself as an informed, engaged candidate in interviews.<\/li>\n<li>To help you track where your target key decision makers are hanging out, what they\u2019re talking about, and what they\u2019re working on.<\/li>\n<li>To uncover challenges facing your target companies, aiding you in communicating your value proposition to help them overcome those issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Tips for using Alerts for better blogging and tweeting:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Act quickly on an Alert for a relevant blog post and try to be the first one who comments on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">First-responders\u2019 comments stay at the top of the queue, and the link you provide is much more likely to be clicked on, leading people to whatever information you need them to know about you. If it\u2019s a blog with good link weight, your comment will land high in search results when people Google &#8220;your name,&#8221; positioning yourself as social media-savvy and a subject matter expert (if you\u2019ve written a compelling comment).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alerts generate ideas for your own blog posts and tweets.<\/li>\n<li>Alerts send you relevant tweets which you can re-tweet and help build brand evangelism.<\/li>\n<li>If you receive an Alert connected to a blog post you\u2019ve written within an hour or two of publishing it, you\u2019ll know Google considers it highly relevant and will be sending other searchers to the post when they Google matching keywords.<\/li>\n<li>Identify relevant sites where you may be able to publish an article or guest blog, building online brand visibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>Your takeaway:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Google Alerts is an essential resource to add to your personal brand toolkit. They keep you apprised of what people are saying about you online, what others in your company and industry are up to, and the latest trends within your niche and areas of interest.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Through the information Google Alerts provides, you\u2019ll connect with new information, thereby expanding your knowledge base, and penetrate new communities of forward-thinking subject matter experts to extend your network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Originally posted at Job-Hunt.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/10-steps-to-an-authentic-magnetic-personal-brand\/\">10 Steps to an Authentic, Magnetic Personal Brand: The Executive Personal Brand Worksheet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/how-to-land-an-executive-job-in-2011\/\">How To Land an Executive Job in 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/executivecareerbrand.com\/executive-brand-online-reputation-management-relevance-quality-diversity-volumeconsistency\/\">Executive Brand Online Reputation Management: Relevance, Quality, Diversity, Volume, Consistency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set up Alerts and get emails with links to the latest news and information published online for your chosen Alerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,11,6],"tags":[95,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-2675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-executive-career-management","7":"category-executive-job-search","8":"category-executive-networking","9":"category-online-presence-online-reputation-management","10":"category-executive-personal-and-career-branding","11":"tag-executive-branding","12":"tag-executive-job-search","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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