'How do I find a good job ?' , 'I am searching for a job but can't find it, can you help ?' , question similar to this are something we hear every day. The more we understand and go deep into the recruitment process, understanding needs of 16000+ employers and over 500,000+ assessed job seekers using our portal www.Youth4work.com the more convinced we are that this particular question is wrong .

The right question that every job seeker must ask is “How does the employer find me” .  The reality is that employers find it harder to get hold of the right person. Lets gets the fact straight, for a job seeker there are say x jobs to apply on, but for the employers there are hundreds of applicants on one particular job. For a job seeker, an application process generally revolves around submitting their resume or profile (which is same) to hundreds of application systems and job openings, For an employer, their task is to essentially make sense of hundreds of applicants coming in, read resumes (which generally are all in different format) try to make senses and gauge the applicant and then schedule an interview.

Thus, You can be pretty sure that though you hear that finding a job is difficult, the reality is finding a good employee is more difficult these days.

Thus, the right question is not ‘how to find a job ?’ but ‘how does the employer find you for their jobs?’


Lets answer that quintessential question.
How does an Employer find you?
a. What is the employer searching?
b. How do they find me on their search?


What are employers searching –
Let’s take an example, if you are trying to hire a software developer, the skills required are say php and mysql. What info would you need.. for me, I would like to know who are the top php developers having mysql skills, actively searching for jobs in my city, probably pick top 100 guys and connect with them to explain my job and my company, gauge their interest in joining and schedule an interview. I really do not want to post a job on job boards which will get me 1000’s of resumes but to find which guy is having the skills I require and who is the best amongst them from a resume is something that no one could do from just a resume. Every employers wants to have very limited people who they know are good enough for the job and actively searching for a job opening to be able to converse with. Rest they will figure out the real person in an interview or their internal process. To find, screen and schedule the right people for the interview is the herculean task in front of every employers, which probably is more difficult than most can imagine. (think, why do employers actually shell out huge consultancy fees (5-8% of ctc ), to HR consultants who basically schedules an interview. Trust me they are no fools , and a company pays only when they see a much bigger value add, and worth the money they spend on any hr consultant or recruitment agency scheduling interviews for them)

How do they find me –
Well, generally the answer you hear is create an awesome resume, highlight xyz etc. etc. I believe this is wrong, or not the first step in today’s world and technology. Probably 3 years from now, when any employer had very limited resumes to go through they actually spent time to judge you from it, but now, floating resumes to multiple jobs is as easy as a single click of a button, resulting in Inbox flooding with resumes. The task then becomes how does employer view my resume or profile and know I am better than the rest.

Remember, the example above, if you are looking for a software development job, having skills in php and mysql, how do you ensure that the employers views your profile. I do not think having a perfect word file and resume for this job will improve your chances of it being viewed.
Employers want a standard formats of profiles and they want to have some kind of metric/assessment of the real talents and interests of job seekers. That is exactly what we do at Youth4work, Any employer could find ‘pre-assessed job seekers’ tested and ranked on their skills via ‘talent boards’ , they can easily find the profiles of people with the skills that their job requires and contact the top few for their job.

So what we suggest you should do to find a job :

1. Build Profile 

2. Give free tests and prove your skills, Showcase yourself

3. Stay active & Respond to employers contacting you directly.

Youth4work is proud to be a talent assessment portal that encourages youngsters in assessing their inner most potentialities and work towards enhancing them into professional skills.

These skills will be the primary key for getting recognition and popularity on the portal. Your Youth4work profile comprises of the following features.

1. Public Profile

2. Talents

3. Blogs

4. Résumé

5. Popularity Graph

Keeping all sections of your Youth4work public profile is extremely important if you wish to shine in front of online recruiters and employers registered on our platform.

Each section carries an important professional characteristic that might be a deciding factor, affecting your chances of getting shortlisted by companies.

Hence your Youth4work profile should be complete and regularly updated at all times. You may also opt for Premium Profile Service incase you wish to give an extra boost to your profile ranking. Know all about Youth4work Premium Profile from this link: http://www.youth4work.com/Premium-profiling

Importance of yTests

yTests are adaptive online talent tests designed for enhancing professional skills in your areas of interests.

yTest contains 10 objective questions asked in a time-bound environment. You have to answer each question before the stop watch completes its designated time slot. After completion of each yTest, you achieve a certain yRank according to your test performance. The yRank is assigned on the basis of your test taking habits and final score achieved in comparison with all the other Youth4work members who have attempted that particular yTest.

A good yRank ensures a good profile score which helps in getting noticed by online recruiters in our network.

But the game doesn’t end here!   

You need to stick to the top position as there are a number of factors affecting your yRank other than regularly attempting yTests. They are as follows.

• Profile Completeness  
• Activeness on Youth4work Network and Discussion Forums
• Earning Reputation Points, Recommendations and Social Vouches from Youth4work members
• Upgrading to Youth4work Premium Youth Profile

Read about this in detail here: http://www.youth4work.com/yx/How-to-Youth4Work/138-7-ways-to-improve-yRank-on-Youth4work

After you are certain that your profile has reached an appreciable amount of popularity and completeness, the employers and recruiters will try and contact you directly or through Workmail. 

How will Recruiters and Employers find you?

The companies registered on Youth4work search for skilled candidates with the help of talent boards.

A Talent Board is a sequential collection of candidates listed rank wise under a particular skill according to their respective yRank.

The Recruiters can shortlist candidates according to skills and talents necessary for a particular job position. They can list multiple skills according to their requirements.  

The employers can contact a number of candidates at once. But your profiles will be listed according to your yRank achieved in the particular skills. 

Hence you need to really work hard on your Youth4work profile, achieve a good yRank and also maintain it consistently so that multiple recruiters can review your performance, see your profile and offer you some good job opportunities.

Start working on your profile today.