Get Hired Faster: The Importance of a Complete Profile and Stand-Out Portfolio

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Every week, CollabWORK Connect aims to provide you with valuable insights, tools and resources, community highlights, and the latest creative, content and community jobs in emerging industries like AI, web3, and others. With this newsletter, you'll always be in the know when it comes to job searching and hiring.

📝The Focus: The importance of a complete and standout portfolio

💻Jobs of the week: Opportunities available

🛠️ The Toolbox: Online tools to help you build your portfolio

💡Job Tips: Crafting a compelling resume

✨A Closer Look: Expert tips from a Community Manager

🐝 Beehiiv Buzz: Must-read newsletters

📝The Focus

When it comes to applying for jobs, the process can often be a tedious and frustrating experience, especially when it requires repeating everything that's already in your resume. At CollabWORK, we understand this frustration, which is why we've designed our talent registration process to highlight the amazing work you’ve already produced.

How our registration form works

Our registration form is structured to showcase your skills and experience without requiring you to do more work.

The only information we require is:

• Your location, so we don’t waste your time promoting jobs that aren’t accepting applicants where you are based.

• Your resume, because the need for these when applying to jobs isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

• The community groups you are apart of (if any), since this is the crux of how CollabWORK works! Knowing your community affiliations helps us streamline your profile’s approval process, learn of new spaces where standout talent congregate, and build potential partnerships.

• Area of Work: Are you seeking Marketing or Product Design role, or a position at a Web3 organization? Selecting whatever Areas of Work make the most sense for you helps us tell you about open roles that fit your needs.

If you have niche professional interests, know multiple languages, or have anything else that makes you a standout candidate, we have several other optional fields where you can highlight what makes you unique. Rather than require additional information that may help you standout, these optional fields are available for you to fill out when signing up or at a later date.

We believe that showcasing the work you've already done (such as building a portfolio or collecting work samples) can help you build a stronger professional reputation. By highlighting your past projects and accomplishments, you can demonstrate your experience to potential employers, and make a strong case for why you're the best candidate for the job.

If you're looking to find your next career opportunity, be sure to check out CollabWORK and sign-up or sign back in to complete your profile and highlight your existing skills and accomplishments.

The importance of a standout portfolio

Learn how to make your portfolio stand out with our latest blog post, which features specific examples and actionable tips to help you showcase your best work.

Are you proud of your portfolio? We’d love to feature you in an upcoming newsletter and blog! If interested, DM us on Twitter or reply to this email 💜

💻 Jobs of the week

At CollabWORK we harness the power of community to enable referrals, verification and vetting. Make hiring – and getting hired – a breeze.

Roles currently available:

2ULaundry - Marketing Manager

HearstLab - Growth Marketing Manager

Fire - Web3 Head of Growth

Fire - Web3 Content Lead

😮 Jobs you won't believe exist

Bingo Manager

Voiceover Director

Survey Designer

🛠️ The Toolbox

Tools to help you build your portfolio:

Wix - website builder

Notion - tool that blends your everyday work apps into one

Behance - creative network for showcasing and discovering creative work

💡Job Tips

Best ChatGPT prompts for a winning resume

Advanced Resume Writing Course

✨ A Closer Look

Tips from an expert Community Manager

Meet Rich, Community Manager at Artrade - an all-in-one art platform where you can find gems, support your favorite artists and connect with your community.

What is your approach to building and engaging with a community, and what strategies have you found to be most effective in doing so?

“Understanding the target audience, cultivating positive relationships, and promoting engagement are the core tenets of my approach as a community manager to building and engaging a community. I've found the following strategies to be effective in achieving these objectives:

To ensure that the content and communication strategies resonate with the target audience, it is crucial first to understand their interests, challenges, and needs.

Second, I place a high value on building positive relationships with the community. To make community members feel heard and valued, I work to develop a relationship of trust and open communication.

Third, I create opportunities to encourage community engagement. One example is hosting events, polls, contests, or other interactive activities that allow community members to interact with one another and the brand.

Fourth, I listen to the community's feedback and respond to their questions and concerns promptly and personally. By doing so, the brand communicates its appreciation for the public's opinions and contributions and helps foster trust.

Last but not least, creating content specific to the community's interests and promoting interaction can aid in creating a positive environment within the community. I also prioritize implementing regular activities and initiatives that keep community members engaged and anticipating the next community activity. Overall, building and engaging a community necessitates a multifaceted approach that prioritizes audience understanding, positive relationship building, engagement, and providing tailored content and initiatives.”

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Are you an expert in your field? We want to hear from you! We are always looking for professionals who can share their insights with our audience. If interested in sharing your expertise and being featured in an upcoming newsletter and blog, DM us on Twitter or reply to this email 💜

🐝 Beehiiv Buzz: Must-Read Newsletters

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