Yes we all know everyone can apply to jobs for free on Bayt.com and be found by the MENA's top employers, as long as their CV is active and complete. We also know there are lots of research surveys, tests, tools and literature on the site to assist professionals with the job- search process and their careers. Perhaps we 're all even familiar with Bayt.com's Virtual Job and Education Fair Series that are held year round across the region. That's why today, we're taking you through seven of many new cool things you can do on Bayt.com that you may not have known about. Let's start....
1. Find which friends work for companies you are targeting
No, this does not constitue stalking, and there is no need to don a trenchcoat and large shades while online. What Bayt.com has allowed is for jobseekers to tap into their friends' career networks by identifying which of their friends work for companies they are targeting. Armed with this vital piece of information, you can get the inside scoop from who-better-than-your-friends on what positions are open, what the work culture is like, what salary to expect, what interview stye is favoured, and other juicy nuggets to get you in the door. You can also ask them for references and referrals to get that extra advantage.
2. Create multiple CVs for your multiple personas.
No, we are not advocating actively choosing to embrace a schizoid disorder here. For those of you who wear a different career hat every day of the week, you can create mutiple CVs on Bayt.com to reflect your multiple talents and skillsets: - 1 CV for the bohemian artist in you - 1 CV for the rocket scientist in you that your dad paid an Ivy League college tuition for - 1 CV for the banker you have become in the past 10 years - And perhaps even a 4th and 5th to mirror the transferable skills you have which you would like to channel to more domestic pursuits like advising the local municipality on town landscaping policies, or teaching fencing at the village music academy.
3. Determine if you are being paid right
Ever wondered if your friend in the crisp designer suit at the competitor company is really making more than you or if it really pays to be the big boss? Do you find yourself speculating what you could make if you switched job roles or industries or countries or careers? Well, before you consider such giant leaps, you may well want to visit the Bayt.com Salaries platform which has detailed real-time salary insights for job roles and industries across the MENA. Bayt.com Salaries has made the region's salary structures as transparent and accessible as Bayt.com has made the region's job market. It's addictive. You were warned.
4. See what skills are in demand in your preferred industry
Elephants might well develop wings and fly before we see some skills in urgent top demand in some industries (take advanced astrophysics for graphic designers for instance, or a pressing demand for tennis and Renaissance poetry skills in astronomers) but many skills are very transferable or at least can be readily broken down or remapped into transferable components that can be made more palatable and appealing for future employers. What Bayt.com's unparalleled "Career Map" tool has done is allowed jobseekers to identify what exact skills are in most demand in their target industry and how they can map a career path in that specific industry.
5. See how popular you are
We don't mean how many times your name is mentioned admiringly on the golf course of the town and country club - its your professional brand that concerns us, specifically your Bayt.com CV! On Bayt.com, you can see exactly how many searches your CV appeared in, how many times it was viewed, and even what keywords employers are using to find you. Fine tuning a CV to land in your target employers line of vision has never been so easy.
6. Find old friends peers and colleagues
Want to reconnect with an old teacher to whom you are particularly grateful, network with peers and colleagues in your industry, be found by top employers, or get referred for hot positions? No better place to start than by building a Public Profile on Bayt.com. Remember, on Bayt.com you need no intermediaries, and once you activate your Public Profile, friends, peers, colleagues and anyone else interested in your profile can can access it directly and for free.
7. Portray a Better You
Invest in yourself via. Bayt.com; it may be the best ROI you ever made. With the aid of our career literature, guides, research, self assessment tests, CV Builder tools, and public profiling all free to you, you can approach your job hunt and career armed with a wealth of knowledge about professional branding and what employers are looking for. Learn what it takes to attract your preferred country's and industry's top employers on Bayt.com and use the tools and platforms to position yourself optimally for all opportunities that scream your name.
