If you’re looking for a job, you likely know that you need a LinkedIn profile, a good resume in pdf format, but have you ever thought about adding a personal website? You might be thinking “Can a Personal Website Help in Job Search?”
Due to the global credit crisis, it’s been the most challenging times for those looking for new jobs. Today, we all live in a world of rapid changes and this seems to apply to the job market too. It’s no longer an employee’s market, and job seekers must adapt accordingly.
I’m talking about adapting technology to “find jobs” or the “jobs that find you”. If you’re looking for a job, you likely know that you need a LinkedIn profile, a good resume in pdf format, but have you ever thought about adding a personal website? You might be thinking “Can a Personal Website Help in Job Search?”
Before writing this article, I reached out to several hiring managers here in Dubai and the other emirates in the UAE, and most of them said, a personal website with resume online with links to their social media and other work-related links, would send a message that candidate takes their career seriously and they said, candidates with website has more chances of getting hired. If you have missed my previous articles you can read them here, "Is Your Website AI Ready?" "Why Business Needs a Website" and "How Important is SSL Certificate and How to Get One Free"
What are the benefits of having a personal website for job seekers? Don't forget having a personal website for job seekers adds visibility, according to Statista 79.2% of hiring managers uses online recruitment process and the same study suggests 23% of the recruitment was done through a Google Search.
Thanks to the proliferation of easy-to-use web-based tools and publishing platforms, many of which are free, there’s never been a better time to build your own site. According to ME Registry, which operates the.ME domain name, 42% of people say they've struggled (or failed) to establish their own personal website because it's time-consuming.
We at Ci CORP FZE, as a prominent web development and web hosting company in Dubai and as a Branding company in Dubai, noticed that individuals never understood the value of a website for their personal growth. Hence we thought when we launched our AED 1 Web Hosting Solution as part of CSR activities and to be part of the Smart Dubai Initiative to offer a Free Website, Free Domain Name, Free SSL Certificate, and Free Branded Emails to whoever buys our discounted Web Hosting Package for just AED 1 per Day.
We have been providing web hosting and web development in Dubai since 2002. and have helped several companies in their IT Infrastructure and Digitalization. We are one of the premium Google partners and many other technology partners.
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