Optimizing Your Online Brand For Temporary Work - CareerEnlightenment.com

Benefits for flexible workers: From the employer perspective, finding the right and not just the right now temporary workers can be difficult. Keywords such as “part-time opportunities,” “seasonal work,” or “project-based candidate” can help you to stand out in an online search, which 92 percent of recruiters are doing right now.Use your online connectionsYour connections are gold in the job search. Your online connections, however, may be worth more. Social networking has allowed us to easily connect with people all over the globe, which may not be possible with traditional network building. In addition, because so many people are accessible, so are the abundance of temporary work opportunities. This not only benefits your online brand, but also the outcome of your search.Benefits for flexible workers: As I’ve briefly highlighted, knowing someone in your temporary job search can be a great way to land work fast. Your online connections work the same way, except they can spread the word to more people and more companies. Traditional methods just can’t compare.Maintaining an online brand for temporary work is important, but the way you create, present, and follow-through with that brand does needs to be tweaked slightly. Understanding how to do so will result in not only a great flexible work opportunity, but the right one.What do you think? What are some other ways to optimize your online brand for temporary work?Lynn Dixon is the co-founder and COO of Hourly.com, an employment network that quickly matches people who are interested in flexible positions with the right opportunities. Connect with Lynn and Hourly on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.