With unemployment over 9.0%, the competition is fierce for job openings. With 500,000 losing their jobs each month jobseekers are stressed about competing for relatively few available positions. If you’re a jobseeker, looking for ways to differentiate yourself is critical.

Your eCompliments profile can differentiate you from your interviewing competition and leapfrog you ahead others equally qualified.

eCompliments has trademarked the tagline “share the good.” Users can post comments about any person, place or thing. Businesses, products, politicians, brands, anything and everything.

Many online review sites like Yelp and CitySearch have been growing in popularity by getting users to post their comments about local businesses. eCompliments has expanded this to include jobseekers.

A recent survey by Harris Interactive found that better than one-in-five managers check out potential hires online. 24% of those said they “found content that helped solidify their decision to hire the candidate online.”

People in the business know that this just represents managers that “admitted” it. Running an Internet search on someone before they are hired has become “unofficially” commonplace.

eCompliments gives an employer an online profile that you want them to see. They can link to it from your digital resume or from your email. The eCompliments link conveys to the employer, “I’m not bragging but see who is.”

In addition, if an employer is punching your name into a search engine, their eyes will be quickly drawn to a result that says “Joe Jobseeker - Your City – eCompliments.”

This gives the employer access to a central depository of positive things people are saying about you in real time. Whether it is your last supervisor’s testimonial, a compliment from a coworker or client, or a compliment from the charity you volunteer for.

Many employers will love the fact they can view the comments you have posted about other people, places, things, including businesses and products. This gives an insightful and unique perspective into your interests, viewpoints, and how you convey your thoughts and opinions. Compare this to your competition offering just a simple resume.

You can elect to get a vanity URL profile address which is ecompliments.com/yourname. Photos and images can be added, a PDF upload option for your resume or portfolio, and you can have the ability to make whatever compliment/reference you like best to be the first one listed and highlighted. You have complete editorial control and can add or delete your information as often as you like.

Set up and use your profile completely for free. There is an upgraded version called the Personal Pro that is currently going for $29 per year.

Find the site at http://www.eCompliments.com.

See the Personal Pro at: http://www.ecompliments.com/personal_pro/index_467.cfm

See an example of Joe Jobseeker’s profile: http://www.ecompliments.com/co/joejobseeker

Stand out from the crowd!

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