如何在网络面试中脱颖而出

    对于如何脱颖而出，布朗给出了如下建议：

    注册时测试技术环境。“大多数主办方都要求应聘者提前测试技术环境，确保技术环境在应聘者电脑上运行流畅，但是有些人跳过了这个步骤，”布朗说。不要这么做。“你不希望在应聘过程中浪费时间下载Adobe Flash，或者不得不做的其他事。”

    使用具备专业水准的用户名进行注册。理想情况下，用户名应该是你的真实姓名，或者是你的姓名加上易于记住的一位或两位数字。

    精选一张好照片以供上传。否则，布朗说，招聘人员只会把你的照片当作“一张证人保护计划中的空白、灰色头像”。

    除了简历，再写一份个人简介。这份个人简介代替现场介绍，简略介绍你的住址、你感兴趣的工作类型、你的优点以及任何其他你想介绍，但是未在简历中体现的内容。如果你不想这么做，而是想上传一个简短的视频，通常情况下也是可以的。不管采取哪种方式，你都要加上自己的联系信息，好让招聘人员在之后回复你。

    坚持使用规范英语。“聊天室通常是非正式的，所以人们会使用短信白话、表情符号等，”布朗说。“但是，你与招聘人员进行对话的这些聊天室要正式得多。”他甚至建议，提前把向特定用人单位提出的问题录入到一个Word文档中，认真校对，然后剪切并粘贴到聊天室中。“这听起来可能过于挑剔，”他坦言。“但是你希望给人留下恰当且专业的印象。”

    记下招聘人员的电子邮件地址。电子邮件地址通常显示在聊天室的屏幕上。你需要把它们记下来——并且加上注释，以提醒自己谁是谁，以及你们交谈的内容——这样你可以在招聘会结束后跟进，感谢招聘人员花费的时间，并提醒对方，你为什么会是一个非常好的雇员。

    衣着整洁，并将房间打扫干净。当然，你可以在自己的宿舍中参加虚拟招聘会，周围是派对的垃圾和未整理的床铺，穿着自行车短裤和破烂的旧T恤衫。但是，万一你梦想中的雇主邀请你视频聊天呢？为了以防万一，整理好你的房间，梳理好头发，并且做好特写镜头的准备。

    祝你好运！

    反馈：你参加过虚拟招聘会吗？你喜欢或讨厌虚拟招聘会的哪些方面？在下面留下你的评论吧。（财富中文网）

    译者：邹焕平/汪皓

    Brown offers a checklist of suggestions on how to stand out:

    Test the technology when you register. “Most sponsors ask you to test the technical environment ahead of time, to make sure it works smoothly with your computer, but some people skip this step,” says Brown. Don’t. “You don’t want to waste time downloading Adobe Flash, or whatever you might have to do, while the fair is going on.”

    Sign on with a professional-looking user name. Ideally, this should be your actual name, or your name plus an easy-to-remember digit or two.

    Have a good photo of yourself ready to upload. Otherwise, Brown says, you’ll be visible to recruiters only as “a blank gray avatar that makes you look like you’re in the Witness Protection Program.”

    Write a short profile, in addition to your resume. This takes the place of an in-person introduction, and tells briefly where you live, what kind of work you’re interested in, why you’d be a great hire, and anything else you’d like to say about yourself that your resume doesn’t cover. If you’d rather upload a short video instead, you usually can. Either way, include your contact information so recruiters can get back to you later.

    Stick with standard English. “Chat rooms are usually informal, so people use texting vernacular, emoticons, and so on,” Brown notes. “But these chat rooms, where you are conversing with recruiters, are much more formal.” He even suggests typing out questions for particular employers into a Word document beforehand, proofreading carefully, then cutting and pasting them into the chat room. “This might sound overly fussy,” he admits. “But you want to come across as correct and professional.”

    Make a note of recruiters’ email addresses. These usually show up on the screen in the chat rooms. You need to keep track of them—with notes to remind yourself of who was who, and what you talked about—so you can follow up when the fair is over, thanking the recruiter for her time and reminding her why you’d be a terrific hire.

    Dress neatly and clean up the room that’s behind you. Sure, you can attend a virtual career fair in your dorm room, surrounded by party debris and an unmade bed, dressed in bike shorts and a ratty old t-shirt. But what if the employer of your dreams invites you to video chat? Yikes. Just in case, clean up your space, comb your hair, and be ready for your close-up.

    Good luck!

    Talkback: Have you ever been to a virtual career fair? What did you like, or dislike, about the experience? Leave a comment below