Deep Dive: Taking Charge of Your Job Search with Teal

Often, a job search starts with going through online job boards like LinkedIn and Glassdoor to find an opening that ticks all the boxes. A couple of window tabs and dozens of bookmarks later, you send your CV, hoping for the best.

With a stroke of luck, you may land an interview with your dream company. But more often than not, this method doesn’t work out. In fact, for every 250 applications per job opening, only four applicants get called for an interview—a high unlikelihood that can dishearten many.

But what if there was a better way to take control of your job search and increase your chances of landing a job position from the get-go? Teal, an online job search platform, turns this “what if” into reality.

What Is Teal? 

Teal is an online platform built to help job hunters deal with the challenges brought by an ever-competitive job market. It was born from the personal mission of Dave Fano, Teal’s CEO and founder, of “helping energize the culture of a workplace and figuring out what it means to be fulfilled at work.”

The light bulb moment to found Teal stemmed from Dave’s realization of the lack of resources available to employees when it comes to navigating their career long-term.

He shares, “Companies have resources like applicant tracker systems, recruiters, and comp databases, but the individual has nothing—maybe just access to a coach and Google. There needed to be an HR department for everyone—a way to make career growth accessible for people so they can take control of something that underpins so much of their lives.”

Teal plays a significant role in redefining how professionals can look for a fulfilling job. In the words of Dave, Teal provides “the infrastructure, tooling, and resources [you’ll need] to confidently pursue the things that excite [you].”

So, how exactly can you use Teal to your advantage?

How the Teal Job Search Tracker Works 

Throughout the career growth loop, Teal helps its users remain authentic to what they want by utilizing the platform’s infrastructure, resources, and tools.

1. Search Jobs and Bookmark as You Go with Teal’s Job Tracker

We’ve all been there. After searching through job listings, you end up with an overwhelming list of links and bookmarked job posts. It’s easy to lose track of these posts and follow through with your plan of applying.

Teal’s Job Tracker lets you automatically save job listings from multiple job search sites and manage all of them in one space with a few clicks. In addition, this savvy Chrome extension works with major job boards, allowing you to keep track of all your applications in one main dashboard.

2. Manage Your Schedule and Application Progress

Teal members store all their job listings in a user-friendly dashboard.

You can easily add important notes, schedule follow-ups and set up reminders, track your application status, and review everything you need at a glance. That’s not all. If you have difficulty crafting professional emails, Teal offers well-tailored and customizable email and cover letter templates that you can quickly edit before sending out to prospective employers.

3. Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

Having an online presence is essential if you want to put your name out there and network with the right people. One popular avenue is LinkedIn. With its expansive community of professionals and companies, LinkedIn serves as a good ground to build your personal brand. And this point is more crucial considering that hiring managers find 85 percent of their talent by networking.

Struggling with how to make your LinkedIn profile highly visible?

Teal’s LinkedIn Review tool is a great starting point in optimizing your profile. The LinkedIn Review tool can scan your profile, determine which areas are lacking, and make custom suggestions for improvement. With this tool, you’ll be more likely to get the attention of hiring managers and recruiters and find job positions that closely match your profile!

4. Get Your Resume on Top of the Pile

Due to the abundance of applications sent to companies, many have integrated the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) in their hiring process. The system scans through resumes and extracts keywords that match the hiring requirements.

While ATS speeds up the hiring process, it makes it more difficult for your job application to be seen. For example, well-crafted resumes with graphic elements, shapes, and nontraditional formats are often tossed simply because they are not compatible with the ATS.

You can create resumes through Teal’s Resume Builder that highlight your strengths and milestones in an ATS-friendly format. The tool can also scan keywords from job posts and highlight which ones you should include in your resume.

5. Gain Access to Helpful Tips from Career Experts

Teal goes above and beyond by providing wrap-around support through its rich collection of tips and advice from career experts. Sharpen your skills and ace your interview or learn how to negotiate your compensation package through Teal’s library of on-demand video content and workshops.

6. Learn How You Work and Maximize Your Strengths

Understanding your work style or career personality is beneficial in discovering which tasks you excel at, how you approach these tasks, how you work with others, and which areas you can improve on.

Get to know yourself better when you take Teal’s Work Styles quiz. In three to five minutes, this tool gives you in-depth insight into your professional strengths and weaknesses. By knowing your work style, you’ll better understand what jobs you should be applying for.

A bonus: hiring managers usually ask about an applicant’s work style to know if they fit in with the company culture. Knowing your work style ahead of time will help you prepare to answer this question.

Your Job Search Made Easier with Teal

Teal stays committed to its mission of making job search more accessible by offering free access to its services. You can test the platform by connecting with the Teal community, watching a robust library of on-demand workshops and videos, and accessing a collection of free tools that can help boost your career.

To date, Teal has over 50,000 users with a global presence stretched across the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, and Australia, among others. Teal users have also successfully landed jobs in prominent companies like Masterclass and Asana.

Dave reiterates that, “[Teal exists] to empower people to turn their passions into professions and their ambitions into realities.” Create a free Teal account now to get started.