{"id":25072,"date":"2020-07-01T13:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nimble.com\/blog\/?p=25072"},"modified":"2025-07-28T05:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:44:25","slug":"using-nimble-crm-to-find-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nimble.com\/blog\/using-nimble-crm-to-find-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Nimble CRM to Search for a New Job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking for a new job is a job in itself. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes an incredible amount of time and effort. You spend hours and hours on research, making adjustments to your resume, tailoring cover letters, applications, and sending follow-ups after your interviews. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In order to stand out from the crowd and get a chance of an interview, the person in charge of reviewing the initial applications must feel like you\u2019ve done your research and that you are motivated enough for the position you are applying for. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve recently heard from several of our customers that they have successfully been using <\/span>Nimble CRM<\/span><\/a> for job search and want to share their experience with you. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, we will cover several features in Nimble that can help you with the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Researching companies<\/strong> you are interested in working with and their key decision-makers<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Keeping track of the history of your communication<\/strong> with companies<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Keeping track of your success<\/strong> and interviews using Deals in Nimble<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Managing follow-ups<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Tracking your emails<\/strong> and providing notifications on clicks and opens<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Saving you time on retyping the same messages and using email templates
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    Personalization and Research is Key to a Job Search Success<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The better fit you are for the position you are applying for, the better your chances of getting an interview and getting hired are. It\u2019s important to make sure that the company culture, location, and other important factors are something that would work for you; while doing all this research, you might find yourself spread across multiple different websites. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You might read what current and former employees say about the company on Glassdoor. You could be looking at the company LinkedIn page, and then looking at the LinkedIn profiles of people that are hiring for the position you are applying for. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Use the <\/span>Nimble prospector browser extension<\/span><\/a> to instantly gather enriched data from their LinkedIn profiles and across the web\u2014including job title, company, location, bio, social links, shared interests, and recent activity.<\/span>
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    <\/span>Each contact record will be pre-filled with the kind of insights that help you personalize your resume, cover letter, and outreach\u2014so you can tailor your message, reference mutual connections, and highlight what matters most to them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Let\u2019s pretend that Craig is one of the people who will be making a decision in the hiring process. After reviewing his LinkedIn profile, you were able to discover that he\u2019s a recognized thought leader in B2B sales and social selling, with deep expertise in using LinkedIn and CRM tools to build authentic business relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Add this information to Nimble and have it on file in case there\u2019s an opportunity to reference shared interests\u2014such as relationship-driven selling, sales enablement, or digital outreach\u2014when speaking to him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s also a good idea to connect with the people you are interviewing with on LinkedIn and reiterate your interest in the position. Sending the invite is another opportunity to show that you have done your research and are a good fit for the company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Keep Track of Your Target Companies & Decision Makers<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In 2018, one of our long-time customers was looking for a new career opportunity. Since this customer we are talking about was <\/span>Koka Sexton<\/span><\/a>, one of the early pioneers of social selling, he decided to turn to his network and use social media to find his new career. He was successful in his endeavors and wrote a <\/span>blog post<\/span><\/a> on LinkedIn about his process. He shared that his network came through incredibly and that: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe #HireKoka campaign connected me to so many potential opportunities that I had to build a spreadsheet of companies and then I would use Nimble to keep track of the people.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The worst thing you can do when looking for a job is to not follow-up with the people that recommend you, make introductions for you, and the people that you interview with. Most of these conversations will either happen on email or even on social media, like LinkedIn. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is where Nimble Prospector comes in handy again. You can use it to create new and update existing contacts straight from <\/span>Outlook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gmail<\/span><\/a>, as well as straight from <\/span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s very easy to apply a tag to a company or an individual and ensure that you will be able to easily find them later. Together with all the necessary information about them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n