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1. Job search introduction: Hello. Welcome to the job
search step by step guide. A streamlined approach
to job search. If you have joined this course, that means you are
looking for a change of job or this may be
your first job search. But let me tell you one thing. Job search is one of the most difficult and exciting
phases of your life. There is a lot of emotional
aspect to a job search. Before we proceed, I have to tell you a story
of two brains. Do you know that you have
more than one brain? It is true. The simplest way to
describe it is you have a thinking brain and you
have an emotional brain. Great, you say, after all, two brains are better than one. Well, that is true
most of the time. However, some of the time, your two brains
do not get along. They do not always
work well together. Job search for me is more
an emotional journey. The emotional brain can easily take over
the logical brain. Now, let's accept the
fact that job search is a really hard work before
you fire off your resume, let's get your favorite
thinking brain to task. Let us uncover the
course as a step by step approach to the
job search problem. Now, let us see some statistics to prove why
job search is difficult. According to Glassdoor,
after the 250 resumes, four to six resumes
are selected for the interview and one in
250 people get a job. I'm not trying to be
pessimistic here, but let's address the
job search as a task. The job search task is broken down into three
weekly tasks in this course. I structured this
as a weekly task, as I want you to
take break between each task to reflect
on your approach. Each task in this course
is associated with a checklist to make your
job hunt streamlined. They say, every new day is another chance to
change your life. When you leave college, there are thousands
of people out there with the same
degree you have. When you get a job, there'll be thousands of people doing
what you do for a living. But you're the only person alive who has the sole
custody of your life. Let's start this new day
with some optimism and some actionable steps to
make your job search easier. I welcome you all
to this course. Let's start the journey.
2. Getting started: Hello, Looking for a new job can evoke a range of emotions. Leaving your current role, looking for something new, and surveying all of
the possible paths can be overwhelming. While finding a good
fit takes time, the right mindset will boost your confidence and
ensure a joyful journey. So in Chapter one
of this course, I will provide you
with some tips and tricks to streamline
your job search. Please wait till the
end of the chapter to finish up on the week one
checklist before moving on. Before we start, let's
wipe the slate clean. To help you clarify your goals and get energized for
your upcoming search. Start by assessing
what you're looking for and why you want to
do that type of work. For instance, maybe
you're frustrated in your current sales career
because you realize you don't enjoy the
constant interaction with potential clients. As you look for a new role, it's important that you
don't go from frying pan to fire by taking another
customer facing position. Instead, figure out
what you enjoy and what will be a good fit
with your interest, experience, and personality. As you dive into your search, you'll be spending a lot of time tailoring your resume and
writing cover letters. But do keep in mind that human
beings hire human beings. Instead of solely submitting
resumes to online Abbeys, create and take advantage
of opportunities to meet as many people as
possible in your field. LinkedIn is a tool that
gives you this opportunity. Most recruiters today are using the power of
social media for the recruiting from this job white recruiter
national report, 87% of the recruiters
are on LinkedIn. Now that you know
social media and LinkedIn is a great medium
for your job search. Let's list the steps
that you need to take to make your
search streamlined. The first and most
important step is to write and highlight your
summary on LinkedIn. The best LinkedIn summaries,
establish career goals, highlight relevant
skills and experiences, and address any
career history gaps. I would personally
suggest you to highlight achievements that can best demonstrate your
values and skills. I recommend being as
specific as you can. For example, if you have saved your organization X thousands
of pounds, say that. If you have represented
X number of women in the past
year, say that. If you have signed on X number of people to the
course, say that. As long as you don't share sensitive business information
and key statistics, it will not help you to stand out for your
potential employers. I would suggest use your
resume as a starting point to brainstorm on the skills you can showcase
for your dream job. The next important step is to take time to
request recommendation. This is important and adds
value to your application. Lastly, do not forget to
include your accomplishments. So if you go to the
LinktIn job Stab, LinkedIn has aptly said that your dream job is
just a search away. So you need to set up some
job search notifications. I will show you how to
do it in the next slide. So there are a few simple
steps that you need to follow to set up job
alerts onto your mail. So go to the job
stab on LinkedIn. Make a search based
on the keyword. So for instance,
here, I have made a search for an Asic
verification manager. So this list all the
current jobs that are there for my particular
keyword search. You can turn the job alert on. Basically, LinkedIn
will send you email whenever there
are new jobs listed. This will really help
you in your job search. There's a toggle button
on the top right corner. You need to turn on the alert, and then you can choose
whether you want to receive daily alerts or weekly
alerts onto your email. So let's see another way to create a job
alert notification. In the last slide, we saw
that there is a way to create a job search notification based on a keyword search. In this particular slide, what we see is you can create job alert based on the
company of your interest. So basically search
for a company you're interested in
on LinkedIn homepage. Click Job Stab on the left
rail of the LinkedIn page and click Job Alert to set up job alerts when the
company posts new jobs. Here I've shown an example for a job search that I made
with company Intel. This already lists all the jobs that are available
in this company. And I can also create the job alert on and off
on the Toggle button, like I mentioned
in the last slide. We have come to the end of the
Chapter one of the series, and it is time for
the checklist. I suggest that you use this checklist to keep your
job search streamlined. The first step for you would be to earn all star
LinkedIn profile. Basically, if you
go into LinkedIn, it will tell you how
complete your profile is. Make sure you reached all star status on your LinkedIn profile. Let me tell you that this will really help you in
your job search. The second step would be to set up job alerts based
on keyword searches, and the third step
would be to set up job alerts based on the companies that you're
interested in. I hope you take some
time to complete this checklist before
you move on to the next class. Thank you.
3. Keep the ball rolling: Hello. Welcome back to Job
Search step by step guide. A streamlined approach
to job search. I hope before continuing
with this section, you have completed the
week one checklist. It is important to get you streamlined for
your job search. From the previous section, hope you have set up a nice and compiling profile on LinkedIn and set up some
job notification. Let's just say that you've completed one third
of your task. Once you have the setup, the next step is to talk to the right people before you
can fire off your resume. Here I have listed a set of
people who can help you with your job search. Your friends. They are good people to bounce
back and forth ideas with. You're all in the
same situation, so they can relate on
how you're feeling. Parents are a good
place to turn for open honest chat about the
career path you should follow. They really care about you, so they'll try to give you
the best solution and advice. Teachers are a great
people for advice. You see them every day, so you can arrange a chat
with them at any time. They'll also help you
find a resource on their subject and give recommendations on
what courses to take. They may also have a
network of contacts in their subject who can help
you with your job search. People in the industry. They have been there
and done that. They're going to have the best
insight into the work that you're looking for.
Career advisors. Career advisors are trained
to give you the best advice. They have lots of
experience working with people who are
unsure what options they have so that you can reach the decisions that is perfectly
tailored for you. To sum it up, explore all your options for advice before you can make a decision. Speak to everyone on this list. Do what you want to do, not what someone else tells you, but make use of all the available opportunities to explore your career options. So now that you have a nice profile and you have an idea of jobs that are
going to be of your interest, you would have to probably see the skills required
for a particular job. It is now time to reflect on whether you have the
skills to do your dream job. Here I have listed as
commonly needed skills, and I will briefly
discuss about them. Resilience. Employers are looking at
how resilient you are, and this refers to your
ability to deal with setbacks and is something that
graduate employers are increasingly
started to consider. Good communication.
Communication is about how clearly you put your ideas and your ability to
listen to others. Effective leadership
and management. Even if you are not applying
for a management position, you'll still need
to demonstrate to employers that you have the potential to motivate
and lead others. Planning research and skill. To accomplish certain
work or task, you may need to come up
with suitable strategy and a plan of action. This could involve seeking out relevant information
from various sources. How you analyse, interpret, and report these findings
is what is important here. Teamwork and
interpersonal skills. Teamwork. Most
graduates will have a chance to work in
teams during their time at the university and in part time jobs
or work placement. Employers will be looking at your individual
contribution towards achieving the common goal. Relevant work experience. Having some work experience
related to the job you're applying for is increasingly
becoming important. Given the competition
for graduate roles, it is something
that most employers will be looking for when
assessing the candidates. In today's fast moving world, recruiters do not
have time to search over each and every
resume sent to them. They rely on the keywords. In Linden, if you try
to apply for a job, do look at the section
and how you match. This will give you an idea
on the skills that you possess with the skills that are required for
that particular job. Only apply for a
particular job if you have at least 70 to 80% of
the skills matching. You'll be wasting your
time if you apply your job and your skills doesn't match with
the requirement. So it is now time for
Week two checklist. Make sure that you
follow these steps before you move further
on this course. The first thing would be to set up time to talk
about your search, focus on any missing skills. Use platforms like Skillshare
UDM to gain missing skills, add the skills back to your
profile and see if this fills the gap for the job
description. Thank you.
4. Time to Fire the resume: Hello. Welcome back
to this course. JW Marriott once said, Success seems to be
connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes,
but they never quit. So it is important
to keep yourself motivated in the
job search journey. So hopefully by now, you would have an all
star profile set up in Linden and also would have taken
time to speak to your acquaintance to understand the job that fits your profile. Also, you would have acquired the necessary skills required for your dream job. And you would have set up
some job notifications. The time has now come
to fire some resume. Many people ask this question. Should I apply my job through the LinkedIn job request or should I do it
in the job portal? Let me try to answer that today. Let us take the first scenario of firing jobs through LinkedIn. What exactly does happen when you submit your
jobs through LinkedIn? So after you click
the submit button at the receiving end
of your submission, the person who
posted the job will have most likely elected
an automatic alert option. So they receive the
email every time someone applies to their
LinkedIn job advertisement. The email body consists
of bullets directly from your LinkedIn summary
or job experience. Your resume is usually also on that email
as an attachment. If you have a great
resume that's relevant, only then you'll receive some type of communication
from the job poster. And if you are not of interest,
you'll not hear back. You'll have to chase the
job poster for feedback. One tip here is, if you're really passionate
about the job, it doesn't hurt to reach out
directly to the job poster. And if you still don't hear
back after repeated attempts, that means you are doing
something wrong in terms of self promotion or content
or the job experience. Okay. Let us now try to
understand the pros and cons of applying on
LinkedIn. The pros. The application
process is very easy. You can apply to multiple jobs with relatively little work. You don't have to fill
out complicated forms on various company sites. You can just simply attach your resume and press submit
on the LinkedIN platform. The job poster will receive your resume directly
in their inbox. Also the LinkedIn
adverts to expire. Most likely the role you are applying to on
LinkedIn is relatively recent and it's probably still live if it
is still posted. Again, these are
expensive adverts. Most likely the jobs posted
on LinkedIn are real, relatively recent and actively responding to applicants deemed to pass the initial evaluation. Let us come to the
cons. If you don't have a relevant clear and strategic LinkedIn profile, you're dead. What constitutes a
good LinkedIn profile? Your LinkedIn profile
and your general status in the industry will
come into play here. Most likely, if you're very
experienced in the industry, the job that you're
applying for, you'll have mutual connections, groups, and keywords
within the job poster. If you don't have
any mutual contacts, any relevant information or too much information that
will count against you. Assume, for example,
if you're applying for a finance job and the job poster sees your LinkedIn profile is
filled with marketing, sales and accounting keywords, you're damaging the
chances of obtaining an interview request
because you're over marketing and diminishing
your relevance to the ne skills and jobs
that they are recruiting. Other candidates
with more relevance will be placed ahead
of you in the rooster. Now, let's do the
other aspect of submitting jobs on the
company job portals. What happens after you submit? Your resume probably will be lodged into a
Internet black hole. Hopefully the person
on the receiving end is actually monitoring
the applicants, which may or may
not be the case. Let's be honest,
people are busy today. The hiring entity on the
receiving end of your resume at the company could be a HR person who has
gone on a vacation, or it can be an
internal recruiter who is handling 20 other roles. Who's to say that either of
them will actually catch your resume on the receiving end of the particular job posting? Also, let's be clear. It's a lot of work
to submit directly. You have to fill
out different forms for the different
companies, jobs, provide customized
cover letter for each that they
won't read anyways. So no matter what, recruiters and HR staff today are accustomed
now to using LinkedIn. Even the hiring manager who
is responsible to oversee the new hire prefers to look up the candidate on LinkedIn
before the phone interview. So make sure your
LinkedIn profile is totally in line with your resume so that you're
telling a congruent, consistent and a true story. People will be turned off by discrepancies
or irrelevance. Make sure you have a
tight marketing message that proves that you are
who they are looking for. Also, use LinkedIn to reach
out to hiring managers, recruiters, and ex
colleagues directly. Write to them. You can
purchase emails or even get free inmail trials or find their email
address online. Just reach out directly,
skip the line and the wait. Of course, there are
a lot of nuances and steps you'll have
to take to learn. But this is a starting point. Finally, I would like to thank you all for taking
time for this course. Walt Disney once
said, all our dreams can come true if you have
the courage to pursue them. Let's end this course
with some optimism. I would like to wish you all a best of luck for
your job search. If you felt the
course was helpful, take time to review the course and don't forget to share
it with your friends. Thank you.
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