Job Search in International Market
Tags: Skills, Job Search, Job Interview, Resume, Job Hunting

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What strikes to mind everyone after completing your desire studies or graduation?

Placements / job search / salary. This is a common question strikes for all in the mind.

After my graduation, being among the young candidate among all my friends and landing in my first dream job in abroad is a quite challenging one.

Being a Foreign Candidate

Being as a Non-EU International graduate in European countries for seeking a job is a delicate one. It is necessary to race with many locals plus various global candidates and should stand out of the box to grab a job.

Starting to search and apply for the first job is a confusion one because don’t know where to start and end. The system is quite different and might get the feel of against you. But that’s the part of it. It will take some time to digest the overall process of how it works.

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Job Search Process and How did I make it to happen?

It’s been a while since I started to search and apply for various job roles through online job market sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor etc. I started to apply to job posts during my last semester, where I had a time to sit down and apply to jobs. The initial few days was very different to understand the application process and later it digests easily.

My routine work for 3 months to stay in home and getting focus to search for jobs rather than having any unwanted entertainment. I figured out my strengths and weakness to do exercise on it to get it mould as can. I followed some schedule tasks to do each day by up skilling my knowledge and by doing online courses. I break my day into 3 three sessions: applying for job; updating or learning the required skills; again, applying for job. Taking the interview test and following up the job applications was done parallelly on the other side. The most painful thing the response for job applications is very slower and it may take months to get back to you. So, keep your fingers crossed and follow up the applications which is mandatory one. Further, networking is a key part to connect with people to ask questions, support, guidance. This will help to gain an overall insight of the current job market.

Make your circle of friends small who motivates for the good actions. I have my close friend to whom I share my interview process to let down my burden and he further teaches me some skills where I am lacking back.

On a note, it took almost 6 months and by applying more than 400 job positions to grab my dream job. So yes, it was a painful days but I carried forward my confident, motivation, and keep trying.

Job Search Tips

· Make the Resume to maximum of 2 pages with straight forward and sharp content. (See CV examples in LinkedIn and in Google).

· Use bullet points instead of long paragraph or sentence.

· Highlight the co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements to stand out of the box.

· Tailor your resume and cover letter according to each job description.

· Avoid images, fancy fonts to avoid ATS system algorithm to track your application.

· Send a ‘Thank You’ note after each interview though email within 2–3 days.

· Track the applications through email at regular intervals of time.

Note: ATS — Applicant Tracking System is a machine learning approach, where the algorithm/software is used to scan for resumes based on most important keywords mentioned in the job description.

LinkedIn

·Keeping the LinkedIn profile as up to date.

·Keeping a professional profile picture

·Having a catchy headline to see your profile.

·Write the summary to 3–4 paragraphs with bullet points.

·Share some accomplishments, course certifications, volunteering experience, etc.

·Try to have a custom Profile URL and mention it in the resume.

What recruiters look to hire

· In interviews, firstly HR managers will scan your attitude entirely. Whether the candidate will fit into this role. Also, whether having the passion to learn things, hunger and determination to do the given jobs.

· Secondly, the presentation skills(communication), the way of selling or telling your stories in a much more fascinated way. This will help to know them in a deeper way.

· Finally, the technical skills, don’t need to fear after hearing this word. Just be clear in the concept of your expertise skills: by knowing ‘how its works’ where its works’ and why it need’.

Keeping the job search a secret

I advise don’t keep the job search and job offer a secret. Please shout out to the outside world and start to help for people who are looking for. Don’t hide your job offer enjoy the moment with your friends and family, and share with them.

Don’t lose hope and hurry on getting the job, consistency, determination, hard work and patience will help to land on your dream job. Try to learn from the mistakes and carry forward for the next interview.

Right job will come to your hands at right time.

All the best for your job seeking. Cheers…

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