How to find a dream job

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How to find a dream job?

Jiří FoltaSenior Corporate RecruiterRadek VokálPlatform Business Unit ManagerRed Hat Czech s.r.o.

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Agenda

● From school to work in 5 steps

● Social media

● Technical interview

● What can you do with Red Hat as a student?

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Step one – Decide on the form of cooperation – planning phase

● Internship

● Diploma/bachelors thesis

● Cooperation on a project

● Part-time/temporary job

● Full-time job

● Think about your expectation

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Step two – scan the market

● Job boards

● University postings, programs

● Job fairs

● Postings in public transport

● Ask your friends!

● Social media

● Create a shortlist of companies you are interested in

● Start as soon as possible to get in touch with the companies

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Step three – build your CV

● Choose a format of the CV● europass http://www.europass.cz/ / LinkedIn, Xing

export / your own format● Essential information on CV: personal info (phone #),

education and qualifications, work experience (school projects)

● Add as much detail as possible (links to your projects, blog, portfolio)

● Be realistic (do not put skills you do not actually have)

● Customize the CV based on the position/company you are applying to

● Review your CV, maybe involve someone else as well

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Step Four – Apply for the job

● Cover letter

● Wait for the contact

● Be agile, follow up if you do not hear back from the company

● If you started early with looking for a job, you can skip all the steps above

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Step Five – Interview I – company perspective

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Step Five – Interview II – best practices

● Do your homework – know your “enemy”!● Review the company website, projects, products, think

about what you want to ask up-front, check social media● Make sure you come to the right place at the right time

● Be yourself and honest, do not oversell

● Do not be afraid to say “I do not know”

● Ask when you are not sure

● You got a new job :)

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Social media

● How much time did it take following media to reach 50.000.000 users?

● radio: 38 years● TV: 13 years● Internet: 4 years● iPod: 3 years● Facebook: 2 years

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Evolution of hiring

THEN● HR generalists

● Employment agencies

● Printed ads

● Job websites

● Paper CV

NOW● Internal recruitment

● Employment branding

● Company career portals

● Personal brand

● Social media

● Events

● Personal network!

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Why should we use Linkedin?

● World’s largest professional network

● More than 120 million members in over 200 countries

● 2 new members per second

● 50% of Fortune 500 companies hire through Linkedin

● New student platform designed to help students find internships and entry level positions

● Profiles customized for students

● Build network with fellow alumni

● Maintain references on your online profile

● Follow interesting companies, join related groups and easily contact employers about opportunities

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Linkedin VS Facebook

● Linkedin is a professional networking site

● No games, no photos, no chat

● Personal info is purely professional

● Job postings

● Business news

● Facebook is a personal networking site

● Games, photos, chat

● Personal info includes relationship status, religious affiliation, etc.

● Can follow companies

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Isn’t Linkedin very US oriented?

● 50%+ members are currently located outside of the US.

● CZ has over 230,000 members.

● CZ is experiencing 48% YOY growth on Linkedin.

● SK has 188,000 members and is experiencing 53% YOY growth.

● Red Hat, Oracle, Google, Microsoft, HP, CA and Dell are all using Linkedin to hire professionals in CZ.

● Linkedin will be visiting universities around the EU to promote the college site.

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How to build a successful profile

● Use the profile builder tool

● Select the basic, free profile

● Use the summary section to give an overview of what your degree and skills.

● In the summary, focus on what type of position you are looking for – be flexible.

● For your specialties, list only those technologies you consider yourself well versed in.

● List your positions and briefly explain your responsibilities; provide examples of achievements

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How to build your profile, cont.

● Limit positions to jobs related to your field of interest; no need to include retail or restaurant work

● Include your educational information; you can make many connections through former classmates.

● Add a photo

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How to build your network

● Your network is made up of people you know or would like to know

● Relationships = colleague,classmate, business partner, friend, group, other

● Start with fellow students and alumni and build from there

● Be open to requests

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Groups

● Linkedin currently has over 500,000 groups.

● Groups include university alumni associations, employers, technology user groups, country or city networking groups and more.

● Examples ● Masaryk University Alumni ● IT at Brno University of Technology● Czech and Slovak Professional Community ● Czech Java Users Group

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Recommendations

● Gain credibility for yourself

● Only ask people who can truly speak about your work or studies to be a recommendation

● If possible, get 1-2 recommendations for each position you have held or project you have participated in

● You can choose to accept or reject a recommendation from someone

● Offer to write a recommendation for someone you know well.

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Endorsement

● One click recommendations

● Endorsements validate your skills

● Only endorse skills you can assess

● Manage your endorsements

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Finding Jobs via Linkedin

● Start with the student job portal:

http://www.linkedin.com/studentjobs

● Search based on location

● Make sure your profile is complete before you apply

● Reach out to the recruiter

● Follow the company to stay informed on job openings

● Look for people in your network that work at this company or are connected to someone who does

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Privacy Settings

● You can adjust your privacy settings by clicking on “setting” in the top right hand corner, under your name.

● You can hide your connections from view by other users.

● You can select the types of messages or invitations you are willing to receive.

● You can choose a setting which will not let users know if you have viewed their profile. The down side to this is that you can’t see who viewed your profile.

● You can manage your preferences for advertising.

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Linkedin Features

● Linkedin offers many useful applications● Github

● Twitter

● Events

● Huddle, Box, Slideshare, Manymoon – Collaboration Tools

● Answers – Post and answer professional questions● You can follow companies on Linkedin

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Where to learn more about Linkedin

● Visit the Linkedin Learning Center

http://learn.linkedin.com/

Technical interview

Radek Vokal <rvokal@redhat.com>

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What can you do with Red Hat as a student?

● Bachelor’s and Diploma thesis: http://fedora.cz/diplomky/

● Internships: http://fedora.cz/internships/ ● Events:

● Open House – come and see us on 17th April● http://www.devconf.cz/● Fedora Test Days● JBug - https://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBUGcz● www.linuxalt.cz/ ● Contests: Open Source Contest 2013 -

http://lasaris.fi.muni.cz/pps/open-source-contest-2013

● Full-time/part-time roles http://jobs.redhat.com/

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