Finding a job is a journey not a destination

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Finding the right job is a journey – not a destination

The right approach, mindset, tools to finding an job in another EU country


The world has changed – and not just in Europe


The new zeitgeist

• Accelerated globalisation

• A recession

• Uncertainty

• Black swans

• Internet


CRISIS means DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY


The opportunity

• Change means opportunity

• Facebook = half a billion citizens and counting

• Europe as a single market (a competitive advantage)

• Internet to get information and build networks in advance

• Need to adapt, rethink


"In the future globalization is going to be increasingly driven by the individuals who understand the flat world, adapt themselves quickly to the processes and technologies."


The right approach

• Mindset

• Preparation

• Finding the right match


Mindset: learn to hyperthink

• Learn to learn

• Think creatively

• Use your networks

“Stay hungry, stay foolish”


The HyperThinker: the right mental DNA


Preparation

• Beyond the CV: Identity 2.0

• Get your profile up to date and relevant

• Linkedin, twitter, blogging, joining online communities (ning)

• Radical transparency: be yourself!

• Win the job before it is advertised: internet intelligence

• Create a relationship early


The New Job seekers Toolkit

• Online job boards

• Google and Bing (do your homework!)

• Linkedin (people who work there and will interview)

• Follow and be followed on twitter

• Check out what the EU can do 4U


Job boards: Jobs in Hubs


Know what you are looking for


Networking

• Most jobs are won before the interview begins

• Get to know your ‘enemy’

• Set-up google alert on the company

• Check your friends of friends

• Look at all social networks (facebook, linkedin)


Meet people who can help: careerbooster.eu


Find true love


Find the right match:

• Look for the company with the right values

• Look for what they have done

• Check the country and city where the company is based

• Travel there first (holidays)

• Spend some time before the interview

• Get to know the local market, housing, general information about the new place – what matters more location or job?

• Language issues: understand what it needed and pitch yourself accordingly

• Check out press release, presentations, youtube videos about where they are heading

• Understand the context: size, culture, projects

• Make sure this is the right job for you – don’t forget winning the wrong job won’t make you happy and won’t help your long term career

• Be prepared to invest in a relationship before you get the job

• Is it a win win?


8 Tips

1. Be flexible: prepare for a journey of exploration

2. Commit (spend some time there first)

3. Be ready to take on what is available to get attention and get on the list

4. Create and develop a relationship

5. Refine your ‘presentation’ based on how you can add value to the company

6. View every job as a learning opportunity

7. It’s about finding the right fit

8. Look for a challenge not a job

May you live in interesting times…

FOR, BELIEVE ME, THE SECRET FOR HARVESTING FROM EXISTINCE THE GREATEST FRUITFULNESS AND ENJOYMENT, IS TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY!

Friedrich Nietzsche


Thank You

Philip Weiss - @pweiss

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Finding a job is a journey not a destination