What skills are employers looking for? Koen Knoop Recruitment Consultant Rotterdam/The Hague
Agenda • Welcome • Industries • What skills are employers looking for? • How to stand out the crowd? • General Tips • Profile Tips • Motivation Tips • Interview Tips
Undutchables Recruitment Agency Recruitment partner for internationals with 5 offices in the Netherlands : Amsterdam Eindhoven Rotterdam Den Haag Utrecht Stockholm Target group : Skilled personnel with good command of English and other languages Positions available : Commercially-oriented office jobs
Industries
QUIZ In what industry would you like to work? a. Telecom / IT / Netflix b. Trading / Earning big money c. Oil and Gas / Offshore / Being at sea for 3 months without your partner d. Consultancy / Lunch with clients every day
What skills are employers looking for? • General skills set? • Hard Skills • Qualifications & Language • Technical skills • Soft skills • Long term vision • Show commitment • Be engaged
How to stand out of the crowd General tips • Good Communication • Pro active • Be able to adjust • Social Media • Personal Profile • Linkedin / Facebook / Twitter • Follow your top 5 companies online • Build a (online) professional network • Be professional during a Skype interview
How to stand out of the crowd Profile tips • Add a personal profile • Sales tool > why should they invite you • Avoid buzzwords – Effective, Creative, Innovative, Positive, Passionate, Driven • Show your added value on paper
How to stand out of the crowd Profile tips • Too short • Not personal • Only aimed on technical part • At the end of the CV
How to stand out of the crowd Profile tips • Motivation • Short • Strenghts • First point on the CV
How to stand out of the crowd Motivation tips Motivation: Dear All, • I am writing to you in response to your advertisement for the vacancy in Too long subject, and after carefully examining the profile needed, my experience, knowledge and skills required highly matches my profile. Appreciate your time in reading my background summary below and • further details will be found in my CV. Not personal An excellent team player and ability to develop an effective working relationship with project team and affiliates at all levels, including senior management and business. Ability to work independently and • Too detailed collaboratively at all levels in a multi-cultural environment and with remote staff. A highly effective verbal and written communicator with the ability to multitask successfully, perform well under pressure in a changing environment, and act as a Single Point of Contact. • ï‚ § Experience includes quality, transformation, and organisation Too general development of a country level (Egypt) Pilot Project for visa issuance automation in the United Kingdom; ï‚ § Established a Technical Assistance Unit for the Egypt State Information Authority; a Paperless Zone fully integrated ERP system for the Suez • Not scoping on the vacancy Economic Zone in Egypt; ï‚ § Developed Business processes and automation for the Egyptian Banking Institute – Subsidiary of the Central Bank of Egypt; in the Operations and IT department in The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and across bank products and processes ï‚ § PWC Project-Basis consultant - worked with ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency – Government Agency); Microsoft Centre of Expertise in Cairo “Travel Management Cost Reductionâ € � project ï‚ § Studies: LSSBB (USA & CAIRO), MSc. Information Management and Finance (UK), BSc. Economics (CAIRO), Oracle 9i DBA (UK) ï‚ § ITIL Expert knowledge, various CRM, Oracle (PLSQL knowledge), SAP, Agile exposure. Minitab expert user, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio), CS Tools, SharePoint Competencies include ï‚ § Process Automation and Change Management ï‚ § Establishing new units and departments, and SOPMs ï‚ § Business Analysis & Business process re- engineering ï‚ § Lean, Six Sigma and other Performance Improvement tools ï‚ § Project Mgmt , Financials, Resource Planning & Reporting ï‚ § Arabic and English Language Skills I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my CV at an interview and I look forward to hearing from you. Yours Faithfully,
How to stand out of the crowd Motivation tips Motivation: Dear Koen, • Personal I would like to present my application for the position of Servicedesk representative in response to your advertisement. After going through the position description, I have found that • most of my skills and experience may match well with the Named the vacancy requirements outlined. As a candidate, I consider myself as a self-driven Tech support • Strong and relevant assets Agent with descent experience on several levels. I have supported users in French, English and Dutch. In my line of work I consider myself as a strong teamworker, attidude oriented and • Personal motivation customer focused individual. By bringing these worlds together I deliver effective technical • customer support and solutions to Ambition both technical and non-technical end users while also supporting a wide range of products. As a person I am immune to stress and with my personality and my drive I try to provide every customer with a matching advice. As a person I am also very empathic towards other peoples needs and able to manage difficult situation with calm and diplomaty. My ambition is to keep developing myself in the IT and Software Support area preferably inside a company for which I would fully commit myself and go the extra mile. Yours sincerly,
How to stand out of the crowd Interview tips • Know the company • Be aware of body language • Relate skills to position • Arrive on time • Dress accordingly • Prepare interview questions
How to stand out of the crowd Interview tips Frequently asked questions: About yourself • Tell me about yourself. • How do you deal with stress / change / authority? • Can you tell me some of your strengths and weaknesses. About your educational/professional background • Why did you leave your previous job / not complete that study? • What did you enjoy most/least about your previous job? What ifs • Would you rather win three silver medals or one gold medal?
Summary • Right mix of soft and hard skills • Strong communication skills • Be well prepared • Be energetic • Be committed to the role • Enjoys being part of the team • Willing to take the extra mile
Quiz How do you apply for a job? a. With my eyes closed pushing on all the ‘ apply ’ buttons I can find b. Selecting interesting companies and apply via the company website directly c. Via an agency d. First I give the HR manager a call to see if the job is interesting enough
Quiz How do you preprare for an interview? a. Not b. Looking into the website 10 minutes before the interview c. 1 day before the interview and prepare on some FAQ d. I learn the whole website by hard and already fill in all the questions like an exam
Most important.. “ They would like to have you as an employee but you also would like to have them as an employer !”
Thank you! WWW.UNDUTCHABLES.NL
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