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Networking and motivation

Kasia Schiller

October 2017
Introduction
1 Motivation
2 Common mistakes
3 A few words about me
4 How to start?
5 Networking and other tools
6 Job boards and agencies
7 CV and interview preparation
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Inspiration

“I've missed more than 9000


shots in my career. I've lost
almost 300 games. 26 times,
I've been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed.
I've failed over and over and
over again in my life. And that
is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan
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Forbidden words…

sweetpie@hitmail.com What will others think?


kateandharry@goodle.com

You will help, won’t you????


WHATEVER
I speak Polish and that’s it.
You are saying obvious stuff…

I cannot make it… I mean nothing…


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How did I start?

▪My experience and different paths


▪Motivation and passion
▪Self confidence versus arrogance
▪Encourage Feedback/Comments/Critical
▪Search wisely
▪Do not stop learning from experience of others and of
yours
▪If you don’t ask – you don’t get

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How do you start?

▪It is not what you say but how you say it


▪Set up a long-term mindset
▪Focus on one thing at a time
▪Give up excuses
▪Learn how to say “NO”
▪Read and Listen

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Networking 85% of success

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Power of Networking

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How to look?

▪Networking!
▪Events
▪When losing job – first 3 months are crucial
▪LinkedIn / Xing / Viameo
▪Job boards
▪Recruitment agencies
▪Forums
▪Expo…
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Job boards
▪Jobs: www.jobs.ch
▪Monster: www.monster.com
▪Jobup: www.jobup.ch
▪Jobscout24: www.jobscout24.ch
▪Jobwinner: www.jobwinner.ch
▪Stepstone: www.stepstone.ch
▪Glassdoor: www.glassdoor.com
▪Indeed: www.indeed.ch

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Recruitment agencies
▪What are they?
▪Magicians?
▪Advisors?
▪Consultants?
▪Genres
▪Contractors / Fixed term contracts / Consultants
/ Outsourced / Seasonal jobs / Temporary jobs
▪Fields
▪IT / pharma / administration / HR / Finance /
Administration / Generalists
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Recruitment agencies

▪Stamford – IT, admin and pharma


▪Swisslinx, IET, MBA – IT and admin
▪Life Science - pharma
▪Manpower / Adecco / Approachpeople – generalists
▪Interim - seasonal
▪Hays – finance, legal
▪ETC….

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CV - hints

1 Adapting to every role


Example of my advise
2 Short and long version about CV/research

3 It is not what you do but how you say it


4 Key words
5 Spelling
4 misstakes!
Example of my CVs

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Interview - hints

1 Preparation versus Ignorance


2 Dress and smile
Example of my hints
3 Show your eagerness and motivation
4 Use some key words
5 You are participating in order to practice
6 It is not what you do but how you say it
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Sum up

1 Recruiters – not magicians


2 Networking
3 Hard work and no discouragement
4 Search wisely
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Never stop…
“Once you stop learning, you start dying” – Albert Einstein
"Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz - have you ever thought
why so many of your colleagues have their lunch booked for next 2
months? This book will explain you why they do it and how else to do
networking...
"When I Say No, I Feel Guilty" by Manuel J. Smith - how many times you
tried to say "no" but you said "yes" instead as you felt guilty?? This book
can help you to stop feeling guilty when saying "no"...
"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini - do not
worry, I do not want to do some magic and force you to but... you just
have to read this book :) understand the psychology of influence and
persuasion...
Learning by doing
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Questions?

schillerq2016@hotmail.com

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