International Job Search For South Africans

Create a complete International Job Search Plan with a focused CV and LinkedIn profile while becoming an interview guru!

What you'll learn

Learn to create an entire Job Search Strategy from scratch. From creating a CV to executing your Job Search that will get you a job.

As a South African candidate get a proper understanding of how to find work overseas using a Job Search Strategy.

Create and structure a powerful CV and LinkedIn profile with the correct narrative that will get you more interviews

Become a LinkedIn profile superstar! Use LinkedIn as your Job Search HQ and then learn how to network through LinkedIn

Get a better understanding of hiring partners so that you are able to maximise your job search results.

Understand how to negotiate money and how to focus on getting an offer so you can negotiate money.

Understand how to create a Dutch CV and understand how to target roles in the Netherlands

Get a real view from a veteran head hunter on how to get through your interviews and understand corporate culture.

Requirements

All you need is a LinkedIn Profile and an existing CV.

Description

Rob Ridout's International Job Search for South Africans course covers all the important elements of conceptualising, creating and running a successful job search. The course is aimed at candidates who struggle to understand how to create a winning CV and LinkedIn profile, then need help to structure a Job Search that will land their dream job. Rob covers the basics in this course as well as many secret recruiter tips and tricks. The course also covers basic and important interview techniques that will help any candidate who struggles in interview situations. Lecture videos are informal and frank and there are articles to assist with additional reading material from Rob's published book CVforLife. Rob also works through sample CVs and LinkedIn profiles to help create interactive content. There are also some downloadable documents, including a easy to use application spreadsheet and CV samples that will provide the student with excellent examples. The style and pace of Rob's course will keep the student interested and the pace is easy enough to follow without becoming overburdened with information. Lectures are typically below 10 minutes to ensure that student get maximum value without being bored. Rob Ridout has shared his Job Search secrets in a very real and informative course that will help any job seeker improve their chances of finding a role that will bring about long term career success.

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to your Job Search Journey! Get ready to start your new career adventure

Lecture 1 Welcome to Job Search 101, let the journey begin!

Lecture 2 Job Search Principles that cover the core principles of your job search strategy

Lecture 3 Getting into the right Job Search Head Space. Your mindset is key to success.

Lecture 4 Local vs International Job Search Perspective, the main critical differences

Lecture 5 South African Perspective - The Real Story

Section 2: The Job Search Participants (Recruiters VS Headhunters) what is the difference.

Lecture 6 Managing the recruiter. Friend or foe, you will need to manage your recruiter.

Lecture 7 The elusive and well misunderstood Head Hunter, your career partner and advisor.

Section 3: LinkedIn - your WMD. Learn how to use this platform to sell your personal brand

Lecture 8 Why use LinkedIn as your Job Search HQ

Lecture 9 Using LinkedIn to help with interview success and researching companies

Lecture 10 How to use a Job Search Spreadsheet, keeping track.

Section 4: Create the ultimate winning CV

Lecture 11 The purpose of the CV! A must before starting your CV rewrite.

Lecture 12 The CV Narrative (Your story)

Lecture 13 CV Length, the proper explanation.

Lecture 14 Full explanation of the structure of a CV, interactive video.

Lecture 15 Technical vs Generalist CV's - what is the difference?

Lecture 16 How to include Notable Projects in your CV.

Lecture 17 Identifying Target Roles to create your CV title that will attract more AI hits.

Section 5: Interviews - The Final Frontier

Lecture 18 Job Specification Madness - Start here before you attend your interview.

Lecture 19 Post Interview Feedback - what happens after the interview.

Lecture 20 The Interview follow-up, using the two week rule.

Lecture 21 Regrets - how to deal with the dreaded regret.

Lecture 22 Interview Body Language, so easy and very important.

Lecture 23 Corporate Culture Tick Box. My simple coaching hack.

Lecture 24 Corporate Culture Identification

Lecture 25 Reason for leaving - Truth or Dare!

Section 6: Cover Letters

Lecture 26 Cover Letter Basics

Section 7: The Offer - the final frontier

Lecture 27 How to negotiate salary

Section 8: Dutch CV and Job Search

Lecture 28 The Dutch CV

Lecture 29 The Dutch Job Search

Section 9: Congratulations on finishing my Job Search Fundamentals 101 Course

Lecture 30 Thank you and Good Luck with your Job Search - my final thoughts.

Job Seekers, Executives, Professionals, Middle Managers and Specialists looking for work but in need of a Job Search Plan.,South African candidates who need help to find work or create a successful job search strategy that will get the offer.,Job seekers who struggle in interviews and cannot "close the deal".,Candidates who have a CV but do not get results from their document and need to understand what the reader wants from the CV.,South African job seekers who are looking to move to the Netherlands and need a CV and aligned strategy.