In this episode had the pleasure to learn from a real industry HR expert in getting real insights on your resume preparation and interview readiness. Link to website: www.Millernet.ca Link to website: www.influencegenius.com Instagram: @pattymiller123 LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/millernethr
In this episode, Allen Wazny has the pleasure of interviewing Zeeshan Sajid Amin, a Business Growth Expert and Management Consultant based in Dubai. Zeeshan has taken the initiative to submit a LinkedIn post describing his prior job search efforts which lead to his success today in working in sales and consulting. Link to Zeeshan’s LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/zeeshansamin Link to Zeeshan’s personal website: www.zeeshansajidamin.com
In this episode, Allen Wazny reflects upon the informal career advice he has been providing since August 2018 and how, in his view, it transformed into more of a career development kit (or CDK) for job seekers across the globe. The idea to classify such advice as a “CDK” arose after Allen updated the advice he initially provided to Hazan Raza Javaid, a qualified ACCA accountant out of Lahore, Pakistan. Allen posted such advice on Facebook titled “Career Advice #62” dated 18 November 2019.
In this episode, Allen Wazny has a chance to chat with Alice Hlidkova to learn about her unique ability to create awareness of her talents and those of the companies and individuals she works with. In fact, Alice provides a “blue print” for one job seeker in South Africa that could be a model for women and men across the globe. This is a link to her personal website: https://www.alicehlidkova.com/. Follow this link to her book: https://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Girl-Complex-Story-Superheroine-ebook/dp/B07YZVCVFG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=pretty+girl+complex&qid=1573685070&sr=8-1. Follow this link to the New Economies website: https://www.neweconomies.com/
In this episode, Allen Wazny outlines how is job advice suggestions on LinkedIn in March 2019 to civil engineer, Athif Ahmed Mehboob resulted in improving his confidence while conducting his job search in Dubai. On 7 April 2019, Athif informed Allen that he successfully started a role as junior engineer with a DUBAI-based firm!
In this episode, your host Allen Wazny had the pleasure to speak with Brendan Rawlings, owner and manager of Zenwood Design. Brendan has used social media platforms, primarily Facebook and Instagram, to create solid brand awareness for his driftwood sculpted artwork. Listen to understand how this is relevant to job search! This is the link to his Instagram page: @zenwooddesign Link to his website: www.zenwooddesign.co.uk
In this episode, Allen Wazny has a unique opportunity to interview Azmil Hakim. This is a follow-on from the February 2019 exchange on LinkedIn whereby Azmil’s job search post went viral (over 15,000 views) and ended with a feature article in World of Buzz.
In this episode, Allen Wazny takes time to highlight a few job search techniques (or approaches) that had gone viral or at least managed to get the attention on LinkedIn beyond the individual’s normal network.
In this episode, host Allen Wazny seeks to provide practical ideas on how a healthcare professional can conduct an alternative job search, particularly if existing avenues and efforts have kept the individual unemployed or working in a role that is less than desirable. As with many earlier podcasts, Allen seeks to outline several steps to approaching: 1. Healthcare startups or innovative tech companies in the healthcare sector 2. Healthcare venture capital companies and their focus on hiring medical doctor’s, physicians, scientists and related professionals to guide during the investment and post investment process 3. Administrative or technical support roles “over the platform” 4. Outreach via LinkedIn
In this episode, Allen Wazny makes the analogy to the famous movie, “Slum Dog Millionaire”, based upon the incredible technology and innovation revolution that is under way in India. Allen is frequently requested by India-based service providers to see if the European and North American companies he works for are interested in engaging them. This includes web design, content creation, marketing and advertising, video creation and coders / developers for web and mobile applications. What is surprising is the incredible breadth and depth of startups across India that could benefit from the very home-grown talent that such individuals are seeking to export. So, when Allen is asked if such services are required by the companies he is working with, he immediately turns around to say: “Have you looked to see what slumming your dog is doing in the back yard?”
In this episode, Allen Wazny seeks to outline how he recently provided career advice to an MEP Engineer in Dubai. What was the advice? Using LinkedIn to find like minded individuals in similar or more senior roles. Using LinkedIn and other social media to follow the companies he was seeking to work for. Subscribe to their news feeds to find out about the existing projects they are working on and any new projects in the pipeline. Finally, using the “personalized message” feature on LinkedIn to more effectively reach out to individuals in these companies.
In this episode, Allen Wazny seeks to provide some thoughts on the growing demand of Venture Capital firms hiring support personnel across the platform. This includes HR, marketing, finance and other back office support that is growing in importance as VC firms expand their portfolio. That is definitely one potential area that many job seekers may overlook or not realize is available.
In this episode, the host of the podcast series, “Will You Review My CV?”, Allen Wazny, seeks to highlight the similarities with his 14 year old daughter and her fear of (or apprehension with) taking a technology-related option at school and that of job seekers getting introduced to technology (SaaS) later in their career.
In the episode, Allen Wazny seeks to explain how he migrated from giving “surface level” career advice in public to giving “specific details” on how to more effectively use LinkedIn for your job search outreach.
In this episode, Allen Wazny highlights two scenarios in which one insurance broker is using legacy systems to manually gather quotes for a potential home insurance policy and one broker is working for a company that uses an AI-enabled insurance SaaS to gather such quotes. Who’s CV do you think will prevail on the job market in the coming months or years?
In the episode, Allen Wazny seeks to provide feedback on what lead him to change the career advice he was providing through the LinkedIn portal and expand into adhoc advice to job seekers across the globe.
In this episode, Allen Wazny seeks to provide examples of digital marketing SaaS that can be applicable to a job seeker with a sales and marketing background.
In this episode, Allen Wazny seeks to make a comparison to the Gary Vaynerchuk analogy in business of “finding the Open Space” to reverse engineer his activities to take steps that are the complete opposite to what everyone else is doing. This can be applied in job search by taking steps to enhance your skills relative to your profession and/or discipline to stand out from the rest of the pack.
In this episode, Allen Wazny expands upon his podcast from 25 June 2019 whereby he focused on the need to understand the latest SaaS available on the global market for your sector or functional area of business when circumstances in your current role do not permit adoption of such SaaS.