Career Guidance

Career Guidance

Looking for a job in Malaysia? Let me help you. I am a Recruiter

Deciding on your career:

• What are your skills and abilities?

  • What type of help do people come to you for?

• What are your interests?

• Talk to people

  • How do other people see you?

• Volunteer

  • This is a very quick way to expand your network

Be professional

Start with your email address. Does it looks like cuteroundpinkpig131@gmail.com ?

Do get a better email address.

Take the time to clean up your Digital Image. Just like you will do a search on your potential employer, your potential employer will do a search on you.

Improve your social profile

How to reach out to your social network

1. Improve your social media profile

1. Complete your social media profile with a trustworthy profile picture, description, summary and list of skills/keywords

2. Get endorsements from customers, clients or colleagues

3. Present or list your success.

2. Become a thought leader

1. Find and share high-quality information via your social channels

2. Publish meaningful posts

3. Engage and interact with insights

3. Build relationships

1. Keep your network alive by connecting with them on a regular basis

2. Establish a relationship and trust

3. Increase and grow relationships

LinkedIn is particularly important for professionals. Take the time and effort to create a good LinkedIn profile. You can't be a professional in your sector without a good LinkedIn profile.

Here's my LinkedIn for you reference: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lim-jet-wee-058220179/

To really stand out, create a visume (video resume) or an 'About Me' video

You can create a write-up about yourself

You can create a write-up about yourself

I create this write-up using rytr.me for a friend.

"Francis Ho is a leader in the innovation space. He is a passionate Full-Stack Expert that builds things fast, with smart solutions that best fit the business needs of clients. Francis's great leadership qualities have allowed him to consistently exceed expectations for his clients."

Resume / CV

Start by getting your resume in shape. Have a professional photo included in your resume.

*Note: NRIC should NOT be in your resume.

Work Experience and Education should be in the reverse order

Identify the soft-skill that you have. Here are some examples

• Digital Skill

• Remote Collaboration

• Highly Organized

• Complex Problem Solving and able to Learn New Things Quickly

• Strong Computational Thinking and Analysis Capability

• Critical Thinking

• Strong Communication Skills

• Strong Interpersonal Skills

• Team Player

• Able to Work Independently

• Able to Multitask

• Adaptable

TOP 20 Skills to develop your career

1. COMMUNICATION SKILLS (LISTENING, SPEAKING AND WRITING)

2. ANALYTICAL AND RESEARCH SKILLS

3. FLEXIBILITY/ADAPTABILITY

4. INTERPERSONAL ABILITIES

5. ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS

6. ABILITY TO PLAN, ORGANISE AND PRIORITISE WORK

7. ABILITY TO WEAR MULTIPLE HATS

8. LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT SKILLS

9. ATTENTION TO DETAIL

10. SELF-CONFIDENCE

11. PUBLIC SPEAKING

12. TACTFULNESS

13. CREATIVITY

14. ETHICS AND INTEGRITY

15. STRONG WORK ETHIC

16. ABILITY TO ACCEPT AND LEARN FROM CRITICISM

17. SALES AND MARKETING

18. COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS SKILLS

19. MATHEMATICS

20. PROGRAMMING/CODING

Next is to leverage on your LinkedIn, Google, Facebook and any relevant Job Search portal available to you for your region.

To fresh graduates, you can try for the posistion even if it requires 1-2 years of experience. You have nothing to lose in trying.

Don't be shy, ask for help.

You may even consider Remote-Working if you are tech-savvy. Who care where is the company, you just need to salary ($$$) to reach your bank account.

Get ready your story for the Interview.

You can also use copywriting tools to help you 'sell yourself'. I am using rytr.me

Try to be early to the Interview. Bring a pen with you as you may need to fill in a paper application form . You may even need it to take a test/quiz.

During the interview process.

• Manage your attitude (Some bosses look for good attitude over certification)

After the interview, remember to thank the interviewer for his/her time. Be polite.