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hi everybody and welcome back to english
topics today i’m joined again by I’m
Davey hi Davey welcome back and today
we’re going to be talking about some
tips to land your dream job so to land
your dream job means to get your dream
job but the idea here with land your
dream job is that it’s something you
really really want something you’re
working hard to get so today we’re gonna
talk about some ideas perhaps that might
be helpful for you as you try to find
and/or secure your dream job okay out of
curiosity do you currently have your
dream job
yeah sort of mm-hmm I would say so
that’s good it’s it’s you put me on the
spot here I’m sorry I didn’t but yeah
it’s very close to my dream job I would
say mm-hmm excellent I would say I have
I’m pretty close I would think to my
dream job there’s not much else I would
think if I could just do this with my
job if I could just do that with my job
I feel like I’m at or am actively
working towards my dream job what are
you doing to get your dream job exactly
let’s begin first tip okay so to get my
dream job to get to the next point in my
life my first tip is something I do a
lot seek out opportunities seek out
means search look for seek out
opportunities so that means if there’s
something you would like to do you need
to look for chances to do that thing if
you just sit and wait for things to come
to you you probably won’t find anything
so I think it’s your responsibility to
actually actively go find things to be
involved in so sometimes that means
doing an internship sometimes it means
taking on an extra part-time job
sometimes that means looking for a
course that you can take that can help
you in terms of getting the things you
need to progress so seek out
opportunities to move forward somehow
you need to do this I think this is one
thing that once you’re trained once you
have got
used to just looking for things to do
and keeping your eyes open for chances
this is a key this tip right here this
is how I got this job there you go it
was six years ago and ad on the Internet
and now look where we are it didn’t find
you the job did not find you
we found the job I think to look for it
that’s a very good piece of advice and I
think it’s a common mistake that a lot
of people new to the job market people
who have just finished you know college
or training of some sort they expect oh
now you know now I’m qualified
and they wait but the job does not
wander by and present itself to you
right you have to find the job right
right so is this something that you do
even if you’re you know as you said
pretty close to your dream job
absolutely yes you need to you need to
find that job
there are thousands millions of other
people who would love to have that same
job and the job is not going around and
identifying all of them and picking the
best it is it is picking between the
people that raised their hand and say I
would like that job right right it’s up
to you yes and so that is very similar
to my first tip which is network network
and I think this goes hand-in-hand with
your first tip of seeking out your dream
job see seeking out opportunities is
networking one of the ways that you find
opportunities is by meeting people who
do what you want to do people who work
in the same field or do the same sort of
work that you want to do meeting them
introducing yourself to them and making
those connections hmm when you make
those connections you don’t have to have
something in mind for the end of that
relationship but someone that you meet a
hand that you shake and some person that
you introduce yourself to you might see
them again in six months or a year and
they might remember you mm-hmm and so
building that Network building those
relationships can be very useful
absolutely not just for finding your
dream job but for building your career
absolutely and even today like of course
networking we think maybe of networking
is something we do in person like at a
conference for example but now we can
use social media to network as well to
reach out to people that we think are
doing interesting work or to reach out
to maybe future collaborators like
social media can be a great tool for
networking absolutely but I also would
caution against only using social media
right you need to have face-to-face time
people need to know you’re a real person
what are you like in person you can only
know so much about someone through their
social media profile so it’s a very
useful tool but you can’t rely on that
alone right so being part of you know
professional organizations going to
places where you can meet people I think
is also important absolutely totally and
connected with that then I think is the
next thing that I chose for my tip
distinguish yourself so distinguish
yourself means make it clear how you are
different from other people so what are
the skills that you have that other
people might not have or maybe you can
do XY and Z but your competitor can only
do X or can only do X & Y so think about
the things that make you different from
other people and then when you’re
networking and you’re going to meet
people who are doing things you’re
interested in you can say to them oh I
know how to do this and this and this
this is what makes me special
so when you introduce yourself to people
or when you are I don’t know sharing
your work with people and there’s
something special about you something
distinguishing about you
I think people remember that people
think oh wow this person seemed one like
a really nice person of course but also
this person seemed really skilled or
this person had a great background in
this topic for example so think about
the things that make you different from
other people from your competition and
if you’re not distinguished think about
the ways to distinguish yourselves that
doesn’t necessarily mean we’re all ones
like type of clothing I don’t mean
necessarily a visual distinguish like
distinguishing but skill sets skill set
skill set yeah that’s what I think
anyway I think that’s a great tip okay
maybe related to that my next tip is to
believe in yourself indeed it sounds
maybe a little corny a little hokey but
I think this is a very good to believe
in yourself and I mean this kind of in
two ways and at maybe two stages of
finding your dream job finding your
dream job and achieving a big long-term
goal is hard it takes a lot of work and
it’s exhausting and at times you can get
really down on yourself and feel like
you’re not going to make it you’re not
good enough you’ll never have that
opportunity or that chance that you’re
trying to find and I think then it’s an
important
to remember that you can do it that you
are you know on a path it might take you
some time to get to the end of that path
but if you keep taking those baby steps
working on your skill set and improving
as a as a person that you can do it and
so I think it’s important to believe in
yourself when you are trying to get your
dream job and the other way that I meant
it when I first wrote this down I was
specifically thinking about being in an
interview - if you are in an interview
or you’re it with someone face to face
trying to land that dream job the final
step of your journey to be confident and
to not doubt yourself because I think
that that can show through to other
people mm-hmm I think that’s a good
interview point in general at least for
English interviews like interviews in
the US maybe in some countries in some
cultures it’s good to be humble or it’s
good to be kind of quiet and not so
confident or maybe not so outspoken
about your achievements but when you’re
doing an interview in English with a
like an American company or maybe a
company in the UK it’s typically
considered a good thing to be confident
and to be very sure about yourself so
that’s a great tip I think in general
for interviews great okay I will
continue on to my next one relating to
everything thus far which is keep
building skills keep building skills so
my previous tip was to distinguish
yourself Davey had the tip of networking
as well if you keep building skills as
well so building skills refers to
learning new things keep learning new
things if you continue doing this like
you don’t just graduate from university
or graduate from college and stop
learning there if you continue to try to
learn new things you will find new
opportunities to network you will find
new opportunities that you are able to
apply yourself to new things you can do
there will be new like projects that you
can address so if you keep building
skills and think about these skills in
terms of what you want to do in the
future so I would caution people
would say to be careful to build the
skills that you think are going to help
you achieve your goals so I think of
this a lot actually like in video games
it helps me a lot I imagine a skill web
from Final Fantasy 10 pacifically like
when I see like this character
okay this character is really good at
like magic for example so there’s all
these like skills that that character
can learn to get better at that one
thing right there made for so if you
think about okay well I really want to
get better at the skill or I really want
to become this sort of thing and you
build skills to actually move towards
that goal instead of just sort of
studying this random thing over here
right like I think your progress will be
much smoother yeah that’s that’s good I
agree I think of it more as like the
materia system from ff7 I debate between
these two a lot actually we’ve had this
discussion for definite but now I think
that’s very good keep building skills
and that will help you distinguish
yourself as well as you you said before
okay my final tip is directly related to
that and it is stick with what you know
so as much as we’ve been sitting up here
saying you know believe in yourself
build skills distinguish yourself all of
those things are important but stay
within the realm of what you know and I
say this more as an interview tip don’t
overreach don’t present yourself to a
prospective employer or clients as
knowing something knowing how to do
something that you don’t know how to do
because that will only end in disaster
and also as an interview tip odds are
very very high that a good interviewer
will know if you don’t know what you’re
talking about so that’s my number one
may be an interview tip mm-hmm so in my
current job my dream job I died in
terview people to hire in my same place
and I do dozens of interviews every year
and when I ask people certain questions
I can usually tell if they’re trying to
fake it it shows and I would much rather
those people say you know I don’t know
because if you don’t know that’s fine
you can learn it but if you don’t know
and you fake it that’s not a very good
sign
related to this one related to sticking
with what you know in terms of using
English in an interview or a resume also
stick with what you know if you’re not a
100% you know very flew a fluent high
level English speaker or writer that’s
okay don’t worry but use the English
that you know and are comfortable with
because that way it will be easier for
you to express yourself and be able to
present your skillset mm-hmm that’s a
great tip and also related to the period
before an interview in preparation of
your resume in preparation of the
materials for application I’ve read some
resume writing tips and I think that one
of the big tips that could be especially
helpful for non-native speakers of
English is to use data on your resume
where possible so that means instead of
saying like for example increased sales
in your current position or like maybe
giving some vague information like I
improved this system at my company
instead of saying those sorts of vague
things give a number say I improved
sales by 50% or I increase something
else by 20% so giving actual numbers to
people can help make it a little clearer
I think your impact on your or rather
the impact you had on your current
organization and I think it also seems
just more I think it seems more
confident if someone actually says a
number then just says I improve sales
something like that right so giving
actual data was one and then I’ve seen
also in terms of the presentation of a
resume a trend away from describing a
like the type of position that you’re
seeking and more
career summary calling in a career
summary so you’re supposed to describe
okay here’s the stuff that I have done
and cut and talked about like your
future career as well so you’re
summarizing kind of your past and your
future a little bit so it’s not just I
want this job right now
sure hmm but summarizing everything in
order to again distinguish yourself and
to show how you can be a good fit
potential right and actually that that
might if I could add to that I think
that I was listening to you say that and
I thought that would never work that
would not matter at all and what I do
and so I think it might I think it
depends on what field you’re in I see
there’s no really statistics to share
and in my field like that no numbers but
when you mentioned these what did you
call it these career summaries that’s
something that I think you might be more
likely to see in a cover letter to a CV
in my field and it made me then think
that you should know the language of
your dream job which is to say not the
not the language as in the actual
English language but the the way that
different jobs or career areas or
different fields talk about the field or
talk about the career because I can
imagine a resume for a sales job will
look very very different from a CV for
to be a college professor orally or you
know an artist portfolio if you’re a
graphic design or something like that
these will all be very different so
you’ll need to research and know what
that looks like
like for your field right exactly and I
think another great tip if you’re not
sure when you’re preparing your resume
is to check the job like what’s what’s
that thing called the the job listing of
the job listing yeah yeah so a really
great way to do that even just to get
you started is to look carefully at that
job listing what is the name of the
position specifically so if for example
Europe you’re looking at a job listing
and it’s
as English instructor on the job listing
but you write and say I’m applying for
the English teacher position it’s like
that’s a small difference but depending
on the kinds of jobs you’re looking to
apply to those small differences can
mean a lot so use the vocabulary words
that are in the job listing when you
make your application it’ll show that
you’re paying attention and it’ll get
you familiar with the kinds of words
they use at that organization absolutely
not attention to detail can pay off for
sure for sure all right they’re probably
some other tips too but those are a few
hopefully to get people started I think
all right great well good luck then in
finding your dream job and in working
towards your dream job I don’t think
it’s ever an ending I don’t think
there’s an end to the process that’s
when you ask me do I have my dream job I
thought I got the dream job that I had
you know five six seven eight years ago
it took me some time to work and get it
and now I have it and I’m thinking well
what’s next right we keep changing and
evolving and growing as professionals
right I think so and as if you keep
building your skills as well and you
keep building your network as well
you’ll start to think of whoa what are
some other things I might be able to do
absolutely I think overall like just an
ability to adapt and change is also
quite valuable as well all right so I
hope that you found a couple of those
tips useful we wish you the best of luck
of course in trying to find and trying
to work towards your dream job but if
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