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In 2012, I was able to find a job in Australia from Italy with an online application. A few years later I wasn’t sure of my life in Australia and decided to pursue a job back in Europe. Again, I applied online for positions in the UK and I was offered a job (which in the end I didn’t accept).The above is to say that the same strategy can take you to any country you are interested working in, though some may be more difficult to enter than others.If I did that, every engineer with a bit of aspiration and guts can. I was an average student and, back in 2012, my English was far from proficient but it was good enough to pass through the selection process. I recall spending hours writing my resume and preparing for the job interview. I didn’t have referees, an MBA or a degree with Honours. Perhaps you are in a better position than I was!My job hunting experience and all I have learned over 17+ years of career, 5 jobs and 1 citizenship (Australian) gained in 2017 are in my ebook available on Amazon. It outlines a solid strategy that ever works. If you get in touch with me I will give you more details as I am afraid Quora won’t like personal publicity and I don’t want to promote my ebook this way.Here are a few points from my ebook that you may consider when pursuing a job:Strength and Weaknesses - You need to really think of what you are good at and what you enjoy doing. As a civil engineer, do you like more being in the office or on site? Do you like more design work or project management? Are you good enough at what you do? Once you have figure out your natural working environment and your top strengths and weaknesses you will be able to target job positions that would best fit your profile.Mindset - Be prepared to fail. If you don’t fail you are not trying hard enough to improve yourself and progress in your career. You need to be strong and stay focused on your target no matter if you get 1, 10 or 100 rejections. Your need to have a burning desire that will get you over the ups and downs of the job hunting roller coaster. Failure is an opportunity to grow and come back stronger. It is important that you get in touch with the recruiter (sometimes it is not easy) and ask for a feedback on the rejection. You need to identify what went wrong and work on fixing it in the next submission.Cover Letter - This is the most important document because it is the first that the recruiter will read to decide if your resume is worth a review. Remember that the cover letter is not about you, it is about what the employer will get from you. You need to make them tick and want to read your resume.Resume - As long as your resume is clear and tidy, you can use any templates. The skills and experience sections are the most important together with a brief description of your professional profile. The resume must be tailored to the position you are applying for. Read multiple times the job ad and word your resume to make yourself the natural fit for the role, the perfect candidate. I am not saying that you have to make up skills and experience to impress the recruiter rather you have to highlight your most relevant skills and experience to the role. Don’t use an evergreen resume for all your applications as an evergreen resume doesn’t exist. You may change the order of the skills and project experience, a few words or include different projects and skills depending on the job you are targeting.Job Interview - Prepare, prepare and prepare. The number one question is tell me about yourself? Try to link your past with the reason why you applied to the job and why you are the best candidate. People need a reason to buy and you are the product on sale. Other questions may test your technical skills and project experience so be prepared to go into the nuts and bolts of your projects. The job interview will prove if you are the real person described in the resume. This is why I struggle to delegate the preparation of my resume to a resume writer. It is okay to get some help on formatting and presentation but the words must be yours. If the job interview is on the phone you would need to prepare even better as you can rely only on your voice and you must be crystal clear in your presentation.Salary Negotiation - Never answer to the question what is your salary expectation? And never accept the first offer. There are books on negotiation tactics and there are professionals that teach that. What I have found very effective is trigger competition. If you are dealing with another company (even if you have not received an offer) make your prospect know about it. I was able to raise my salary about 30% from the first offer I received with this tactic. If the salary is not negotiable, other benefits may be on the table such as flexible work arrangements, mobile phone and bonus/salary review linked to periodic performance.Work Visa - Not having a Visa should not be the reason to stop you pursuing a career overseas. It is just another bump on the road to success. If you create the perfect storm, the company will sponsor you to get in the country. I call the perfect storm the situation where you are 100% the professional for the job and there are not many others like you. You need to create the perfect storm with your application. Experience in a niche market or the knowledge of a particular software or language may be key in the strategy to land any job that require a work Visa.PS: If you like my answer, you will also like Work Anytime Anywhere, the video course that explains step by step how to get your dream job.

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RESUMEThis is my take on preparing a resume/CV that the recruiter won’t put in the bin after reading the first line ;)First, let’s spend a few words on two myths.MYTH 1 - TEMPLATEDo we really need a CV template? Is there a preferred template?In Europe, there is a standard template that I personally hate. A CV is a personal thing and should be tailored to suit your personality. It is like we were to go out dressed the same way. We should create our own CV template.I was able to find jobs using different templates. What really matters is presentation. The CV must address the job requirements and be tidy and easy to read. That’s all!The recruiter must be able to match the information in the job ad with your CV.MYTH 2 - CV LENGTHTwo, three pages? Same story. Who cares if you have a two or three or even longer CV if you hook the recruiter to the first line of your CV? Yes, if you manage to hook the recruiter to the first line of your CV, length does not really matter. If you are the right candidate, the recruiter will read every page of your CV. The trick is to make sure that your CV does exactly that, stick the eyes of the recruiter to your profile since reading the first line.What I found critical to success is the CV structure. This is the structure I recommend:• Personal Details• Current Position/Role• Profile• Years of Experience• Qualifications• Memberships/Accreditations• Areas of Expertise• Skills• Languages• Employment/Career History• Professional Development• Referees• Acknowledgements and DisclaimerI know it is a lot to digest. Some sections like personal details or referees don’t change unless you or your referees change phone number or email address. Other parts like skills, profile and area of expertise you may think that are unchangeable but they actually are. Minor tweaks in the words you use to describe yourself or the order you present the information can make a big difference in the eyes of the recruiter. My suggestion is to read carefully the job description and tailor your CV to address the job requirements.COVER LETTERDo you think that a Cover Letter is less important than a CV? Yes, I thought so too.The Cover Letter is the first document a recruiter read. Most online job applications have a mandatory field for the Cover Letter. The recruiter is looking for the word that will make him want to continue reading the letter and eventually the CV. You must get it right. You may have an awesome resume but if you fail to communicate your expertise and fitness for the role in the letter, your CV is worthless.Writing a compelling cover letter needs a skill in copy writing that you may not have. After all, we don’t have a degree in copy writing, right? Well, we don’t need a degree in copy writing but we have to be good enough in our copy to get the recruiter’s attention on our CV.Have you a standard cover letter that you use for all applications? Yes, I did have one too. I used a pretty standard template, probably downloaded from the web, cannot recall now as it was more than a decade ago. It started like this. I graduated bla, bla, bla... I wouldn’t start a cover letter like this even if I were a graduate pursuing the first employment opportunity!The problem with a standard template is that it does not work for all the roles you could possibly apply for, even if the roles are similar. Employers may look at the same role from a different prospective. You can discover it from the job description. You must read the job description very carefully and highlight what the role requirements are and what you can offer.Do you think that the Cover Letter is about you? Yes, I thought so too. As I said before, I started my standard cover letter from the graduation, discussed my employment history and stated that I was interested in the role. Not a chance to a cover letter like this. There are so many mistakes that I will annoy you if I mention them all!The cover letter is not about you, it is about what the Employer get if they hire you! When you buy a product at the supermarket, say cornflakes, you read the label on the container saying the flavours, energy and protein intakes, quantities, etc... In other words, you look at the benefits you get for the price of the container. The Cover Letter is the label on the cornflakes container and the CV is the cornflakes inside it. If your label (Cover Letter) is not appealing, nobody will eat (Hire) you!JOB INTERVIEWIf you have made that far then you are very close to get a job offer provided you ace the job interview.I recall how shaky and unprepared I was at the beginning of my career. Unsure about the questions I was supposed to answer, what to say, what not to say. Feeling the heart beat pumping up, my hands sweaty and that sense of unknown expectation about the people I was going to meet. Trilling and intimidating at the same time.I have been in job interviews at recruitment agencies, headquarters of big companies and smaller ones, on the phone and skype. The feeling was pretty much the same. I learned from each experience, being either successful or unsuccessful. The secret is preparation. I won't be discussing about how to dress, be on time, body language, etc... All of this is important but you can find free resources on the internet that tell you to dress well, be on time and adopt an open body language. I am not here to tell you this stuff. I am here to tell you about the meat you have to cook well in advance of your job interview.1) Prepare the answers to the FAQ. I did a comprehensive research on the web and books backed by practical experience from my job interviews in Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Australia and found a list of questions that everybody asks. I have written an answer to each question and I suggest you do the same because when you write, you are forced to think carefully about the meaning you are trying to convey, the words you use, the example you can provide and the time involved with answering the question.Here is my list:Why do you want this job (or why are you leaving your Employer)?What are your duties in your current role/company?What were your duties in company “X”?How many people have you managed?Why should we hire you?What are your technical capabilities?Can you describe what kind of projects have you worked on?What are your main strengths?What are your main weaknesses?How do you manage complex projects/situations?Are you a good team player? Give us some examples.How do you manage people? What is your style?I have actually answered these questions.2) Be prepared to talk about yourself. This seems an easy question but it is not. I was embarrassed in my very first interview. It sounds personal but it is not. It is all about your study and career path. Don’t start with I was born, bla, bla, bla... otherwise the recruiter will fall off the chair! What I do is to link my career path and experience in roles, tasks and duties similar to the ones required by the position I am interviewed for. It sounds like you have worked your ass to get where you want to be. Suggest you write a paragraph that talks about you in those terms.3) Lately, I developed a strategy that I call "Show & Tell Technique". It is amazing watching the recruiters dropping their jaws when I introduce it. By the reactions I got, this is a shot that not many, if anybody, has. In a nutshell, the Show & Tell Technique is a way to have others endorse your skills and experience. ·4) Wait a moment, you are there to answer questions but also to ASK questions. At the end of the job interview, they ask you if you have any questions. Don’t ask, will you offer me a job? How much are you going to pay me? Those are not good questions to ask, though they are the essence of the whole job application process. A positive answer will come in a few days if you have performed well. I didn’t have many questions to ask in my early job interview days. Nowadays, I have more questions to ask than answers to give! Having questions demonstrates that you have researched the company and are keen to learn more about it. Showing interest in the company is positive for your application. I ask all sort of questions from the company and team structure (if not clear from their introduction), management line, project opportunities, career path, travelling involved and training opportunities to mention the most important.5) Financial offer. Congratulation if you receive one! This could be based on a figure you discussed at the job interview being provided by the recruiter or by you at the question what is your salary expectation? Tricky and sneaky one. Be prepared to negotiate the salary because the first offer is always negotiable if not in terms of money, could be in terms of flexible work arrangement, leave, bonuses and performance reviews that trigger a salary review.Marco is active on LinkedIn. You can get in touch with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marconecchi/