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Konkan Yuva (Youth group of Mangalorean community) in collaboration with YAM (Young Adults Ministry) held Informative session titled ‘The Future of Employment in 2020 and Beyond’ for job seekers and those considering a career progression for the job seekers on July 3.

The two expert keynote speakers of the session, Avil Pinto, HR and supply chain professional, Frieslan Campina (Rainbow Milk) and a part of ‘Dubai Jobs Hunt’ (Voluntary group) and Valencia Fernandes, a passionate recruiter, took up this session along with coordinator Santhosh Dsouza and Venzil Fernandes.

Farrell D’Souza commenced the informative session by welcoming the participants. Vivian Fernandes, president of Konkan Yuva, welcomed the keynote speakers of the session. Orlando Fernandes, Coordinator of YAM addressed with a few words of encouragement to the participants on job seeking and wished good luck in their careers.

Avil Pinto took up the first session followed by second session by Valencia Fernandes. In this session the resource person Avil Pinto shared insights on the Career/Job Search strategy. He explained the key elements and an effective 5 step process to be adapted in the job search cycle such as;
1. Positive Mindset: Why it is important and how one could keep themselves positive. He also shared tools such as gratitude, affirmations & surround with people who are positive & empowering.
2. Plan, Research & Organize: He quoted “If you fail to plan then you plan to Fail”. It’s important to research on the jobs as well as organize oneself by maintaining a task/to do list, job specific KPI’s or goals. He also mentioned that job search is a job itself so its important to focus on the job search than telling oneself that “I don’t have a Job” so let’s catch up with sleep or end up watching Netflix”
3. Network, Visibility & Job Leads: If you hear someone saying, I don’t know many people in this market or if you feel people get jobs only through referrals; Avil helped us how we can broaden our network, who we should network with, identify who do we know in our network and who do they know in their network. He also explained the importance of creating visibility and personal branding to attract job opportunities than you going and knocking doors for opportunities.
4. Apply, Prepare & Present: In this step, one must prepare for job interviews, build confidence and be ready to present themselves any hour of the day.
5. Offer, Negotiate & Accept: Finally, this step concluded with the fruit or reward of the guided efforts if the above 4 steps are done well.

In the 2nd part of his session, Avil Pinto shared the top 10 trending skills in 2020 & beyond which was an eye opener and insightful information for job seekers.

In his talk, he shared the importance of upskilling, continuous learning by referring to one of his favorite quotes from Abraham Lincoln “If I had 6 hours to chop down tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe”. He also shared few learning platforms where people could opt for free learning programs & courses.

He concluded by sharing 11 new jobs/opportunities that one could explore in 2020 along with how some individuals have emerged by creating opportunities for themselves. This was truly an introspective, inspiring, insightful session for all attendees irrespective of what stage of career they are in currently.

The session aimed to furnish its audience with tips and tricks that have been tried and tested to maximize their job search in UAE.

Followed second session by Valencia Fernandes, covered information on Cover Letters, CV Writing – the do’s and don’ts, LinkedIn Profile Optimization – what looks good, Job Searches – what works best and Interviewing Etiquettes – from a recruiter. It was a detailed session that answered every job seekers FAQ’s like how to negotiate salaries, how to approach recruiters and how to connect and build a network.

The session served as an insight from both a Job Seeker and a Recruiters perspective and all attendees benefitted from the surprise take away – list of the region’s best recruitment agencies.

Sweeny Maria D’Souza, Secretary of Konkan Yuva rendered the vote of thanks. As many as 295 participants took part in the session. Viyon Veigas concluded the session by open round questions. All the participants gave a positive response on the informative session.

 

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