Job Hunting Report 2022

Job Hunting Report 2022

Job Hunting Report 2022

We expected 2022 to be a better year than the previous ones, but on February 24 we had to curb our expectations. What followed was a difficult year for Ukrainian professionals, and us trying to support them as much as we could. Apart from that, it was also another year of training future Career Advisors, assisting G/E/MBA graduates, and delivering major consulting projects.

Since 2012, we have been continuously collecting data on the job market with the aim of supporting experienced candidates – we are the only player in Europe that does that. Our comprehensive analyses make us well-equipped to work with professionals and guide them through the job market. This has proved more than crucial in the tumultuous year that was 2022.

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Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the seventh weekend

Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the seventh weekend

Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the seventh weekend

Automated recruitment processes, bots, ATS, algorithms… candidates on the rapidly-changing job market face them on a daily basis. This is also the reality of professional Career Consultants who have to be familiar with digital trends and tools to be able to advise, as well as guide their clients to achieve their professional goals. The seventh weekend of the Career Advisory postgraduate studies focused on two topics: “How to prepare an effective CV for ATS” and “Online presence”.

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Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po siódmym zjeździe

Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po siódmym zjeździe

Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po siódmym zjeździe

Zautomatyzowane procesy rekrutacyjne, boty, ATS-y, algorytmy stanowią codzienność każdego kandydata na dynamicznie zmieniającym się rynku pracy. W tej rzeczywistości powinien również dobrze odnajdywać się profesjonalny Konsultant Kariery, który musi znać digitalowe trendy oraz narzędzia, aby móc dobrze doradzać i prowadzić klienta w kierunku skutecznego osiągnięcia celu. Siódmy zjazd studiów podyplomowych Career Advisory był poświęcony przygotowaniu skutecznego CV pod ATS oraz wizerunkowi w sieci.

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Does your CV land interviews? – with real examples


Free session for experienced managers & executives in Europe who are currently looking for a job (or getting ready for it): “Does your CV land interviews? – with real examples”.

Let’s face it: your current CV is the product of updating a file that you started 10-20 years ago. While the format you used as an ambitious junior was great, it most probably doesn’t reflect your USP, your personal brand or executive presence.

And even if you decided to upgrade your resume by using a template, chances are, that you chose one that looks nice, but isn’t really user-friendly – neither for humans nor for ATS. Read more

About Challenge Accepted Europe

About the initiative: we – Career Angels – have been providing a safe space for experienced managers and executives in this successful formula since April 2018. Due to CV-19, we adapted the format for the experience to be as effective and productive online, as it has been proven to be offline.

The underlying idea is to create a community for managers throughout Europe who have accepted the challenge of looking for a job (actively or passively), so that they can exchange their experiences, support each other through listening, words of encouragement, information and inspire each other.

The free online meetings are dedicated to specific career & job search topics and provide networking opportunities. Coming up:

  • Apr 18, 2023: Headhunt the headhunter for your job search!

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Wytyczne aktywności na LinkedIn: 4 kroki

Wytyczne aktywności na LinkedIn: 4 kroki

Wytyczne aktywności na LinkedIn: 4 kroki

Według Hootsuite, Demand Sage, i LinkedIn, platforma posiada 875 milionów użytkowników na całym świecie, z czego ponad 310 milionów to aktywni miesięcznie użytkownicy. 80% użytkowników LinkedIn „kieruje decyzjami biznesowymi”. Średnio 8 osób jest zatrudnianych przez LinkedIn co minutę, notowanych jest tu 58 milionów firm, a jedna reklama może dotrzeć do 14.6% światowej populacji. To tylko fragment danych, który pokazuje, jak potężnym narzędziem stał się LinkedIn.

Mimo to wciąż wielu profesjonalistów (w tym managerów i executives) potrzebuje pomocy nie tylko w stworzeniu profilu na LinkedIn, ale również w zarządzaniu aktywnością. Przy czym słowo „zarządzanie” odnosi się tu do „aktywnego użytkowania”, które pomaga danej osobie w osiągnięciu jej celu zawodowego.

Oto cztery główne kroki, których należy przestrzegać.

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Personalizing the link to your LinkedIn profile

Personalizing the link to your LinkedIn profile

Personalizing the link to your LinkedIn profile

By now, everybody who takes their career seriously and wants to be successful in their job search should be aware of current (and fast-changing!) market trends, new technologies and tools.

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful tools in today’s world of recruiting, online presence and professional development. As of 2021, it has 875 million users. 52 million people use it to search for jobs every week. 8 people are hired through LinkedIn every minute. More than 58 million companies are there. That’s only a few of the many stats provided by Hootsuite. One of the ways to stand out among the crowd of 875 million is to personalize everything you can, incl. the link to your profile.
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Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the sixth weekend

Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the sixth weekend

Career Advisory postgraduate studies – after the sixth weekend

What are your strengths from the employer’s point of view? Why should the decision maker give you 15 minutes of their time, although their company isn’t recruiting right now? Why should they choose you out of all of the other candidates?
Will they see what makes you unique after a quick glance at your CV? These are clients’ challenges that a career consultant has to deal with every day. The sixth weekend of the Career Advisory postgraduate studies was about preparing an effective CV and a LinkedIn profile from a job search perspective.

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ATS Guide – 2023

Automated recruitment processes, pre-recorded interviews, ATS, Artificial Intelligence, bots… expressions we hear more and more often. How does the constant development of technology affect the recruitment processes – in particular: how do ATS work and how can you adapt your CV to them? [Spoiler: 75% of CVs uploaded to an ATS are never seen by a human recruiter!]

But first things first: what is an ATS?
ATS stands for Applicant (= candidates) Tracking System (= master database).

In other words, it’s a system that allows tracking candidates, to filter and categorize them. Some ATS (especially those operating in English) have an additional function: they match a candidates CV against the job ad they applied to. In other words: it searches / scans the CV for keywords used in the job ad or additionally added in the background.

Why do companies use it?
According to TopResume.com:

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Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po szóstym zjeździe

Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po szóstym zjeździe

Studia podyplomowe Career Advisory – po szóstym zjeździe

Jakie są Twoje mocne strony z punktu widzenia pracodawcy? Dlaczego decydent ma poświęcić Ci 15 minut swojego czasu, chociaż jego firma nie prowadzi w tym momencie procesu rekrutacyjnego? Dlaczego spośród tylu kandydatów powinien wybrać właśnie Ciebie? Czy po rzuceniu okiem na Twoje CV dostrzeże, co czyni Cię wyjątkowym? To są właśnie wyzwania klientów, z którymi mierzy się na co dzień każdy konsultant kariery. Szósty zjazd studiów podyplomowych Career Advisory był poświęcony przygotowaniu skutecznego CV dla człowieka oraz profilu na LinkedIn pod kątem szukania pracy.

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