Speaker A
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Already here. Good afternoon, Alyona. How are you doing?
A detailed discussion on job search strategies, recruiter outreach, and application tracking for a job seeker navigating a slow market.
Key Takeaways
- Cold outreach and follow-ups on LinkedIn can improve chances even after initial rejections.
- Maintaining an organized application tracking system is crucial for effective job search management.
- Applying to less desirable jobs can be useful for gaining interview experience.
- Using multiple communication channels increases recruiter engagement.
- Careful reading of job descriptions helps avoid unsuitable roles.
What the video covers
- Alona shares her current job search status, mentioning limited vacancies and recruiter responses.
- Discussion on salary expectations and applying to jobs despite low offers to gain interview experience.
- Review and approval of Alona’s resume and LinkedIn profile updates.
- Challenges with managing application tracking spreadsheets and inserting screenshots.
- Strategies for cold outreach to recruiters on LinkedIn and following up on applications.
- Advice on finding recruiters via company websites and LinkedIn to enhance job search effectiveness.
- Suggestions to duplicate applications via multiple channels like email or Telegram for better visibility.
- Discussion on avoiding certain industries like fintech microfinancing and gaming-related roles.
- Encouragement to read job descriptions carefully and maintain consistent application efforts.
- Overall hope for market revival and increasing job opportunities.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Current Job Search Status
- 02:30Salary Expectations and Applying for Experience
- 04:29Resume and LinkedIn Profile Review
- 07:01Application Tracking and Spreadsheet Challenges
- 07:39Cold Outreach and Recruiter Follow-up Strategies
- 10:51Finding Recruiters via Company Websites and LinkedIn
- 18:09Using Multiple Channels to Apply and Follow Up
- 21:00Industry Preferences and Job Description Tips
- 25:40Summary and Next Steps in Job Search
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Speaker A
Uh, well, so-so. There aren't many vacancies, but I’ve managed to gather maybe 15 or so. For the rest, as I said, I’m doing as you told me, reaching
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out to recruiters on LinkedIn, but mostly they either don’t reply or write, "Just send your resume, and if we need someone, we’ll let you know."
Speaker A
Well, if—Oh, great. It's great that you're smiling today. Can that make us happy?
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No, I just don't have any other choice. Yes, I found a vacancy on Djinni today, and some others on the platform. And, well, they wrote right away that their salary is like 600 dollars gross per day. And they asked if that would be
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okay. I said that, in general, it's very undesirable because, as a teacher, I can earn more than 600, of course.
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And, well, I didn't tell them that; I just wrote "okay" so that if they invite me to an interview, I can at least see what an interview is like, because the ones I’ve applied to so far either don't respond or write,
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"We've looked at your resume, we'll write if anything."
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Uh-huh. Okay. Could you please share your spreadsheet with your applications? Look, regarding your resume, we approved it in Slack. I saw that you also made changes to your LinkedIn. No
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questions there, so let's focus now and look at the table of the applications you’ve made. And yes, sent.
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Uh-huh. Yeah, well, it doesn't look super great yet. I will tidy it up before uploading it to the platform because, to be honest, it's not very convenient with these screenshots.
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Because... if you know how to add a screenshot to a Google Sheet quickly without messing up the table, I would be very grateful, because I haven't found that info yet. I just have to manually enlarge the cell first and
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then insert the screenshot there. Well, that's basically how it works. Yes, yes. Okay. As I said, especially since, as I mentioned, I mostly have just these recruiters now, because their vacancies, well, I just feel like some kind of analyst, even for something
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over two days. Well, like I said, it’s not really what I’m looking for.
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Uh, I’ll take a look at those job openings anyway, as I said, because I’m just curious if I can get to a technical interview. But, as I said,
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there are no invitations yet.
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Uh-huh. Yes, here.
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Uh-huh. Well, let’s say that a few more job openings have appeared regardless. Yes.
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Well, compared to the first week of September, yes, on September 1st there was nothing.
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Well, you see, yes. Okay, sure.
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Uh, regarding the cold search. Well, you just sent your resume, but there was no response, right?
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Well, they don’t even write back, or rather, they don’t say "yes," they ask you to send a resume and then they don't reply. They write that they don’t need anyone, but tell you to send a resume just in case, and maybe
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they’ll contact you sometime.
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Uh-huh. Yes, good. Now also should these also be attached if they write back?
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Uh.
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No, that’s not necessary. The main thing is that your message—oh, here is another job that appeared, also requiring only A2 elementary English. I didn’t see it. I’ll send it now.
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Try applying for this one too. Let’s see, how else can we do this additionally? Besides this, well, we continue doing everything the same way.
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Uh, I still hope that the market will start to revive now and there will be more and more vacancies.
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Uh, take a look, I just sent it. Look at it; it seems to me there’s no application yet.
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Wait, this is online lending. I don’t think I looked at it, but honestly, online lending and microfinancing—this theme doesn’t really appeal to me, and I wouldn’t want to get involved with companies like that.
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Uh-huh. Well, just like casinos. I mean, I sometimes see types like, well, gaming-related ones, but this is fintech.
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Well, it says microfinancing here, so these could be companies, for example, like "Quick Money" and the like. Like, wait, no, I said I don’t know why I didn't see this. Or maybe even on it...
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No, I don’t remember why. Well, okay, look, it basically suits you for gaining experience, for example, and just going through the testing process, which is what you want, so you could give it a try. I would also like to suggest: let's try
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something extra, besides, if, for example, there are no direct job openings, you can go back to the companies you applied to in your spreadsheet, find the person, find that company on LinkedIn, and send them a follow-up, well, connect with the
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recruiter and send an additional follow-up like: Hi, I applied for this specific job opening. UA. Could you please let me know if you’ve had a chance to review my resume? Like that.
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Also, this is an effective method, because there are cases where they reject you, meaning, they see the resume and automatically close the application. But when you write on LinkedIn—I have an acquaintance looking for a job right now who was
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rejected, but he wrote to them on LinkedIn. And they say, "Yes, we see we rejected your resume, but your profile is actually quite good, let's meet and talk." So let's try this as an additional option. Um, yes, I think
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that last time I well recommended and showed you how to find recruiters, or perhaps should I refresh that? No, we showed today how to type "recruiter" into the search, but...
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But not through the company like this. Let's try it now. So, for example, let's go to your spreadsheet and pick a company where you applied. Well, let's take the first one. Here. Clarity Ukraine. Oh, I can't copy it here. Okay, then I'll go here.
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We go to Clarity Ukraine, find their website. This is just to make sure you can copy and paste where I showed the recruiter search on LinkedIn, but sometimes it doesn't find them.
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Therefore, you can go to their website, scroll to the bottom, and you see, right here like this. See, "we are on social media." We click LinkedIn and end up on their company page on LinkedIn. Right here, we click "People."
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Uh-huh. And the people who work here. And we look, we look for who we need. It’s either a recruiter, yes, a consultant, a business analyst.
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Uh-huh. Yeah, not here. Yes, Soft... I missed it somewhere. Yes. Let’s see, if we go to the
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main page, maybe the person has some posts. Yes, yes, there’s nothing. Well, look, this is basically a bad example. Generally, if the company is fairly large, we can find them. It's just that here you can follow another path. You could add, for example, even
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[name] or... I saw it here, or, for example, an analyst, and to get to know them. Or, for example, even if we completely, look, if there is no recruiter, then perhaps they have no recruiter at all and someone else is
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posting these vacancies. Another point might be that they, sorry, let me say it in Russian, turn to some recruiting agency to help them. Or it could also be that if we take a look now, well, there is nothing at the end here. Don't
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delay. Send it here. Want to learn about us? Here. Did you send it via "apply" or via this email?
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No, apply for the vacancy. And look, here is another point. If there is a possibility, for example, if the recruiter leaves their Telegram or something, you can even duplicate. Well, you wrote here, and for example, in Telegram or by email, and also wrote in
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a message there, often, yes, if you apply, you see a message there, I applied on the job board and decided to duplicate it there, or in Telegram, or by email. Well, something here is not working.
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But they wrote to me on—Well, no, they wrote to me via email that they saw my resume and if anything they—Well, this is an automa—this is an automatic, this is most likely an automatic story. Uh, or maybe or maybe
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not. Yes. No, well, surely yes, because it was quite fast.
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Uh-huh. Then yes. Well, we can take some other example, for instance. Yes, marketing analyst. You wrote something about the company's background. Well, that's okay. Scaler. Ah, well here, for
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example, Scaler, if we find it and also go into people. Well, there must definitely be someone here. It's such a big.
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Additionally, what I want to suggest to you, uh, in addition to all this, is to follow up with the very companies where you applied. Well, of course, not those recruiters where there are screens, but specifically where you applied, if
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there is such an opportunity. Well, in principle, just keep going the same way , because, well, for two weeks, let's say, we need about a month to look at everything and analyze it, because if we count here, well, up to 10, yes,
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well, that's cool work, well, quite good work. Well, there are perhaps a bit more vacancies, from 10 to 15, I think. Yeah.
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Well, as I said, of course now, if there are 40 in total, then of course it's not great, but I think it's cool that 25 of those are messages to recruiters. 11 12 13 14 uh, 14 in two
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weeks. Well, in principle, it's better than what we saw two weeks ago. Therefore, in principle, well, of course, you know, one wants to be invited to interviews right away, but let's keep applying and then we'll see.
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So the task is as follows. A-a, continue cold searching, continue looking at the vacancies that are there and appearing. Uh, the only thing, let me check now, uh, I wanted to ask more about the consistency. You yes, 12th,
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11th. Well, it's just that on weekends, for example, I log in and simply nothing appears.
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No, well, everyone rests on weekends, so of course we are talking about the 18th, 19th here. Well, in principle, the consistency is not bad. This is normal. And so let's then, well, there's no point, let's do it this way.
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There's no point meeting in two weeks. Let's have you keep applying for about three or four weeks. Okay. And then, so that you already see a full picture, when there will be quite a few vacancies. And then we'll see how it
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goes, because in principle it should still be just around the corner, interview invitations. And keep applying and adding recruiters the same way. So, what about our posts? Yes, you wrote a post about pandas. Yes. Uh-huh.
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Let's add, well, that's like once a week, if possible, adding another little post. Oh, look how yours took off. Well yeah, I don't really keep it up. 98 98 likes is quite a cool result you have for posts. Did you see?
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Yes, I don't really, I don't make any other posts. And who did this? Oh, it wasn't you.
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You liked it, you just did a repost. This, and I looked, Alona. Alona, and also such a neutral photo, and I thought it was you.
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No, I don't make posts. You need to make them. It's just that I don't have, well, like I said, nothing specific. I mean, if I finish the project, maybe I'll do it, well, I'll finish it because I have to
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finish it by the fourth. I can publish it, but as I said, it’s a bit strange because we’re all doing the same projects and it’s not something that’s really...I mean, unfortunately , if I were 17, I would probably be
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behaving a bit differently in all this. But now, considering the fact that I’m quite busy with work and everything else, of course, I really have to say. If it is absolutely necessary, I will do it as part of my
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work, because I don't really have the resources to publish anything extra on my own right now.
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Well, let's not overload you then. If you don't have the resources, let's just do the mandatory things at least.
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Of course, it would add more activity to your profile, but again, to avoid overload and burnout. It’s not necessary. Just do the work we agreed upon. Applying for vacancies, adding recruiters, writing messages, and follow-ups, if possible, for the
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positions you have applied to. Okay. Aliona, do you have any other questions ? Uh, well, in principle, no, I don't.
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Uh-huh. Alright. Well, if there are no questions, then have a great day. Uh, then you can check in there in three to four weeks. Well, whenever you have the time, and we’ll meet and talk then, because there are indeed 13 vacancies, they are
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all relevant, so there are no questions in principle. That's it. Well, the only thing is, I saw one or two vacancies, one with English level B1.
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And the second one, but I indicate A2. And you had it mentioned somewhere that one can apply for at most, well, if it's one level higher, it's considered acceptable.
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Well, look, A2 and B1, they are a bit, well, they are still a bit different, right?
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But it might not be counted, do you mean? Because I need all of them to be counted so I don't lose the guarantee.
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Well, look, that’s exactly what I’m saying, if you look closely, I saw one there that said B1, for an SQL programmer.
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Yeah, that last one. Yes, yes, I set it to B1 on Djinni. I will change it back to B2.
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Well, to apply and you know what I wanted? Read, carefully read the job descriptions. I might have mentioned it , or maybe I forgot last time. Uh, read the vacancies closely, because they often write "remote work" at the top,
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but then "hybrid format" in the text. Yes, yes, yes, yes. So, in principle, that's it. Then keep going, uh, in the same spirit. Let's hope something comes of this soon. An interview invitation, at the very least . If there are no questions, then we
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can wish each other a good day and get back to work. Uh-huh. Yes, yes. Have a good day.
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Have a good day. Goodbye. If anything, just write. Okay. Okay. Okay. Goodbye. Goodbye.
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