Job Postings: The Key to Getting Hired

Join Michelle Edmunds from Focusindustry on getting jobs in Canada by understanding your industry's job postings and your industry's language and standards and norms. Learn how to market your relevant skills, local knowledge and international experience to Canadian employers. Get Noticed! Get Hired!

Michelle has worked with and coached job seekers (professionally trained newcomers, locals, pre-newcomers) on how to self-market for a great job in the Canadian workforce for 20 years. Michelle has also placed hundreds of clients in professional job environments which led to hires. Learn tips and tricks to getting yourself noticed by employers in your target industry. 

Hint: everything revolves around the job posting! Employers love customized resumes. Though you're still waiting to immigrate to Canada, you will become a master at dissecting information in job postings and understanding your target industry in Canada, to create perfectly customized resumes for any job. Start applying for remote contract work in your field - we'll show you how to successfully conduct that process.

When: Saturdays online via Zoom

Time: 1 pm am 3 pm (EST)

Register here:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/job-postings-the-key-to-getting-hired-tickets-140870051115?ref=estw

Materials required: a preferred job posting for a Canadian job.

Fee: $65.00 (for 90 minutes)

FOCUSINDUSTRY'S JOB SEARCH SERIES

Skills, Personality and Experience

Understand the three primary types of skills employers look for in resumes and job interviews.

Understand your target country: Canada

What newcomers to Canada need to know before applying for jobs in Canada.

Resumes

-Creating the smartest customized resumes for your industry.

-Different styles of resumes

-Purpose of a resume

-Time gaps

-No Canadian work experience

Research

The most important aspect of job search is research. Whether you live in Canada or are in the process of immigrating, researching your industry and Canadian culture, politics and resources is absolutely necessary. Let us teach you what to research and where and help you with this research. Be informed and confident about reaching your employment and immigration goals.

Job Interviews
Learn how to master any job interview by role playing and understanding effective communication skills while demonstrating that you are the best candidate for the job.

Profiles and Bios

Are you marketing yourself on LinkedIn and other places on the web?  Let us assist you with tips and strategies on writing and presenting yourself and your relevant skills to Canadian employers and reaching out to potential industry contacts.