Avoid these three country newbie strategies (at all costs)

There are 3 mistakes we constantly see people making that derail them and crush their chances of achieving true work acquisition success!

1) Submit your CV - have multiple CV's for many roles.

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You might think: “It's all about putting my different CV's out there!”

Reality: recruiters have hundreds of CV's for any one role - particularly roles that are student-friendly. You must go two steps further to get your value through the right doors. Your CV is your marketing tool - it should say a lot about the value you will bring to an organisation, as well as give employers a sense of who you are.

People have been known to apply for over 500 jobs with little or no phone calls for an interview. This shouldn't be your story.
 

You need to sell your work value in a way that excites you and a potential employer.

2) Browse random YouTube/Google work help channels with no structured component to learning and no depth.

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You might think: “The more lessons I do, the better I will become.”

Reality: Putting the time into acquiring knowledge is important, but it’s vital to ensure you are acquiring the right thing. Perfect information and practice give you great results. Bad practice teaches you bad habits. Getting the right job in the right workplace is about mastering the 'how to' rather than just noodling around and wishing for the stars.

If you have watched lessons before on YouTube, you’ll know that you don’t get great results in a few months. You’ll be frustrated. There is something in you that knows that you would put the time in to take a serious step up. 

3) Listen to friends and family, and just try to ‘figure your way through'.

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You might think: “I can learn by listening to people who have been there.”

Reality: Your experience will most probably be different from others. You are your own person with your own goals, vision and aspiration. Having the right exercises, live sessions, and resources at the right time, broken down into manageable pieces - is how international students looking for work in a new environment progress quickly.

If you tried to just through your CV out there without any work on your work acquisition skill, you would find that your progress will be behind your potential.

You need to structure your work acquisition goals.