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I want to have an honest conversation of
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current job market and the job hunting
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practices that a lot of people are
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doing. And hopefully this video will
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help you understand the current job
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market, some statistics and then also
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what you need to do in your job hunting.
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Right? Most people have this all wrong.
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They spend hours perfecting their
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resume, making their LinkedIn look
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extremely perfect and then mastering
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every technical skills out there. What
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do they do after that? They start
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applying to jobs after job, but then
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they get zero responses. Does that sound
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familiar? And let me tell you right now,
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there are nearly half a million open
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tech jobs. I'm not kidding. When I say
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tech jobs, I mean product manager,
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project management, program management,
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data analyst, software engineer, all of
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those comprises under tech jobs. So
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there's half a million tech jobs, but
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people are still struggling to get
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hired. Why is this? Because most
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students and people are missing one key
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thing. It's like building a beautiful
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car but forgetting the bridge that
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actually takes you across the river.
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Without the bridge, the car won't help
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you reach the other side. So what's this
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bridge that I'm talking about? It's
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something recruiters say it's more
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important than anything else in current
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job market. Actually, there was a recent
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study that was done by Robert Huff that
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shows that 51% of recruiter agree that
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this is the key to landing the tech
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jobs.
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Okay, tell me already what is this key
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thing that I'm talking about. Stick
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around because I'm about to tell you
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exactly what this bridge is and how you
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can use it to your advantage. If you're
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new to this channel, my name is Yuri and
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on this channel we talk about everything
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related to international students and
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immigrant life in United States whether
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it is doing the masters or bachelors in
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United States, which university and all
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of that to H1B, EB1 and talent based
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visas and immigration issues as well.
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Before we get into what is this bridge
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uh and why is this bridge so important,
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let's understand current job market.
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2025 job market is shifting
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dramatically. Companies are now valuing
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results over promises that are made in
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ré. So again hear me out. Um you can say
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x number of things in your resume but
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they want to see results. Have you done
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this actual implementations over
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responsibilities and plans and execution
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over just an random ideas? Tech job
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market is little weird at the moment.
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Companies are adding tons of new jobs
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like half a million tech jobs right now.
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But at the same time, they're also
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laying people off. It sounds confusing,
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right? But here's what actually is
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happening. Companies are removing jobs
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that they don't need and hiring people
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with very very specialized skills. So
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they are removing and laying off people
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with general talent or general skills or
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average talent and they're focusing on
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the specialized skills and the cream
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talent. So if you are not talented, if
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you're not passionate about the field
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that you are in, then this job market
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you're going to struggle. So in some of
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the popular fields like software
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development, data science, AI, business
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analyst, product management, consulting,
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there's way too much of talent out there
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like average talent is just not going to
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survive in this job market. Only the
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best, the very best talent is going to
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be able to survive and also be able to
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demand higher salaries. And that is
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something that I'm seeing in my ultimate
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job hunting community as well. And by
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the way, if you didn't know that I have
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an ultimate job hunting accelerator
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program where I teach everything from
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building your resume to networking and
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all of it. Everything that I teach today
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10 times deeper. And we also have an
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community if you want to check out. Link
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will be in the description. But hear me
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out. Companies no longer care which
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university you went to. Instead, they
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want to know how will you add real value
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to their business? How will you help
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them make money? How will you help them
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get the client? If you are stuck
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following the rat race, you will find
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yourself spinning the wheels but not
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actually getting anywhere. Here are the
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three opportunities that I am seeing in
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the current tech job market. And this is
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because I'm the hiring manager. I've
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been talking to multiple hiring
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managers. I go to multiple conferences.
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I'm talking to recruiters. And this is
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what the collective data looks like.
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Number one is the AI gold rush. Now,
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don't panic. I don't mean you have to be
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an AI engineer. I mean that'll be great
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if you are but companies are desperate
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for people who understand a little bit
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more about AI and integrating it in the
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workflow can use it in their day-to-day
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life like marketing finance or even
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nonprofit even if you have basic
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knowledge of AI prompting knowledge
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you're already ahead of 80% of your
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competition imagine that putting the
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small effect to how the AI works in the
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ecosystem that you are in will put you
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ahead of the race. I'm not kidding. All
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of our job uh posting now has one line
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AI prompting or AI workflow or something
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like that in our job description. So
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market is already shifting to people not
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just the skills that you need for
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product management but also do you know
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how to do prompting? Do you know how to
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use tools that are AI tools that can do
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mockups? things like that especially
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tools like cursor or replet or lovable
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like all of those tools we as a product
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manager now use and is almost like a
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requirement so having that AI knowledge
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with your core skills will help you
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build go like way ahead in your
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competition here's opportunity number
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two and this is probably very underrated
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right now think about Silicon Valley
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everyone dreams to you know do a job in
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San Francisco or Seattle or New York
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because that's where the most jobs are
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and everybody wants to be there. But
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also remember that's also where the
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competition is very very high. What most
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people don't realize is that cities like
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Portland, San Diego, Raleigh, Austin,
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Houston, they are also quietly becoming
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an amazing tech hubs. They are in the
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very early stage of booming tech market.
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These cities have lot of great tech jobs
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and way less competition because nobody
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is thinking about those cities right
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now. This means you have a lot higher
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chances of landing the fantastic job
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over there. So maybe your job hunting
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strategy should focus on local cities
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and local talents versus going only
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thinking about Bay Area and Silicon
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Valley on Seattle like maybe you choose
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five cities that you think like upcoming
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cities like I mentioned in this video um
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and target jobs available in those
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cities and guarantee you might see
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different result over there. Here's
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opportunity number three and it's a real
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game changanger. Remember the bridge
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that I was talking about it earlier in
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the video. The recruiter says this one
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is very crucial. It's referrals. Now,
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please hear me out. Simple referrals
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from somebody already working in the
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company may not work. Like in Amazon,
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there's like, you know, 5,000 plus
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employees. In Apple, there's more than
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3,000 plus people. Just getting a random
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referral is not going to work. But you
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want to get someone to vouch for you
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when they apply for referral. According
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to Robert Half study, 51% of recruiters
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prefer referrals over anything else
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because they are cheaper and quicker.
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And I'm not kidding. Companies actually
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pay their employees up to
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$2400 just to refer someone they hire.
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So if you apply without a referral,
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you're competing against hundreds or
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thousands of people. But with a
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referral, you have a lot higher chances
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of becoming the top candidate. Sometimes
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only the referrals are considered for
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the positions if you have the right
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person to refer you. Think about it. You
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can be either one ré among 500 or you
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can be the special candidate who comes
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with a trusted recommendation. It's not
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hard to see which situation is better,
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right? And please hear me out when I say
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referral like it has a gotten a bad
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connotation. So for example, I'm a
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hiring manager and let's say my team
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consists of UX designers, product
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manager and business analyst and they
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all report up to me. So if I say that
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I'm hiring for product manager and you
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have a referral from me, you have a 100%
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chances of getting interview call and
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bypassing all of your ATS and drama and
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all of that. Let's say you get a
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referral from an engineer who I've never
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worked with and have no influence over
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me. If you're getting an referral from
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that person, it's not as impactful
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referral to be part of my team. Maybe it
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is a good referral for their team but
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not my team. Now, here are few other
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things that I would recommend. One is
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starting your job hunt early beats 50%
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of the competition. Imagine the stats.
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50% of the competition you're going to
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be easily able to beat if you just start
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early. Why? Number one is you have lot
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more time to iterate over your resume
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and improve your strategy because you've
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learned from failures so many times that
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you have gotten chance to improve your
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process. Also I know I mentioned about
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referral. It is important to know that
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this is the gold mine but also how can
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you build effective referral system. So
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first start connecting genuinely with
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people already working in the companies
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you like. So make a list of 15 to 20
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companies or maybe 50 companies. Find
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the people who are in this company.
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LinkedIn is perfect for this. Send a
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simple message asking to learn more
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about their role. That's it. Most people
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are be will be willing to help you.
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Second is stay active in your network.
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In the first message, you don't want to
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talk about that you need a job. You just
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genuinely want to learn about what
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exactly are they doing? What are the
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challenges they are facing? What are the
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projects they are working on? What are
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the stack tax stack you're using? What
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are the skills required? Who is the star
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employee? how can this role be
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successful and all of those things. So
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getting that information you want to do
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that in your coffee chats and then
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building those skills will help you
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become the star employee and you will be
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way ahead of time once you get the
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network going on. Stay active in your
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network. Regularly share updates. Uh
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catch up like maybe once every month or
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once every two months. Engage on their
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post. If they're posting already, then
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engage with them. Genuinely build
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friendship and relationship. When
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there's a Thanksgiving, maybe you know
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say happy Thanksgiving or if you know
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their birthday, wish them. Maybe it's a
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if they are from India then maybe wish
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them happy Diwali or merry Christmas or
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whatever is like those tiny efforts is
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going to take you longer. See referrals
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come easier if you have a longlasting
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relationship and they're more actually
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likely to do it if they also like you.
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And finally don't forget to thank people
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for their time. Uh even if they can't
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refer you. If they refer you obviously
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thank them. But even if they can't refer
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you it's okay. Thank them for that time
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because maybe they will help you connect
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with someone who they know that might be
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hiring. Building good relationship is
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more than just landing one job because
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it is creating friendship for a
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longlasting entire career. Now this
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might sound super simple but trust me
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most job seekers skip this steps and
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wonder why they are stuck. I've told
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this thing multiple times but only very
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few are going to implement it. I hope
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you are one of this. Don't make the same
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mistake. Start early. Start using
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referrals effectively. Combine them with
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your AI skills that the companies are
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desperately wanting it and think beyond
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the crowded tech cities. Remember,
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everyone has a good resume nowadays. So,
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it is your responsibility that you need
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to stand out by doing one thing extra
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than what everyone else is doing. And if
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you found this video helpful, come join
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our ultimate job hunting accelerator
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program as well. We will help you
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accelerate all of your job hunting
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process. and we do this together as a
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community. You also get to be part of
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our WhatsApp community. We almost do
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weekly live sessions with community
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members who have gotten the jobs. We
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bring hiring managers and so on and so
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forth. If this sounds interesting, check
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out the link in the description. But
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please make sure that you follow these
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things so that way you stand out from
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the crowd. I'll see you guys in the next
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one. Until then, keep smiling and keep
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hustling. You got to hustle every single
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day. And if you found this video
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