Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. And today's episode is another special
one because I will be talking to one of my superstar clients her name is Zishan
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For more info and free training head to JOINTNI.COM Zishan is a soon-to-be CPA she
was originally an immigrant to Canada and she has been able to overcome her
self-doubt her low confidence and has been able to successfully land her dream
job at a well-known accounting firm and today she's gonna share with you exactly
how she did it so Zishan thank you so much for
joining me here today thank you for having me Linda so Zishan let's start
with your story you know I think a lot of people are going to resonate with
your story because you're very similar to a lot of other clients that I work
with so can you tell me how did you first start your career how did you come
to Canada all that stuff and what led you to working with me through Stand Out
Get Hired yeah so I came from China to Canada six years ago for education so I
finished my undergrad in 2017 from an accounting program and I started working
at an accounting firm right after graduation the accounting firm I was
working at a particular office I was working at was very small so after
working there for almost a year I was laid off and I was very frustrated at
the time so 2017 you graduated right away you got a job so 2018 you were
looking for a new job how did you feel during the job search process and and
looking for another position yeah like the fact of being laid off
really scared me and really hurt my self-esteem because when I was in
university I was actually a top performer like I got good grades and I
was taking multiple volunteer positions at school and I was also taking multiple
executive positions at the universities so I was very frustrated because I
didn't know where to start I used to use my universities career site to find
career opportunities to look for jobs but it was not an effective tool anymore
because I felt like most of the jobs posted on the career site were actually
fresh graduate or for people who has much more
experience like more than three years of experience and I was neither of them so
I was feeling very nervous and lost yeah so the jobs that you applied to they
said they need at least three years experience but you only had one year of
experience and also you had enough experience that you weren't considered
really entry-level anymore is that right yeah that's correct and also another
thing so in addition for those frustrations because I only have one
year of experience so I didn't have too much of savings so I had to move to a
cheaper apartment which is affordable to me and because the apartment was cheap
there were actually bedbugs and cockroaches in its the like in the first
seven sessions we're working together I was actually sitting on a tall bar
chair and I was putting my computer on my drawer so I can separate myself
from the floor oh yeah oh there were little bodies hidden in the carpet so I
was actually in a mess like in a bad situation and even worse I was in the
process of preparing my CPA exams and there were three of them and you know
that they were not easy right they were very stressful exams yeah
so like I was studying with the bedbugs and cockroaches you know like in the
meantime and preparing for the exams so I was very frustrated didn't know where
to start at the time until I came across your channel and I knew you will be a
person that can help me so I reached out to you oh wow I did not know I had no
idea when we're working together that you were living with cockroaches and and
bedbugs that's crazy okay so let's talk about that let's talk
about just before you started working with me I know that you had already been
looking for jobs on your own or at least you tried I mean how was that process of
looking for jobs did you get many interviews did you get many callbacks
like how many jobs did you apply to actually I didn't apply for any jobs
because I didn't know where to start I knew it was not effective to apply
straight online so I was a relying on referrals from my friends so actually
one of my friends referred me to a very big accounting firm and I didn't get the
job because I didn't perform well in the
interview yeah okay that's right okay so you didn't actually apply for jobs but
you did get some referrals and you didn't get the offer right so what made
you decide so I know you found me on YouTube but what made you decide that
you wanted to work with me through my stand out get hired program because I
watched many of your videos I found out that your strategies were very specific
so I knew like to be able to reach my goal I really need to get some really
specific guidance so I think you can help me with that so I reach out to
you okay awesome and what would you say was the biggest things that you learned
about yourself while we were working together in the Stand Out Get Hired
program you know how did you feel as we were doing it so we started in September
and I accepted my current job offer in October so the process actually is a
very short I got the job within a month so I sent out 15 applications and I
got 5 interviews and 3 job offers and for those 3 job offers they came
very fast like within a week so I knew that I was their top candidate so I was
feeling very confident about that thing yeah so you got three job offers within
basically like a month that we were working together tell us about this new
job like you're working at a pretty good accounting firm before but you know you
got let go out of that because of budgeting cuts and now you're working at
another really good accounting firm so how do you feel in your new job so I
really love my current job I have already made some friends and I got
assigned challenging work so compared to my previous job right now my salary
almost got doubled so I'm very satisfied with where I am right now amazing so you
you got almost double the salary that's great so one thing I wanted to bring up
with you is that I know that you're originally from China from a
different country that English isn't your first language how how do you view
yourself you know as someone when you know that English isn't your first
language because I get a lot people that that write comments and say
you know my english isn't good that's why I'm not getting a job offer but
clearly that's not true for everyone who doesn't have English as their first
language you know you had three job offers so what would you say to those
people I don't think this is something you should worry about because I don't
think English is the top one reason that push you back from getting a job I think
the most important thing you need to learn to get a job is how to sell
yourself and for me English is not my first language and actually find is
really interesting to learn English because you are learning a completely
different culture so you are not only learning English itself you're learning
a culture so it's very interesting like to learn different humor a different
grammar and different language and I also think you can pick up those English
skills at work so finding a job is not about English it's about selling yourself yes
I agree I agree wholeheartedly what would you say we're some of the biggest
things you learned about yourself as we went through the Stand Out Get Hired
program like what were the big A-HA moments for you I think one thing very
important for me is that you taught me how to approach the hidden job market
because for me as I said I found many job postings or other for a fresh
graduate or for people with much more experience so I knew I really need to
learn a way to be proactive to approach to those hidden opportunities and you
taught me that so I think it's very important the other thing I learned from
the process is that the person who can scare you is you and the person who
inspires you is you as well because you must remember I said to you that I
might be your first unsuccessful client yes you helped me push away the person
that scares me and bring the person who can inspire me and who can motivate me
so this is also very important for me I'm so glad to hear that yes I do
remember you first you know one of the first things you said to me was I think
I'm going to be your first unsuccessful client and I said
now let's not put negative thoughts like that out there let's let's be positive
and I'm glad that you know you got through that because you're no longer
that negative person I can see that and I think everyone else can see that as
well so Zishan for people who are like you who recently graduated who are
trying to find a new job and who are struggling to find their dream job offer
what would you say to them if they were thinking about working with me through
my Stand Out Get Hired program what advice would you give or what tips would
you give them I would say like for people who are currently struggling with
their resume skills with their interview skills or job searching skills Linda has
really got the talent and she can help you to find your potential great and you
know if they were feeling nervous about making the investment because it is a
fair investment that you have to make to do this program what would you say to
them about that I think sometimes this is the investment you have to make
like so when I was thinking where I was like few months ago
I really didn't know where to start so I really had to make that investment to
like Linda to give me a starting point and and start from there I think
it really worth the investment because for me my salary almost got doubled so I
really paid off those investment I think you can really get a return from this
investment in the long term because the strategy that is taught by Linda you can
use that in the rest of your life great I'm so happy to hear that so when it
comes to selling yourself and learning how to sell yourself in interviews and
in your resume what would you say was the biggest thing you learned from
working with me through Stand Out Get Hired so one thing I learned from this
private coaching program is that you need to be open to opportunities and
don't be afraid to approach people this is also a skill that you can use in
the rest of your life and career yeah and I feel I can benefit from that you
know long term amazing great so if you are someone who is similar to Zishan
who is looking for a new opportunity and you haven't been successful and you
realize that you want one-on-one professional guidance from me
specifically then feel free to head on over to my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired
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