hame Bish's professionals it's Linda
Rainer of Linda Rayner calm guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy
if you're someone who is currently
struggling with your job search maybe
you've gone on a few interviews but you
haven't made it to the job offer stage
or you're struggling to get interviews
at all today's video is going to help
you big-time
I am going to be talking to one of my
amazing clients and students
her name is sedap she is actually here
in my studio with me today and she's
going to share with you her story and
what she was able to do that got her
from being unemployed not being able to
land any job offers to then being able
to sell herself confidently in front of
employers and finally getting the job
offer that she always wanted so if this
sounds like something that you want to
learn more about stick around
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so sadef thank you so much for being
here with me today thank you for having
me
I'm so excited to have you in the studio
and talking to the audience so sedap
first of all why don't you tell us a
little bit about your professional
background I've been working as a
business analyst for last over 10 years
and have mostly worked in operations and
customer contact center teams where I
worked on a lot of different projects
and in terms of my education I studied
at University of Toronto so have my
business analysis certification from
there I also went back to school again
and finish on my Lean Six Sigma
certification from University of Toronto
awesome so you are a business analyst
essentially you've had a lot of years in
that field great so why don't you share
with us a little bit about your story
before working with me through stand-up
get hired tell us a little bit of what
was going on with your job search so I
finished my last contract in October of
last year and since then on and off I
was looking for work and I wasn't
getting a lot of Paul box so I wasn't
getting a lot of interviews and even
when I would get an interview I wasn't
having much success like I'll make it to
the first round but I wouldn't make it
to the second round or the third round I
was working maybe 10 to 12 hours a day
applying for jobs I would apply for
anywhere from 50 200 200 jobs a week and
I wasn't having much success and I do
remember that I came across your queries
for working on my resume so I ended up
taking a course and that did help me get
more interviews but I know my weakness
was the interview process so when I get
a lot of questions sometimes I get
really nervous or don't share the right
details it comes across as if I wasn't
prepared so that was my experience in a
nutshell before
I started the program with you great so
yeah and you know that's something that
a lot of people struggle with is they
can get the interview but once they're
in the interview they're not able to
sell themselves and they're not able to
communicate well okay so sedap why don't
you share with us before learning my
interview strategies and techniques how
are you approaching interviews and then
how are you approaching interviews after
you learned my interview strategies and
methods before using Linda's interview
strategies I was going into the
interviews feeling really nervous really
anxious I didn't feel prepared for the
interview and at times I would feel
really overwhelmed as well because if
it's a panel interview you have three or
more people interviewing you and it
would feel like the whole focus is on me
and everything that I'm seeing everyone
is like writing it down and that was
really overwhelming there were times
when I would wake up in the morning of
the interview and I'll be petrified just
knowing that I have an interview today
and I wouldn't want to get out of bed
just because if I just slept longer
maybe it's gonna go away
maybe my insider will go away or they'll
call and cancel the interview because it
made me so nervous
however after meeting with you and going
over the strategies whether what I
learned was that wasn't a good way to go
about things so then I would prepare my
answers more from the job description
so I really look at every skill that
they have listed in the job description
break it down and kind of prepare
questions around it and then prepare my
answers around it too so what that did
was it really prepared me when I was
going into a job interview so I'll feel
really confident I would feel like any
question that they threw at me I was
already expecting it I had one version
or another version of it already
prepared in my head so it gave me a lot
of confidence during an interview and at
any
when a time if they were to ask me a
question that I wasn't sure about where
I didn't really prepare for it I knew
that Linda taught me a strategy where I
could prepare extra stories in advance
and I could use one of those stories to
my advantage so it gave me that extra
boost of confidence which was really
really helpful and it really showed
during an interview so I would see that
the people interviewing me they would
start smiling at me or they're like oh
like I could see the look on their face
like oh she just thought of it on the
spot because I'm not good at hiding my
emotions so you could see pretty much
everything on my face so they could
really tell that I just thought of it on
my feet and that it was a good answer
that really impressed them okay so you
had been looking for your job for a
while and you had gone on interviews and
like you said you were really nervous
and you weren't sure on whether you were
gonna get a new job and you felt not
good enough so then you decided to sign
up for stand-up get hired what made you
decide on that and what was your
experience so I was thinking about
signing up for the program for maybe
four or five months and I think the only
reason why I didn't sign up for it
sooner was me basically just standing in
my own way and stopping me or my career
from moving forward and the reason why I
signed up for the program was because I
really believed in you I've read so many
of your testimonials I watched so many
of your videos and energetically there's
something about you that always
attracted me so what I decided to
finally invest in myself in my career to
look for a new role I wasn't going to
invest with anybody else but you because
I had confidence in your program I knew
that when I started the program whether
I was able to learn and offer in the
first four weeks or three weeks or even
by the completion of the program I knew
was going to be six
whether was doing that timeframe or
whether was going to be later on and I
knew a lot of what you're going to teach
me it's not going to be just for this
particular role I know that I'm going to
be able to take this forward
and also be able to use this in my
current role moving forward because I
mean everything that you do teach me I
it right now at work like every day so I
do review my notes from time to time
like every other day or something and it
gives me a lot of confidence everything
that you've taught me and I'm so
grateful for that well thank you so much
sadef for sharing that you know because
a lot of people they feel well when it
comes to finding a job I should just be
able to find it myself
I should just should just be able to do
it myself and you know obviously Google
there's a lot of information on Google I
mean obviously if you search me up
you'll find me on Google but I guess
what did you have to do from a mindset
perspective that shifted you from saying
I'm not going to keep trying this on my
own I'm gonna ask for help and I'm gonna
reach out to Linda specifically to help
me what what was that deciding factor
for you or what what did you have to
tell yourself to shift your perspective
so I'd reached a really low point in my
life which haven't in the last 15 16
years like I spoke a little bit about it
earlier about nervousness or not feeling
good that feeling didn't just last
during the interviews that feeling was
becoming a permanent feeling in my life
so I was starting to impact my
relationship with my husband or my
relationship with my friends because
most of my friends had jobs and one
would meet I would just not be feeling
good about like spending money where I
didn't know what to talk about and that
became a permanent feeling and that's
not a good feeling and I started really
worrying about myself that if this
feeling lasted too long like things are
going to turn for the worst
and what really shifted was eventually
not that I wasn't feeling good like I
wasn't motivated to do anything I didn't
want to work out I didn't want to do
yoga have a dog I wouldn't really want
to take him out for a walk I would do it
because I had to walk him every day but
it wasn't because like I was excited and
I really really wanted to do it and when
I reached that point and I make it a
point to write like one page or two
pages every day if not every day I push
myself to do it
every week and then I also go over and
review my notes so when I reviewed my
notes for the last like month month and
a half and I saw what had written down
and how I was feeling I told myself I
was like no something has to change what
I am doing it's not working what I'm
researching on Google were what I'm
finding on LinkedIn all these articles
yeah they may be helping me but they're
not focusing on me and my personality so
I knew I had to change and I had to
invest in myself and that was really the
turning point for me
just knowing that I had to do it for
myself and myself only you know now that
I think back at it I feel like I should
have done it sooner because then I
wouldn't have went through all this
emotional and psychological mess that I
did go through and that I put my family
and my friends through so if I invested
sooner I would just have been happier
sooner I would have got a chance to meet
Linda but I'm really really glad that I
did it my husband also loves the program
I think soon he's going to start with
the program as well and I really
encourage if you can find the money and
find it in yourself
to really invest in this program because
this program really helped me a lot and
not even just to land a job it helped me
with with myself my self-esteem it
helped me get my confidence back and
feel like I'm valued
made me feel I was proud of myself
before I even got the job because I
learned to look at myself differently
once again it was awesome
you know I think a lot of people will be
able to relate because you know just
like you said when you're not working
and you're trying to find a new job and
you have all your friends and family who
are working you feel left out and you
feel like something's wrong with you
because you're not able to get the job
that you want but you know you deserve
it so I'm so glad that you made that
investment and that we were able to work
together so why don't you share with the
audience what was it that was so unique
about this program in terms of what
we're what was one or two of your key
takeaways from having gone through the
standout get hired program so I don't
think it was just one or two things I
have a list of things that I am taking
away with me from this program I would
say the couple of the top things would
be communications so I learned how to
communicate with people while I was
interviewing and how to phrase my
answers which really helped me build my
confidence level and helped me feel
better about myself the other takeaway
for me was that confidence or feeling
good and really believing in the program
regardless of what the outcome of the
that one particular interview will be
because I felt that I was valuable that
I was worth a lot more than how I was
thinking and feeling and that's all
because of Linda's program if Linda's
program wasn't designed in a way to take
care of how I was feeling emotionally
and psychologically I don't think the
program would have worked not only for
myself for anybody but because it's
designed in a way where it takes care of
every single element because she knows
how people are feeling it really helped
me on every single level the
their major aspect I would say is that a
lot of times when you're researching for
programs either they seem too short or
they were just extremely lengthy where
you're sitting and working like eight
hours a day day over day four months and
this program it's very concise she
builds it keeping you in mind and what's
going to work for you which is really
important to me because I don't want
someone to give me a program and told me
this worked for everybody and this is
going to work for you I want someone to
meet me and customize the program for me
which is exactly what Linda did she knew
how I was feeling emotionally
psychologically she knew what was or
what were my hurdles
during an interview and she ended up
customizing the program for me which in
the short run and the long run is really
helping me out wow that's great thank
you so much sudah for sharing so why
don't you tell us a little bit about
what your end results were what what
ended up happening partway through the
program because we're not even complete
but you were able to get results so can
you tell us a little bit about the
statistics on what happened in terms of
how many jobs you applied for and and
the offers that you got I didn't want to
apply for too many roles because I
didn't want to overwhelm myself and I
really wanted to work on myself and I
really wanted to pick the jobs that I
was really interested in so I applied
for three roles and I had success in
landing the first interview not only
that I went through the process and I
made it to the third round and after the
third round one organization made an
offer and I very gladly accepted it in a
heartbeat because it's in the capital
markets industry which is where I wanted
to work the other thing was it's in a
project management team which was my
second requirement and third it's the
type of work that I really want to do
that I enjoy so I accepted the offer
and the other two roles I very kindly
declined amazing so you you we went
through the program you learned what you
need to learn you applied for three jobs
you got interviews and got final rounds
for all three and then you got one job
offer and you declined the rest amazing
love it love it so what would you say
sedap to the people who are watching who
have been thinking about working with me
either taking my online courses like you
had initially taken top notch resume I
now have top notch interview and then
you signed up for stand out get hired
for any of my online programs and
courses what advice or insight or
guidance would you give to someone who
is on the fence about investing in
themselves my one advice to you is do it
I could go back in time and change
something this is one thing I would
change if you're on the fence don't be
on the fence do it I can tell you this
with a lot of confidence that you're not
going to regret it at all
you are really going to love the program
you're going to enjoy it and you're
going to have a lot of success from the
program I mean if my husband is going to
do it I feel like everyone who is even
learnt about the program should do it
anyways whether you are thinking of a
career change right now or not because
it's going to help you in whatever role
that you are in right now at the moment
and it's not just even about the
interviewing or learning that that neck
roll it's about so much more than just
that and then the other thing is we
can't expect for greater or brighter
things to happen for us or to us if
we're not ready to invest in ourselves
or in our career I mean we all want
bigger homes so we save more money or we
look for that job or another way to make
money so that we are successful we can
compete with somebody else so why is
their career different when it comes to
our career why is it that we feel that
word
gonna be able to do this on our own or
by spending some time and researching on
Google if it was that easy why are there
so many programs out there so sedap do
you have any other final words of wisdom
or advice for the audience I know that
you have a program coming out which is
called top notch interview so if there
is any of you out there who are looking
for a new role I highly recommend this
program because I know this program has
all the strategies that Linda has taught
me and they really helped me and I'm
sure it's really going to help you okay
great well thank you so much sadef I
really appreciate you taking the time
and spending it here with everyone and
your story is so inspirational so again
thank you for being with us today
of course you were able to relate to
sedap story and you realize that you're
ready for one-on-one professional
guidance and help from me just like
sadef was able to achieve then feel free
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