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Letter to Sopha: On Job Searching, Not Feeling Enough, and The Inner Game

Hi Sopha, Happy New Year! Wow, I was delighted to see that you actually wrote me a letter, mere hours after I texted you about my new interest in writing public letters. First of all, I’m happy to hear that meeting the ‘BER Crew’ in Lagos last May/Jun

Day 17: 6 Biggest Job Search Problems Facing International People in Germany, and How to Overcome Them

I spend all my free time helping expats secure jobs in Germany. I’ve boiled our problems down to the 6 biggest. Here are the 6 problems, how to overcome them, and all in 2 minutes. 🇬🇧 Problem 1: The English-Limited Job Search It’s hard to find jobs that don’

How I manage my time and energy while job hunting (and working)

If you check my LinkedIn Recommendations, people say I work at ‘an incredibly high speed’, am ‘the best organized person I know’, and am ‘somehow, always simultaneously thoughtful and expeditiously efficient.’ So I thought it would be fun and useful to share how I manage my time and energy while

Talking about yourself

Today, one section I outlined is "Talking about yourself." Most people perceive this section to be the most important. How do I talk about myself? How do I sell myself? etc. This is actually not that important. In sales, it’s not the most smoothest-talking people who perform

Follow up is everything

Today, I continued outlining our Skillshare course, focusing on three sections: (1) Your LinkedIn Profile, (2) Analyzing people via their LinkedIn profile, and (3) Following up. I want to share 9 points I brainstormed for the "Following up" section: a/ Follow up is everything. This is well known

Job hunting in a new country? I'm starting a cohort-based course 👀

Job hunting in a new country? I'm starting a cohort-based course 👀

Sun, 14. Mar 2021 Update: Pilot cohort will go live on April 2021. Applications are open until Mar 31, 2021. 6 slots only. Read the course details [https://genpropel.com/course/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’m creating a cohort-based course on job hunting! 🥳 The goal is to help people learn the skills

How to get an English-speaking job in Germany, from abroad

My biggest tip: Don’t try to convince people to do something they’re not already looking to do. Instead, find people and companies are who are already looking for people like you. Your goal is to find and talk to 100 such people. I write about this in How