July 26, 2023 • 37 mins
Finding a remote job that allows you to travel or work from anywhere in the world is easier than you might think, it just takes a few travel hacks and helpful hints from a professional to make it a reality. Alice Nordin, Founder and CEO of Talent Kingz has helped dozens of individuals find their dream hybrid or remote job, making the digital nomad lifestyle possible for many. Alice sheds light on a few helpful tips and tricks to consider before applying. She also publishes a weekly newsletter, “Alice in Careerland” meant to help people who are exploring other career opportunities.
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You're listening to the Globetrotters podcast,the show dedicated to bringing you fresh and
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breaking the bank. I'm your host, Jonathan Oddo, and on today's episode,
we have a guest who has oversix years of experience as a recruiter
and career matchmaker. She has akeen understanding of what makes a candidate truly
stand out in the digital workspace,and now as a seasoned resume writer and
career consultant for the eye gaming industry, Alice is bringing her insights and expertise
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to a broader audience with her newsletterand social media accounts Pretty Good her discussions
demystified remote work in twenty twenty three, offering practical advice on landing that perfect
remote job. When she's not connectingpeople to new opportunities or writing stellar resumes,
you can find her keeping up withthe latest industry trends, or enjoying
a good book. Tune in andlet Alice help you navigate your remote work
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journey with confidence. Alice, it'sgreat to have you on the show.
It's great to be here. Thankyou so much for having me. I'm
looking forward to diving into the worldof remote work and actually how to get
a remote job in twenty twenty three. Yeah, and I think this is
a hot topic for a lot ofour listeners right now are just people who
want to explore the digital nomad life. Let's talk a little bit about you
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and your career path in history.How did you get started in the tech
industry and has helping others find theircareer path something you've always been passionate about
your whole life. Yes, definitely. So basically, I started in recruitment
and I quite quickly started working forthe eye gaming industry, which is an
online industry, so, you know, I quickly realized that there was a
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big need for for tech talents.So me as a recruiter, I started
focusing a lot on tech and that'show I got into you know, mainly
recruiting tech. But today I'm recruitingrecruiting a bit of everything. I'm also
you know, doing some marketing formarcial operations roles, but I enjoy doing
tech and that's been you know,one of my my focus areas for sure.
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So I'm super passionate about what Ido. I think as a recruiter,
to survive as a recruiter for morethan five years, you need to
be passionate about helping people, youknow, land their dream job. And
you know, without that passion,it's it's going to be difficult because you're
interviewing people and talking to people everyday. So I'm really passionate about what
I do, and I also,quite naturally, you know, realized I'm
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also very passionate about the coaching sideof things, so not just finding a
role for someone, but also makingsure that they aced the interview and they
actually land that remote job or whateverjob it is. So so yeah,
I get to do all of thisnow, um as self employed working remotely
in the small island of Malta.You make it sound so terrible living in
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the small island of Malta. Now, I was going to say that I
created this life for myself, butnow I want to kind of help others
in finding their career path and ifthey want to work remotely, I give
tips and tricks on how to actuallystart that process because it's it's not super
easy, you know, uh yeahye, And you know I have kind
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of this little cheek out that Ido happen to know you from you know,
the work from a work environment.Um so, I know you used
to work from massive company and youwere working remotely that entire time in Malta.
At what point did you decide tomake the jump and be your own
boss? Because I'm sure a lotof people hear that, and you know,
they they want to take that step, but it can be scary,
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exactly sure, it's super daunting.And I think a few years ago,
you know, I was looking atthese people who were working remotely. You
know, they were their own boss, they had their own company, they
were self important, and I wasalways myself wondering, you know, how
did they do that? How didthey start? How did they get their
clients? I would like to dothat, but I just don't know how.
So with the years within the recruitmentworld, I've kind of learned slowly
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how to do it, and I'veI've figured it out, you know,
in a way. So I startedquite slowly, and it doesn't have to
be as daunting anymore because working fullyremotely has become a reality to most people.
Now. It's not just a dream. It's not just reserved for some
people who have their own companies.So it's becoming more of a reality.
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Good And you know a lot ofpeople like myself, I can look at
entrepreneurs because that's what you are,and say, wow, how lucky is
this person to be their own bossand you see kind of the end product.
Then they see you succeeding, butthey don't really understand what that person
or you specifically went through to getthere. Can you talk a little bit
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about the struggles and hardships of beingyour own boss? Yeah, for sure.
Of course there's struggles because you know, you have to accept that if
you're going to become perhaps self employedlike I did, you might not earn
as much as you did before inyour full time role, and you know,
you might not have as stable ofan income as you did in your
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previous full time role. You know, so there's, of course there's struggles
and challenges because you have to kindof make the jump, you have to
take that leaf and it is arisk as well. But you know,
I see it in a way asif it doesn't work out, you can
always go back to becoming employed andworking in a hybrid model or working you
know, in an office. Again, you can always do that. But
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if you have the opportunity, perhapsif you have some savings that that can
kind of save you a little bitfrom the beginning. And I know not
everybody has that, but if youdo, and you've been thinking about becoming
self employed and starting your own youknow, company, or you know,
becoming a freelancer, you've been thinkingabout it for a while, you should.
You should try it out and atleast kind of research and understand what
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steps you can take to to getit get it going, you know.
So of course there's challenges. Ofcourse, there's challenges, definitely. And
did you have any sort of mentorsor people that you reached out to for
guidance. I'm sure you know peoplethat have you know, probably taken this
route too. Did you go tothem for help? Yes? And yes
and no. I think because Istarted a little bit slower, so I
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think on the side of my fulltime role, I started researching, you
know, becoming self employed I startedquite early building my own brand on social
media. I was quite active onsocial media and still am um just to
build yourself a brand and become knownin the industry, so I started slowly
doing that. I was on platformssuch as upward Fiber on weekends on evenings,
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taking clients and building up my consultancyin my freelancing business on the side.
But yeah, of course, youknow, I spoke to some people
who who has who did the samething about the same time as I did,
and kind of got their take onthings. But everybody is different as
well, and some people get clientsstraight straight off the bat, and some
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people, you know, it takesa bit of a longer time to do
that. So platforms like African Fiberis a great place to start if you're
gonna be self employed, for instance. So yes, I did, yeah,
and we'll definitely talk about those platformslater on, because I think they're
great resources for anyone that's ever consideringdoing freelancing or remote work. And I
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think for a lot of our listenersright now listening, they might be wondering
what does this have to do withtravel, And the reality is that becoming
a digital nomat or a freelancer isa route to you know, work,
work on the go, work asyou travel. There was a recent article
written by The New York Times whichfollowed a study from researchers at Stanford and
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Harvard which analyzed more than fifty millionjob postings and found that roughly twelve percent
explicitly mentioned the words remote work,which is a fourfold increase compared to pre
pandemic numbers. And to take ita step further, roughly sixty eight percent
of Americans would prefer to be fullyremote. Is this consistent with what you're
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seeing abroad in Europe? Definitely?I mean I think so the job seekers,
Yes, the majority of people Ispeak to, they all want to
work remotely. Most of them arealso open to a hybrid setup because they
know that not all companies can offerremote fully remote jobs. Right. A
lot of companies are our hybrid.But you know, we also see a
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lot of companies that are bringing theiremployees back to the office now and offering
a hybrid model. So there's kindof Yes, the majority of people I
speak to they want remote. Everybodywants a piece of the the remote life,
you know, being able to traveland work remotely. And have that
stability and a stable income from that. That's the dream. But so I
understand it can be quite confusing forjob seekers to kind of understand, Okay,
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I want to work fully remote,you know, how can I find
a job? Because again, alot of companies are, you know,
bringing their employees back after COVID anda lot of the big companies that can
be fully remote usually have legal entitiesin a lot of different countries so they
can left their employees be fully remote. But you know, because of legal
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reasons, not all companies can dothat. So that's where I come in
and I try to kind of helpmy job seekers and making sure that they
understand some steps they can take tobecoming fully remote. But yeah, it's
definitely trend and it's going to beinteresting to see what happens now in a
few years if you know, peopleare gonna work remotely even more, if
that's going to increase, or ifit's going to decrease and people are gonna
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you know, want their employees tocome back. So yeah, definitely,
because just just to echo what yousaid, I think I'm starting to see
that as well in states where they'restarting to I don't want to say,
force their employees to come back,but they're definitely trying to throw some extra
incentive incentives in there to bring themback into the office. And you know,
just kind of a side question foryou, where do you personally stand
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on the on site versus hybrid versusfully remote model? What is your preference
from a personal perspective. You know, I wanted to become self employed because
I wanted the freedom of being fullyremote and being able to travel. I'm
registered here in Malta, you know, I pay my own taxes, social
security in Malta. But I canbe fully remote. I do believe because
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I've been on the other side ofit. I've been working as a recruiter
at a company as well, andI feel like a hybrid setup it's the
best of both worlds, honestly,because depending on how big your company is,
you know, excluding maybe the startupsand small companies, but medium sized,
big companies, they do have acompany culture that they still need to
maintain. And you know, soI do believe in a hybrid setup where
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you can work from home three daysa week, you know, maybe even
four days a week, but youhave to be in office at least once
or twice a week. Yeah,and I always tell people this, you
know, from a personal perspective.Pre pandemic, we were already on a
hybrid model. We were located inSan Francisco, and for the most part,
I went to work, you know, three days a week and sometimes
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too just to kind of travel thoseother days or like go on a hike
when when it's less crowded. Ialways thought that when the business model was
hybrid, it was really welcoming thatyou could still get that camaraderie with you
with your coworkers. Once we wentfully remote, I think there was a
little bit of a depressive situation ora depressive episode for me just to like
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be so isolated because I am sucha social creature, you know, right
exactly. So there's that athlete aswell. Not everybody wants to work from
home all the time. You know, you have animals, you have kids
running around, you know, soso you know, the best of both
worlds is definitely hybrid. But butworking remotely is still such a you know,
a great thing to be able todo um for me personally. So
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yeah, and back in April,you wrote an article on your biweekly newsletter,
which will also touch on later calledEmbracing the Digital Nomad Life how to
Secure your Dream Remote Job in twentytwenty three. What was the inspiration for
writing this article? Yeah, Um, as I said, you know,
I'm working remotely at the moment,I'm self employed. I've built up,
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you know, my brand, andI want to give job seekers some tips
and tricks on what steps to take, what to think about, and and
you know how to do that themselves. So that was the inspiration for the
article. Um, There's so muchmore to talk about as well, you
know, and I just kind oftouched on the basics in this article.
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But yeah, some important, someimportant topics for sure. Great, and
I want to read our listeners thefirst paragraph of this article and then we
can delve into some of the finerpoints you list and hopefully I can do
this paragraph justice because when I readit, it painted a picture in my
mind of any time I've ever workedremotely and like been traveling. So here
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it goes, Ah, the Digitalnomad life, sip in margaritas on the
tropical beach, laptop perched on yoursun kiss legs while you rake in the
dough from your dream remote job.Sounds like the ultimate fantasy. Right,
Well, it's twenty twenty three andthe future is now. Remote work is
no longer a novelty. It's becomean essential part of the modern work landscape.
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So if you've ever daydreamed about tradingin your stuffy office cubicle for a
hammock in paradise, buckle up,because we're about to dive into how you
can make that dream of reality.Get ready to embrace your inner digital nomad
and secure that perfect remote job intwenty twenty three. First off, well
written, and if our guests weren'texcited before, I'm sure they're attentively listening
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now. I feel like I'm thatperson you know on that beach when I
wrote that, because you know,it's my reality, and I want,
you know, anyone who wants wantsthat kind of life to make it a
reality for themselves as well. Soyeah, definitely. You know, you
list ten points in your article,and I want to talk about a few
of them in more detail. Thefirst point being PAN for Opportunities and Uncharted
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Waters. What does that mean andwhy is it the first one on your
list? Yeah? Okay, sopan for Opportunities and Uncharted Waters. It's
kind of the first step. Ifyou are struggling and finding a remote job.
You've looked on all the mainstream jobboards. You know, you've used
the remote filters, you still can'tseem to find a fully remote job within
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your area. It's going to dependon what you do for a living.
Obviously, you have to kind oftake a step back and look a little
bit outside the box and kind oflook into opportunities and unchartered waters. So,
um, first of all, youknow, look at local job boards,
smaller job boards. There's so manyjob boards out there that are only
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focused on offering remote roles. Ilist a few in the article as well.
Tap into you know, niche networksum as I said before, you
know, use LinkedIn, engage onLinkedIn, join groups on LinkedIn where you
can kind of discuss and engage withlike minded individuals. Because you never know
where an opportunity might pop up.So you just kind of have to to
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look and go a little bit outsidethe box when you look for jobs.
But then, on the other hand, self employment is unshartered waters for most
people. As we said, selfemployment and slash freelancing, you know,
whatever you want to call it,it's definitely as we said, something that
can be quite daunting. So ifyou are still successful in finding that remote
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job, UM, you should definitelylook into self employment and start researching it
and seeing, okay, how canI what what are some steps that I
can take? How do I actuallyyou know, do this? Um?
And what I always tell my jobseekers is that you know, first you
find a skill, like what areyou good at? What can you bring
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to the table? And after that, if you're you know, new at
this, create a profile on upworkingfiber because it's such a great place for
you to start. You get someclients, you start doing some some gigs,
and you build your portfolio from therebasically. UM. So that's kind
of that's the first step, youknow, look look pad into these uncharted
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waters, um, look into selfemployment um, and and take the steps
um uh to do that. Notto cut you off, but you've already
given me some ideas just as youwere speaking, like, huh, I
can't bring this to the table,Maybe I should create a profile on fiber
in upworks? Do you get thata lot? Working with so many people
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that they're not you know, obviouslythese people are incredibly skilled, but sometimes
it's like selling yourself you can havesome very humble people that you work with.
Is it difficult for your clients toreally think of what skill sets they
have and what they have to offer. Yeah, I mean yeah, for
sure, yes and no. Youknow, you deal with different kinds of
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people. You know, everybody hastheir their own you know, set of
skills and their own you know,background and experiences, and for some people
it can be quite difficult. Soif you don't have a skill yet,
you have to find out what thatis obviously. I mean you can be
a graphic designer working at a company. I mean, graphic design is such
a needed skill. You know,you can be an SEO specialists. I
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mean working with SEO is so neededand popular as well. I mean if
you're a software engineer, we allknow that software engineers and tech individuals,
it's a Canada's market. There's alot of remote opportunities for for them.
But yeah, find out what yourskill is. I help my job seekers,
my candidates to find that if theyneed a help with that. But
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if they already know ish kind ofwhat they do, what they do,
well, maybe they're great at videoediting or you know, it could be
anything you can be in finance andyou can you know, create an profile
on upwork and do bookkeeping for acompany for three to six months, and
then after that the contract ends andyou find another contract. Like it can
be anything, you just have tokind of try it out. Great great
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advice. The second point you listin your article is titled crafty resume that
glitters. I feel a lot ofpeople gloss over this one, no pun
intended. Is this something you seequite often in your everyday life working as
a recruiter helping place people, justpeople that don't put an emphasis on the
resume? Yes, yes, andespecially nowadays, you know, companies are
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becoming fully fully remote and these butas I said before, not all companies
are remote. More companies are bringingtheir employees back. So if you see
a fully remote job online and youwant to apply for it, kind of
take a step back. Make sureyour your resume is fully customized to that
job before you send it, becauseagain, these roles are so competitive,
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the fully remote roles are really competitive. So yeah, you have to make
sure that your your resume is customized, you know, to that job that
you're applying for. Make sure yourprofessional summary is especially written for the job
you're applying for your cover letter.I mean, I've had instances where I've
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I've received resumes and they've accidentally forgottento change the cover letter, you know,
from an old job post or they'revery generic, you know. And
if you're going to stand out andand kind of get an interview for this
remote job that you've applied to,you really need to make sure that your
resume glitters. And that's also servicesthat I provide if you don't, you
know, have time to do ityourself. So it's really really important.
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Same with LinkedIn. You need tomake sure that LinkedIn matches your resume and
that it's SEO optimize and looking good. So it's really really important these days
over the course of your career.And you don't have to give me an
exact number, just kind of inestimate. How many resumes do you think you've
looked at? Oh, that's sucha difficult question. At my previous company,
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we received well, so we receivedsixty thousand applications per year. I
did not look at all of those, but I looked at a small percentage
of those. But in a year, I would say, I mean,
I mean a few thousand, becausedo you know what it takes seven seconds
for US train recruiters to look ata CV before we decide, you know,
if the CVS is good or good, or good or bad. So
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I can look through quite a lotin a day. I'm glad you said
that. And to anyone listening,that's that's how easy or hard depending on
you know, how attractive you makeyour application look that you can be passed
over seven seconds or less. Sokeep that in mind. Yeah, Now
this next point that we're going toswitch on over to cut my attention for
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a variety of reasons, and ina lot of ways, it was the
one that spoke the most to me. Master the art of virtual handshakes?
How important this is skill? Andwhat are some tips and tricks to help
people develop the skill? And reallywhat is a virtual handshake? Right?
Virtual handshake means basically the virtual interactionthat you have with the hiring manager or
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a recruiter or anyone at the companyyou've applied too. So you know,
as we know the world of workhas shifted and digital interactions have taken center
stage, and especially when it comesto remote work, the first impression,
UM, you know it's crucial,so UM, always think of a video
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interview, that kind of virtual handshakeas you would a physical interview, super
super important. UM. And there'sdefinitely some some tips and tricks here,
and some of these things might seemquite you know, obvious and straightforward,
but trust me, I've I've seena lot of different UM interview settings and
you know, you can be quitesurprised of what people kind of show up
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as. So m the first tipI I think I would say, definitely
your your work. Your environment speaksvolumes before you even you know, utter
a word, so you have tomake sure your background is professional. I
you know, we don't want tosee your on my bed or your your
deploset or anything behind you because itconveys a message about your you know,
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organizational skills and it's my background.Okay, your background is fine, it's
professional. I don't see an unmadebed or anything. But you know what,
like it's so important than us recruiterswere like sponges, like we will
pick up on anything and every detailwill leave an impression. Unfortunately, that
that's the case the reality online.Yeah, with these online interviews that that's
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happening these days, and without roastingany specific person, you don't have to
give me intrinsic details about names orwho they were. Can you name it
or can you tell us about asituation or two that was just like within
seconds You're like, no, howcould you think this was? Okay?
Yeah, and it's such a shamebecause it could be a really great,
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you know, candidate. But Ihad a candidate once, you know,
he showed up with his phone kindof self mode. He was running around
in the city. He was hekept his phone really close to his face
that I could just see his nose. And you know, if you're booking
an interview, make sure you uptime to get home so you can sit,
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you know, at your desk ina professional setting. Um. Once
I had someone taking the interview inthe car whilst they were driving also which
the phone set up, and Iwas like, please stop driving. You
know that's dangerous. We schedule andme personally as a recruiter, you know,
I'm not super strict in that inthat way, I'll give you a
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second chance. You know, anythingcan happen. I completely understand. But
but yeah, doing these interviews movingaround is a big no. Um.
And that leads me into that,Like the second tip is an obvious one,
but make sure your internet connection istop jops M. You know again,
it's such a shame if it's not, because yeah, you know,
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it ruins the whole, the wholeum uh interaction. I couldn't agree more.
And we're we're the same in thatsituation. I was like leading this
interview in which the person was inthe passenger side of the vehicle, so
it wasn't as bad as driving,but you know, instant motion connection was
obviously terrible, and in between youknow, answering my questions, they were
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also giving directions to the driver aboutwhere to go. It was just like
bad on all accounts. Yeah,no, and I think it can It's
quite easy to get maybe a littlebit. I'm not going to say,
lacy, but you know again,you have to treat the online interviews as
you would a physical one, andthat would never happen, you know.
So that's crazy. Yeah, great, great advice. Here a few points
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a few points later down the articleyou write in the remote work era,
networking has gone digital and so shouldyou. Therefore, people should embrace digital
networking like a boss. Do youfeel this is an underrated asset? People?
Aren't you? Utilizing remote or virtualevents is what I'm referring to.
Yeah, no, but absolutely andkind of you know that ties in what
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I mentioned before about you know,especially if you want to become self employed
kind of increasing your presence on socialmedia. But yeah, you know,
you have to network, you haveto start networking like a boss um.
And it's you know, it's it'salso for you know, if you're if
you're going for a non um selfemployment role, you're going for a full
time role with the company, It'sit's equally important. But especially if you're
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building your own brand and if you'rebecoming your own boss um. But yeah,
so the virtual world offers so manyopportunities for connecting with professionals and potential
employers. Like I said before,you never know who you might come across
who is sitting with the startup andneeds to hire someone, you know.
So yeah, you know, youcan join networking events. Um, there's
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free webinars, there's online forums andgroups where you can engage and share your
thoughts and you know, just doa quick Google search or even on LinkedIn.
There there is a lot of freewebinars you can sign up for and
and events that's being advertised on thereand groups as well, so I really
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really recommend UM that you know,you as as as an active job seekers
start yeah networking online and making aneffort to to UM to do this.
You know, you listened a lotof ways that someone could potentially go on
like a virtual event or networking eventthat that can be free. UM what
are what do you think discourages someonefrom participating in these types of events just
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because there's so many resources out thereand um, you know I've definitely been
guilty of some of this myself.But yeah, no, I mean if
there is a charge to get in, I mean there can be a lot
of different things that would discourage someonefrom joining. I think sometimes it's also
about you know, just knowledge,Like people are not really you know,
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they don't really know that they canjoin these big networking events online or um
that they would actually be great foryour for your career, like even webinars,
just like meeting people through webinars whilstyou're learning about a specific topic like
yeah, and you know with theremote with the remote world, sometimes people
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could become a little bit lazy aswell and just stick to the in person
interactions, you know, because theythink, you know, it might not
benefit me so of course there's somethings that that would discourage people, but
but I really I strongly suggest it, especially if you're if you want to
do some research and get into selfemployment. And I, you know,
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laugh slash grin that that last one, because when I said I've been guilty
of this, that that's exactly whatI've been guilty of, just straight up
laziness. Yeah. But the lastof the ten points that I want to
cover, and it's something that youwould recommend, is unearthing the power of
soft skills. And for those thataren't sure with soft skills are soft skills
are our abilities that relate to howyou work and interact with other people.
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Commonly noted soft skills include communication,teamwork, and other interpersonal skills. Why
did you end the article with thispoint? Is this the most important in
your eyes? Um? Well,not necessarily the most important, because there's
so many important aspects that goes intoyou know, job hunting these days and
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finding that remote job. But it'sdefinitely such an important aspect and I always
tell my candidates, you know,don't underestimate the power of soft skills and
showcasing soft skills on your resume andin the interview, So being able to
answer behavioral and interview questions which canbe which can be quite tricky. You
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need to kind of prepare um answersto these interview questions because that's going to
be your way of showcasing your softskills and how you you know, work
with with them in the past,etc. Um. So, yeah,
you have to show employers, especiallynow in this remote work world, that
you're not just like a competent fessional, but you're also a considerate, considerate,
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an adaptable team member even when workingfrom a distance, and even you
know, like software engineers like ofcourse, you need to show you know
soft skills. You know, youcan't just rely on your technical abilities anymore.
Um. I mean, of coursesoft skills were as important before you
know this shift, but even evenmore today. And it's kind of for
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me, it's like the base umof of of of a successful interview showcasing
soft skills and being able to toexplain what your soft skills are. Yeah,
definitely, So I ended the articlewith that because it kind of summarizes
you know, um, well,it doesn't summarize, but it's it's such
a base communicating your soft soft skillsis the base for a successful interview,
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and that's kind of why I endedwith that. Um, it's a really
important aspect, well, said Alice. You also already talked about a few
of these, but you list severalreco versus at the bottom of your newsletter
to help people potentially find their nextjob. Some are global job boards,
others are European focused. Can youtalk a little bit more about those that
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you have found the most useful.Yeah, absolutely, So hard to say
which ones are the most useful becauseit's going to depend kind of where you
are in the world and you knowwhat you're looking for. But I always
suggest to my candidates that first startwith the mainstream job boards, use the
remote filter, you know, useLinkedIn indeed glass Door Career jet see see
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what you can find. Can youfind any remote job opportunities opportunities on there
or not? And if you can't, there's so many good job boards that
solely focuses on remote jobs, whichcan be really helpful because you don't have
to filter or anything. So Ilisted a few job boards at the end
of my article. Three of themare more focused on globally but more like
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American the American market, such asremote dot co, we work Remotely dot
com and flex Jobs dot com.And then I suggested three that are more
European focused job boards that only postsremote jobs. And I always suggest,
you know, before you go tothe self employment route, check all the
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job boards because you might find youknow, that perfect job on any of
them. So it's hard to saywhich one has been the most useful because
you know it's going to be differentfor for each person. But go through
all of these popular ones and eventhe ones that I suggest, to see
what you can find. Yeah,and I think that's the most important part
that you just highlighted. You justgave in the ray of options, and
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some of those I'm very familiar with, others I've heard about, and for
some I've never even heard until wehave this conversation. So you know,
even for me, this is veryinstructive and helpful. So I hope this,
you know, when someone's listening tothis podcast specific and they want to
make that next job doesn't necessarily haveto be for a fully remote role or
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hybrid or on site, but Ihope this has given them a lot of
tools to use in helping them findtheir next career path. Absolutely, Yeah,
I hope that exactly like you said, you know that you guys who
are listening, you've found some valuableinsights to carry into you know, your
your own career journeys. And yeah, it's an exciting time to be in.
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Definitely. And let's let's end withsomething a little bit more lighthearted.
I'm going to go ahead and giveyou some rapid fire questions just to see
your travel preference. First up,favorite country for food Italy. I'm so
close to Italy and Malta. Wehave so much nice Italian food here,
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so I'm gonna say Italy, justrubbing it in. Okay. Favorite country
that you have visited, uh,I think I would say Morocco, Marrakesh
amazing going up the Atlas Mountains.It was just such a different world,
amazing place. Yeah, definitely,couldn't recommend it anymore. I actually really
love Moroccan food too. The countrythat you wish to visit the most,
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so one that you haven't been to, mhm, Japan. Japan. We've
been thinking about it for a longtime and it seems everyone speaks so good
well of it, So definitely Japan. Yeah, yeah, same here.
Best local drink alcoholic or otherwise inany country that you have visited Espresso Martini.
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Okay, so keeping it good.It sounds Italian, doesn't it.
But I think it's actually like fromLondon, from the United Kingdom, Espresso
Martini itself. Yeah, I'm prettysure, but it's um I had it
when I was well, I've hadit. You can have it everywhere,
but everywhere. Yeah, okay,interesting, Yeah I didn't know that,
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but good choice. Last one,why should our listeners consider visiting Malta?
Oh, oh, Malta. SoMalta. It's such a small island in
the middle of the Mediterranean, youknow, one and a half hour ferry
ride to Sicily. I think it'sIt was voted just a few years ago
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at top three most beautiful water waterin Europe. You know, so many
expats here, amazing food, veryItalian inspired food, and also like if
you want to work at the sametime as as you know living here,
there's so many great career opportunities tohave here, especially within the iging industry,
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so it has something for everyone.It's an amazing place. Yeah,
you you just sold me on it. Connected and Alice, it's been so
nice to have you on this show. And if our listeners wanted to learn
a little bit more about you orthe resources you're able to provide. Where
can they find you? Find meon LinkedIn. That's the easiest platform to
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find me and then you can kindof see all my all my resources and
services that I provide on there.So find me on LinkedIn Alice Morden.
And your newsletter has a very greattitle or name. Yes, can you
share for our listeners please? Soyes. My alter ego is Alice in
career Land, so um, that'smy career coaching side of things. You
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can also find my newsletter on myLinkedIn page featured on the top, and
you can follow my newsletter if youwant to get some tips and tricks on
you know, how to aid yourinterview and grow in your career. So
I write articles there by weekly andI couldn't recommend it anymore. Definitely use
for resources, very helpful and forour listeners. If you want to find
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out a little more about us byvisiting our website you can sorry, you
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Spotify or the platform of your choice. If you enjoyed listening to this conversation,
editing on this podcast was done bymyself. Thanks for listening until next time.
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breaking the bank. I'm your host, Jonathan Oddo, and on today's episode,
we have a guest who has oversix years of experience as a recruiter
and career matchmaker. She has akeen understanding of what makes a candidate truly
stand out in the digital workspace,and now as a seasoned resume writer and
career consultant for the eye gaming industry, Alice is bringing her insights and expertise
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to a broader audience with her newsletterand social media accounts Pretty Good her discussions
demystified remote work in twenty twenty three, offering practical advice on landing that perfect
remote job. When she's not connectingpeople to new opportunities or writing stellar resumes,
you can find her keeping up withthe latest industry trends, or enjoying
a good book. Tune in andlet Alice help you navigate your remote work
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journey with confidence. Alice, it'sgreat to have you on the show.
It's great to be here. Thankyou so much for having me. I'm
looking forward to diving into the worldof remote work and actually how to get
a remote job in twenty twenty three. Yeah, and I think this is
a hot topic for a lot ofour listeners right now are just people who
want to explore the digital nomad life. Let's talk a little bit about you
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and your career path in history.How did you get started in the tech
industry and has helping others find theircareer path something you've always been passionate about
your whole life. Yes, definitely. So basically, I started in recruitment
and I quite quickly started working forthe eye gaming industry, which is an
online industry, so, you know, I quickly realized that there was a
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big need for for tech talents.So me as a recruiter, I started
focusing a lot on tech and that'show I got into you know, mainly
recruiting tech. But today I'm recruitingrecruiting a bit of everything. I'm also
you know, doing some marketing formarcial operations roles, but I enjoy doing
tech and that's been you know,one of my my focus areas for sure.
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So I'm super passionate about what Ido. I think as a recruiter,
to survive as a recruiter for morethan five years, you need to
be passionate about helping people, youknow, land their dream job. And
you know, without that passion,it's it's going to be difficult because you're
interviewing people and talking to people everyday. So I'm really passionate about what
I do, and I also,quite naturally, you know, realized I'm
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also very passionate about the coaching sideof things, so not just finding a
role for someone, but also makingsure that they aced the interview and they
actually land that remote job or whateverjob it is. So so yeah,
I get to do all of thisnow, um as self employed working remotely
in the small island of Malta.You make it sound so terrible living in
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the small island of Malta. Now, I was going to say that I
created this life for myself, butnow I want to kind of help others
in finding their career path and ifthey want to work remotely, I give
tips and tricks on how to actuallystart that process because it's it's not super
easy, you know, uh yeahye, And you know I have kind
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of this little cheek out that Ido happen to know you from you know,
the work from a work environment.Um so, I know you used
to work from massive company and youwere working remotely that entire time in Malta.
At what point did you decide tomake the jump and be your own
boss? Because I'm sure a lotof people hear that, and you know,
they they want to take that step, but it can be scary,
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exactly sure, it's super daunting.And I think a few years ago,
you know, I was looking atthese people who were working remotely. You
know, they were their own boss, they had their own company, they
were self important, and I wasalways myself wondering, you know, how
did they do that? How didthey start? How did they get their
clients? I would like to dothat, but I just don't know how.
So with the years within the recruitmentworld, I've kind of learned slowly
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how to do it, and I'veI've figured it out, you know,
in a way. So I startedquite slowly, and it doesn't have to
be as daunting anymore because working fullyremotely has become a reality to most people.
Now. It's not just a dream. It's not just reserved for some
people who have their own companies.So it's becoming more of a reality.
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Good And you know a lot ofpeople like myself, I can look at
entrepreneurs because that's what you are,and say, wow, how lucky is
this person to be their own bossand you see kind of the end product.
Then they see you succeeding, butthey don't really understand what that person
or you specifically went through to getthere. Can you talk a little bit
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about the struggles and hardships of beingyour own boss? Yeah, for sure.
Of course there's struggles because you know, you have to accept that if
you're going to become perhaps self employedlike I did, you might not earn
as much as you did before inyour full time role, and you know,
you might not have as stable ofan income as you did in your
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previous full time role. You know, so there's, of course there's struggles
and challenges because you have to kindof make the jump, you have to
take that leaf and it is arisk as well. But you know,
I see it in a way asif it doesn't work out, you can
always go back to becoming employed andworking in a hybrid model or working you
know, in an office. Again, you can always do that. But
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if you have the opportunity, perhapsif you have some savings that that can
kind of save you a little bitfrom the beginning. And I know not
everybody has that, but if youdo, and you've been thinking about becoming
self employed and starting your own youknow, company, or you know,
becoming a freelancer, you've been thinkingabout it for a while, you should.
You should try it out and atleast kind of research and understand what
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steps you can take to to getit get it going, you know.
So of course there's challenges. Ofcourse, there's challenges, definitely. And
did you have any sort of mentorsor people that you reached out to for
guidance. I'm sure you know peoplethat have you know, probably taken this
route too. Did you go tothem for help? Yes? And yes
and no. I think because Istarted a little bit slower, so I
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think on the side of my fulltime role, I started researching, you
know, becoming self employed I startedquite early building my own brand on social
media. I was quite active onsocial media and still am um just to
build yourself a brand and become knownin the industry, so I started slowly
doing that. I was on platformssuch as upward Fiber on weekends on evenings,
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taking clients and building up my consultancyin my freelancing business on the side.
But yeah, of course, youknow, I spoke to some people
who who has who did the samething about the same time as I did,
and kind of got their take onthings. But everybody is different as
well, and some people get clientsstraight straight off the bat, and some
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people, you know, it takesa bit of a longer time to do
that. So platforms like African Fiberis a great place to start if you're
gonna be self employed, for instance. So yes, I did, yeah,
and we'll definitely talk about those platformslater on, because I think they're
great resources for anyone that's ever consideringdoing freelancing or remote work. And I
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think for a lot of our listenersright now listening, they might be wondering
what does this have to do withtravel, And the reality is that becoming
a digital nomat or a freelancer isa route to you know, work,
work on the go, work asyou travel. There was a recent article
written by The New York Times whichfollowed a study from researchers at Stanford and
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Harvard which analyzed more than fifty millionjob postings and found that roughly twelve percent
explicitly mentioned the words remote work,which is a fourfold increase compared to pre
pandemic numbers. And to take ita step further, roughly sixty eight percent
of Americans would prefer to be fullyremote. Is this consistent with what you're
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seeing abroad in Europe? Definitely?I mean I think so the job seekers,
Yes, the majority of people Ispeak to, they all want to
work remotely. Most of them arealso open to a hybrid setup because they
know that not all companies can offerremote fully remote jobs. Right. A
lot of companies are our hybrid.But you know, we also see a
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lot of companies that are bringing theiremployees back to the office now and offering
a hybrid model. So there's kindof Yes, the majority of people I
speak to they want remote. Everybodywants a piece of the the remote life,
you know, being able to traveland work remotely. And have that
stability and a stable income from that. That's the dream. But so I
understand it can be quite confusing forjob seekers to kind of understand, Okay,
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I want to work fully remote,you know, how can I find
a job? Because again, alot of companies are, you know,
bringing their employees back after COVID anda lot of the big companies that can
be fully remote usually have legal entitiesin a lot of different countries so they
can left their employees be fully remote. But you know, because of legal
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reasons, not all companies can dothat. So that's where I come in
and I try to kind of helpmy job seekers and making sure that they
understand some steps they can take tobecoming fully remote. But yeah, it's
definitely trend and it's going to beinteresting to see what happens now in a
few years if you know, peopleare gonna work remotely even more, if
that's going to increase, or ifit's going to decrease and people are gonna
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you know, want their employees tocome back. So yeah, definitely,
because just just to echo what yousaid, I think I'm starting to see
that as well in states where they'restarting to I don't want to say,
force their employees to come back,but they're definitely trying to throw some extra
incentive incentives in there to bring themback into the office. And you know,
just kind of a side question foryou, where do you personally stand
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on the on site versus hybrid versusfully remote model? What is your preference
from a personal perspective. You know, I wanted to become self employed because
I wanted the freedom of being fullyremote and being able to travel. I'm
registered here in Malta, you know, I pay my own taxes, social
security in Malta. But I canbe fully remote. I do believe because
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I've been on the other side ofit. I've been working as a recruiter
at a company as well, andI feel like a hybrid setup it's the
best of both worlds, honestly,because depending on how big your company is,
you know, excluding maybe the startupsand small companies, but medium sized,
big companies, they do have acompany culture that they still need to
maintain. And you know, soI do believe in a hybrid setup where
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you can work from home three daysa week, you know, maybe even
four days a week, but youhave to be in office at least once
or twice a week. Yeah,and I always tell people this, you
know, from a personal perspective.Pre pandemic, we were already on a
hybrid model. We were located inSan Francisco, and for the most part,
I went to work, you know, three days a week and sometimes
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too just to kind of travel thoseother days or like go on a hike
when when it's less crowded. Ialways thought that when the business model was
hybrid, it was really welcoming thatyou could still get that camaraderie with you
with your coworkers. Once we wentfully remote, I think there was a
little bit of a depressive situation ora depressive episode for me just to like
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be so isolated because I am sucha social creature, you know, right
exactly. So there's that athlete aswell. Not everybody wants to work from
home all the time. You know, you have animals, you have kids
running around, you know, soso you know, the best of both
worlds is definitely hybrid. But butworking remotely is still such a you know,
a great thing to be able todo um for me personally. So
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yeah, and back in April,you wrote an article on your biweekly newsletter,
which will also touch on later calledEmbracing the Digital Nomad Life how to
Secure your Dream Remote Job in twentytwenty three. What was the inspiration for
writing this article? Yeah, Um, as I said, you know,
I'm working remotely at the moment,I'm self employed. I've built up,
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you know, my brand, andI want to give job seekers some tips
and tricks on what steps to take, what to think about, and and
you know how to do that themselves. So that was the inspiration for the
article. Um, There's so muchmore to talk about as well, you
know, and I just kind oftouched on the basics in this article.
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But yeah, some important, someimportant topics for sure. Great, and
I want to read our listeners thefirst paragraph of this article and then we
can delve into some of the finerpoints you list and hopefully I can do
this paragraph justice because when I readit, it painted a picture in my
mind of any time I've ever workedremotely and like been traveling. So here
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it goes, Ah, the Digitalnomad life, sip in margaritas on the
tropical beach, laptop perched on yoursun kiss legs while you rake in the
dough from your dream remote job.Sounds like the ultimate fantasy. Right,
Well, it's twenty twenty three andthe future is now. Remote work is
no longer a novelty. It's becomean essential part of the modern work landscape.
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So if you've ever daydreamed about tradingin your stuffy office cubicle for a
hammock in paradise, buckle up,because we're about to dive into how you
can make that dream of reality.Get ready to embrace your inner digital nomad
and secure that perfect remote job intwenty twenty three. First off, well
written, and if our guests weren'texcited before, I'm sure they're attentively listening
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now. I feel like I'm thatperson you know on that beach when I
wrote that, because you know,it's my reality, and I want,
you know, anyone who wants wantsthat kind of life to make it a
reality for themselves as well. Soyeah, definitely. You know, you
list ten points in your article,and I want to talk about a few
of them in more detail. Thefirst point being PAN for Opportunities and Uncharted
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Waters. What does that mean andwhy is it the first one on your
list? Yeah? Okay, sopan for Opportunities and Uncharted Waters. It's
kind of the first step. Ifyou are struggling and finding a remote job.
You've looked on all the mainstream jobboards. You know, you've used
the remote filters, you still can'tseem to find a fully remote job within
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your area. It's going to dependon what you do for a living.
Obviously, you have to kind oftake a step back and look a little
bit outside the box and kind oflook into opportunities and unchartered waters. So,
um, first of all, youknow, look at local job boards,
smaller job boards. There's so manyjob boards out there that are only
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focused on offering remote roles. Ilist a few in the article as well.
Tap into you know, niche networksum as I said before, you
know, use LinkedIn, engage onLinkedIn, join groups on LinkedIn where you
can kind of discuss and engage withlike minded individuals. Because you never know
where an opportunity might pop up.So you just kind of have to to
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look and go a little bit outsidethe box when you look for jobs.
But then, on the other hand, self employment is unshartered waters for most
people. As we said, selfemployment and slash freelancing, you know,
whatever you want to call it,it's definitely as we said, something that
can be quite daunting. So ifyou are still successful in finding that remote
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job, UM, you should definitelylook into self employment and start researching it
and seeing, okay, how canI what what are some steps that I
can take? How do I actuallyyou know, do this? Um?
And what I always tell my jobseekers is that you know, first you
find a skill, like what areyou good at? What can you bring
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to the table? And after that, if you're you know, new at
this, create a profile on upworkingfiber because it's such a great place for
you to start. You get someclients, you start doing some some gigs,
and you build your portfolio from therebasically. UM. So that's kind
of that's the first step, youknow, look look pad into these uncharted
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waters, um, look into selfemployment um, and and take the steps
um uh to do that. Notto cut you off, but you've already
given me some ideas just as youwere speaking, like, huh, I
can't bring this to the table,Maybe I should create a profile on fiber
in upworks? Do you get thata lot? Working with so many people
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that they're not you know, obviouslythese people are incredibly skilled, but sometimes
it's like selling yourself you can havesome very humble people that you work with.
Is it difficult for your clients toreally think of what skill sets they
have and what they have to offer. Yeah, I mean yeah, for
sure, yes and no. Youknow, you deal with different kinds of
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people. You know, everybody hastheir their own you know, set of
skills and their own you know,background and experiences, and for some people
it can be quite difficult. Soif you don't have a skill yet,
you have to find out what thatis obviously. I mean you can be
a graphic designer working at a company. I mean, graphic design is such
a needed skill. You know,you can be an SEO specialists. I
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mean working with SEO is so neededand popular as well. I mean if
you're a software engineer, we allknow that software engineers and tech individuals,
it's a Canada's market. There's alot of remote opportunities for for them.
But yeah, find out what yourskill is. I help my job seekers,
my candidates to find that if theyneed a help with that. But
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if they already know ish kind ofwhat they do, what they do,
well, maybe they're great at videoediting or you know, it could be
anything you can be in finance andyou can you know, create an profile
on upwork and do bookkeeping for acompany for three to six months, and
then after that the contract ends andyou find another contract. Like it can
be anything, you just have tokind of try it out. Great great
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advice. The second point you listin your article is titled crafty resume that
glitters. I feel a lot ofpeople gloss over this one, no pun
intended. Is this something you seequite often in your everyday life working as
a recruiter helping place people, justpeople that don't put an emphasis on the
resume? Yes, yes, andespecially nowadays, you know, companies are
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becoming fully fully remote and these butas I said before, not all companies
are remote. More companies are bringingtheir employees back. So if you see
a fully remote job online and youwant to apply for it, kind of
take a step back. Make sureyour your resume is fully customized to that
job before you send it, becauseagain, these roles are so competitive,
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the fully remote roles are really competitive. So yeah, you have to make
sure that your your resume is customized, you know, to that job that
you're applying for. Make sure yourprofessional summary is especially written for the job
you're applying for your cover letter.I mean, I've had instances where I've
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I've received resumes and they've accidentally forgottento change the cover letter, you know,
from an old job post or they'revery generic, you know. And
if you're going to stand out andand kind of get an interview for this
remote job that you've applied to,you really need to make sure that your
resume glitters. And that's also servicesthat I provide if you don't, you
know, have time to do ityourself. So it's really really important.
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Same with LinkedIn. You need tomake sure that LinkedIn matches your resume and
that it's SEO optimize and looking good. So it's really really important these days
over the course of your career.And you don't have to give me an
exact number, just kind of inestimate. How many resumes do you think you've
looked at? Oh, that's sucha difficult question. At my previous company,
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we received well, so we receivedsixty thousand applications per year. I
did not look at all of those, but I looked at a small percentage
of those. But in a year, I would say, I mean,
I mean a few thousand, becausedo you know what it takes seven seconds
for US train recruiters to look ata CV before we decide, you know,
if the CVS is good or good, or good or bad. So
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I can look through quite a lotin a day. I'm glad you said
that. And to anyone listening,that's that's how easy or hard depending on
you know, how attractive you makeyour application look that you can be passed
over seven seconds or less. Sokeep that in mind. Yeah, Now
this next point that we're going toswitch on over to cut my attention for
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a variety of reasons, and ina lot of ways, it was the
one that spoke the most to me. Master the art of virtual handshakes?
How important this is skill? Andwhat are some tips and tricks to help
people develop the skill? And reallywhat is a virtual handshake? Right?
Virtual handshake means basically the virtual interactionthat you have with the hiring manager or
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a recruiter or anyone at the companyyou've applied too. So you know,
as we know the world of workhas shifted and digital interactions have taken center
stage, and especially when it comesto remote work, the first impression,
UM, you know it's crucial,so UM, always think of a video
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interview, that kind of virtual handshakeas you would a physical interview, super
super important. UM. And there'sdefinitely some some tips and tricks here,
and some of these things might seemquite you know, obvious and straightforward,
but trust me, I've I've seena lot of different UM interview settings and
you know, you can be quitesurprised of what people kind of show up
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as. So m the first tipI I think I would say, definitely
your your work. Your environment speaksvolumes before you even you know, utter
a word, so you have tomake sure your background is professional. I
you know, we don't want tosee your on my bed or your your
deploset or anything behind you because itconveys a message about your you know,
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organizational skills and it's my background.Okay, your background is fine, it's
professional. I don't see an unmadebed or anything. But you know what,
like it's so important than us recruiterswere like sponges, like we will
pick up on anything and every detailwill leave an impression. Unfortunately, that
that's the case the reality online.Yeah, with these online interviews that that's
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happening these days, and without roastingany specific person, you don't have to
give me intrinsic details about names orwho they were. Can you name it
or can you tell us about asituation or two that was just like within
seconds You're like, no, howcould you think this was? Okay?
Yeah, and it's such a shamebecause it could be a really great,
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you know, candidate. But Ihad a candidate once, you know,
he showed up with his phone kindof self mode. He was running around
in the city. He was hekept his phone really close to his face
that I could just see his nose. And you know, if you're booking
an interview, make sure you uptime to get home so you can sit,
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you know, at your desk ina professional setting. Um. Once
I had someone taking the interview inthe car whilst they were driving also which
the phone set up, and Iwas like, please stop driving. You
know that's dangerous. We schedule andme personally as a recruiter, you know,
I'm not super strict in that inthat way, I'll give you a
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second chance. You know, anythingcan happen. I completely understand. But
but yeah, doing these interviews movingaround is a big no. Um.
And that leads me into that,Like the second tip is an obvious one,
but make sure your internet connection istop jops M. You know again,
it's such a shame if it's not, because yeah, you know,
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it ruins the whole, the wholeum uh interaction. I couldn't agree more.
And we're we're the same in thatsituation. I was like leading this
interview in which the person was inthe passenger side of the vehicle, so
it wasn't as bad as driving,but you know, instant motion connection was
obviously terrible, and in between youknow, answering my questions, they were
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also giving directions to the driver aboutwhere to go. It was just like
bad on all accounts. Yeah,no, and I think it can It's
quite easy to get maybe a littlebit. I'm not going to say,
lacy, but you know again,you have to treat the online interviews as
you would a physical one, andthat would never happen, you know.
So that's crazy. Yeah, great, great advice. Here a few points
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a few points later down the articleyou write in the remote work era,
networking has gone digital and so shouldyou. Therefore, people should embrace digital
networking like a boss. Do youfeel this is an underrated asset? People?
Aren't you? Utilizing remote or virtualevents is what I'm referring to.
Yeah, no, but absolutely andkind of you know that ties in what
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I mentioned before about you know,especially if you want to become self employed
kind of increasing your presence on socialmedia. But yeah, you know,
you have to network, you haveto start networking like a boss um.
And it's you know, it's it'salso for you know, if you're if
you're going for a non um selfemployment role, you're going for a full
time role with the company, It'sit's equally important. But especially if you're
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building your own brand and if you'rebecoming your own boss um. But yeah,
so the virtual world offers so manyopportunities for connecting with professionals and potential
employers. Like I said before,you never know who you might come across
who is sitting with the startup andneeds to hire someone, you know.
So yeah, you know, youcan join networking events. Um, there's
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free webinars, there's online forums andgroups where you can engage and share your
thoughts and you know, just doa quick Google search or even on LinkedIn.
There there is a lot of freewebinars you can sign up for and
and events that's being advertised on thereand groups as well, so I really
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really recommend UM that you know,you as as as an active job seekers
start yeah networking online and making aneffort to to UM to do this.
You know, you listened a lotof ways that someone could potentially go on
like a virtual event or networking eventthat that can be free. UM what
are what do you think discourages someonefrom participating in these types of events just
(27:26):
because there's so many resources out thereand um, you know I've definitely been
guilty of some of this myself.But yeah, no, I mean if
there is a charge to get in, I mean there can be a lot
of different things that would discourage someonefrom joining. I think sometimes it's also
about you know, just knowledge,Like people are not really you know,
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they don't really know that they canjoin these big networking events online or um
that they would actually be great foryour for your career, like even webinars,
just like meeting people through webinars whilstyou're learning about a specific topic like
yeah, and you know with theremote with the remote world, sometimes people
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could become a little bit lazy aswell and just stick to the in person
interactions, you know, because theythink, you know, it might not
benefit me so of course there's somethings that that would discourage people, but
but I really I strongly suggest it, especially if you're if you want to
do some research and get into selfemployment. And I, you know,
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laugh slash grin that that last one, because when I said I've been guilty
of this, that that's exactly whatI've been guilty of, just straight up
laziness. Yeah. But the lastof the ten points that I want to
cover, and it's something that youwould recommend, is unearthing the power of
soft skills. And for those thataren't sure with soft skills are soft skills
are our abilities that relate to howyou work and interact with other people.
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Commonly noted soft skills include communication,teamwork, and other interpersonal skills. Why
did you end the article with thispoint? Is this the most important in
your eyes? Um? Well,not necessarily the most important, because there's
so many important aspects that goes intoyou know, job hunting these days and
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finding that remote job. But it'sdefinitely such an important aspect and I always
tell my candidates, you know,don't underestimate the power of soft skills and
showcasing soft skills on your resume andin the interview, So being able to
answer behavioral and interview questions which canbe which can be quite tricky. You
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need to kind of prepare um answersto these interview questions because that's going to
be your way of showcasing your softskills and how you you know, work
with with them in the past,etc. Um. So, yeah,
you have to show employers, especiallynow in this remote work world, that
you're not just like a competent fessional, but you're also a considerate, considerate,
(30:02):
an adaptable team member even when workingfrom a distance, and even you
know, like software engineers like ofcourse, you need to show you know
soft skills. You know, youcan't just rely on your technical abilities anymore.
Um. I mean, of coursesoft skills were as important before you
know this shift, but even evenmore today. And it's kind of for
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me, it's like the base umof of of of a successful interview showcasing
soft skills and being able to toexplain what your soft skills are. Yeah,
definitely, So I ended the articlewith that because it kind of summarizes
you know, um, well,it doesn't summarize, but it's it's such
a base communicating your soft soft skillsis the base for a successful interview,
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and that's kind of why I endedwith that. Um, it's a really
important aspect, well, said Alice. You also already talked about a few
of these, but you list severalreco versus at the bottom of your newsletter
to help people potentially find their nextjob. Some are global job boards,
others are European focused. Can youtalk a little bit more about those that
(31:10):
you have found the most useful.Yeah, absolutely, So hard to say
which ones are the most useful becauseit's going to depend kind of where you
are in the world and you knowwhat you're looking for. But I always
suggest to my candidates that first startwith the mainstream job boards, use the
remote filter, you know, useLinkedIn indeed glass Door Career jet see see
(31:34):
what you can find. Can youfind any remote job opportunities opportunities on there
or not? And if you can't, there's so many good job boards that
solely focuses on remote jobs, whichcan be really helpful because you don't have
to filter or anything. So Ilisted a few job boards at the end
of my article. Three of themare more focused on globally but more like
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American the American market, such asremote dot co, we work Remotely dot
com and flex Jobs dot com.And then I suggested three that are more
European focused job boards that only postsremote jobs. And I always suggest,
you know, before you go tothe self employment route, check all the
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job boards because you might find youknow, that perfect job on any of
them. So it's hard to saywhich one has been the most useful because
you know it's going to be differentfor for each person. But go through
all of these popular ones and eventhe ones that I suggest, to see
what you can find. Yeah,and I think that's the most important part
that you just highlighted. You justgave in the ray of options, and
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some of those I'm very familiar with, others I've heard about, and for
some I've never even heard until wehave this conversation. So you know,
even for me, this is veryinstructive and helpful. So I hope this,
you know, when someone's listening tothis podcast specific and they want to
make that next job doesn't necessarily haveto be for a fully remote role or
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hybrid or on site, but Ihope this has given them a lot of
tools to use in helping them findtheir next career path. Absolutely, Yeah,
I hope that exactly like you said, you know that you guys who
are listening, you've found some valuableinsights to carry into you know, your
your own career journeys. And yeah, it's an exciting time to be in.
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Definitely. And let's let's end withsomething a little bit more lighthearted.
I'm going to go ahead and giveyou some rapid fire questions just to see
your travel preference. First up,favorite country for food Italy. I'm so
close to Italy and Malta. Wehave so much nice Italian food here,
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so I'm gonna say Italy, justrubbing it in. Okay. Favorite country
that you have visited, uh,I think I would say Morocco, Marrakesh
amazing going up the Atlas Mountains.It was just such a different world,
amazing place. Yeah, definitely,couldn't recommend it anymore. I actually really
love Moroccan food too. The countrythat you wish to visit the most,
(34:15):
so one that you haven't been to, mhm, Japan. Japan. We've
been thinking about it for a longtime and it seems everyone speaks so good
well of it, So definitely Japan. Yeah, yeah, same here.
Best local drink alcoholic or otherwise inany country that you have visited Espresso Martini.
(34:39):
Okay, so keeping it good.It sounds Italian, doesn't it.
But I think it's actually like fromLondon, from the United Kingdom, Espresso
Martini itself. Yeah, I'm prettysure, but it's um I had it
when I was well, I've hadit. You can have it everywhere,
but everywhere. Yeah, okay,interesting, Yeah I didn't know that,
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but good choice. Last one,why should our listeners consider visiting Malta?
Oh, oh, Malta. SoMalta. It's such a small island in
the middle of the Mediterranean, youknow, one and a half hour ferry
ride to Sicily. I think it'sIt was voted just a few years ago
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at top three most beautiful water waterin Europe. You know, so many
expats here, amazing food, veryItalian inspired food, and also like if
you want to work at the sametime as as you know living here,
there's so many great career opportunities tohave here, especially within the iging industry,
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so it has something for everyone.It's an amazing place. Yeah,
you you just sold me on it. Connected and Alice, it's been so
nice to have you on this show. And if our listeners wanted to learn
a little bit more about you orthe resources you're able to provide. Where
can they find you? Find meon LinkedIn. That's the easiest platform to
(36:07):
find me and then you can kindof see all my all my resources and
services that I provide on there.So find me on LinkedIn Alice Morden.
And your newsletter has a very greattitle or name. Yes, can you
share for our listeners please? Soyes. My alter ego is Alice in
career Land, so um, that'smy career coaching side of things. You
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can also find my newsletter on myLinkedIn page featured on the top, and
you can follow my newsletter if youwant to get some tips and tricks on
you know, how to aid yourinterview and grow in your career. So
I write articles there by weekly andI couldn't recommend it anymore. Definitely use
for resources, very helpful and forour listeners. If you want to find
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out a little more about us byvisiting our website you can sorry, you
can do that by visiting our websiteat www dot GTS podcast dot com.
You can find us on Instagram orFacebook at Globetrotters Podcasts, Twitter at globetrot
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Spotify or the platform of your choice. If you enjoyed listening to this conversation,
editing on this podcast was done bymyself. Thanks for listening until next time.
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