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How to help potential employer recognise your talent?

20th October 2012Nguyen Chi Duc

GM, Business Development

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1. Know yourself?2. Know who your potential employer is?3. How can you expose your talent?4. Summary5. Q&A

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Know yourself?

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Know yourself?

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• You weaknesses vs. strengths? (Personal SWOT analysis)– Hard skills e.g. knowledge, etc. vs. Soft skills e.g. communication,

presentation, listening, etc.– Focus to develop what you are good at

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• What do you want to be? Set your goals and objectives.– Want to be a manager or a supply chain professional/expert in 2- 3

years– Plan and spend all your efforts to achieve your goals and objectives

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• What will your career path be alike?– How soon will you be able to achieve it?– What’s your plan to get there?– How to get there? Visualize your future achievement

• What are you most passionate for?– What do you love to do? Put your energy and focus to do what you are passionate to do

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1. Know yourself?

2. Know who your potential employer will be?3. How can you expose your talent?4. Summary5. Q&A

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Know who your potential employer will be?

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• What kind of business are they in? – Products? Services? Number of products/service lines, etc.– Business scales e.g. number of offices, branches, etc.

Utilize IT, media sources to find

almost all information you

need

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• What kind of industry are they in?– FMCG, logistics, Retails & distribution, warehousing, etc.?– How is the industry growth?

Sources from media, internet

e.g. market researches,

industry magazines, reports, etc.

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• Organization structure?

• Who are their competitors in the market? – Where is their position in the market? % of market shares? etc.

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Know who your potential employer will be?

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• What’s their recruitment process?– Number of interview round e.g. testing, face-to-face interview, etc.– Type of interviews e.g. face-to-face or phone or technical interviews

• Who will be your potential interviewers?– HR Manager, Team Head, top management, etc.

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• Why do they want to employ you?– Your talents – What will you contribute to the Company?– How will you be able to contribute?

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1. Know yourself?2. Know who is your potential employer?

3. How can you expose your talents?4. Summary5. Q&A

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How can you expose your talents?

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• Nutshell to succeed– Open minded - Do NOT block yourself in your mind.– “Can do” attitude. – Positive thinking leads to positive results– Learn from failures– Maximize opportunities to learn/Learning curve never ends– Adaptability to changing environment– Work hard is not enough, but Work Smart– Read more books

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How can you expose your talents

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• Pre-interview - Well prepared– CV/Resume - Develop professionally your own CV/Resume – Understand job requirements and how to match your talents to

them– Pre-study all information about a potential employer before the

interviews– List out Q&A you might have– Rehearse it as many as you can

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How can you expose your talents

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• Interview – Be confident– Arrive the interview about 5 min before– Professional appearance (e.g. dress, way of

sitting, etc.)– Be honest– Listening skills to understand questions

clearly. If not, ask interviewers again to clarify

– Taking notes during the interview– Speak “the same language” the employer

speaks• Understand their business & industry they

are in

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1. Know yourself?2. Know who is your potential employer?3. How can you expose your talent?

4. Summary5. Q&A

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Summary

• Talking about work at the Stanford University's Commencement address on June 12, 2005: – The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it

yet, keep looking. Don't settle.“– Stay hungry, Stay foolish!– Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."

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Thank you!

Please contact me at• ducnguyen@prism.com.vn; or• duc@vietnamsupplychain.com; or• duc_nguyen71@yahoo.com

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