#1 Best Selling Career Development Course on Udemy! This 12 hour complete career course is 3 courses in one (interviewIng skills + resume/linkedin skills + networking skills!).
Welcome to The COMPLETE Resume, LinkedIn & Get Your Dream Job Course! by the author of the best selling business course on Udemy, an award winning professor, TEDx Talk speaker, author & entrepreneur.
I guarantee that this is THE most thorough job course available ANYWHERE on the market – or your money back. This is the #1 best selling career development course on Udemy.
Are you ready to take your career to the next level and get your dream job?
This comprehensive complete career course is 12 hours, contains more than 250 lectures, 67 easy to complete exercises and 29 templates/other downloads to help you:
Get any job you want,
Build the perfect resume (using a format I have successfully used for more than 20 years),
Interview better than anyone else (you will be able to answer ANY interview question and turn your weaknesses into strengths),
Build the perfect LinkedIn profile (learn how to get more recruiters & employers to find you),
Network better than anyone else so you can get your dream job (or even get customers etc),
and much more…
I want to help you get your dream job as my passion has always been helping others reach their full potential. I have conducted over 1000 interviews (1 per week for more than 20 years) and I have successfully interviewed and switched careers many times (from working at Goldman Sachs to the tech industry to consulting to hedge funds to venture capital, etc.). I want you to learn from my mistakes and accomplishments and reach your full potential.
* Since this is a very comprehensive career course, there are 4 ways to take this course as follows:
You can chose to take only the Interview portion of the course, which is Part 1 (sections 1 – 23).
You can chose to take only the Resume/LinkedIn/and Optional Career Goal Setting Workshop portion of the course, which is Part 2 (sections 24 – 41).
You can chose to take only the Networking portion of the course, which is Part 3 (sections 42 – 50).
*My recommendation is to take the entire course in order (sections 1-50).
* I humbly recommend taking the entire course in order as I have reverse engineered and analyzed the process of getting a job over the past 20+ years and I know that if you go through Part 1 first, which is my interview boot camp, then in Part 2 you will know exactly how to improve your resume/LinkedIn profile based on how you completed the interview exercises in Part 1 of the course (very easy process to follow). Then you will be able to network like a rock star in Part 3!
I have mentored many people using the concepts in this course and they have all achieved incredible success in life (I am passionate about helping people reach their full potential).
This course will help you get the job of your dreams and is for every age, every industry, every career and everyone.
There are no limits; you can get any job you want and together we will make this happen. Are you ready to take your career to the next level?
30 day money back guarantee.
Let’s begin!
Thanks,
Chris : )
Welcome to The Complete Job, Interview, Resume, Network and New Career Course!
There are 3 parts to this course as follows:
1: Interviewing which is in Sections 1-23.
2: Resume/Optimizing your LinkedIn profile so that recruiters can find you, which is in Sections 24-41 (an optional career goal setting exercise is in this part of the course as well).
3: Networking, which is in Sections 42-50.
I recommend taking the entire course in order as we can improve your resume based on how you answer questions in Part 1, which deals with how to interview. However, if you are very very comfortable with your interviewing skills then you can start with Part 2 and work on perfecting your resume and/or LinkedIn profile. If you are very very comfortable with your interviewing skills and your resume/LinkedIn profile, then please feel free to start with Part 3, which is the networking section.
As always, I am here to help if you have any questions.
Enjoy the course! Thanks
Chris Haroun
: )
Here are 10 reasons why most people don't do well in interviews.
Please note, that by the end of this course you will NOT have any of the following 10 problems when it comes to interviewing, creating the perfect resume/LinkedIn profile, finding the right career for you and networking:
1: Lack of preparation.
2: Not personable enough. Relationships are more important than product knowledge. Bond first and then talk business later.
3: They don't bring the right exhibits and other items to the interview.
4: They don't have the proper body language or they are too confident or not confident enough - people decide sometimes within 10 seconds if they will hire someone.
5: Their resume or LinkedIn profile has gaps, shows a lack of consistency, is not search engine optimized so recruiters can find you and has the wrong profile picture etc.
6: They don't show that they are passionate about the role they are interviewing for. Never let your interviewer see that you are interviewing for a job. Rather, you are interviewing for something you love to do.
7: Their answers to questions lacks structure.
8: They ramble when answering questions; less is more!
9: Someone else that interviewed for the job appears more qualified.
10: They didn't answer the difficult questions the right way.
Attached are the 3 Success Journals in this course that will help you get your dream job! I included a Microsoft Word version and a PDF version of each of the 3 Success Journals (please use whatever format you prefer).
Please only open and do the exercises in the 3 journals when I mention to please do them in the course videos (I will explain how & when and much more detail in the videos). Thanks
There are 3 parts to this course and 3 corresponding Success Journals which contain many exercises to help perfect your interviewing, resume, LinkedIn profile, networking and many other career skills:
*Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal contains exercises from Sections 1 – 23 of the course.
After completing the Interview Success Journal, please complete the 2nd Journal, which corresponds to Sections 24 – 41 in the course and is called:
* Part 2 of 3: Resume, LinkedIn and Career Success Journal
After completing the two previous journals, please complete the 3rd Journal, which corresponds to Sections 42 – 50 in the course and is called:
* Part 3 of 3: Networking Success Journal
I humbly recommend taking the course in order and completing the 3 Success Journals in order because you might learn what to include and what not to include on your resume and optimized LinkedIn profile based on how you answer the interview questions in Part 1 of this course.
If you have already submitted your resume and already have a job lined up, then please start with Part 1, which will help you ace your interview. Then if you want you can work on Parts 2 and 3 after the interview.
As always, I am here to help if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Chris Haroun
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* Although I recommend doing the entire course in order, if you feel very very comfortable with your interview skills, then start with Part 2, which covers optimizing your resume/LinkedIn profile. If you feel very very comfortable with your interview skills, resume and LinkedIn profile, then please start with Part 3, which deals with improving your networking skills.
In this lecture we will complete Exercise #1 in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal" by selecting yes or no to weaknesses that you think you have that might hurt your chances of getting hired in an interview. After completing this short exercise, we will work on turning these perceived weaknesses into strengths in Section 2.
Now that you have identified your weaknesses, let's discuss how to address them and turn them into strengths.
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: your real weaknesses are (or perceived weaknesses).
Why: so we can discuss how to talk about your potential weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
*How: please watch the lectures in this exercise that address weaknesses that you might have and write down in your Interview Success Journal how to address the issues.
* Please note: feel free to skip the weakness lectures that might not apply to you.
This lecture explains how we can address your perceived weaknesses.
Let's stress what is different about you and why your differences can help the company in your interview. We can look into overcoming potential issues of lack of experience by stressing how we are additive to the company given our unique and different background and life experiences.
Let's stress why your education or life experiences are additive to the company. For example, if you are interviewing for an engineering job but you don't have an engineering degree, mention how your liberal arts education (for example) is additive given you approach to solving problems from a different perspective. A great example is Steve Job's partial liberal arts education (he never graduated) that helped him approach user interface design from a different, fresh and creative perspective (per the description in this video).
Let's explain why you had multiple jobs for short periods of time. We will also introduce the concept of strength words to include while interviewing in this lecture (we will do a more in depth analysis of how and when to use strength words in an interview and why this will help you later in this course).
I will provide you with a menu of great inspirational answers to provide when dealing with this difficult topic. You will be surprised how you can answer this question and turn this into a strength per the examples in this video!
Giving a personal, honest, humble and right from the heart answer for this difficult topic per the video in this lecture so you can turn this into a strength.
The youngest people are the most innovative because they think differently. They grew up in the digital economy and they understand their demographic well, which is, of course additive to the company. They now do many courses online, which enhances their education and life experiences. Think about how all of these superb musicians did their best and most creative work in their 20's:
The Beatles' Abbey Road Album
U2's The Joshua Tree Album
Led Zeppelin etc........ya ya ya I am dating myself here : )
Did you know that the average age for someone in the US starting a company is over 50 now! I am a firm believer that the person that will live to be 150 years old is alive today (I have seen incredible innovations in biotech venture capital that proves that this is true). You are seasoned and not too old : ) You also take many online courses that helps you stay competitive etc....
Stress you are passionate about this role as a team player as you see it as a passion and not a job. We will cover the issue of people thinking they "might be hiring their assassins" later in the course and how to conduct yourself in interviews based on the seniority of the person interviewing you.
As a Canadian working in the US, I dealt with how to deal with this visa topic the right way in interviews, per this lecture.
Being different is a strength. Coming from a different background is additive. Your diversity will make the company more successful as you know how to sell to different markets etc.
You have a different skill set, so you are additive to the company you are interviewing at. You approach problem solving differently, etc.
Whether or not you think you can do it, you are right.
Confidence leads to perceived competence.
We will deal with how to address being nervous in this course and how to be more confident (as I used to get very nervous in interviews.....but now I enjoy them....you will enjoy them too as you will be incredibly well prepared); think of a time when you studied so so so so hard for an exam, that you actually ended up enjoying writing it! You will have this "aha" moment after taking this course.
Whatever it is that happened to/by you, I want to help and I will help. We will discuss great strategies to use and why interviewers and all people love betting on the underdog (David beats Goliath and everyone deserves a second chance). Be honest and personal and say what you have learned from what happened.
Think about how most Hollywood movies have the underdog or poor person etc win and beat those with more....your life story is incredibly inspiring given where you came from. Nature versus nurture is something we will cover and many other strategies in this lecture. Find something positive about whatever happened per this video.
My in class business students with the top scores are never the most successful. Mention why your grades were not better in your interview.....perhaps you had to work part time and support yourself and your family (if this is the case...and yes this is VERY admirable). It's a strength because you had to multitask and you are organized and you can do many things at once. People LOVE betting on the underdog (think about all of the awesome movies where the underdog wins....you might be down, but you are never out)!
If you are worried about this, take a few classes at night and get A's and mention this in your interview. I know people that had a GPA under 3.0 and got into Harvard Business School as they took a few night classes and did well. Many of my employees or people I have mentored all got into their top business schools of choice and they all have dream jobs.
We will overcome this, I promise. Other strategies are also discussed in this lecture.
Nothing that is worth fighting for ever comes easy. We will overcome these perceived weaknesses and turn them into strengths to the extent that not only will you get the job, but you will look back many years from now and think (in most cases), "thank God this was a perceived weakness of mine as it motivated me to work harder than anyone else and be the success that I am today. I am grateful that I was sent down a different path in life. Although I was worried about these weaknesses earlier in life, they actually shaped who I am today and I would not have gotten to where I am without addressing this perceived weakness the right way." : )
Now that we know how to deal with your weaknesses, let's discuss the best ways to discuss our strengths in an interview:
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: strengths or what strength words to mention in your interview.
Why: because interviewers look for certain strength words in interviews.
How: we will discuss 10 crucial strength words to mention or discuss (using examples of your work or school or other life experiences).
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: team player. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: passion. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: dedication/hard work. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: enjoy. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: exceed expectations. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: dependable. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: organized. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: customer focused. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength word: different. Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on the strength sentence: "Why Has Everything You Have Done in Your Life Lead You to Excel at This Job?". Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Learn how to answer questions based on these additional strength words:
Please remember to always ask yourself these 2 words before answering any question in an interview, which is "so what." Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Now that we have covered your strengths and weaknesses, let’s move on to what to discuss what to bring to the interview. In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: to do, create and bring to the interview to materially increase your chances of getting hired.
Why: because getting your dream job is competitive and if we are preemptive and bring items others won't, then our chances of getting hired increases a lot.
How: I will show you what to create, document and bring with you to the interview to impress the heck out of the interviewer(s).
Think "how can I impress and help the interviewer?" Go into all interviewers thinking "what can I bring or do to help the interviewer's career." Give and you always receive; this is the crux of our networking strategy, which we will discuss in Part 3 of this course. If you help someone, they will help you.
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Now that we know how to deal with your strengths and weaknesses and what to bring to the interview that will make you look brilliant, let's discuss how to answer questions when you have no clue what the answer is, how to buy time or if you freeze (which you won’t):
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: frameworks to use when answering questions
Why: because it makes us look organized in our thought process and it buys us time if we have no idea how to answer the question
How: we will discuss examples of qualitative, quantitative and other frameworks you can chose to use in an interview.
If you can't answer a question in an interview or if you need to buy time or if you want to show that you think clearly and are well organized, this lecture will be very helpful.
We will discuss an incredible template that is attached that you can use to think about answering questions in an interview, or even complete and send to your interviewer a few hours after your interview to address a business problem that you discussed with the interviewer or that you had some issues addressing in your interview.
How to structure your answers in an interview using this framework: S.W.O.T.: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.
How to structure your answers in an interview using this framework: Boston Consulting Group Matrix.
How to structure your answers in an interview using this framework: Product Lifecycle.
How to structure your answers in an interview using this framework: Porter 5 Forces Framework.
How to structure your answers in an interview using these frameworks that I created that will help you in a finance, consulting, accounting and other interviews:
1: Mergers and Acquisition Framework
2: Should a Company Build a Product or Buy a Company?
3: Should a Company Do an IPO?
4: Build a Financial Model from Scratch (for Either a Private or a Public Company).
5: Company X is Going Public. Should You Value the Company Using DCF, P/E or P/R or other Valuation Methodologies?
This framework that I created will help you a lot if you can't answer a question.
This framework that I created will help you a lot if you can't answer a question.
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
This framework contains many qualitative frameworks on 1 page.
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
Now that you know how to answer questions using more structure, let's move on to what you need to know about the company you are going to interview with. In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: you need to know a lot about the company you are going to interview with.
Why: because it makes you look smarter and more proactive if you have done your research as most candidates won't do what I am about to teach you. You will look amazing when you mention how you prepared if asked.
How: I am going to briefly show you some Wall Street Analyst tricks on how I used to analyze companies from scratch when I worked at Goldman Sachs and in the Hedge Fund and Consulting Industries and currently in the Venture Capital industry. We will assume you are interviewing at Tesla for this section (as an example).
How to use online resources to analyze the company you are interviewing with, including navigating investor relations, annual reports, etc.
More ways to research the company you are going to be interviewing with (for private and public companies).
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
In this section, we will discuss bonding with the interviewer (crucial topic).
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: it means to be personable in an interview.
Why: because people like hiring people they like.
How: we will discuss how to conduct yourself in the first 10 minutes or so of the interview (before discussing business).
Let's take a step back now for a bit and discuss the personal aspect of doing well in interviews.
4 crucial questions you must answer before thinking about talking about business!
Search on LinkedIn before the interview to learn more about the person you will or might be interviewing with. Find something in common with them before the interview per this video.
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
This exercise reinforces the 4 O'Hare Test questions we must keep in mind prior to our interviews.
In this section, we will discuss optimizing and structuring our delivery in an interview.
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: transition words are, what words to use and what words can buy you time.
Why: they help you to communicate information much more clearly and help you out if you need more time to think of the appropriate answer to give.
How: we will take a look at transition words, how and when to use them and examples of words we should say and just how exactly can we buy time so we can answer questions more clearly.
I worked in sales and was constantly on the phone and selling in person. Here are words to use to structure your logic:
1: If you have a bunch of things you want to say, use transitions like: "in addition" or you can use "in terms of", "moving on to", and the last you say is with this transition "finally...." Why? So it looks like you are structuring you answers and it also buys you time to think a bit more!
2: When someone asks you a question and you need a few more seconds to respond, you can repeat the question. For example, what are your thoughts on the competitive environment. "that's a great question; My opinion on the competitive environment is...."
3: If you don't know again you can say. I am sorry I don't know, but I will find out and get back to you ...write it down and then follow up with the interviewer in an email later.
Be personable in an interview when you answer questions to sound more personable, by starting answers with these words and use these strategies:
Don't use these words and don't say these things in an interview...
Here are ways to very politely disagree with your interviewer.
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: to look for to let you know that the interviewer likes you
Why: because you must please speak a lot less when you see that they like you (I will explain why in more detail)
How: by understanding that we must never sell past the close!
Body language to tell if they like you!
Stop talking once you sense that they really like you!
In terms of the What, Why and How of this section, by the end of this section you will know:
What: it means to answer questions in a certain way that you know what the interview is going to ask you next.
Why: so you can really impress the interviewer.
How: we will keep our answers short and very strategic.
Keep answers short. Let the interviewer dig deeper. If you are asked about something....answer it and then end your answer with a directional comment but don't explain why. Examples of you making a statement but not saying why.....because you want them to ask why, are as follows.
1: "Hands down I think that Apple has the most enviable ecosystem in all of technology." they will ask why!
2: "Microsoft was once the most dominant technology company, but it is no longer dominant for reasons that happen to all once dominant companies." Why? Well the founder left.
3: "Facebook is dominant today but they are making the same mistakes that most large companies do." Why or what mistakes? Well they are buying growth instead of creating new ideas organically.
4: "There are are a few reasons why the New York Yankees aren't doing that well this year, including a few key injuries to star players." What are other reasons? "Their ace pitcher isn't as dominant as he once was.
5: "Twitter has its challenges but it is still the dominant real time news company." What are the challenges? Management just can't execute and employee turnover is too high, it reminds me a bit of Yahoo when it was dominant in search.....then how? Well there was a lot of turnover at the senior ranks by various executives? Which ones: Well Terry Semel left etc.....
Please watch this video first before completing the exercise in the "Part 1 of 3: Interview Success Journal," which is attached to lecture #3 in the first section of this course. Thanks
