EP 11

01:39 - Who is Tracy and what motivated her to help immigrants that are relocating to Canada?

05:14 - Why would a Senior Tech Talent feel like his new job in Canada is an internship?

09:26 - How can you surpass this feeling? What should you be aware of?

13:17 - Repeating the most important information that was shared in the first 13 minutes of the podcast

14:48 - Why will your perception change after relocating to Canada?

16:56 - What was the most shocking thing Tracy noticed after relocating to Canada?

18:55 - What’s the communication like in the USA comparing to Canada?

23:18 - What are some positive aspects of relocating to Canada and having a fresh start?

26:08 - About making friends in a new country

27:46 - Why you should have confidence in what you’re bringing to the new job and community

30:21 - Tips, rules and resources for you to succeed in your new job abroad

33:03 - How can you adapt faster to the Canadian environment?

36:10 - Is there anything that you’ve learned recently?

38:01 - How to contact Tracy

5-day video series link for anyone to enroll (FREE): https://visibleatwork.podia.com/how-to-get-your-career-success-abroad

Tracy’s Visible at Work podcast: www.visibleatwork.com/podcast

Tracy’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyoyekanmi/

Visible at Work’s website: www.visibleatwork.com

For inquiries, you can contact us at [email protected]

EP 10 2nd Part. 

Community questions

0:32 - Is it necessary to keep the LinkedIn profile and resume the same?

2:45 - Would you put achievements, responsibilities, the technologies you worked with, on your Linkedin?

4:40 - What are the most important sections of a LinkedIn profile that should always be kept up to date?

6:30 - What is a good structure for the “about” section?

9:16 - Is the Auto Option from Linkedin good enough?

10:40 - How important is the skills and endorsements section?

13:25 - Is it worth to list all the technologies you worked with?

16:28 - Is it worth paying for Linkedin?

18:20 - What should you be focused on your Linkedin? + tips

20:16 - The services Donna offers, how can she help you improve your profile and what would you experience while working with her?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

For inquiries, you can contact us at [email protected]

EP 10. This episode is split into 2 parts. In the first part you'll learn:

02:23 - How did Donna become a LinkedIn Professional Writer?

05:43 - What are you going to learn today?

06:05 - Why is the Top part of your profile important

7:00 - Is it better to just have your job title in your Linkedin headline?

8:45 - What should the “About” section include?

11:17 - How to describe your experience based on job descriptions and attract recruiters to contact you after seeing your LI Profile

15:20 - What does an expert LI profile writer ask its clients before writing a brief (so you can DIY!)

18:20 - Something that very few people think about when updating their profiles

22:15 - What are the most common mistakes people are making?

27:15 - What are other LinkedIn tricks people can use to their advantage?

30:43 - Why is posting on Linkedin important?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

For inquiries, you can contact us at [email protected]

EP. 9 

03:16 - How do you feel about being in Canada for a year and a half? Was it a good decision?

05:04 - Does Canada still feel like home, as you said one year ago?

06:12 - Is Canada still as welcoming towards immigrants and the LGBT community as you said before?

06:40 - How is Canada for immigrants that aren’t developers?

07:27 - If you would’ve known all the difficulties that are in Canada, would’ve you changed your mind?

09:49 - How did Canada handle the whole COVID-19 Situation? Did you felt safe?

11:50 - Until the pandemic stroke us… did you had family or friends come and visit you? What was their opinion about Toronto?

14:53 - Did anything change in your professional life?

17:40 - How are things different in this new position?

20:32 - What’s next for you? Do you have any goals for the next months?

22:25 - How do you feel when you’re looking back at the decisions you took? What advice would you give to people that are interested to take the same decision you took?

For inquiries, you can contact us at [email protected]

EP.8

In this episode, we had a chat with Alison Simpson (Chief Marketing Officer at Key) and Mark McLean (VP of Key, and a 30 year veteran of the Toronto Real Estate Market), and discovered more about Housing in Canada, Toronto.

02:12 - What are you going to learn today

03:47 - Mark’s story

06:27 - What Motivated Mark to join Key Living

7:44 - Alison’s story

9:57 - About Key, What is the homeownership on-demand model and how it’s different from buying or renting

15:14 - About the process of buying a house

20:41 - What are the challenges immigrants will face when they’ll land in Canada

23:10 - Recommendation: is it better to rent or to buy?

27:01 - What are the other costs, besides rent (maintenance, etc)

28:53 - How to start searching for housing

31:57 - What if I’m not ready for buying yet? How will the renting experience be for me?

33:54 - Are there furnished apartments on the Canadian Market?

35:00 - The most popular scams you should avoid

37:36 - Exciting things coming up from Key Living

38:26 - How to contact Allison and Mark in case you need their help

Resources mentioned in the episode:

1. Realtor.ca

2. Allison's LinkedIn

3. Mark's LinkedIn

5. Global Skills Hub

6. Global Skills Hub's Newsletter

If you want Allison or Mark's email but didn't understand it from the podcast, email us at [email protected]

EP.7 

In this episode, we had a chat with Austin Belcak, the founder of CultivatedCulture.com, and discovered what a Value Validation Project is. 

2:22 - Austin’s Introduction

4:00 - What are you going to learn from Austin

5:00 - About Austin’s professional past

9:23 - About the 2% of people who land jobs by applying online

9:56 - Great advice given by an Uber employee

11:05 - Two common things that helped Austin in landing his dream job

13:30 - Why is it so hard for non-traditional applicants to Showcase their Skills and Value

14:47 - What’s wrong with the System of Online Application. Is it designed to reject candidates?

20:02 - How to land your dream job, and what is a Value Validation Project

23:57 - How to research the company you want to work for

seekingalpha.com

29:25 - How to network. Mistakes people do while networking

36:12 - What a Value Validation is, and how you can properly do one

42:53 - Interesting things Austin learned recently

Resources mentioned in the episode:

1. www.SeekingAlpha.com

2. www.Candor.co

3. www.Layoffs.fyi

4. Austin's LinkedIn

5. Global Skills Hub

6. Global Skills Hub's Newsletter

Austin Belcak, the founder of Cultivated Culture, shared with us a different job-seeking approach everybody can take to land their dream job.

EP. 6

In this episode, we had a chat with Cem Eygi, Front-End Developer and Content Creator

1:00 - About Cem and how he started to be interested in teaching other people

3:24 - Who could benefit from your content and who do you target mostly?

4:39 - What are the fundamentals that every Front-End Developer should know?

6:18 - What types of Front-End development interviews exist?

10:18 - Do you feel like there needs to be a technical assignment in an interview?

11:57 - Where could one start practicing for interviews?

12:25 - Are there other things candidates should be doing when preparing for the interview, other than practicing?

13:53 - What resources could one use when practicing for technical interviews?

15:09 - What are the most common mistakes developers make during the interviews?

17:20 - What should developers pay attention to, while being interviewed

17:59 - What are other mistakes developers make during the interviews?

18:41 - Cem’s Interview experience (how he handled being interviewed by 7 people at the same time)

21:41 - About Cem’s content and what you should expect from it

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Cem's Youtube Channel

2. Cem's Medium Profile

3. Cem's FreeCodeCamp Profile

4.  Cem's LinkedIn Profile

5. Udemy, CodeAcademy

6. Global Skills Hub

Thank you for listening to our show and remember - If you are a Senior Developer looking to relocate to Canada, visit us on Globalskills.io, or shoot us an email at [email protected]

EP. 5

In this episode, we had a chat with Edaqa Mortoray, evaluator at Interviewing.io and the author of "What Is Programming?: A Harmony of People. Code That Runs the World. and the Individual Behind the Keyboard."

1:36 - How did you become interested in the Technical Interviewing aspect?

3:45 - What is an interviewer looking for, in Technical Interviews?

4:54 - How to adjust yourself to the interviewer and have a good relationship during the interview.

6:08 - Important points you don’t have to miss during an interview (hints)

7:34 - How should you manage your time during the Technical Interview

8:28 - Tips for Communicating

9:38 - How would an ideal Technical Interview look like?

13:57 - How to talk about your projects.

14:53 - What is expected from a candidate to include when talking about a project.

16:38 - What interviewers are looking to find out when they’re asking about a challenge you had.

18:55 - What are some mistakes candidates do during the interviews?

20:28 - Is asking questions during an interview, recommended? How could the questions be asked?

21:31 - How can a candidate handle an unengaged interviewer?

23:56 - What are the most important aspects of a Coding Interview?

26:08 - What are the best ways to impress an interviewer?

27:41 - How candidates can become faster at solving interview problems.

29:54 - Should we focus more on a bug-free actual running code, or on a pseudo-code?

32:14 - Where should one start when visiting interview.codes?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. Interviewing.codes

2. Essential JavaScript code for lists

3. Essential lists code for a Python Interview.

4. Edaqa's SkillShare Account

5. Edaqa's LinkedIn

6. Global Skills Hub

Thank you for listening to our show and remember - If you are a Senior Developer looking to relocate to Canada, visit us on Globalskills.io, or shoot us an email at [email protected]

EP. 4

In this episode, we had a chat with Moshe Feuchtwager and Crysfel Villa, the Front-End and Back-End leads of CodingCoach.

1:02 - Introduction Moshe (CodingCoach’s Front-End Lead)

1:45 - Introduction Crysfel (CodingCoach’s Back-End Lead)

2:53 - About CodingCoach and how Moshe and Crysfel discovered it.

6:06 - What is the main target of CodingCoach?

7:34 - Why do you think it’s important for a developer to become a mentor? How does it benefit you or your career?

10:30 - How does a mentoring look like? Is there a certain pattern? How could you define mentoring?

13:45 - Is there a certain time when you’re ready to become a mentor? Can anyone be a mentor? What if you don’t feel prepared to be a mentor?

18:45 - Should everybody become a mentor at some point in their life? Do you believe mentoring is something that companies should be taking seriously or people should do on their own?

20:40 - Have you ever had any experience mentoring specifically around Technical interviews?

24:08 - Is there a specific type of question that you like asking candidates?

25:30 - Are there any red flags that you look for, in the response of the interviewee?

28:28 - Where do you think most people fail when it comes to Technical Interviews? How can they fix it?

33:20 - In light of everything that’s going on in the world right now, most of the companies started to interview remotely. Do you see any differences? Anything people should be mindful of?

37:50 - What resources would you recommend to those who want to start practicing for technical interviews?

39:42 - We have lots of companies who interview using complex algorithms but at the end of the day, we get into the organization building systems without using the knowledge of the complex algorithms... What's your take on this?

43:30 - What is CodingCoach, and how can you benefit from this community?

46:13 - About CodingCoach’s OpenSource projects, and why you should involve in it.

49:25 - What are the benefits of being a member of the CodingCoach Community?

50:30 - What is the best way to get in touch with CodingCoach?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

1. CodingCoach

2. Transcript of the session - Special thanks for Moshe, Crysfel, Zack, and Brent for writing these slides and answering our community's questions!

3. Moshe's LinkedIn

4. Crysfel's LinkedIn

5. Global Skills Hub

Thank you for listening to our show and remember - If you are a Senior Developer looking to relocate to Canada, visit us on Globalskills.io, or shoot us an email at [email protected]