In this webinar for Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) of Government of Kerala, I shared some pointers about getting hired in a post COVID-19 Job Market. The session primarily consisted of 3 sections - CV, Skill Acquisition & Personal Branding.

1. Getting Hired in a
Post COVID-19 Job Market
Vijay S Paul

3. The market
has changed.

4. Remote work
has increased.

5. 19,503new remote job listings on LinkedIn in last two weeks.

6. RESUME TIPS

7. • Extra Curricular contributions are
being valued more
• Tweak the CV based on JD
• Show evidence of skills
• Don’t add irrelevant details

8. Use action verbs(Achieved, Established, Accomplished, Analyzed, Presented etc.)

9. Held weekly meetings to update manager about project
status.
vs
Initiated weekly meetings to communicate project status to
senior management.

10. SKILLS TO ACQUIRE

11. • Flexibility
• Make learning a habit
• Accept gig economy
• Improve your tech skills
• Better your email skills
• Critical thinking

13. • Better your social
presence (not TikTok)
• LinkedIn
• Cleanup your accounts
• Portfolio/Blog
• Help others

14. NEVER GIVE UP