The document outlines strategies for job seekers to effectively showcase their talents to potential employers by emphasizing self-awareness, understanding the employer's industry and structure, and preparing thoroughly for interviews. Key advice includes conducting a personal SWOT analysis, setting clear career goals, and demonstrating a proactive and adaptable mindset. It concludes with a motivational quote about the importance of passion in achieving great work.

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2. How to help potential employer
recognise your talent?
20th October 2012
Nguyen Chi Duc
GM, Business Development
PRISM Information Technology Services
Vietnam
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3. Agenda
1. Know yourself?
2. Know who your potential employer is?
3. How can you expose your talent?
4. Summary
5. Q&A
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4. Know yourself?
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5. Know yourself?
• 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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6. Know yourself?
• 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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7. Know yourself?
• 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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8. Agenda
1. Know yourself?
2. Know who your potential employer will be?
3. How can you expose your talent?
4. Summary
5. Q&A
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9. Know who your potential employer will be?
• 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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10. Know who your potential employer will be?
• 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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11. Know who your potential employer will be?
• Organization structure?
• Who are their competitors in the market?
– Where is their position in the market? % of market shares? etc.
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12. Know who your potential employer will be?
• 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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13. Know who your potential employer will be?
• 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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14. Agenda
1. Know yourself?
2. Know who is your potential employer?
3. How can you expose your talents?
4. Summary
5. Q&A
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15. How can you expose your talents?
• 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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16. How can you expose your talents
• 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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17. How can you expose your talents
• 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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18. Agenda
1. Know yourself?
2. Know who is your potential employer?
3. How can you expose your talent?
4. Summary
5. Q&A
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19. 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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20. Thank you!
Please contact me at
• ducnguyen@prism.com.vn; or
• duc@vietnamsupplychain.com; or
• duc_nguyen71@yahoo.com
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