I shared my main lessons learned after a one-year job search period, in the Israeli Job Market. Topics:  How to act like a born & raised in Israel - when in Rome, do as the Romans do  Practical tips & tools for your job search: ✔️ Creating or curating content ✔️ Freelancing ✔️ Volunteering ✔️ Keeping track  Simulation: applying for a job using social media - a true story

2. Agenda
A bit about myself
A bit about you
How to act like a born & raised in Israel
Simulation: applying for a job using social media
Practical tips & tools for your job search:
Creating or curating content
Freelancing
Volunteering
Keeping track

3. Hi! I’m Carol Hauser Slapak
• Before Alyiah:
• I was born in Manaus and raised in Rio de Janeiro
• Studied in a Jewish school and was part of a Youth
Movement called Chazit Hanoar (Shnat Hachsharah in
2000)
• BA in Business Administration and MBA in Finance
• Spoke fluently 3 languages, worked for multinationals
and have had international experience
• Mainly worked for business consulting firms and
provided advsory services for big companies in Brazil
• After Alyiah:
• Almost 5 years in Israel
• Did Alyiah alone, but I had one sister and one cousing living
in Israel for +5 years
• I met Oren (Israeli), we got married and we live in Ramat Gan
• Through Gvahim Network, I landed my first job at Netafim as
PMO and Corporate Development
• Started being one of Gvahim’s mentor and coaching people
that approached to me in my spare time
• After an acquisition, my position was discontinued
• Started writing a blog for The Times of Israel (TOI) about the
Israeli Workplace, in English
• Created my personal page on Fiverr
• Volunteered with several companies
• Found my second job through a connection because of TOI
• After a year, I decided to quit and look for a job again
• BOOM! Coronavirus lockdown
• Founded Kadima Brasil, an online community of Brazilian
professionals living in Israel

4. Happy to meet you!!
Write keywords that come to your mind,
when you think about the Israeli Job Market
What have been your main difficulty looking
for a job in the last 6 months?

5. A Small Reminder…
EXTRAORDINARY
Just remember that you can:
• Not have a job
• Get laid off
• Have a gap in your resume
• Not have a college degree
• Not master Hebrew
• Think that you lack relevant experience
And still be…

6. When in Rome,
do as the Romans do
ISRAELI
CULTURE
How to Act Like a Born & Raised in Israel

7. Israeli Culture
Inbal Arieli
https://www.linkedin.com
/in/inbalarieli/
Osnat Lautman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/osnat-lautman-mansoor-
88b4951b

8. Israeli Culture
The state of feeling and expressing joy and
sympathy for someone else’s well-being or
achievement without jealousy or selfishness.
A genuine attempt at making someone else
feel good, not to be confused with simply
complimenting someone
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/develop-implement-
chutzpah-get-your-dream-job-caroline-hauser-slapak/
“We, Israelis, always say: ‘I CAN do it’, even if
we got a NO for an answer. We believe in
ourselves (self-confidence!) so much that, in
the end, we WILL DO IT NO MATTER
WHAT and will also convince the other person
to change his mind and give you the ‘YES’
you’re waiting for”

9. Israeli Culture
“The culture of improvisation in Israel supports “thinking
outside the box”. This means not just going along with an
existing plan but continually thinking, initiating and
changing until the desired goal is reached”
• Learn Hebrew
• Read / watch local news and learn people’s name
• Watch vlogs, listen to podcasts
• Learn who are the influential people in business (ex:
Forbes / The Marker)
• Watch local series and learn actors’ name
• Understand local brands (supermarket, pharmacy)
http://bit.ly/2tE9xCa

10. Practical Tips & Tools for your Job Search
• Creating or Curating Content
• Freelancing
• Volunteering
• Keeping track

11. Creating or Curating Content
• Why?
• Professional image online, personal brand
• No character count limitation, unlike a one-page resume format
• What?
• Your passion / the job position you want to land / companies and verticals
• Articles you’ve read
• Vlogs you’ve watched
• Podcasts you’ve listened
• YouTube
• Spotify
• Create your own website
• How?
• LinkedIn
• The Times of Israel
• Medium
Add what you’ve learned!
Spotlight others

12. Freelancing
• Why?
• The future of the work industry
• Spreads your risk
One-time project can turn into
something bigger and consistent!
• What?
• Your experience acquired from previous jobs
• Specialized skills for one-off projects
• Guru
• Toptal
• Translation / Localization
• Others
• How?
• Fiverr
• Upwork
• Freelancer.com
• Ace

13. Volunteering
• Why?
• Lift your spirits - feel productive
• Expand your network
• Learn new skills
• Improve your Hebrew!
• What?
• Your experience acquired from previous jobs
• A new profession you want to develop
• Create your own opportunity
• Israeli volunteer network
• Your municipality
• Keywords:
‫התנדבות‬,‫מתנדב‬/‫ת‬
• How?
• Ask Limor (Gvahim)
• Chamber of commerce
• Keep Olim in Israel group
• Latet

14. Keeping Track
• Why?
• Get and stay organized
• Can help you prepare for the interview
• What?
• Have clear career goals
• Pick a tracking system that works for you
• Job application list
• Relationship nurturing list
• Project management or customer
relationship tools
• How?
• Google sheet
• Excel sheet

15. Making positive comments
Adding value
Asking questions!
Comment Share
Recommend Endorse Create content Increase reach
Building Relationship is an “Ongoing” Process
React

16. Simulation: Applying for a Job using Social Media
TRUE STORY

17. Carol Hauser Slapak
052-9370241
carol.hauser@gmail.com
THANK YOU!
‫תודה‬!
OBRIGADA!
GRACIAS!