One of roles at Canonical is hiring lead. Since 2022, I have hired several dozen people for numerous different roles. I have interviewed hundreds, and reviewed thousands of applications.
A candidate's expectations of what they ought to do can be far apart from that of a prospective employer. I have seen hundreds of candidates fare much less well in the process than they should have done, simply because they were not able to understand the process from the employer's perspective.
It particularly harms candidates unfamiliar with the industry, from other cultures, or without personal networks of people who are already industry insiders. They make unnecessary mistakes. They emphasise and focus on the wrong things. They neglect things that could give them real advantage.
It's one of my missions in life to help address that unfairness.
I want to share and explain the employer's perspective, so that applying for jobs becomes less like trying to understand the workings of a black box. I will also show how to approach job applications in ways that help a candidate provide what the employer needs.
This is a hands-on workshop, in which participants will have the chance to revise their own approaches based on insider insights, There will also be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion of strategy and technique, in writing CVs, submitting applications and taking part in interviews and assessments.
There's a vast amount of bad advice and false information about how to succeed as a job applicant. The perspectives and advice in this session come directly from my own position and experience as someone who assesses, interviews and hires candidates: they are what I wish all the candidates I meet already knew and did.
