How can young graduates with no professional experience get their first opportunity in the job market? What should the candidate talk about in a job interview when he has little or no professional background?
Ágatha Barros, 23, from Rio de Janeiro, told a recruiter that she loves to practice physical activities. “The sport gives you a lot of focus to evolve”, he says. “I think this has a lot to do with work too.”
Gabriela Galindo, 20, from São Paulo, recalls that she did volunteer work and exchange. “Sometimes they’re not looking for the experience, but knowing that you want to learn,” he says.
The third episode of the Minha Vaga podcast, Minhas Rules, published this Tuesday (7), shows how young people from Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2010) can make use of their characteristics and strengths to start their careers. Listen below:
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For the director of human resources at startup Loft, Renata Feijó, what matters is that these candidates show activities that can be understood as skills that will contribute to the hiring company. And hobbies can help right now.
The CEO of Seja Trainee, Luís Abdalla, remembers a candidate with an engineering degree who used to do crafts as a hobby, but was ashamed to mention it in job interviews.
“And when she started looking at her life story a little, she began to bring out in a very interesting way that she was always a very creative person, who really liked to think about new ways of doing things,” says Abdalla. “And today she is looking for opportunities as an engineer linked to the innovation part.”
The episode also features an interview with the founder of Companhia de Estágios, Tiago Mavichian. In the conversation, he assesses the strengths of Generation Z youth and offers other tips on how they can become interesting even without a résumé full of previous jobs.
Minha Vava, Minhas Rules is a production of sheet in partnership with LinkedIn. The podcast talks about professional life and offers tips for those who want to start or progress in their career.
The first episode, released on November 9th, dealt with the myths and truths that candidates face when getting a job. The second, published on November 23, addressed the anguish of unemployment and mental health at work.
The presentation and script are by journalist Bruno B. Soraggi, who has been a reporter for the sheet, in which he has already worked in Guia Folha, São Paulo magazine and Mônica Bergamo column.
He is joined by the senior editor of LinkedIn Notícias, Claudia Gasparini. She has been working since 2018 creating and curating news and analysis on the job market on LinkedIn, which today has 51 million users in Brazil.
Sound editing is by Luan Alencar.
The podcast can be listened to on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and other apps. Episodes air every 15 days on Tuesdays.
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