The 360 Podcast with Dean Kulaweera

This week's episode my guest is Sajid Pathan, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of BACG Canada. He is also Founder of Canadian Analytics Collaborative, an awesome informational and meetup group whose events I have attended on a couple of occasions as a speaker, panelist, and as an attendee.   In this conversation we covered:   - What is Data Analytics?  - What does it really mean to be "d...

Recording of my Live Stream from May 28, 2020 with Meena Dowlwani, CEO of Destination CEO. In this episode Meena shared her thoughts on:   - Common #JobSearch mistakes Job Seekers make  - Adapting your job search strategy to Covid-19's impact on the job market  - Advice to Students/New Graduates who do not have professional experience  - How do you get an internship?  - An...

Recording of my Live Stream from Wednesday May 27, 2020 at 11AM Eastern Time Zone - tune in every week LIVE on LinkedIn and my Facebook Page. Links at my personal website below. Today I covered how to deal with or lessen anxiety before or during your job interviews as a candidate. I covered 3 tips: 1) Acceptance 2) Preparation 3) Pipeline Check out the full segment. Had some technical difficulties...

This week, I brought back previous guest Jeffrey Tefertiller, who owns Service Management Leadership, a consulting firm. He is the author of 4 books on ITSM and in this episode, we discussed his recent, and 5th book, on Business Continuity titled: "Business Continuity: The Art of Staying Continuous" which you can purchase on Amazon. To watch full version in video - check out my YouTube channel lis...

In my recent conversation with Gurpreet Kaur Mann aka HR Superhero, we discussed the topic of evaluating the #JobSearch advice out there. Many job seekers are in a continuous state of confusion because 1) There's so much advice out there, and 2) Not all that advice is good advice. I share a clip in which Gurpreet shared some excellent insights regarding this and how to evaluate the advice you're r...

Live recording of my Live Stream from May 21, 2020 with Gurpreet Kaur Mann aka HR Superhero. We shared our thoughts on the job search from two different perspectives: from a #Recruiter and from an #HR expert - we also answered Job Search questions LIVE as well.   Some of the topics we covered included:  - Resume tips and advice  - Are there really job opportunities right now during...

Recording of my Live Stream from Wednesday May 20, 2020 at 11AM Eastern Time Zone - tune in every week LIVE on LinkedIn and my Facebook Page. Links at my personal website below. Today's questions which were asked: - What adjustments can be made to your resume if you're a new graduate and you don't have professional experience? - Which market sectors are hiring right now? - Where do you look for Pr...

*For video version of this discussion, check out my YouTube channel - link on my website further down* This week my guest is Danny Pehar, an expert in the Cybersecurity space, member of the Forbes Technology Council, and someone very active on social media in educating, not only other cybersecurity professionals, but also the "non-technical", everyday, regular, normal people - such as myself! I ca...

You need to be so sold on yourself as being the most qualified person for whatever position you're interviewing for, that for the organization to choose anyone other than yourself would be a disservice to them: that needs to be your attitude and mindset. This does not mean be arrogant and unprofessional. But you need to have a genuine belief that YOU are the ONE. If you don't believe that - no one...

Recording of my Live Stream from Wednesday May 13, 2020. Speaking about:  - The importance of "roleplaying" as a #JobSeeker - prepare for what you can anticipate!  - Keeping track of stalls/rejections/objections you receive  - What people say is different from what they really mean   Tune in LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM Eastern Time Zone on Facebook or LinkedIn for my live streams -...

My guest this week is Osita Nwajiufor, an expert in the ERP Systems space and Founder of NIPCA (Nigerian IT Professionals in Canada). In our discussion, Osita provided his insights and expertise in various important topics such as:   - What type of organizations & industries benefit the most from using ERP Systems?  - What are the advantages of having an ERP system and what impact do...

Are you practicing and rehearsing how you'll be responding to common responses/objections/stalls/rejections you hear during your Job Search? If not - you should be. As a Recruiter, I role-play regularly - or at least I used to and then stopped. I briefly let you know what happened after I stopped this great habit of mine and why you need to start doing the same as a job seeker.  Follow me on...

Recording of my Live Video Stream from Wednesday May 6, 2020. Every week on Wednesdays I go live at 11AM Eastern Time Zone on LinkedIn and Facebook and discuss various Job Search topics. Links to follow me are below if you want to tune in live. This week I covered video interview preparation tips. With most business operating remotely and most hiring processes being done remotely, you will most pr...

My guest this week is Garima Bajpai - someone very active in the DevOps community and an expert in the space. In our discussion we covered:  - The end goals of a DevOps environment  - What led to the creation of DevOps environments and why is it so popular in recent times?  - Major areas of DevOps  - Advantages/benefits of DevOps practices and processes and how to take advantag...

Recording of my Live Video Stream from Wednesday April 29, 2020. Every week on Wednesdays I go live at 11AM Eastern Time Zone on LinkedIn and Facebook and discuss various Job Search topics. Links to follow me are below if you want to tune in live. Last week's session I covered the importance of moving fast on job opportunities in the current environment and 4 tips on helping you do so. Follow me o...

For must of us, the situation is such: there are much fewer available opportunities in the current environment due to Covid-19 and a greater amount of available talent competing over the same roles. Chances are, you will be experiencing much greater competition for the roles which you're applying for. Depending on your resume/CV may not be effective due to: 1) As mentioned above, more competition...

This week's episode, my guest is Hari Kizhakkillom - a JavaScript expert. We had a very interesting discussion covering:  - The evolution of JavaScript  - Why its so popular  - The JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React  - Challenges faced by Developers and how to navigate them  - Hari's advice to JavaScript Developers in order to ace interviews and set themselves...

Are you placing too much importance on your resume/CV? Your resume is certainly a very important document especially during the early stages of your job search. In this episode I discuss: 1) The degree to which your resume is important 2) The stage at which its importance drops 3) What you still need to do in relation to your resume/CV

This week's episode I speak with Jeffrey Tefertiller who owns Service Management Leadership, a consulting firm. He is the author of 4 books on ITSM and will be releasing his forthcoming book on Business Continuity. We had a great discussion about various aspects of IT Service Management & Business Continuity - some of the major topics we covered included:   - What is IT Service Management...

I speak about 5 things you can do after getting over that initial shock of being at the receiving end of a lay-off. Sometimes lay-offs are anticipated, other times, they get you by surprise. Either way, unless you hate the company you were at and are relieved, its never a pleasant experience. So how do you get back in the game and move onwards in your job search? I discuss some action steps you ne...

In my very first segment of my new weekly series #TechTalks with a #TechRecruiter, my guest Harsha Vachher (Founder of K Tech Labs) is a Cybersecurity expert in the field of Smart Buildings/Real Estate. In this episode Harsha discusses key aspects of Cybersecurity:  - What is Cybersecurity? Is it important for us to be aware of?  - What are SmartBuildings and what is their relationship t...

"Dean - what's the best way to contact Recruiters?". This is a common question I get asked - and its an important question to cover especially in today's environment (I'm speaking of the current situation as of April 2020) where there is an increased amount of available talent and fewer opportunities resulting in higher competition for open opportunities. Should you use LinkedIn? Should you stick...

Things are a lot different now than they were a few weeks ago. A LOT different from a few months ago. The job search market is totally different from what you're probably used to - and you need to adapt to it. A major adaptation you need to make is moving fast and with a sense of urgency on opportunities which interest you. I've spoken about speed & urgency in the past, way before any of this came...

Today's episode is an important one for those of your actively looking for new opportunities: adapting to the current trends I'm seeing which are occurring in response to the current situation with Covid-19. We can all agree that things are a bit different - what I want to get your attention on is confronting the major trends so you can adapt and adjust your job search to them. There are opportuni...

Nobody could have predicted Covid-19, and how far-reaching its effects have been. I know a lot of you may have been effected by its repercussions, whether as an active or passive job seeker. Or perhaps you've been effected by lay-offs due to the outbreak and state of emergency in your city/country. I recorded this episode to get you focused back on your job search with 6 tips to help you adapt to...