At the invite of careerexcellence.com.sg, I shared with group of job-seeking professionals on my thought process and approaches if I get retrenched. This is based on my experience in recruitment, career coaching and being laid off a few times.

1. By Adrian Tan

2. About Adrian
(overview)
PRACTICE LEADER –
FUTURE OF WORK TECH
@ PEOPLESTRONG
12 YEARS IN AGENCY
RECRUITMENT
3 YEARS IN CAREER
COACHING
1 YEAR IN PUBLIC
OUTPLACEMENT
CO-AUTHOR OF
‘EVERYTHING YOU WISH
TO ASK A HEADHUNTER’

3. Jobs commentator on
CNA

4. My retrenchments and dismissal milestones
RETRENCHED FROM A
DOTCOM IN 2012
RETRENCHED FROM
ANOTHER DOTCOM IN
LATER PART OF 2012
FIRED FROM IT
TRAINING SCHOOL
HINTED TO LEAVE A HR
TECH
FIRED FROM A JOB
PLACEMENT AGENCY

5. Look out for the signs

6. Top 3 signs
1. Lesser Communication With Your Boss
2. Long And Frequent HR Meetings
3. Outsiders Are Talking About It

8. What is job search?

9. Job search is a sales
job

10. Sales job comes with
KPI

11. Huntr

12. Step 1: Getting ready

14. Top 3 unemployable traits
1. The “Full-of-themselves”
2. Mr/Ms Perfect
3. The Depressor

16. Talk to someone

17. Share it

18. This is not the 1980s,
there is no shame to be
a victim

19. Step 2: Get help

20. You can
choose to DIY

21. Or learn from
MLM –
multiplier
effects

22. Job Centre

23. Colleagues
(Former/Present)

24. Friends

25. Back to Step 1: This is provided
you have completed Step 1. If not,
conversation will be about you
complaining.

27. Step 2: Identify your
Product-Market Fit

28. 2a: Find
something
similar

29. 2b: Career transition

30. Identify your hard/soft skills

31. Hack: Use Gallup
Strengths/DISC/MBTI
• Validate with close friends

32. If 2b, be prepared for
paycut

33. Just because you take a
course doesn’t mean
you will get the job.

34. Clock
internship/experience

36. Step 3: Sales Kit

37. Putting a resume together

39. ResumeWriter.SG

40. Career Hero

41. Step 4: Lead Generation

42. Update your
LinkedIn to
reflect

43. Connect with relevant
recruiters/network

44. Receive
recommendations

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49. Two groups to
connect with
• Specialist recruiters
• People currently in target industry/roles

50. If you ask for money, you get advice.
If you ask for advice, you get money

51. If you ask for job, you get advice.
If you ask for advice, you get job

52. Step 4: Content Marketing
(optional)

53. Two same
candidates but
one is a thought
leader, who will
you hire?

55. Write on LinkedIn

56. What can I write
about?

57. Opinions, Commentaries,
Predictions (Not just
information)

58. Ref: Opposition political members (opinions).
PAP (information)

59. Get speaking
engagement.

60. Find out relevant event and
reach out for pro bono gigs.

61. Too nerve-wrecking? Start with
moderating

62. Hack: Ask panellists what they
want to share and reverse
engineer into questions. Chain
all questions together.

63. Create your own blog

64. 164,985 views over
2019

65. Step 5: Sales Demo

66. Address elephants
first

67. Common
interview
questions
Tell me a little about yourself.
What are your biggest weaknesses?
What are your biggest strengths?
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Out of all the other candidates, why should we hire you?
Why do you want this job?
What do you consider to be your biggest professional
achievement?

68. Tips
Align answers to core
values of organisation
Back everything with
examples
A weakness is what it was
before becoming a strength

69. Step 6: Keep up the daily
activities

70. Connect with
me on

71. Thank You