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7 AI-powered tools to help you land your next role
I shared my experience being laid off on national radio
John Lim
May 27, 2023
Happy Monday!
Hi, welcome to another issue of On My Own Terms newsletter.
In case you missed the previous issue - I got laid off on On 4 May 2023. Since the previous issue, I am seeing some progress from working on the four tracks as mentioned:
1. Working with career coaches 2. Speaking with recruiters 3. Applying for roles directly 4. Spending time on curated opportunities.
If you are in a similar situation - get in touch if you think I can help you in any way - even being a listening ear. I 100% empathise with what you’re going through.
Big hello and welcome to our new subscribers this week Tony, Damian, Jonathan, Brian, vogue8ee and Esther!
Best,
John Lim
How would you like to be laid off?
Would you prefer to be laid off in the comfort of your own home or in-person in office? Would you prefer to be ‘forewarned’ in advance that layoff is coming or the layoff to take effect immediately? What’s the right layoff "etiquette”?
I was laid off virtually - and looks like it’s become the norm.
7 AI-powered tools to help you land your next role
Ramped - Use AI to craft the perfect resume points and let the platform apply to jobs for you
Simplified.jobs - Google Chrome extension which saves you hours by autofilling job applications for you
Teal - Build a better resume and track all of your job applications in one place
TryitonAI - Create AI generated professional headshots in minutes and save $$$
Kickresume - Build a resume in minutes with help of AI and a cover letter to match
CareerFlow.ai - Use AI to generate cover letters, optimize your LinkedIn profile and track your job applications
Massive - See details about a role, company and the compensation before applying
Note: some of these tools may be more North American centric. FYI - I tried Careerflow.ai and it works great for me. I’m tempted to try TryitonAI (time to get updated professional headshot) - let me know how it works for you?
Credits: Tobi Oluwale’s Linkedin post
“Look Ma, I’m on national radio”
I agreed to share more about my experience being laid off in a short interview with CNA938 - as my way to normalize layoffs and career change - same ethos why I started On My Own Terms podcast. Have a listen:
Quote of the week (or past weeks post-layoff)
I chanced upon this quote and I thought it beautifully sums up why and how I reacted to my layoff.
I can’t control / change what happened to me - the layoff (the stimulus), but I can absolutely control what I respond (response) to it.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
*NEW SECTION* - Featured Organization
In the course of my work, I get to meet and know of interesting cool organizations which are doing great work. And guess what, some of them are actively looking for smart, hardworking, ambitious talents like yourself. So I thought why not connect you both through this newsletter (You’re welcome).
Which brings us to today’s featured organization - Verz Design. I got to know Feng Hou - Verz Design’s co-founder and sales director - who I had the pleasure of working alongside with - when I was at Shopify. I have also met and interacted with some of the team members at work events.
Who are they?
Verz Design is a design and development company based in Singapore offering wide range of digital marketing services, including website design and development, mobile app development, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), social media marketing, and e-commerce solutions. They also offer graphic design services, such as logo design, brochure design, and corporate identity design.
What’s cool about them?
Verz Design is one of the top Shopify agency partners and they provide a wide range of services to help businesses digitalize - including being a accredited pre-approved government grant vendor. Feng Hou, who I actively worked with, is hands-on and dynamic. The company does not stinge on staff benefits - employees are eligible for corporate membership with Virgin Active (as one of the many perks)!
Current opportunities at Verz Design
Kindly refer to Verz Design’s LinkedIn page. Reply this email with the job listing url and I will connect you directly with Verz Design’s HR.
Disclaimer: This section is not sponsored by Verz Design. If you/your organization wishes to reach out to smart talented and ambitious readers of this newsletter, write to me.
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About John Lim:
John has had an unconventional career by Singapore / Asian standards - with several career switches. He started his career in banking before co-founding a laser tag events company. After building the business from ground-up, growing the team to 20+ and running Singapore's largest indoor laser tag center, he joined an early-stage tech startup to lead business development across Southeast Asia. In 2019, he took a leap of faith to join the e-commerce industry, seemingly unknown sector, until a few months later when Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees.
While John finds himself lucky to have 'survived' the career switches relatively unscathed, he has never forgotten how it feels like to be at the crossroads of your career and life. Now, he has started On My Own Terms Podcast - to provide the resources and perspectives he wished he had - and to help you make the most of your career to live your best life. Join him as he speaks with unconventional career changers and risk-takers, taps into their experiences and perspectives and discusses all things career. Together, they will provide you nuggets of wisdom, inspiration and actionable insights to start living life on your own terms.
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DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed in newsletter and podcast are solely my own and do not represent the opinions of past, current or future organizations that I was, am and will be part of.