The Kyiv Post held its second online Employment Fair on April 14, with the livestream of the event available on the newspaper’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
With unemployment near 10% officially,the focus was on how to prepare a CV and what to do during online job interviews. Experts participating in the event also talked about the job market, where to find new vacancies and how to switch their careers.
Elena Sabry, a job search coach and founder of Career Academy in the U.S., has worked at 12 jobs in four countries before she became a career coach. She has helped dozens of people from different countries to find decent jobs. Sabry said that more companies look for candidates on social media. That is why it is crucial for job-seekers to be present online nowadays.
Her talk was moderated by Karine Makiian, public relations manager at Work.ua, a job search website in Ukraine. According to both Sabry and Makiian, referral programs are now popular in Ukraine, when employees recommend their family, friends and contacts to apply for a job. “During our last search for sales managers for the company, we closed 20% of vacancies using referral programs,” Makiian said.
During the Kyiv Post Employment Fair livestream on YouTube, viewers also sent their questions and asked for advice.
Tetyana Andreeva asked what a job-seeker should do in case of the lack of experience or a big gap in work history. For her question, Andreeva won a free book by Sabry.
Right after the talk, the Kyiv Post had an online discussion on how to make a good CV, in partnership with a German commercial bank in Ukraine ProCredit Bank and job search website Robota.ua.
Iryna Fedotiuk, human resources manager at ProCredit Bank, and Vladyslav Kotelnytskiy, manager at Robota.ua, have shared their insights and tips on how to create a CV that employers will notice. They also explained what mistakes to avoid.
They prepared a presentation for the livestream and mentioned common mistakes they see in CVs. Many applicants, the experts said, don’t follow simple rules, making their CVs too long, inserting a low-quality selfie instead of a good photo or using different fonts.
Also Fedotiuk and Kotelnytskiy emphasized the importance of motivation letters when applying for a job. “A motivation letter is a tool that will help you explain why you are interested in the vacancy and what common values you share with a company,” Fedotiuk said.
ProCredit Bank is open for new talent and they have a separate form on their website where job seekers can use the company’s CV constructor to make the process easier.
Additionally, companies like telecommunication firm Volia and chocolate maker Mars shared the information about them on the Facebook page of the Kyiv Post Employment Fair.
The next Employment Fair is scheduled for September 2021, and employers can already book slots for participation to conduct online interviews, workshops and discussions in the brand new Kyiv Post studio. They will get acknowledgement on Kyiv Post social media platforms, with more than 250,000 followers.
If the pandemic subsides, the Kyiv Post will hold the event offline, for the first time since September 2019.
Aside from the Employment Fair, the Kyiv Post’s employment classified advertising has been matching employers with prospective employees for nearly 26 years. These vacancies are advertised in multiple ways: In the weekly print newspaper, online and on social media.
The Kyiv Post shares around 50 vacancies monthly from top Ukrainian and international employers.
