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ZAINAB AL MUHARRAMI:
My name is Zainab. I'm a Technical Content Analyst at iungo Solutions. iungo is a training provider. And my role within the company is both technical and creative. So I help with social media posts and content strategy, as well as things like the website and developing some coding content.
I applied for a number of roles when I graduated university. At the beginning, I was actually looking for cybersecurity roles, because that's what I graduated from at university. But because it was during COVID, I found it very difficult to actually find jobs. I ended up taking a coding program by myself and learning how to code through that program. And then I applied for this current role using a graduate scheme.
PORNNARAI NILDUANG:
Hi, my name is Ploy. I'm from iungo Solutions, and I work as a HR and Recruitment Executive. I applied for my current role through the kickstart program. So it was more of a day where they came to the job centre to interview a load of applicants. And I happened to be one of them.
As a student coming out, you might not think there's a wide network for you. But I think reaching out, starting your LinkedIn profile, and as cheesy as it sounds really helps reaching out to your past alumnis, who, I mean, for me at least, it was great, especially if you're in an industry where you're not sure if you want to be in there, just to get the experience and they’re always there to help you.
Again, maybe doing courses to upskill yourself if you don't think that you have the necessary qualifications or experience, you can get courses for free or paid, online or in person. Those will definitely help as well.
JESSICA LEIGH JONES:
My name is Jessica Leigh Jones. I'm the Co-founder and Chief Executive of iungo Solutions and the former Chair of the Centre for Digital Public Services in Wales. And I'm the author of the white paper L&D’s Role in Enabling Social Mobility in the Workplace, written in collaboration with The Open University and TrainingZone.
From my own perspective, as an employer of a digitally native organisation, so a remote-working first organisation, I would say the key skills that you need to operate effectively in this environment and to be successful and be able to progress in this environment, would be proactive communication skills, as you'll spend a lot of time on your own working things out by yourself.
PORNNARAI NILDUANG:
In terms of how we recruit people, I think most companies recruit for a job role. But we recruit for them as a person. So even though we look up the role that they've applied for, if there are other roles that we think that they best fit, so we look at the individual themselves rather than based off their CV, and match it to that description. So whenever we bring someone new in, we always look at the personality.
We do interviews a little bit different than many corporate companies. So we have an interview panel that will be comprised with who they'll be working with on a daily basis. So for someone who is interviewing for one of the, possibly one of our tech roles, we'd get the tech team involved. We'd prep them for the interview, get them to see and sense the person that they'll be working with. If they have the necessary skills, that's great. If they don't, but they have the attitude and drive and ambition for that role, we'd have to consider if they'd be a good fit for our team. And if they do, then we'll put them on the necessary courses they need.
Obviously, we'd encourage to have a little bit of experience, depending on the role that they're applying for. But if they are lacking a little bit of experience, but they have that drive and passion, then we will strongly consider them as a candidate.