What is evaluated when looking for a remote job.

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Below are some tips that were shared by a CTO to a Remote company to help those looking for remote jobs.

When hiring this is what recruiters look for:

1. Resume — checked by the HR of the company and the CV. Ensure that it contains all the information needed for you to be considered. What is needed in your resume? Show you can be autonomous — demonstrate that you have the skills to be on your own and perform your tasks without supervision. Please put all the past positions which will help you get the job(including non-tech roles).
2. Applicants LinkedIn — It needs to be simple and fill all the information about how you operate and your education. Don’t forget to add your languages e.g. English. Also put a link of your LinkedIn on your resume.
3. Be on time — If you have a meeting with the recruiter at 3 PM, show up by 2.55 PM.
4. Connectivity — If you have bad connectivity please say it in the meeting. Communicate that with your interviewer.
5. Communication — Take your time when expressing yourself especially due to accent issues.

Questions asked

What should be the length of your resume?

• For example, in France its 1 page and a maximum of 2 pages (If you have worked for like 20years). Say you have 2 pages, in France, and you have one year experience, they automatically remove you.

TIP: Google the culture of the country the company is located in and adapt your resume to fit in that culture. For example, there are countries such as Belgium where hobbies are very important in a resume but for some countries, it is considered disrespectful.)

How to land your first job without experience.

• You can accept contracts without being paid to gain experience and build your resume.
• Add the projects you built during your education. Technologies you used. This shows that you are ready to take responsibility.
• Make sure you add the correct role at your past company. E.g. Junior Software Developer, don’t lie.

Must you have all the job requirements when applying for a job?

• Check what will be your daily job. E.g. If you will use a certain framework, if it will be easy to get up to date and learn about that framework, then definitely apply.
• It’s not about the programming language, but it is about a person’s problem-solving skills.
• As long as you have learned 2 Languages even if you have not worked with the specified language, you can state that in your application and maybe ask for 2 weeks before you start your job to catch up.

Why do recruiters only hire experienced developers and not new developers?

• Mostly since when roles are required they need a more experienced person who will be up to date with the role thing two weeks. So when sending your application e.g. via email, indicate that you know you are young but you can learn and be ready for the job.

All the best in your job hunting😊.