How to Get Hired, the Right Way.
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A Fresh New Way to Get Hired …While Making Your Competition Irrelevant!
The future of work around the world is looking increasingly unpredictable. The job market has become noisy and crowded. Competition for opportunity has become fierce. The value proposition of your skills, qualifications or experience is being challenged as never before. Everybody wants an edge. This constant change and uncertainty makes many traditional career development models ineffective. Young professionals that lack deep pockets are forced to rely mostly on the strength of their career development strategy and creativity. You could be the best, smartest, and most capable young professional in your industry. And in all likelihood, you could still end up unemployed.
Even if you do manage to get hired, you’re not guaranteed long-term employment. The employer-employee pact has fully disintegrated. Today's employers do not offer lifetime commitment to their employees. Traditionally, students would first graduate from high school or university, after which, they would seek to work a full-time job with regular hours that they would remain in for the rest of their lives. Work, today, however, has already moved from this traditional model, and is now constantly under disruptive pressure.
In light of such changes, young professionals should not be left to their own devices when it comes to navigating this newly emerging world of work. There are skills young professionals can acquire to better navigate the uncertainty of the economy and capitalize on their skill set to make it work for them. As disruptive as the world of work has become, this isn't to say that career growth opportunities don't exist anymore or that they can't be created. It more likely means that there are great opportunities than ever before.
It is in this spirit of the changing future of work, that The Willing Student Method was created. We believe that young professionals today need to become somewhat their own entrepreneur. This requires some form of entrepreneurial training, not just for those with a background in business or enrolled in a business program at a college or university, but for all young professionals regardless of their background. It has become increasingly clear that all workers will spend a part of their whole careers being entrepreneurs, whether by choice or not. It is important therefore that all young professionals, not just business professionals or business students, learn entrepreneurship.
The Willing Student Method helps young professionals launch and grow authentic careers that inspire and prosper. This is a holistic job search program for young professionals who want more from their lives. The Willing Student Method is most relevant to young professionals who are about to enter the job market, and therefore can be delivered to students at both high school and university levels. We help young professionals develop an entrepreneurial mindset when facing the job market. We believe new jobs and careers are being created just as old ones are being rendered obsolete.
As work becomes increasingly precarious for newer generations of workers, it is not only young professionals that have an educational background in business that are in need of learning entrepreneurial skills, but in fact, all young professionals as newer workers are increasingly expected to take matters into their own hands.
Meet Tawanda.
My name is Tawanda Chirenda. I've spent over a decade as a coach and mentor helping young professionals get hired, the right way. I don't have all the answers, but I do know a few things. I created The Willing Student Method to share with you what I've learned from my own experience and that of the people I work with.
In this program, I share a next generation, job search approach for young professionals looking to unlock the next level of personal and professional growth available and elevate themselves from the slush pile of competitors. I call this approach Becoming a Willing Student. This innovative approach to job searching will help you break past barriers, take your job searching to the next level and achieve your career goals faster than the average young professionals.
Whether your goals involve launching and growing a thriving career, deciding what's next in your career journey, landing the right career growth opportunities, making a successful career transition, learning to get to the point with prospective employers, figuring out what your unique competitive advantage is, or learning to make an instant sales or elevator pitch, The Willing Student Method will help you laser-focus on the things that get you results. You’ll walk away with tangible insights, bold ideas, fresh thought processes and proven strategies that will help you feel better, do better, and get what you really want out of your career and life.
Do You Know
Why your potential employers are choosing other candidates over you?
What’s the end benefit they’re after?
Why they’re not responding to your cold calls, emails or job applications?
Their main concerns, doubts and hesitations?
What puts them off – which aspects of your resume or profile scares potential employers away?
Which parts of your profile causes the most disconnection and turns recruiters or employers away?
What experiences your potential employers are after, but can’t find by engaging with you?
Which job search mistakes are costing you dearly?
Which parts of your job search strategy are actually performing well and should be kept?
I’m going to help you find out. In fact, I’ll tell you exactly what to do to better connect with your employers and get them excited about you. If you're not getting the results you need from your job search or if you are tired of rejections, this program is for you.
"Tawanda is a passionate and engaging workshop host who speaks from true experiences to help people navigate the ever-changing job market. Collaborating with him was a smooth process and he really puts in the effort to cater to his audience. It resulted in an insightful workshop filled with many different thought-provoking exercises and discussions with our conference attendees. We look forward to working with him in the future!"
— Power Unit Youth Organization
The last two decades have seen several bouts of economic instability and fluctuation, including the recession of 2018. In response to this, employers have adjusted their hiring practices and the benefits that come along with being a traditional full-time employee. Given such circumstances young professionals today are forced to navigate an ever-disruptive economy where work has become more precarious. The social contract of working hard as the sole prerequisite to building a sustainable career and livelihood has ostensibly been broken. As a result, workers of the future are increasingly being required to become their own career managers.
The Willing Student Method was born from the vision that authentic career coaching is the key to giving young professionals hope. We believe authentic career coaching helps young professionals learn how to lead themselves in the face of uncertainty. It helps them envision a concrete path to a better situation which empowers them to set goals and make plans to reach those goals.
Studies have shown that higher levels of hope are connected to improved well-being and can help people find meaning and purpose. We’re on a mission to operationalize hope in the world through authentic career coaching and empower young professionals to build resilience in the face of uncertainty. We use a holistic career coaching approach to empower young professionals to develop an authentic entrepreneurial mindset and transform their careers and lives.
Our Goal
To empower young professionals to launch and grow sustainable careers while creating long-term value for themselves, their employers and the communities in which they live and work.
What You’ll Learn
The Willing Student Method will help you:
Get clear on your career goals, your strengths, your brand voice, your message, your story, and the actions to stand out and get you to the next level.
Overcome self-doubt and get results from the most high-impact career growth activities.
Master the most effective career growth strategies relevant to your industry.
Expand your influence and own your position as a young professional.
Go from a lost beginner to confident young professional when networking, promoting or marketing yourself.
Use your true gifts and create offerings from them.
Get a clear strategy to get hired, grow your career and make an impact with your life.
Build a career and personal brand that fits you and your lifestyle.
Who Is This For?
This program is perfect if you're an aspiring, first-time, or early-stage professional and want to know what’s next in your career (more income, impact and influence) or if you are new to job searching and want to learn how to build your career with relative calm and ease.
Why Work With Us?
We help young professionals create genuine shared value for themselves and their employers by facilitating practical and immediately useful career growth opportunities. We approach our work with a long-term perspective and a humbler focus on co-creating true value including:
Practical and immediately useful strategies to change the course of your career, for the better.
Driving meaningful improvements to your career – more focus, clarity, and confidence.
Better aligning your career goals to your overall personal objectives.
Elevating your influence and impact in your industry.
Staying visible to the right people.
Strengthening relationships with your employers by expanding your skills and offerings.
Refreshing your position and brand in the workplace and marketplace.
Maximizing your authentic brand voice.
You Need More Than Just Your Resume, Qualifications, or Education
The reality is that the job searching landscape has changed. Today's employers have many options of job seekers to choose from. To win interviews and get hired you need more than just your resume, passion, qualifications, or education.
After the knowledge in this program sinks into your subconscious, getting interviews will become easier and easier for you. You will have a clear, conscious understanding of everything your employers and recruiters do and how you need to respond. You'll know why they hire and fire - what their subconscious motivations are, and exactly how you should engage them.
If you're ready to take your job search to the next level, The Willing Student Method will help you harness the power of Authentic Engagement to elevate yourself from the slush pile of competitors. The Willing Student Method is a seamless, connective and collaborative process that helps you develop and implement the right job search strategy that fuels your lead generation and opportunity acquisition efforts.
In this program, you’ll learn how to show more heart and forge deeper connections with your employers. You’ll learn how to have a unique employer experience proposition – something that sets you apart from the competition.
The Willing Student Method provides an insider’s perspective on how to win interviews and the recruitment process and get hired, with the greatest success. In this program, I'll share with you my story, the strategies, best practices, and techniques I've developed after more than a decade of helping and guiding people to overcome their job search struggles and get hired.
Get Started
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Get Hired
Our job search methodology will help you discover, develop, and master your authentic brand voice so you can lead and inspire your best employers and get hired. If you are a job seeker and are looking to unlock the next level of personal and professional growth available and elevate yourself from the slush pile of competitors, join us.
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Grow Your Career
Our innovative career development approach will help you break past barriers, take your career and work to the next level and achieve your goals faster than the average young professional. You’ll get clear on who you really are as a young professional and be empowered to expand the quality of your presence and influence in the global workplace and marketplace.
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Make an Impact
If you are tired of learning everything about jobs and careers without getting results, work with us. We’ll help you build a high performing career while creating long-term value for yourself, your employers and the communities in which you live and work. Our job search approach is perfect for young professionals ready to be bold and try something different.
See what our students have to say about The Willing Student Method.
“Tawanda’s presentation on Building a Winning Brand as Young Professionals surprisingly lightened me. I heard many heartfelt talks and thoughts; I saw something new which I could not see from my blind spot.
He was not only engaging, but the most important was that he opened a few windows for life and career.
It was like that he used his hands to hold something such as faith, courage from sinking. At this unique moment, the sinking stopped and started rising.
The richness and the content of his presentation are so natural, practical, and sharp, fits all ages, young, adults, and all human beings; It was not only a brand, but it was about an individual with a quality life.
His thoughts are full of philosophic depths, which deserve an individual who wants to reach full potentials and have a healthy and beautiful life to pounder.”
— Lei Xu, Workshop Organizer, University Settlement
"Tawanda is an awesome career development coach. His authenticity, energy and positivity are contagious. We had 2 sessions on career development; and he really helped uncover how much I had to offer based on the experience and skills I had already accumulated throughout my career up to this point, and above all I was able to discover my superpower. Your sessions and approach to career development is one of the best, I was able to see the results once I adopted the strategies and advice you shared with me. If you are looking to advance your career and discover what your unique value is, Tawanda is a great coach who can help you.”
— Alex Sithole (MBA), EDC
“A mentor of mine initially introduced me to Mr. Chirenda when I was at a crossroad after I completed my first year of law school. With the disruption caused by COVID-19 and also the horrible experience of the first year of law school, I somehow convinced myself that I would not be able to attain any employment. After meeting and speaking to Mr. Chirenda, my perspective and approach changed.
After our first conversation, Mr Chirenda made me understand and believe that I was born a leader. And no matter how much life appears to deceive me otherwise, I should never give up on my dreams. Furthermore, Mr Chirenda, reminded me that throughout my experiences in life and education, I had acquired many skills that have equipped me with essentials skills that will enable me to achieve my goal. Also, Mr. Chirenda promised me that he would assist me in any way he can to help me gain employment in the legal field.
Staying true to his words, Mr. Chirenda went through all his contact list of the organization to enquire about who was hiring. Also, he helped me in crafting my resume and cover letter. Long story short, today I am working for a fantastic organization based in Toronto, and this is all thanks to Mr Chirenda.”
— Tawfic Amandi, Law Student, University of Ottawa
“Tawanda delivered his career development workshop at A-Way on April 29th. His presentation captivated our audience for the better part of 2 hours. His skills were even more appreciated in that most of the staff had already completed a full day of work. Tawanda had an excellent Power Point presentation. His presentation skills were excellent. He has a very positive manner and delivered the material at just the correct pace. I would strongly recommend this workshop.”
— Scott McCauley, A-Way Express