Ce que j’ai appris à la Influencer Resumé Party

En changeant de pays, je savais qu’il allait falloir que je m’adapte et que je change certaines choses dans mon quotidien, mais aussi dans ma façon de procéder professionnellement parlant. Ici aux USA, la mise en page des CV est très différente de celle que l’on utilise en France. Il était important pour moi d’avoir un CV à jour, reflétant les nouvelles étapes de mon parcours professionnel. Que vous soyez en recherche de travail ou non, il est conseillé de mettre à jour son CV régulièrement, pour qu’il reflète votre situation actuelle. Alors quand Marlena m’a parlé de son workshop chez Meet in Place, j’ai été très emballée, car c’était pour moi la première occasion d’avoir un retour son mon CV en anglais part des locaux.

 

 

 

Le Lieu :

Vous est-il déjà arrivé de vouloir rencontrer des personnes pour un projet, mais d’avoir du mal à trouver un endroit adapté ? Meet in Place est un espace dédié aux rencontres professionnelles, et a été parfait pour le workshop ! Avec des bureaux à New York, à Londres et à Tel Aviv, vous pourrez profiter d’une ambiance intimiste et studieuse pour mettre en place vos plans d’action.

 

 

 

Voici les conseils que j’ai trouvé important à prendre en compte pour améliorer un sa candidature à l’anglophone  :

 

  • Ajouter un « Summary » à son CV: il s’agit d’un cadre qui résume et décrit en quelques lignes votre situation et vos aspirations. Il permettra aux ressources humaines de savoir qui vous êtes et de définir quel job vous conviendrait.

 

  • Adapter son CV en fonction du job : Un CV peut s’avérer grand et s’étaler sur plus de 3 pages quand on a beaucoup d’année d’expérience. Mais ça peut aussi être le cas si vous avez des compétences dans plusieurs domaines (l’informatique et la mode pour moi). Apprenez à épurer votre CV en fonction du domaine que vous voulez mettre en avant. Le mieux est de garder un CV de base avec toutes vos expériences, et d’envoyer une version personnalisée pour chaque job où vous souhaitez postuler.

 

  • Ne sous-estimer personne : Quand on veut mettre toutes les chances de son côté, je pense qu’il est recommandé d’éviter d’être médisants. Un certain niveau d’étude ou de salaire ne justifie pas le manque d’humilité et de gentillesse envers les autres professions. Et ce sont parfois ces personnes que certains ont tendance à négliger qui peuvent faire la différence sur votre candidature ou votre entretien.

 

  • Ne surtout pas envoyer sa candidature via les sites comme Indeed : Les entreprises qui veulent avoir accès à ces candidatures sont obligées d’avoir un accès payant. Le mieux est de suivre les instructions données via le site officiel de l’entreprise. Les candidatures via LinkedIn sont appréciées si vous rattachez votre CV pour avoir de meilleures chances de décrocher un rendez-vous (format PDF et/ou Word).

 

  • A ne pas faire DUTOUT : Mettre une photo (sauf mannequinat…), votre âge, votre statut marital et toutes autres informations pouvant permettre à l’employeur de faire de la discrimination dans votre CV. Pour les métiers de l’art : ne SURTOUT pas donner vos portfolios ! Beaucoup se sont fait avoir de cette façon par les plus grands… Pour info, il est interdit à New York que l’on vous demande vos salaires actuels lors d’un entretien, on peut par contre vous demander vos prétentions salariales.

 

  • Les remerciements : pensez à remercier vos interlocuteurs après un entretien via un email, afin de marquer les esprits.

 

Avez-vous des astuces à partager pour la rédaction des CV ou alors des conseils pour ceux qui passent bientôt un entretien ?

 

Avertissement: Cet article a été sponsorisé par Meet in Place. L’accès à leur locaux et aux équipements a été fournit pour un partenariat, mais ceci est mon opinion.

 

But how did I ended in New York ?

Everything started with my unconventional career path: I choose, yes, me, a girl, to work in IT. (10 years in the IT Storage world). Yes, I think we can say that I’m a Geek. Even a Nerd. I did get strokes of luck, one after the other and I went to Boston for two months for a training thanks to my first job. Ok, I did work hard for all my certifications, and also to get my driving license, because a woman doing this job without even being capable of driving a car was making people gossip a lot about me.

So, I had to work hard, and my efforts have been visible. In a few years and some tiny job’s evolution here and there, I was part of the week end team. Unfortunately, too many reorganizations sabotaged the balance of the company, and I ended up being automatically designated to leave the team to back working regular hours. I wasn’t having it.

My husband and I were already talking about moving abroad, to Toronto precisely. The announcement of my demotion was followed by the announcement of a redundancy plan for the company.I sought the help of a counselor who coached me to write a project (a concrete business plan, thank you Delphine), and thus be the one who would be fired with a nice severance bonus. And it worked! I was chosen one. And by the way, I thank my manager of the time who had done everything to support me. Now you’re probably wondering what I put into my project? My options were to set up a business to facilitate the access of plus size clothing of leading brands in France, get educated regarding entrepreneurship with the University of Toronto, start an MBA program or go abroad to start a fashion program.

Finally, through a combination of circumstances, the last option has been the successful one. I am currently receiving a training from a French school in order to obtain a diploma (master degree level) in the fashion world. I’m also improving my English in a language center!

 

*Short Sleeve Dress with Skirt Overlay (Cherry Tomato) – ELOQUII (link)

*Photo – Thiphen Kys

I’m 30 and…

I’m 30 and I’m not the owner of the apartment where I live.

I’m 30 and I’m not married yet.

I’m 30 ans I don’t have kids.

I’m 30 and I don’t have stable job anymore.

I can go on and on about this list ! When I got 20, I had plans. Most of them were about fulfilling that list of goals before I get 30. But are all of these projects really mines or just a reflection of what society want me to do ?

About 6 month ago, I was writing about the 30 year crisis I’ve been through in the post “Hello Midlife Crisis”. By reading it again today, I can see that I was preparing myself, one step at a time, to accept being 30 years old but also all my success and failures.

A few days ago, somebody asked me to explain what it feels like to be 30. Today, I can say that it allows me to be more indulgent toward myself. And the much talked about list has been replaced by life rules to follow in order to insure my happiness.

I’m 30 and I accept my lifestyle.

I’m 30 and I’m ok with my choices.

I’m 30 and I live for me, not for others’ glance.

I’m 30 and I think about my happiness first.

I’m 30 and I have a life ahead.

I’m 30 and I live for ME.

*NOIR Jolie Dress – ELOQUII (lien)
*Creole style earrings – Claire’s
*Midnight Blue Pump – André (old)

*Photo – Rachel Saddedine
*Hairstyle – AYAWA Hairstyle
*Balloon – HEMA

5 Plus Size not that Ugly Sweater for the Holiday Season

Let’s be honest, the sweaters we can see all over the place in the stores during the holiday season are damned ugly. But being a fan of top with sarcastic messages, I have to admit that I love these horrors ! Not that I found them pretty, it’s mainly because they make me LMAO 🙂 So for you to have a goo laugh with me, here is a tiny selection of ugly sweater that are not that ugly (because there funny as hell!).

1 – The sweater you wear when Santa hires you to be an elf because you’re 5 foot 3

A big classic, with red and green. A crazy combination that doesn’t even suit my complexion ! I’m wearing a piece from Asda (a supermarket you can find in Great Britain). I bought it in the beginning of this month and almost died laughing in the store because of all the choices available.

*Sweater Elf George ASDA

2 – The sweater your great aunty could have made for you if you had visited her more often

And for the occasion H&M are here for you with this beautiful stitched jacquard sweater available in two colors !  It’s cute enough and perfect for those who want to pretend they bought an ugly sweater, those who will receive a lot of compliment from everybody and be like “What? You think it’s cute ? Nah it’s just my ugly sweater!!”.
Liar and hypocritical.

*H&M+ Pull en maille Jacquard (link)

3 – The sweater you wear when you think you’re a christmas tree but can’t pull out a tinsel and go out

Alors là, j’ai beaucoup de question qui se bousculent dans ma tête… Il va falloir beaucoup d’auto-dérision à la personne qui se lancera dans cette aventure. Je suis mitigée : je me demande pourquoi est-ce que ce pull existe et en même temps je suis tenté de l’acheter pour le porter lors du repas de fin d’année qui aura lieu à mon ancien boulot jeudi prochain… Je fais quoi maintenant !?

Ok now, I have a lot of questions racing through my mind… The person who will rock this sweater will need to have a lot of self-mockery. I have mixed feelings about this piece: I’m seriously wondering why does this sweater even exist ! And in the same time, I’m tempted to buy it, and to wear it for the holiday diner at my previous job next thursday…What shall I do now ?!

*Club L+ Pull de Noël scintillant chez Asos (link)

4 – The sweater you wear when you’ve been naughty and still want presents from your family

You can wear this sweater when you’ve been a pain in the ass for your entourage during those last 365 days. And when you already know that all you’ll find under the tree is an impersonal and generic beauty gift set bought from some supermarket containing a perfume, a deodorant and some shower gel from the same low quality cosmetic brand. No, I’m kidding. Or not. You’ll behave better next year.

*Dear Santa Christmas Sweatshirt George Asda (link)

5 – The sweater you wear when all you want is a Netflix subscription under the tree

If you don’t know where is this quote from, you and me can’t be friend. NEVER EVER. Yes, please google that and educate yourself, then come back to me. I’m a nice person so I’m avoid you an embarrassing research, clic on the lick to have the answer –> “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal”.
You’re welcome.

*Pull Plus Ivy Filthy Animal Boohoo (lien)

Being stylish is great. Being myself and keep on laughing about myself is better. I thought that elf sweater was so ugly when I bought it, but I made it mine and I stil found myself gorgeous and hilarious with it. This post has been written by my sarcastic alter-ego who’s always ready to entertain the crowd. And I hope you’ll laugh as much as I did when I found the tinsel sweater from Asos (seriously WTF).

XoXo & Happy Holidays !

Girlboss

I was not part of the French Curves challenge back in September this year, as I was busy enjoying New York and Dallas. But as the subject was important to me, I still wanted to post a lil’ something about it.

 

 

GIRLBOSS… This word is bringing so much inspirations to me, that I don’t really know where to start. But my very first thought is going to Claire Sulmers from Fashion Bomb Daily. I had the opportunity to see her several times in New York, but did not get a chance to actually talk to her. Well, I guess God heard me complaining about it in my head ? When I got back to Paris, she organised a Cocktail with Claire in Paris !!! I was working that day – in Normandy, France – but managed to be there !

If you did read Claire’s book “The Bomb Life”, you already know that she went from being a journalist, an intern and a blogger to founder and editor in chief of her own website. She made her way to the heartless fashion industry and is now the head of one of the most influential fashion blogs. Her book is a memoir of her life before the fame, and gives some tips about blogging.

My look for this post is influenced by women like Claire who started from the bottom, struggled and made it to their dream life. Claire created her own opportunity when she understood that she did not have to wait for one.

During the cocktail I also had the chance to meet  Bonang Matheba, a south-africana business woman with several hats (radio and TV host, fashion icon…), including brand ambassador and muse for REVLON South Africa, Bonang recently launched her book too, “Bonang From A to B“.

It was also an occasion to meet beautiful people from all around the world : Africa, USA, Europe… I met a lot of women who were all GIRLBOSS according to me !

*Belted Vest – Michael Kors
*High-Neck Lace Balconette Bra – Cacique Intimates at Lane Bryant
*Kady Fit Pants- ELOQUII
*Sandales Mini-Wedges – Torrid

*Photo – Rachel Saddedine
*Hairstyle – AYAWA Hairstyle