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I used to get rejections all the time when searching for jobs

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It sucked. it was very painful. I felt unwanted and useless.

But turns out this was noting compared to the pain of rejections when I tried to build a relationship with my daughter.

She lives in another country with her mum and I didn’t see her that often in her first couple of years.

She wasn’t used to me so she rejected spending time with me.

Now that was a whole new level of rejection.

When you experience this, getting 200 job rejections starts to feel like a walk in the park.

I was left wondering, why wouldn’t she want to spend time with me? I’m her father.

I realised that all those times I was showing up as the heartbroken father who needs that touch of affection from his child.

But that’s not what the reality was.

The truth was that I’m her father, the provider for her, she needs me.

When I started to gradually shift my energy to that frame, I started showing up to meet her with a brighter vibe.

I had a smile on my face, i looked good and walked with confidence.

That was attractive to her, now she’s coming around and agreeing to be close to me.

She started to kiss me and interact with me.

This was a fascinating and transformational shift for me and a great lesson too.

I realised the importance of showing up with a bright energy to whatever you’re trying to achieve.

So what can you learn from this as a job seeker?

Look at the real frame of your relationship with your potential employer.

If you’ve been showing up as a job seeker who’s in desperate need for a job

Think about this again, try to look at the value that you bring to the table.

Feel into the challenges or problems this company might have

and how hiring the right person can help them solve those problems.

Now you’re looking at the frame with a more objective view,

Both parties need each other.

When you show up to the job search with conviction that this is the truth, that will show.

What you feel they feel, because you’re dealing wit people, not just the ATS or the machine.

People are emotional creatures and they’ll respond to what you feel.

So what kind of energy are you going to show up with?

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What they call intelligence is but the source of our numbness

It is but a toy to cradle consciousness

It’s just another mirror

Reflecting our restlessness

It’ll take us full circle

Like the parable of the billionaire and the fisherman

But this time, no fleets, no seas

Just screens, speed, and dopamine dreams

Obsession with toys, with flash, with coins

Building empires in sand, naming them “the future”

But when the loop completes

We’ll see:

We’ve been the drone

Channeling the soul

Behind the joystick

All along

And this whole damn journey

Just a divine detour

To remember our truth

Being an un-hireable person is like having the stench of desperation of the single s3xless guy in the club that no girl wants to come close to.

How many copies or versions of your CV do you have?

You think that tailoring your application is going to get you some kind response from the companies.

At this point you’re just hoping to get any kind of response, not even interviews.

The rejections themselves are even better than radio silence.

But you still wake up the next day to a bunch of “unfortunately” emails and more radio silence.

You feel disheartened, demotivated, or even depressed.

You have no idea what the fvck is wrong with the way you are applying to jobs.

You’ve tried every trick in the book.

I’ve heard this from hundreds of international job seekers.

And as they tell me about their situation, which I know is very unpleasant.

All I’m thinking about is: would I hire this person if I was a hiring manager?

The answer is almost always h3ll no.

And it’s clear to me the reason they’re not getting hired, is because they are not hireable.

Being an un-hireable person is like having the stench of desperation of the single s3xless guy in the club that no girl wants to come close to.

There’s no amount of tailoring this guy can do to his dating profile that’s going to help.

Sooner or later the women are going to sense that stench.

So how do you shake this un-hireable stench off?

The same way the s3xless dude starts off small, by working on his inner value, becoming a bit more social, going out with a friend etc..

You need to do the same, the equivalent of this for you is: Working on your inner value, which isn’t about your technical skills.

It’s the attitude you show up with to these conversations.

Seeking out new connections in your industry, so you know more about your industry, know about your market.

You just become a more knowledgeable person,

The knowledge is what gives you confidence, it’s not technical knowledge, it’s being context aware.

The attitude is what’s going to make you sound more hireable when you get on the phone with someone like me.

Context awareness and attitude are what’ll help you bypass every ATS in existence, and cut the time you’re wasting on job apps by 80%.

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We are rolling out a very affordable programme to show you the exact steps to become a hireable international candidate companies want to sponsor.

Want to get access to it?

Comment with “I’m hireable” and i’ll send you the details.

The Mystical City of Istanbul

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At lunchtime, there’s a stampede.

Not of people.

Of cats.

They storm the cafés like they own the place.

Because they do.

They know what’s up.

I spent a month in Istanbul and saw something I’ve never seen in any other Muslim country…

Mosques echoing the call to prayer above—

Vibes and music bars pulsing underneath.

This city doesn’t hide its contradictions.

It embraces them.

A sacred mess.

A spiritual jungle.

A place where everything exists at once—and somehow, it works.

No country glorifies the history of Islam the way Istanbul does.

You feel the stories here.

The empires, the prophets, the rebels.

You see the old men having tea at the coffee shops,

Cigarette in one hand, prayer beads in the other.

The shisha boys, the cigarette girls.

The swindlers, the salesmen.

Everyone’s hustling.

Everyone’s moving.

Everyone’s out to make a quick buck with a smile.

The döner spots are loud.

Breakfast is cheap.

You end up eating out every day just because you can.

And Istiklal?

It swallows you.

Thousands of people walking shoulder to shoulder,

A flood of energy and life.

You feel like a single drop in an ocean.

Insignificant.

And yet…

So profoundly part of something.

This city doesn’t just welcome you.

It absorbs you.

Teaches you to chill.

To surrender.

To just do your part…

And enjoy life.

How Ali from Lebanon Landed a Sponsorship Dev Job in Europe Which Transformed his Life and Career.

Ali and I connected back in August after he’d been struggling with the job search for months.

With the worry about loans, debts, and the gap on his CV growing bigger and bigger, Ali was getting more stressed out everyday.

The first step Ali took was find his focus, changed his daily routine and leaned more into his fear of rejection instead of avoiding it.

These were the main factors which helped him land a dev job at 40k+

Ali’s top advice for Sponsorship job seekers:

  • Find focus in your job market and clearly define your target job.
  • Keep growing through learning from others.
  • Leverage your network and communication skills to stand out in the job search.

In this interview we cover the above points, his transformation and more.

Ali’s Linkedin: Ali Kobeissy
linkedin.com/in/akobeissy/

Jay’s profile: Jay Sabra
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Ok I admit it, i found my first IT job after moving to the UK through sheer luck and not hard work.

Ok I admit it, i found my first IT job after moving to the UK through sheer luck and not hard work.

I was working as a hotel receptionist, doing the graveyard shift.

Studying full time and spending days and afternoon at UEL’s library.

Spending hours on end looking for jobs, going to every job board and every website I could find.

I was in survival mode, it was do or die for me.

I knew if I couldn’t find a tech job, it will be the end of my journey in the UK.

And it will mean i’ll have to either spend another 100k on further education, which I didn’t have.

Or Fvck off and go back to Lebanon.

I came across the profile of the dean of my school on the university website.

It stood out to me because he had an Arabic name.

i was like: “a guy from my culture made it to be the dean of the Engineering school at UEL 🤯”

Back then that was mind blowing to me.

So inspired and fascinated by this fact, i reached out to him with that very energy in my email.

He was very receptive and welcoming to my request, and agreed to meet.

We had nice chat that was casual where I learned about his journey by showing genuine interest.

And I was able to share about my journey and what I had wanted to do in the future.

And that was the end of it. Walking out of his office i thought to myself:

“Oh well, i didn’t get a job from this, but hey, it was a nice chat, I’m really glad I did it.”

Two weeks later, I get an email from him referring me to the web manager at the time.

Who called me in for an interview and hired me on the spot.

And that’s what kick started my whole tech career in the UK.

So yeah, it was luck, because I didn’t know what i was doing at the time.

I was just taking stabs in the dark.

And to be vouched for by the dean of the school at your uni helps a big deal in getting hired.

But now when I look back, i see exactly what was happening.

It was a simple formula of consistent action and building on meaningful connections.

Didn’t involve applying online, didn’t involve working for years on end on extra projects or degrees.

Now I’m on a mission to turn this luck into a science.

So you can re-create this scenario for yourself on command.

Instead of just sitting there and waiting for a miracle to happen.

If you are ready to go on this journey with me.

I am now offering 5 slots for a two week free trial of my MACS program which outlines the exact science of finding the job you want asap.

If you want it. Drop me a comment with: “Get me the job” and i’ll DM you with the details. 👇

To your success.

The Human Virus

Imagine for a second you are a virus, you’re agenda is take on one part of a living organism that allows you to sustain and reproduce. you look for the part and just start feeding off it.

I started having these thoughts and attempted to write about them two years ago

and it’s only until now that I summoned the will to do it because this shouldn’t wait any longer.

i am constantly concerned when looking how we humans are exhausting the life out of this world, we get mad when a virus hits our machine and renders it useless, but we’re not aware of our viral existence on this earth, the way we spread and expand, unconsciously consuming, vicariously polluting, spending money and resources, pointlessly contesting in vein competitions.

Three things you can do right now to find a part time job in your industry as an international student.

Your family has invested in you and helped you out so you can create a better future for yourself and they want to see you succeed in that.

So are you doing everything it takes to make sure you have that future?

If you waste your 20 hours a week doing some odd jobs just thinking about money (the now), you’re certainly throwing that future away.

By doing this it will be 100 times more difficult for you to secure sponsorship by the time your student visa is about to expire.

So how to avoid this mistake?

Think about the future and find a part time job which helps you develop enough skills & experience and makes it easier for you to get sponsored.

Here are three things you can do tight now to achieve this:

1. Tailor your CV to match the Modern UK MARKET! i.e the specific field and job you are applying for.
I get a lot of people complaining how their CV is really good but they still can’t get an interview booked,
Well guess what, If you can’t get interviews you ain’t got a good CV.
If your CV doesn’t appeal to what employers are looking for in the specific field you’re applying you will never be able to get through, you must highlight the specific skills which are most in demand in this field right now, and not 10 years ago.
Most university CV Clinics and career counsellors will give you info from the past, namely 10 years ago, so they’re not the best authority to follow on this.

2. Plan ahead do not waste time, once you get into the job search, obviously you don’t know much about the job market, you don’t know which roles can offer you valuable experience which will help you in getting sponsored when you finish your studies,
and you don’t know which jobs or employers are a good fit to bring you on board as a part time employee.
The truth is, this is something you can only learn by being in the market, so no wonder as an international student you don’t know any of this,
So it’s crucial to give yourself enough time to start learning about the job market and seeing what trends are occurring.

3. Never give up. Finding a part time job in a skilled field is not easy, sure it’s always easier to default back into some odd job packing grocery at Sainsbury’s or working at front office assistant at some hotel (glorified receptionist),
but achieving your goals has never been easy and it never will be, so you must be prepared to do whatever it takes, and this is where you start, and this is where you should never give up.

By getting a relevant part time job it will a lot easier for you to secure your sponsorship after studies, and then you’ll be able to have the future your family has always wished you’d have.

Why It’s Crucial To Find a Part Time Job with RELEVANT Skills as an International Student

If you have just started your Masters Degree in the UK.


As you progress in your course, YOU do NOT want to waste your time by working as a bus boy/girl at KFC.


I see a lot of international students who have an internship or placement part of their programme, go and throw this valuable opportunity down the drain by doing some admin job which is completely irrelevant to their degree.

The other half just miss their deadline, get their visa curtailed and miss out on the greatest opportunity they had to find work with sponsorship in the UK.

By the time your last semester comes, it’s panic time because you have zero experience in the field they’re trying to find a job in.

You really need to plan and secure your job which gives you industry experience because during the summer you can work full time.

Even if you have classes in summer, it’s still important to get relevant experience within whatever time you’re allowed to work.

There’s a reason why the government gives you those 20 hours on your BRP!

This is your best shot at improving your chances in getting sponsored before your Tier 4 expires.

So you don’t end up being one of the 98% non-eu students who spend hundreds of thousands of ££ on binging degrees to buy more time in the UK.

How I Found a Part Time Job which Helped me Get Sponsorship.

Many international students tell me they’re not able to find part time opportunities relevant to their subject of study,

because most jobs they apply to want them to start immediately and they don’t even offer any flexibility to work part time.

And many people say, there isn’t any jobs out there.

Well, I thought I’d share some stories with you to help you see how this is not true at all.

It’s always simpler to default to the easier option, which is in this case doing some admin job as a receptionist or back office assistant.

While it is true getting a part time job in your industry is not easy, but it’s not impossible.

The fact you are struggling to find a job doesn’t mean there isn’t any jobs, it just means you’re either not looking in the right places, or not putting enough effort into it.

When I found my first job, I didn’t go on job boards, or LinkedIn and clicked on Easy Apply every day and waited for something to happen,

I did did many things, tried different things, talked to different people, It wasn’t just one thing that worked for me.

I built a human connection with someone I knew could help me, that’s how I landed my first job as an IT tester, this wasn’t my dream job, but it certainly opened the door for me into the industry.

The same goes for my students and many people I know, no one ever starts by doing their dream job from day one.

You just have to start small and work your way into the job which will get you sponsorship eventually.

So at the end of the day, you have to ask yourself, what is your goal here?

Is earning 800 quid a month working at Tesco’s worth throwing away your dream of working in the UK after your studies?

If you are serious about achieving your goal of getting sponsored, you must be prepared to to what it takes and you must plan ahead.

Move in angles, work smart, and never give up!