Interview with Stephanie Horwitz

In this podcast episode, we dive deep into how to build your personal brand to Supercharge your career with Paz Kagan, Gen. Z expert.  At the end of this podcast, you will know:  How Paz got started with his YouTube channel and grew it to +100K viewers  Why building a personal brand is important to your career in Tech  How to get started with Selfbranding What kind of content you should publish to stand out How to publish content if you're not an expert How to create valuable content   Why a degree is not enough in today's market  What characterizes Generation Z Upcoming course: Wanna dive deeper into how to network yourself to a dream job? Get on the waitlist for my upcoming online course launching in June 2021: https://wenetwork.lpages.co/ilcourse/  Also, check out Paz's website and visit his popular YouTube channel here. All in Hebrew.

Upcoming course: Wanna dive deeper into how to network yourself to a dream job? Get on the waitlist for my upcoming online course launching in June 2021: https://wenetwork.lpages.co/ilcourse/ Nathanel Creson made Aliyah in 2019 from Sweden and is today working as a customer success manager in a start-up in Tel Aviv, where he has grown professionally more in 5 months than in the last 5 years of his career. But like many others in his late twenties, Nathanel needed to first find his right career fit and especially in Israel. He first went on a personal journey to learn more about his professional strengths how that could translate into a competitive advantage by doing a series of information meetings. But when Nathanel first started to apply for positions online, however with no success. The breakthrough came when he changed his jobsearch strategy and networked himself to go from zero to 10 job interviews within a matter of days. Hear Nathanel's story and get inspiration to pro-active job-search through networking.  Upcoming course: Wanna dive deeper into how to network yourself to a dream job? Get on the waitlist for my upcoming online course launching in June 2021: https://wenetwork.lpages.co/ilcourse/

Meet Itai Manor, sales director in PayEm, an up and coming start-up. In this episode, Itai shares his tips and strategies for proactive jobsearch, including how he networked himself to his two last positions. Like this podcast? Sign up for my newsletter to never miss a new episode and to receive practical tips and strategies for effective networking:  Episode Highlights: 00:55: What is PayEm  02:20: Career growth opportunities when moving from corporate to start-up 06:00: Why many Israeli employers first tap into their networks to fill a vacancy before they post it online   08:57: Why Networking is an ongoing state of mind 09:45:  How to earn your referral and the story of how Itai networked himself to a senior business development position in one of Israel's top Business analytics companies 14:37: How to slowly build up your connections in your dream companies 17:18:  How to write a reach out mail to a hiring manager in your dream company 18:37:  How to get the attention of the hiring managers in your dream companies 23:06: Using LinkedIn Salesnavigator for jobsearch  24:32  Warming the cold call 27:24: The power of being part of a small Olim community 31:02:  The delicate balance between being assertive without being too pushy 34:40: The advantage of being an Oleh.  36:20: Why Networking has to be an ongoing task

Meet MIT instructor Mark Herschberg. Mark graduated from MIT and while rising in his career to the management level, he found that a lot of amazing tech talents were lacking skills such as networking and team play. He co-developed a course on MIT to teach these skills through innovative hands-on exercises. In this episode, Mark discusses the value of authentic networking and tips for those who feel they have nothing to bring to the table.  Mark is also the author of The career Toolkit, a book that teaches you the important firm skills that you don't necessarily learn at IVY-league schools. For more information about Mark's book, visit: https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com  Interested in receiving notifications about future podcast episodes and info on how to network? Click here to Sign up to the WeNetwork newsletter  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wenetwork.io/  Website: https://wenetwork.io Episode highlights: 01:40-04:40: How Mark co-developed a complete new firm-skill program at MIT 04:40-08:40: How to change the mindset and love to network  08:55:09:35 The secret to building a relationship is being interested in the other person.  10:20-11:30: There's no algorithm to networking, but it all boils down to one thing: Trust 13:40-16:05: How much trust do you need to build before you can ask to get your CV passed on? 16:16-18:42: How can a junior provide value to a senior  19:35-22:58: The strength of weak ties and the key to unlocking other networks not otherise  accessible to you 24:14:26:00 Building a chain of trust: How to expanding your reach and getting 2nd-degree connections 27:40-29:20: How to warming the cold call with the help of common interests/background 31:00:32:40:Using LinkedIn to nurture your network 34:20 -36:00: The power of keeping notes 30:50-32:40  : Technology is not fake if your really sincere about relationship building 

Meet Benny Rubinstein, Microsoft Azure Founding Team Member, a Serial intrapreneur and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience driving sales & marketing strategy and leading global and regional business development. Benny has successfully built global sales teams in Microsoft for over a decade as well as in start-ups such as Breezometer.  In this episode, we will dive into the qualities needed to succeed in tech sales and how the best salespeople in the industry know how to build long-term relationships and use consultative sales talks with their key customers to drive results. For more on how to network yourself to success, join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/networkyourselftosuccess Have any comments, feel free to reach out to: [email protected]

Meet David Zeff, an Australian/Sout-African Oleh. David is a recognized thought leader in the SAAS community, has been a part of 2 exits - one as a founder and the other as a founding team member, and is a today CEO & founder of Whistle, a marketing and sales agency.  In this episode, David shares his career journey in Israel from starting as a sales development rep in a small start-up in Raanana 6 years ago and working his way up to become VP of Sales and later head of sales in another company, to eventually starting his new company. David explains how taking one step back in the begining of his time in Israel, helped him take a giant step forward, and how spending a few minutes every day on building your personal brand on social media can do wonders for your career.   Watch on YouTube  Have a comment or a message you'd like to share? Send me an audiomessage: https://anchor.fm/yoni-niemann/message Interessted in receiving notifcations about future podcast episodes and info on how to network? Click here to Sign up to the WeNetwork newsletter and feel free to "Like" our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wenetwork.io/ and visit the WeNetwork website: https://wenetwork.io

In these days when most of us are working from home, we can all need a few tips on how to network on LinkedIn like a pro. In this episode I talk to Yoel Israel on how to engage  and jobesearch on LinkedIn in a genuine and efficient manner. We touch upon how to optimize a profile, how to reaching out to hiring managers and sending video messages.     Yoel Israel is a LinkedIn and marketing expert and CEO of Wadi Digital. With his unique and progressive marketing methods, Yoel helps startups scale and large companies rapidly expand. You can reach Yoel at: [email protected] To watch Video version : https://youtu.be/XQDytMcj32Y 

Meet Stephanie Horwitz, currently Value Creation Manager at SAP.iO Foundry in Tel Aviv. Stephanie made Aliyah from the US and tells her story and tips on how she networked herself to success as an Olah in Israel in both the non-profit and tech sector.  For the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/v9dU7d36bto  Have a comment or a message you'd like to share? Send me an audiomessage: https://anchor.fm/yoni-niemann/message 

Meet David Leichner, executive marketing manager with +30 years of experience in the Israeli tech eco-system. David is an Oleh vatik, who build his career from scratch and is today CMO of SQream, the company behind  the fastest GPU-accelerated data warehouse. David's expertise includes International marketing, network development and building long term business relationships. In this podcast, David shares some of his insights into breaking into tech.  You can reach David at [email protected]

Upcoming course: Wanna dive deeper into how to network yourself to a dream job? Get on the waitlist for my upcoming online course  How do you network and communicate successfully with Israelis at meet-ups, job interviews, at business/lunch meetings? How do you smoothly avoid answering personal questions from Israelis that you don't want to answer? In meeting between cultures, misunderstandings are bound to happen. But with just a little bit of understanding of the Israeli way of communicating and doing business, you can avoid tension and significantly increase the chances of a positive outcome. In this week's podcast I sat down with Osnat Lautman,  an accomplished Israeli organizational consultant, to discuss Israeli business culture and how to succeed in networking with Israelis.  In her  book "Israeli Business Culture: Building Effective Business Relationship with Israelis", Osnat outlines her model of Israeli business characteristics, using the word ISRAELI™ as an acronym to depict the general profile of Israel’s business culture:  Informal. Straightforward. Risk-taking. Ambitious. Entrepreneurial. Loud. Improvisational. In the podcast we zone in on two of these characteristics: Informality and Straightforwardness. You can contact Osnat at [email protected] and read more about Osnat here: http://olm-consulting.com/  Osnat's book "Israeli Business Culture" is available in Steimatzky bookstores around Israel and can be ordered on Amazon by clicking here:https://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Business-Culture-Bestseller-Relationships/dp/9659250452/ Interessted in receiving notifcations about future podcast episodes and info on how to network? Click here to Sign up to the WeNetwork newsletter and feel free to "Like" our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wenetwork.io/ and visit the WeNetwork website: https://wenetwork.io