Finally, Exadel’s office is open in Gdańsk - after much anticipation! 🇵🇱

About 30 Exadellers will work there - sharing motivation, ideas and inspiration 💙

The opening was a housewarming party with team-building activities, hearty conversations, inspiring discussion around future plans, cheers, laughter, and delicious snacks 😋 The team then moved to a nearby restaurant and we spent the Friday evening in fantastic company!

We are eagerly anticipating working together there!
Exadel, together we are locally strong and globally great! 🙌

#Exadel_Celebrates #Exadel_Life #Exadel_Poland

We are kicking off a new rubric from our consultant Oliver Davies. Every month he’ll give you some extremely valuable tips on using English at Con calls! 💬

In our working lives today we are always on con calls, video calls, Zoom meetings...whatever you call them! 👨‍💻 And believe it or not, even native speakers of English can feel self-conscious about how they come across online in English language meets.

📌 There are a few things you can do that will help you perform with greater confidence in live video calls, including nurturing a state of mind or attitude, and improving your English by familiarizing yourself with some key phrases.

👉 Be sure to read the whole material on our Facebook

💡 The Three-Point Strategy for Con Call Confidence

1⃣ Manage your Mindset

📎 Before your call, mentally prepare yourself. Think about:
- Your role in the call.
- What you are hoping to gain from the call.
- What you can offer in the call.

📎 Ask yourself:
- What is the stated aim of the call (from the person who called the meeting)?
- Who else will be on the call and what’s my relationship to them?
- What is my expected role in this ‘meeting’?
When you’ve answered these questions in very short sentences, sit back and look at your answers. Already, just by doing this, you should feel your mind becoming clearer and more focused.

2⃣ Prepare your Points
Even if you have a minor role in this meeting, and are not required to say much at all, prepare your points. Group what your main thoughts are into 3 succinct points. The rule of 3 always works as it helps you keep in mind what your main objectives are.

Useful phrases:
🔹 I believe / from my experience / from what I’ve been looking at recently, my instinct suggests that…
🔹 My top three priorities at the moment are….
🔹 My personal goals related to this project are currently…
🔹 I would like to achieve….. through my engagement with this initiative…
🔹 I’m inclined to believe we should do…. going forward / as the next steps / from now on in…

*Practice saying the phrases you write out loud

3⃣ Stay Present in the Meeting
This may sound obvious, but people so often forget it - when you are in the actual meeting itself, from start to finish, employ the skills of active listening.

📎 During the meeting:
- Say something after the call begins - a simple greeting, a confident succinct self-introduction, or a few words of thanks for the invitation.
- Consider what other people’s points are during the meeting.
- If you’re going to comment, build on their points and reference them concisely.
- Give credit to other people’s thoughts, views, statements and questions.

📎 Attending a meeting - Introductory Phrases:
🔹Thank you for the invitation / Thank you for inviting me here today.
🔹 Hi, it’s a pleasure to be here today. My name is…
🔹Thank you for your warm introduction. I am…

📎 Asking for Clarification
Don’t be too shy about asking for clarification if you think you’ve missed something, or would like more information about something.

🔹 I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that. Could you repeat that, please?
🔹 Can you run that by me one more time, please?
🔹 I’m afraid I didn’t quite understand that - could you say that again, please?
🔹 I’m sorry, would you mind repeating that last phrase again, please?
🔹 I apologize, could you say that again a little more slowly? I didn’t quite catch it.
🔹 I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by that. Could you explain that a little?
🔹 Could you go into a bit more detail about that? I’m not quite sure I got it.
🔹 Could you please tell me what you mean by the term [term]?

#Exadel_ExpertsAdvice #Exadel_UsefulTips

Check out Exadel’s new, exciting vacancies! 💥
We are always bursting with new ideas, inspiration as we drive to expand - so be part of the game!

Choose the job position that’ll unleash your potential and make you want to quote Mark Twain: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” 💙

🔸 Senior Automation QA Engineer (Java)
🔸 Software Engineer
🔸 Middle/Senior Java Developer
🔸 DevOps Engineer (AWS)
🔸 Senior SDET (Java)
🔸 Senior Automation QA Engineer (Java)
🔸 Team Lead Java Developer
🔸 Marketing Manager
🔸 Administrative Assistant (for Education Department)
🔸 IT Recruiter

👉 Find more interesting jobs on our website.

#Exadel_Hiring

IT recruitment is known as a good field for people with good English skills. But is it really? 🤔

We talked to Anna Borodich, a key recruiter at Exadel, to see if we could demystify her work 👇

🎙 How long have you been in IT recruiting?

"I have been in recruiting for two years. I was always interested in working in IT, but I wasn’t interested in programming itself. By accident, I met a friend who worked as a lead recruiter, who told me about what she does. It was all new to me - I didn’t even know the difference between a human resources manager and a recruiter!"

🎙 What were the first steps in your career?

"First, I took a class on recruitment. This showed me that I was actually interested. I was eager to put my new skills into practice, and less than two months after graduation, I managed to find a job as a recruiter."

🎙 What qualities are crucial for a successful recruiter?

1. "Independence. We work in a team of 50+ people, and although we have meetings and support each other, it is important for us to try to figure out issues ourselves before asking for help. We have end-to-end recruiting, so a recruiter at Exadel must be able to independently guide a candidate through the entire process.
2. Adaptability and openness. Exadel is a large company with complex processes; positions are changing all the time, as are projects and requirements.
3. Dedication and proactivity. We look for people who are passionate about their work and dedicated to their team’s success."

A recruiter can’t succeed without:

- A knowledge of English. This is super important! We are considering candidates with a B1 (intermediate) level, but higher is better.
- A basic understanding of recruiting. We appreciate it when a candidate understands technologies, positions, locations, and each stage of the recruiting process. A knowledge of recruiting tools is also indispensable.
- A passion for continuing education. You’ll need to be ready to keep learning, even after you’re done with university.

Inspired? Look through the list of openings, choose a vacancy, and click the “apply” button:

🔹 Senior IT Recruiter (Key Recruiter)
🔹 IT Recruiter

Hope to see you at Exadel soon! 😉

#Exadel_People #Exadel_UsefulTips

Check out our new open positions before the summer ends! ☀️

📝 It’s a great time to tick off a few item on your to-do list and apply for new positions before the summer draws into autumn!

Go ahead and take a look - there might be some exciting positions ideal for you:

🔍 Middle/Senior Full Stack .NET Developer
🔍 Middle DevOps (Azure + AWS + Python) Engineer
🔍 Senior Azure Operations Engineer
🔍 Middle Automation QA Engineer (C#)
🔍 Middle SDET (Java)
🔍 Middle PHP Developer
🔍 Middle Java Developer
🔍 Legalization Assistant
🔍 Marketing Manager
🔍 IT Recruiter
🔍 Content Writer

👉 Check out our website for more cool vacancies!

#Exadel_Hiring