Important Tips to make you more employable and get Jobs by Sawan Kumar | Fighting Unemployment

Every week I get messages from people saying the same thing: ‘Sawan, I have been applying for months and getting no response.’ I have been training professionals in Dubai since 2019, and I can tell you that the job market has not just changed — it has split into two groups: those who are building real, demonstrable skills, and those who are still sending the same generic CV they made three years ago. If you are in the second group, this post is for you.Last year, I worked with a client — let us call him Ahmed — who had a marketing degree and two years of experience but could not land a single interview. He was applying to 15 to 20 jobs a week with zero results. When I reviewed his approach, the problem was immediate: his skills section listed ‘Microsoft Office’ and ‘communication skills.’ In 2026, that is the equivalent of saying you know how to use a telephone. Employers are screening for specific tools, specific outputs, and specific proof of results before they even pick up the phone.What I tell every job seeker I train is to stop thinking about employment as something that happens TO you and start thinking about it as something you build through deliberate positioning. The people getting hired right now — in Dubai, London, and Riyadh — are not necessarily the most qualified on paper. They show up with a portfolio that says ‘here is what I have built, here is what I can do for you from day one.’ AI tools like ChatGPT, automation platforms like GoHighLevel, and design tools like Canva have made it possible for anyone to produce professional-level work within weeks, not years.I teach Canva, GoHighLevel, and AI productivity tools specifically because these are what employers and business partners in my clients’ industries are actively asking about. In the Dubai real estate market alone, I have seen agents who mastered Canva for property listings go from zero leads to closing deals within 60 days — because they could produce visuals that their competitors were paying agencies thousands of dirhams to create. That same principle applies across every field. When you can do what used to require a full team, you become the most attractive hire in the room.The other critical mistake I see is treating skills as a finish line. Learning a tool is not the goal — documenting what you have done with it is. Every project you complete, every result you generate, every testimonial you collect is evidence that moves you forward in any hiring process. The sections below are not theoretical. They are what I have seen work, consistently, with job seekers and career-changers who came to me stuck and left with real opportunities.