Finding a job in 2021 is about being prepared and responsive to the right opportunities on LinkedIn, Twitter, and in your email inbox.
Four main things to have ready...
1οΈβ£. Do you have the demonstrable work to show on the ready? π
For devs, is your code:
Front-facing, especially if it's on a large-scale enterprise app, is that on the ready?
On a live site for non-techie peeps?
Linked in a repo so tech peeps can see your commits and logic?
2οΈβ£. Do you have your portfolio and resume easily accessible? πΌ
For devs, are your apps:
easily found on your portfolio page? Assuming you have one β make one from https://html5up.net/
including thorough descriptions of what you contributed
can anyone download your updated resume from your portfolio
3οΈβ£. Do you have your calendar open and ready to schedule a video call? π
As a dev, are you good at:
scheduling zoom calls, then creating a google calendaring
only doing zoom calls for initial meetings to build a rapport
making a Calendly account that automatically does it
4οΈβ£. Do you ask good questionsβ
As a dev, have you:
found out a little about the recruiter, not just the role and the salary
gained an understanding of what the company does and what its mission is
discovered if the role is full-time or contract to hire
To piggyback off of number 4. I highly recommend these free guides from Taylor Desseyn.
https://www.taylordesseyn.com/freeguides
Be ready to ask your own unique questions, but it's great food for thought.
I definitely have asked many of these questions during the first meetings or tech interviews.
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