Action Step #1:
Weekly Calendar:
Action Step #2: I don't have a specific cut-off for signing an offer, but I would really like to start a job within a month of graduation. I think if I stick to my plan and talk to enough people and apply to enough jobs, that is a reasonable goal.
Action Step #3: Daily Goals: follow calendar strictly Weekly Goals: apply for 5 jobs a week, cold outreach/meet with 2 people each week Monthly Goals: write 2 blog posts
I want to focus my time on coding after graduation on writing algorithm challenges more quickly and making my solutions more efficient (Big O Notation, etc.). I feel like I didn't learn much about Big O Notation at Turing, and that there is a good chance questions about it will be asked at interviews.
Action Step: Daily Practice Repo
Action Step #1: Three people I will reach out to: Lauren Spath Luhring, Jesse Spevack, and Susi Irwin. I have met with these people before, and I really appreciated their advice on breaking into the industry coming out of Turing. I will email them by the end of "intermission week" after I graduate, and plan to follow up with them by writing a blog post and then asking them for their advice on it.
Action Step #2: Meetups: Code for Denver (every Monday), CFD Hacknight (every Thursday), React Meetup, Girl Develop It I am contributing to Code for Denver by championing a project for The Humane League. I plan to demo this project at Code for Denver after graduation.
Success in the job search means staying organized. The best way to do that is to have a clear system to keep track of your contacts, research, and updates on what you're doing.
Action Step:
My Job-Tracking System:
Action Step: I plan on practicing questions that ask for an explanation of things. I feel like sometimes I know how to do something but I still struggle to explain it. I also plan on practicing code puzzles with exercisms as part of my coding calendar during this 30 days. Specifically, I am going to write out responses and practice saying them out loud to the questions: explain the HTTP request-response cycle, why is writing semantic HTML important, and what are the benefits of testing your applications.
Make sure you have all your job search components up-to-date and looking their best!
Action Step #1: Here is a link to my Turing portfolio with three projects
Action Step #2: I updated my LinkedIn by listing the technologies I've learned at Turing in my Front-End Engineering student section. Hopefully this will help if someone is searching for a person with skills in a certain technology. During my job hunt, I'm hoping to update my website with more projects, better screenshots of StellaVia, crushing the images so they load quicker, and injecting more of my personality into the website. I also need to set up HTTPS rather than HTTP.
Action Step: I would like to contribute to open source projects and write blog posts as another part of my job search.
Action Step: I will check in with Julie Hawkins by Slack call or meeting for coffee. We can help each other write and send scary emails. I also want to stay in touch with other people in my cohort and my instructors at Turing. I plan on going to Turing in person for Cold Outreach and Jeff's office hours each week, which I think will help me remain connected to the Turing community.
Action Step: Barriers to my job search: becoming "paralyzed" by the fear of rejection and lack of confidence. Both of these barriers could make me hesitate and put off applying for jobs when I should just give it my best shot. My best
In this section, you'll find action steps that you should aim to complete during your first 30 days post-grad, but these are not steps that you need to have completed for your portfolio review. Instead, you should begin thinking about how you will achieve these steps, and your post-grad job search support coach will ask about progress on these during that first 30 days.
Scheduling Post-Grad Action Step: At the end of each week during your first 30 days, assess what worked with the schedule and what didn't so that you can make adjustments as needed and manage your time even more effectively for the following week. This will also help you keep a record of what you've done in your job search.
Outreach Post-Grad Action Step: During the first 30 days, you should aim to reach out to at least 10 individuals. Even if you don't have a list of all 10 for the draft of this plan for portfolio review, be prepared to meet this target during your first 30 days of the job search.
Job/Company Research & Tracking Post-Grad Action Step: Reach out to and apply to at least 10 companies/jobs.
Housekeeping Post-Grad Action Step #1: During this timeframe, you should establish a “master” resume that you’ll customize per employer. You should already have a working version that you submitted in Module 3.
Housekeeping Post-Grad Action Step #2: Establish a “master” cover letter with your key talking points that you'll customize per employer.
- Establish shareable calendar and show to your instructor(s)
- List your cut-off date for having a full-time position
- List monthly, weekly, and daily goals
- Create "daily_practice" repo and describe to instructor(s) what you plan to practice
- List 3 people you will reach out to. Describe to instructor(s) why you'll reach out, when you'll email them by, what you hope to talk about, and what follow-up will look like
- List 3 meetups you'll attend and describe to instructor(s) why you'll attend them
- List the job search tracking system you're using and describe to instructor(s) why you're using it/how it will help you
- List 2-3 areas you'd like to continue to improve on for interviewing and outline concrete action steps on how you will improve those skills to describe to instructor(s)
- Turing portfolio is updated with 3 projects
- Summary of how you've updated your LinkedIn profile
- List additional area you'll focus on in your job search and describe why to instructor(s)
- List 1-2 people you'll check in with during job search
- List 1-2 "barriers" and describe how you will overcome them to your instructor(s)