List your longterm goal(s) of what you want to accomplish by the end of module 4
- By the end of Mod 4, I hoppe to have a solid network of individuals who work in the industry that I can turn to for questions and advice during my Job search. I will be having my first child at the end of Mod 4 and hope to have a really solid idea of companies of interest to me so that come the new year I would have a few job offers to consider.
In this section, break down your longterm goal into smaller goals that you want to work on each week and/or day
How will you focus your learning to accomplish your longterm goal?
- Start practicing logic type questons, at least a few per week, that might be asked of me during a technical interview.
- Work to keep incorporating all the technologies I have learned over the last three mods in my work and projects during mod 4, especially those areas which I feel I need the most practice.
- Continue to read articles relevent to what we have been learning and new technologies of interest to stay current.
How will you continue researching companies and contacts? How will you utilize your Trello Board?
- Keep current on job postings of interest with notifications and frequent searches.
- Cold outreach as I see appropriate.
- As of now my I have not been actively updating and using my Trello Board to its potential as a tool, I plan to make this a great focus during mod 4 to stay organized during my search, by posting weekly goals to myself and tracking companies and job listings of interest, as well as organizing notes about contacts I have made.
*Who will you reach out to? Have you considered talking with alumni about their own networking practices when they started their job search?
- I plan to reach out to to mentorship programs, one in particular which was recommended to me as a great potential contact.
- Attend meet-ups.
What will you do when?
What will you do throughout the module?
- Throughout the module I plan to continue touching up my resume, and work on creating my brand starting with making my linkedIn and Github personal pages really reflect who I am, the work I have done and what I am looking for in my new career.
- I also plan to research what type of small scale web development projects are out there to continue to build my portofliio of work.
What will you do throughout each week?
- Each week I would like to find and contact at least one new person in the industry that can be a good addition to my network.
What advice do you need? What would be helpful to talk through? Let Meg know here!
- I need advice/help on how to really break out of my shell on making cold outreach, although we have had great lessons on the approaches I still find this something difficult to do.