Template: Module 4 Action Plan

This is your deliverable from the Job Search Strategies I session

Module 4 Goals

• Network throughout Mod 4 and have plenty of relationships built with people in the industry
• Continue to have coffee and lunch meetings with people in the industry
• Have my resume, portfolio and interview skills all polished up 100% by halfway Mod 4.
• Have multiple interviews by the end of Mod 4

Strategy To Achieve Goals:

In this section, break down your longterm goal into smaller goals that you want to work on each week and/or day

• Network and Build Relationships

• Every day I will do one of the following:

  • Strike up a conversation on LinkedIn and try to setup Coffee

• Every week I will do:

  • Have a face to face meeting

• Resume & Portfolio

• Over intermission I will work every day on my portfolio and resume

• Every week I will do:

  • Get Feedback

• Get interviews in Mod 4

• Every day I will do one of the following:

  • Apply for jobs

• Every week I will do:

  • Follow up

Coding (both including your module 4 curriculum and anything outside of it):

How will you focus your learning to accomplish your longterm goal?

• I need to build a portfolio I can show off to people. Towards this end, I will:
  • Polish previous projects and deploy to my personal site

Opportunities Research:

How will you continue researching companies and contacts? How will you utilize your Trello Board?

• I will research companies in Denver/Greater Denver Area and Colorado Springs
• I will reach out to people who work at companies I am interested in.

Cold Outreach/Network:

*Who will you reach out to? Have you considered talking with alumni about their own networking practices when they started their job search?

• I will reach out to appropriate people at the companies I identify as good matches
• I will reach out to mentors using the Turing network

Personal Branding (A personal branding section is optional):

How might personal branding pieces help you towards your goal?

• I want to build a reputation and name for myself by branding myself at networking events so others will recognize me when I am applying to jobs

Timeline:

What will you do when?

• During THIS coming intermission week:
  • I already have 4 coffee dates setup
  • Polish my resume and portfolio
• After intermission week:
  • Prioritize the job search

Module Tasks:

What will you do throughout the module?

• Keep pressing to learn the backend and look at more JS libraries/frameworks

Weekly Tasks:

What will you do throughout each week?

• Try to line up as many coffee dates and interviews
• Every day I will do one of the following:
  • Apply for a job
  • Cold outreach email
  • Do technical interview preparations

Opportunities Research:

How will you continue researching companies and contacts? How will you utilize your Trello Board?

• Keep track of everything and follow up at a reasonable time.

Cold Outreach/Network:

*Who will you reach out to? Have you considered talking with alumni about their own networking practices when they started their job search?

• I find companies I am interested in, then look for someone on linkedIn that looks like a good person to reach out to.

Personal Branding (A personal branding section is optional):

Timeline:

• Steadily work on this.

Module Tasks:

• Keep building relationships and possibly speak at a meetup.

Weekly Tasks:

• Polish everything.

What I Will Work on with Meg

• who's meg?