Fill out this part only if you have already secured a job prior to graduation.
As a member of the Turing community, your support in the job search makes a big difference for your peers as they pursue their first position. Complete the following action steps to
Action Step #1:
- Francy
- Mimi
I frequently work with both Francy and Mimi at school and talk with outside of school. I will continue to do that and offer my help with cover letters, interview prep, and anything else they have on their plates or want a second opinion on. I'm pretty good at cheerleading people and grounding them in facts (ie, "You're a badass") when they get discouraged.
Action Step #2:
- Francy - review outreach emails, interview prep
- Mimi - review outreach emails, resume and cover letter designs
I think I could help my good friends out in these areas...
- Outreach emails - I used to manage and interview people and feel like I am reasonably good at using information from the internet about a person to gauge what type of email is best for their communication. It can also just be hard to write it yourself; you just need someone to tell you it looks ok.
- Interview Prep - I am horrible at interviewing but have gotten a lot of tips. I think I could be helpful by - presenting a code challenge and not saying anything to simulate that, and while practicing questions, note and give feedback on any weird things they do (a lot of 'um's, etc.)
- It can be really difficult to find a way to present all your skills and experience on a paper and make it easy to read. I've also been visual and usually design things in a clean way, and that's something Mimi and I have already worked on together!
Action Step #3: Utilize your networking experience in the job search to recommend 1-2 people whom you've met that others in your cohort would benefit from meeting as well. Describe how you will make the introductions for at least 1 person in your cohort and when you will execute this by.
- Francy - Sam Johnson
- Mimi - Scott Cannata
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.
Use this checklist here to make sure you have everything needed in your plan for your portfolio review. Your instructors will also use this checklist during the portfolio review.
- List 1-2 people from PD Peer Group who you will continue to check in with during the first 30 days post-graduation. Describe your plans for these check-ins to your instructor(s)
- Describe one area of the job search that you feel particularly skilled in to help your cohortmates with and how you will do that with your instructor(s)
- List 1-2 people whom you will recommend your cohortmates to, how you will make that introduction, and when you'll do that by to share with instructor(s)