Module 4 Job Search Action Plan

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# Template: Module 4 Action Plan 
*This is your deliverable from the [Job Search Strategies I session](https://github.com/turingschool/career-development-curriculum/blob/master/module_three/job_search_strategies_i.md)*

## Module 4 Goals
*List your longterm goal(s) of what you want to accomplish by the end of module 4*
  Develop cold-email and face-to-face networking skills.
  Have two job interviews completed by the last day 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
  Attend two professional networking events per month.
  Send at least two cold-outreach interest e-mails per week to persons from companies of interest. 
    - Follow up with information interviews as allowed for.
#### Coding (both including your module 4 curriculum and anything outside of it):
*How will you focus your learning to accomplish your longterm goal?*
  I will work to focus my learning on becoming proficient with a JS library while taking on challenges
   in Ruby and Rails to maintain the compentencies I already have. This will serve my goal by gaining new
   skills while maintaining the core competencies I've obtained.
#### Opportunities Research:
*How will you continue researching companies and contacts? How will you utilize your Trello Board?* 
  I will utilize LinkedIn and BuiltInColorado to identify companies of interest and send cold contact
  correspondence. I will use my trello board to keep track of these messages, companies of interest,
  and follow-up appointments.
#### 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 intend to speak with contacts I have made within the Turing community and outside it for advice
  and tips for outreach and the job search.
#### Personal Branding *(A personal branding section is optional)*:
*How might personal branding pieces help you towards your goal?*
  I think that updating my web site, resume, and LinkedIn profile would be in the best interest
  of advertising myself well to potential employers.
### Timeline:
*What will you do when?*
Beginning at the end of Module 3, I will send two cold outreach e-mails, at a minimum, per week,
  and attend two technical networking events per month as well as one not necessarily technical
  networking event but a pertinent event with the potential for making contacts.
#### Module Tasks:
*What will you do throughout the module?*
  I will continually track my progress on my Trello board as well as follow through with the above commitments.
#### Weekly Tasks:
*What will you do throughout each week?*
  I will research and earmark companies of interest, send at least two cold outreach e-mails per week, and 
  track my progress on the Trello board.
## What I Will Work on with Meg
*What advice do you need? What would be helpful to talk through? Let Meg know here!*
  I need advice on how to structure cold outreach emails as well as go through informational
  interviews.  It would be enormously helpful to be able to talk through job search strategies.