If you will not be able to complete your journal this week, please provide an update for the Career Dev team on when you'll have it completed here (remember to reflect on what you have control over, what you want to try differently this week, and what habits you can utilize to get back on track):
Back to your resume and cover letter you've been working on: What other next steps do you want to take to make these two components stronger?
- I want to follow Ian's advice and build out my resume more to fit everything I've done, that way I can tailor it to my needs.
- I would also like to build out a coverletter template or 'ordinary' cover letter that way I can use that to apply to companies that aren't in my top spots.
- Changing up the layout of my resume I think would be beneficial. I want more diverse templates for my resume so it can better visually represent the job I'm applying for.
Outreach Brainstorming: Either explore the company you wrote a cover letter for or find a new company to explore this week; Go to their company LinkedIn page and start to explore the employees. Who are a couple people you could reach out to? Why?
- Jefferi Smith- Education coach at Guild Education
- Travis Haby - Lead software engineer
- Christina Bates- Recruiting coordinator
Finalize Your Plan: Who have you decided to reach out to? Why that person? How will you contact them? What do you want to talk to them about? How will you follow up?
- I want to reach out to Jefferi because we actually went to UNC together and through my company research I found out he works at Guild so that will be fun to catch up. I already have contact information and we can talk about how he's doing and if he enjoys working at Guild and maybe he can give an insight into the company that I can't find online.
- I also want to reach out to Christina to let her know that I am on the hunt for a job in the education tech field. I would like to talk to her about my interest in the company. I know that right now they don't have any openings that fit me, but I can follow up to let her know I am available.
Execute your plan: Reach out to your contact THIS WEEK. If possible, reach out to more than one person OR find a meetup to attend also. What happened? What did you learn about the company? What other next steps should you take for pursuing this company? Be sure to update this in Huntr.
- I have not had the opportunity to reach out yet.
I would work on this outreach over intermission!