I would like mentoring in this job search for to me the obvious reason of getting advice from someone with more knowledge than me in the subject. My continued goal through Turing has been learning and listening, especially from mentors or people with more experience. The opportunity to have a mentor in this job search is one that I would not pass up.
My focus during this mentorship will be listening and implementing the advice that I receive from my mentor. I will hold myself accountable with a check list monitoring steps needed to take in this process.
The focus on my job search so far has been networking and searching everyday for opportunities available. I have also done a number of mock interviews with colleagues in tech and also had colleagues look over cover letters. I speak with my mentor every week who provides me continued advice on job search. Each time I have sent an application recently I try to find a contact at that specific company and set up a coffee meeting. I have had 2 coffee meetings, 1 phone meeting with a colleague, continued calls with my mentors, over 30 job applications submitted, 2 mock interviews, 2 real phone interviews, 2 tech challenges, and I have a phone interview set up for Monday Feb 3rd.